I always get excited when a good anime comes out with a mature premise, ala "G.I.T.S." or "Berserk". SnK is pretty good and I'll continue to follow it. However, there were points where they got lazy or just kept on dragging the damn thing out with mini cliff hangers all over the place. "Battle of Trost: 3,457"
If anyone is considering this, you should go ahead. I also recommend the manga for this if you want to get anywhere in the story. Don't get too attached to characters. Lots of characters get killed in this, but you'll never know which ones.