The Colossal Titan.
Do you know everything about this god among Titans?
So what's up, guys Foxen here.
Today let's go ahead and get an in-depth look at what's literally the face of the Attack
of Titans series.
The giant meat men.
Formally known as a Colossal Titan.
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Obviously colossal spoilers up ahead.
So, let's get started.
You saw the Colossal Titan kickstart this Attack on Titan story in high gear, for your
favorite raging boy.
This beast of a titan, later gained the name Chō ōgata Kyojin by humanity.
Literally meaning, freaking big ass titan in Japanese.
Although, you may be most familiar with the Colossal Titan or even Colossus Titan, depending
on the English translation.
The Marleyan warriors do have a different name though.
They know this means As The God Titan, or God of Destruction.
Move over you anemic space dog.
Size wise, this Colossal Titan is 60 meter.
Just having 10 extra meter to peek itself over the wall.
Imagine, seeing this nightmare fuel.
Keep in mind, the 60 meter should've been true for any past and future Colossal Titan
shifters too.
As for how much this thing weighs.
Well unfortunately, this has always been kept private.
So it's unknown, however it is possible to get, some sort of estimation.
If you go ahead and use the measurements of an average male.
The Colossal Titan would actually be around 6,800 pounds.
Or about 3,100 kilograms.
Makes a fun comparison, and an elephant is between 3,000 and 6,000 kilograms.
Depending on the type of elephant.
And the chunky Snorlax is about 460 kilograms.
So, if you actually scale this thing, he's actually not that heavy.
Keep in mind, Hange has also mentioned how these titans are far lighter than they should
be for their size.
Perhaps, go ahead and reduce that estimate by a third or a half.
It now seems that the Titan of Eren, stopping the Colossal Titan afoot, doesn't seem so
far fetched, doesn't it?
For the Colossal Titan appearance, a giant naked meat man.
Complete with a resting bitch face.
This sexy titan is iconically known for being the titan variant without skin.
Oh, the shiny red titan.
The skin of design does come from the cause of the titan giving off that massive amount
of heat.
Recall the time that Hange got a taste of Eren's skinless titan transformation.
Just go ahead and multiply that a few times.
But seriously, look at this Colossal Titan's bootylicious body close up.
He really is a freak of nature.
The Colossal Titan body actually isn't proportional to a human male equivalent.
The head is so tiny.
Not to mention missing his own mini colossal titan.
The arms are smaller, way smaller than they should be.
But, they are long, they reach almost to his knees.
It almost reminds of those Beast Titan arms.
Then, down below the Colossal Titan is awfully thick.
You got those massive legs, a pretty thick mid section.
And, quite the developed back to give it some support.
Next, let's get into the Colossal Titans special powers.
At this point, the Colossal nuke, being the most impressive ability.
Which was originally demonstrated in the Attack on Titan season three anime.
Upon going in titan mode, the Colossal Titan lets out a massive amount of energy.
Literally nuking the whole area around it.
Quite the area effect damage.
Better be careful to avoid friendly fire.
But wait, I know what you're wondering.
Bert actually transformed three times so far in the Attack on Titan anime.
Even this, counting the partial transformation in Attack on Titan season two.
Where the hell was the nuke?
For this, there's two likely explanations for this nukeless transformation.
The first being, the Colossal Titan shifters like Bert, are able to actually control the
nuke.
Which really means, that you can go into Colassal Titan mode with Michael Bay mode turned off.
Or, option number two, which is simply that Isayama thought about this Colossal Titan
nuke ability back in the early Attack on Titan manga.
In other words, this whole huge explosion was never part of the original Colossal Titan
powers.
From the start of the series until this power got shown, that was seven years later.
Early on, Isayama always talked about just being glad his series didn't get canceled.
And, talking about this new bombing power, how about the counter to it?
That being, the colossal titan being able to immediately disappear.
You saw this as he quickly escape Eren as he was aiming for the neck.
Something similar happened on the first episode.
It turns out the manga has actually wrecked on this a bit.
In the flashback later in the manga, showing the warrior side of things.
You can see that colossal titan being leftover after Bert uses super kick in episode one.
For the time versus Eren, perhaps there is a way to immediately steam hook the body,
just to cleanse the evidence.
Next colossal titan ability, don't forget about the steam defense.
The Colossal Titan has been able to quickly release steam to defend his body.
Specifically, preventing those pesky human fliers from reaching its neck area.
The steam ability literally uses his own body as fuel.
So the longer this steam show keeps up, the thinner the Colossal Titan gets.
You only saw recently, that Armin found a way around this, by latching onto the Colossal
Titan teeth instead of the muscle tissue.
Next up, lets get things blazing.
Well not specifically a separate ability.
The Colossal Titan is known for having this incredible heated body.
More so, when he goes into this steam mode.
When charging forward, the colossal titan which is setting things ablaze from coming
close to contact with stuff.
This guy is like a walking titan fire tornado.
And, lets not forget about the titan crystal.
Can the Colossal Titan get hard too?
It may be surprising to just imagine, but Reiner did confirm all titans were able to
learn this ability with time.
Can you picture this rock hard colossal titan?
But honestly, if you think about it even more the colossal titan has almost no reason to
even use this.
You already have the steam defense for those gravity defying humans.
Although, keep in mind the wall colossal titans actually use this titan crystal ability to
cover themselves up.
So perhaps the colossal titan going crystal mode is a one time deal.
Think of it being similar to what happened to Annie.
Next up, getting into all the colossal titan abilies.
First off, the partial transformation.
You saw the colossal titan fully displaying this on top of Wall Rose in Attack on Titan
season two.
Here, the colossal titan latched on to the wall on top.
Missing the bottom half, you should notice the top half was a good chunk smaller than
the regular colossal titan too.
Perhaps party due to this, in this state the colossal titan burned through this steam fuel
rather quickly.
Next up, getting into the weaknesses on the colossal titan.
Starting with the very first obvious one.
This titan being slow.
Looks like being big is really just for show.
And, perhaps this thing having a decrease in speed really shouldn't be a shocker at
all.
Sure, you have the nuke, you have the steam.
But, the colossal titan takes a huge hit in the speed department.
You actually have to give Eren some credit for discovering this fact in the char stark.
Because really, if it wasn't for the steam cover plus that instant ability to disappear.
Eren might have gotten him back then.
Looks like Bert was only able to delay this outcome.
Weakness number two, the energy control.
So far, huge amount of energy has been required for the colossal titan.
That's come into play in multiple ways.
First off, this energy requirement of the colossal titan pretty much rolls out any multiple
titan transformations.
The cool down is just way too high.
Even after Bert did that single partial transformation, arguably it was questionable whether he could
go into titan mode half a day later.
This energy problem could mean a shorter overall titan usage, compared to the other titans
just like the armored titan or titan Eren.
And don't forget about the ultimate weakness, the curse of Ymir.
Of course, Bert and any colossal titan users cannot escape their destined death.
That's suppose to mean that they don't die or turn into a titan buffet beforehand.
For this warrior, he gained the 13 year curse of Ymir ever since inheriting this beast.
And how appropriate, let's actually get to the colossal titan users.
The very first one, Bert.
Which is the earliest known holder of the colossal titan.
At a pretty young age, Bert applied to the warrior program.
From this program, Bert's talents were recognized by Marley.
Later at the age of 10, Bert was actually given the honor to inherit the worlds God
of Destruction.
Besides his talent, Marley most likely chose Bert due to him being so passive, and in general
much easier to manage.
The God of Destruction is getting out of control, don't forget we still have your parents and
family back as leverage.
Next up, the second colossal titan user Armin.
So right after Bert, the barbequed Armin had a colossal buffet to gain his power.
Armin then took hold of the colossal titan at age 15.
This does mean his limit is his 28th birthday, or around there.
Now you have the two best buddies in the world being titan bros together.
An interesting thing to notice from Armin getting his titan ability is that Armin briefly
saw his colossal titan face looking over his lying body.
The titan face here, was seen with the tear in his eye, looking awfully sad.
It's still unknown whether this was Bert's memories, some past colossal titan holder.
Or perhaps the colossal titan itself, being conscious to some extent.
At this time, Armin is still the holder at age 19.
Nine years left for his turn.
Oh, and don't forget about this slight differences with the Armin colossal titan, mostly in the
face region.
The colossal titan Armin, notably has lips.
So perhaps speaking, maybe possible.
Armin is a big boy, is also missing a nose.
This is very likely from the colossal titan inheriting the facial features from Armin's
modest titan form, which is also missing a nose.
And then the ultimate user, don't forget about Ymir.
The OG Ymir.
The colossal titan was once part of this original titan.
The powers then got split into one of the nine titans after her supposed death.
It is still currently unknown, what specifically the colossal titan represented from the original
Ymir.
Partly since its so vastly different size wise.
Perhaps this titan was just meant to be this godly foot soldier.
Really quickly, I do have to mention that the 120 meter Rod titan that they beat in
the season three anime.
For this, I actually have a whole video dabbing into this.
Recall that Rod was trying to make Historia into a mindless titan.
Rod specifically used this titan potion labeled as being the strongest titan.
A little bit on tongue action later, lick-y lick.
Rod exploded into the monster, twice the side of a colossal titan.
So my theory on the Rod titan, was it being this mutated colossal titan variant.
Definitely check my video for the juicy details.
Next up, let me get into this controversial topic.
Which is talking about the cg colossal titan.
There has been this popular question about why the colossal titan was first seen with
hand drawn animation, but then all of a sudden it switched to cg for Attack on Titan season
two.
Then, even more cg for the recent season three Attack on Titan anime.
For this, I've actually seen a ton of misinformation regarding this.
If you look back to the Attack on Titan season one anime.
The colossal titan really only appeared twice.
The first time, this titan peeked its head over the wall.
Then, he penetrated it with his big long red thing.
The second time, the colossal titan appeared to do the same thing, only to a different
wall.
The difference this time, was that your favorite regiment was up there to combat the colossal
titan.
You should notice that both times, in Attack on Titan season one, the colossal titan was
displayed very briefly with a lot of close up shots.
Now, you get into Attack on Titan season two.
You now have them trying to do a pretty complex action sequence with the scouts attacking
this beast.
Just imagine trying to hand draw that whole action sequence.
Keep in mind, this was already being done by a very small studio, that repeatedly has
admitted to being on a super tight schedule.
Often behind schedule.
If you recall to other parts in season two, very notably they kept on using even more
still images for action sequences in the final few episodes.
Now you have the latest example of the colossal titan use in the Attack on Titan season three.
Which, to be honest, I think they could've gotten away with a lot more non cg animation.
There was so many shots of this thing just moving forward.
Although to give the Wit Studio some credit, they still manage to mix in hand drawn animation
at times.
By the way, the Wit Studio now switched to using cg due to the combination of two main
reasons.
The colossal titan has been doing more complex things.
Switching to cg makes this easier to produce.
And the second important reason, the Wit doesn't actually do any of the cg themselves.
They actually outsource their cg production for Attack on Titan to this studio called
MadBox.
And before I have anyone start freaking out about the term outsource, keep in mind outsourcing
animation is common and done for practically every anime studio at this point.
This really just means, it does free up Wit Studio already overworked team that's behind
schedule.
To instead, focus their animation elsewhere.
Next up, lets look at the colossal titan battles over the years.
First off, the colossal titan versus Wall Maria.
Winner, the warriors.
Losers, humanity, notably the wall pieces pancaked Eren's house.
So yes in a way, Bert smashed Eren's mom.
The colossal titan versus the scouts season two.
Was there really any winner here?
This whole thing was really more of like a stale mate.
Utlimately, the real loser happened to be Eren.
I mean the guy got his win taken away by the colossal titans body falling over.
The colossal titan versus Eren and the scouts in Attack on Titan season three.
For this, there's different ways of breaking this whole thing down.
Once again, the scouts had no chance versus the steamy titan.
Eren also suffered that embarrassing fail, from being super kicked into the damn wall.
Talk about being the lamest titan.
Ultimately, it was only after Armin sacrificing himself, combined with Eren leaving his rock
hard titan stuck on the wall.
That human Eren, not titan Eren, was able to take this guy down.
So, titan Eren versus the colossal titan, that still goes to the colossal titan.
Armin plus titan Eren, plus human mode.
Only then, the colossal titan went toppling down.
The colossal titan versus Marley.
Oh, Marley got their taste of that grim reminder.
Honestly, I don't know what Armin was eating, but that Marley nuke definitely seemed a lot
more destructive with the impact.
If you think about it, the colossal titan could possibly train the nuke ability.
That would be horrifying if true.
As for the colossal titan versus other titans.
You decide, can anyone survive the colossal titan nuke?
By the way fun fact, the colossal titan was actually seen going up against the avenger
in their brief crossover.
This included fighting the Guardians of the Galaxy.
Marvel here, definitely took the liberties.
I mean, just the size is at least twice that of the Statue of Liberty.
Her being 93 meters tall.
So, where do you rank the colossal titan?
Is this your favorite titan?
By the way, do plan to cover every titan.
Hopefully weekly or bi-weekly, post down below which titan you want to see next.
Definitely check out my past videos, including titan Eren's, the Founding Titan, Rod's Titan
and the others, and I'll see you guys later.