Audience reviews
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The second season of the Berserk (2016) adaptation manages the feat of maintaining the awfulness of the first season.
As a fan, it's impossible not to feel frustrated. We're talking about a dense, brutal, and emotionally complex story, created by Kentaro Miura, who built a universe rich in detail, symbolism, and visual impact. Seeing this material treated with such carelessness is not only disappointing, it's almost a disservice to the original work.
The biggest problem remains the technical execution. The use of CGI is, again, disastrous. Stiff characters, artificial movement, and action scenes that should be intense end up becoming strange and even unintentionally comical. Instead of immersing the viewer in the dark and oppressive narrative, the animation creates a constant barrier, pr…
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The latest adaptation of the beloved manga has left many fans disappointed, primarily due to its subpar animation and significant deviations from the source material. While the original manga captivated readers with its intricate storytelling and dark themes, the anime struggles to capture the same essence.
One major issue is the animation quality itself. The visuals lack the necessary detail and fluidity, creating a disconnect between the viewer and the narrative. Additionally, the use of CGI feels clunky and unrealistic, detracting from key moments that should evoke a strong emotional response.
Furthermore, the anime makes several critical omissions that undermine character development and plot cohesion. A poignant storyline involving Guts, his team, and a young boy found on the beach…
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In 2015, the announcement of a Conviction Arc adaptation for Berserk was met with excitement. However, the final product was a mix of exaggerated hype and disappointment. As someone who watched the season weekly in 2016, I was initially disappointed and even angry. The animation was not an improvement from the 1997 version and did not have the same art style as the Memorial or movie adaptations. Looking back, I realize that my younger self was quick to criticize rather than appreciate. It is important to note that unless you are an animation student or an animator, it is not fair to label certain styles as "lazy" without understanding the process. Similarly, commenting on the colors or animation without having read the manga or understanding the historical context is not valid. Calling Ber…
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The CGI is crap, but the story remains captivating. I enjoyed the twists and turns, as well as the encounters. Watching Guts meet new comrades and battle monsters is what I had hoped for when I started watching this season. The characters are all fantastic, with none of them feeling out of place or dull. They all serve a purpose and contribute to the story's development.
As for the crappy animation, it can be unpleasant to watch. However, it isn't as terrible as some people make it out to be. The camera angles could use some improvement, but the action scenes are decent and get the point across. Anyway, it wasn't as crappy as the one in Seven Deadly Sins.
The music is fitting and well-done, creating the appropriate mood for the scenes. Depending on what's happening on screen, it gets you…
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After watching the original 1997 anime, which I loved, I really expected this to be at least decent and decided to give it a chance despite the reviews. BIG MISTAKE. This show is the embodiment of everything I dislike about anime; it takes all of the worst anime tropes as ingredients and puts them together in one disgusting pie. I have not read the manga yet, so I will review this as a series, not as an adaptation.
Part 1) The Plot
The plot contains many of the biggest issues with this anime. Very often, it feels like things happen suddenly and for no reason. The biggest example is the Kushans, who are an antagonistic nation, like the Tudor in the 1997 show. The issue is that pretty much no context is given about them at all, and it feels like they only serve as a plot device for Griffith…
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This season directly follows season 1, but there were some things missing so I had to read manga to catch up. Also it was obvious this season will be hated, but to carry the story forward I think it served the purpose, if you're willing to complete the story you should watch it, personally I liked it, apart from animations its perfect.
After catching up with anime, I switched to manga it was smooth transition you must read the manga the quality is unparalleled, just so much Guts has suffered, I had to see what was about to come and wasn't disappointed.
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I was hoping for a better adaptation but I kind of liked it for what it was. I do feel like the character development wasn't there and didn't change throughout this season. If it was well adapted it would have been fire asf I can tell you that much for sure. I did enjoy the sounds and how they mixed them up in certain scenes and fights. I do feel like this was worse than the older version even tho this is continuing the story. If you are a diehard berserk fan you would have to finish this before continuing it on the manga or just read the manga for your own sake. Also the part when it was supposed to continue btw rip kentaro.
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This adaptation STILL looks like TRASH!!! But this season is an improvement over the first in just about every way. The soundtrack is used less obnoxiously, the plot and characters are more developed, and the worldbuilding is very well done. Like the first season, if you've already read the manga, all of those things are probably not going to impress you. But experiencing them for the first time in this anime does actually make this a tolerable thing to watch. It's not boring, that's for sure. And hey, watching this for a laugh isn't such a bad idea either. I think it would be best if another studio handles Berserk from here, but I honestly would be fine watching a third season from this studio if they were to make one. Call me a heretic. [FINAL SCORE: 7/10]
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I miss the old animation, like the Berserk (1993) version. I wish they continued this series! I can understand why they do not want to due to popularity and all, but it is still annoying leaving it at a cliffhanger or stopping at a certain arc. Of course, we can read the rest in the manga, but I am not a reading fan since that interest went away from doing reading comprehensions for school :D
Anyway, I gave it a 9/10 for Art because of the CGI. Then again, it is better than nothing.
The rest were great! I honestly like the story. After watching the old version, I still watched this, despite it being CGI animation. The story was interesting enough for me to continue the series. It may be bad for others, but it is great in my opinion. Personally, I want all the anime that were cancelled, s…
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This is my first review.. ok sooo..
It's a great story, with great characters, but had a lot of troubles with their adaptation..
I'd admit that I have a preconcept of the show, and of course I did'nt live under a Rock, I know everything about the hate that this work had, principaly on the CGI animation, and will not say it was good, at all.. So I think is not as bad as peaple say..
The point here is, The producers, directors, animators had a really bad choice at the time to decide the artstyle, and of course, they don't have the money, to do that CGI works properly.. I don't accept CGI on Anime, but some of shows that I'like a lote was made on CGI, this has'nt the best that I have seen but has'nt the worse either, I think they made it decent, must of the time, and have their good moments,…
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A crime to any review is to not start with what you're reviewing in the review. But a series as "lauded" as this one requires a short preamble.
After watching the original 97 series, I was left in a flurry. I *really* wanted to watch more, but I had heard so much flame about the newer series. I really didn't want to approach it. I saw the gifs. You know the gifs. But alas, my thirst to see what happened next needed to be quenched, so I bit the bullet. I figured the first movie would be fine to watch, since if it was in fact terrible, at least it was short. I was expecting the worst at this point.
But it really turned my head around. Sure, the CGI was a jarring at first, but after acclimating to it, I really fell into the story being told. Even if it was a retelling of the 97 series, it w…
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*Disclaimer*
Just personal scratch.
Advised, possible spoilers.
Opinion & Informal
Note #1: Going to make a few slight comparisons to the manga in regards to what I personally would have preferred to have been adapted.
Art: 5/10 This season did much better than the last. CGI models and backgrounds/environment. Certain scenes and animations were in a more traditional drawn style. There were more drawn scenes in this season than the last which is a plus. The CGI models weren't too bad and seemed a bit better than the last. Overall there were decent enough improvements art-wise and model-wise compared to the previous season. There was still the problem of not giving too much dedication or attention to the impact-shots which I had mentioned about in the previous season. What I mean is that…
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Kentaro Miura did a great job giving us such a series to read. If it wasn't for his many hiatus, Berserk would have been competing with One Piece in manga category. Now coming to the anime, again going for the 3DCGI. The animation totally sucked, it was looking like playing a 3rd rate 3D video game. The only thing that helped berserk cross the line of being a decent anime was its intense storyline and an amazing plot. Although, the anime left out a lot of scenes, but if they would have stuck to 2DCGI rather than doing the entire stuff it would have much great!!! The fight scenes and the blood shed would have been more intensified if the frame overlaying would have been a lot smoother considering they would have done it in 2D style animation. Aside from that it was all Kentaro Miura's story…
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Berserk 2017, don't judge a book by its cover. I've tried that, but the product is also reminiscent of the popular saying: "Don't make the same mistake twice!
In the case of story and characters, the applause for writing a beautiful manga with good story and character development rightly belongs to the mangaka and no one else. In other words, the proper use of a given story and its characters is a solid basic skill that is required for the preparation or completion of a respectable result. This basic knowledge cannot be regarded as a valid sign of professionalism, nor as a way of mitigating errors in other disciplines, such as visual adaptation. In short, if a good story and its characters are considered to be the merit of the creative team, it seems to me that the intention is to create…
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First time I started watching Berserk in 2014 year and that was movies 1,2,3 and 3D art was amazing + story line and overall 10/10 true masterpiece.
Second time was 2016 season 2 TV series almost everything on 8/10 except art
5/10 everyhing (story) is from manga, but I do not read manga just played berserk in dreamcast and ps2 version.
2017 jul I started season 3 and what I saw art improvements and all other things same, tbh from this 3D art I got resistance and no longer crying about it.
That ANIME in overall = Masterpiece and if you disagree that means you are WEAK!
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I don't know how this got a rating this high, i mean 7.14 or sth. like that i just can't. you know guys this is a disgrace to you and the masterpiece of miura himself you should not be satisfied with this horseshite and don't be afraid to ask for sth. better we, the manga and miura deserve better than this shit this is just a shame. instead go read the manga or watch the anime from 1997 also not perfect but way better than this. well i need to mention im happy that susumu did the music at least he does a great job and did it also in the 1997 anime thats one of the few positive things i have to say about this steaming pile of disgraceful shit. yea i like to use disgraceful because this shit is just an disgrace, you know when u order some of your favorite food and you get shit served and the…
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This review is tainted by the subjective feelings of a Berserk fan.
I tried my best to suppress them but I can't ignore those entirely, I'm sorry.
If you want a totally unbiased opinion, please do not read further.
There are people who enjoyed Berserk (2017), and they have the right to do so.
But I simply couldn't.
Fans know the suffering.
We live with it every day, knowing it will never come to fruition:
The perfect Berserk Anime.
Even though, we keep on hoping that someday, someone will take on the task of transforming Kentaro Miura's outstanding work, into a visual experience comparable to his exceptional art skills, it will probably never happen.
The expectations are way too high, so we will keep on complaining that nothing is good enough.
Keep that in mind while reading further.…
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Overview:
It's the 4th of July everybody! As an American, I will celebrate my country with one of our time honored traditions...beating the dog shit out of something weak and defenseless. Everyone is lining up to shit on Eromanga Sensei. Worst animu of the year! Sure that's pretty low hanging fruit, but I'm going even lower. If bashing Eromanga Sensei was the equivalent of America's pummeling and carving up Serbia, picking on poor Berserk 2017 is like the 1983 invasion of Grenada!
Story:
Berserk 2017 has 2 clip show episodes in a 12 episode run! That's really all I need to say to illustrate how fucking shit this series was. That could be the entire review right there!
However, I'm a tad more professional then that so let's get on with the review. This series covered the part of the m…
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If you hated the last season of berserk and was hoping they would improve on there mistakes you will be disappointed like the first overall just stay way from this one theirs just not much to write about this that hasn't been said about the first season.
The animation is still piss poor like the first season no improvements there not much to talk about on that.
Story is done better in this season but the animation holds it back and really theirs no point to really watch since we have a manga that has better art to help the story its the same for characters.
the music is the best part of season 1 and 2 really holds up same with voice acting these are the best parts about the show but that not saying much.
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They have butchered Berserk more than Guts butchers just about everything.
The only decent things I can say about this show, is that the music is not terrible, and they somehow managed to keep parts of the original show in it...are they done well? God no, but there are still traces of it there, slowly being consumed by a studio that clearly does not want to listen to the fans. The sound effects are pretty shit, though the voice acting is solid enough, though I can only say so much about that since I am not Japanese. So now I am going to talk about the animation...at least I would if there was much there...Now I don't hate 3d animation, in fact I actually quite like the Berserk movies, and hell even Kado has some damn fine 3d animation, but this looks horrendous. Like don't get me wrong, it…
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