Audience reviews
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Adnash
My review of the first movie of this trilogy could feel a little bit harsh, but it couldn't be helped. The story was just rushed too much, and relations between certain characters were either omitted or compressed to the point of losing their substance. This review, however, won't be as much harsh, even though there were also many moments known from the manga that were not adapted at all, despite their importance. Why such change in approach? I will answer this question later.
First of all I need to commend visuals. While the first movie did not look bad and it looked actually fine, its sequel is more visually pleasing (especially during battle scenes or sword duels). Same goes with direction. It was already alright in "The Egg of the King", but we could see it clearly improving (sometime…
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*SPOILER-FREE*
“Berserk” despite not needing introduction is a manga adaptation with Studio 4oC at the front of animation and what an expectation did they were expected to meet by animating one of if not the best manga ever drawn. And comparing to the 3D animation disaster that is “Berserk (2016)” it did a decent job.
As far as animation goes, despite not being absolutely appalling, I can comfortably say that it was far from the quality that a manga like “Berserk” deserved. Some actions were clunky and not very detailed, the art-style was a lot less impactful or terrifying. The fights were mediocre and not that overwhelming as it was supposed plus, the emotions and terrifying moments that exist don’t flow or express themselves as well.
The plot is really…
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This film focuses on the interaction between two of the main characters Guts and Casca and the development of their friendship while fighting in the Band of the Hawk. These two characters form the basis of the Berserk series and it is their interactions and what happens to them that progresses the story. Casca is a great character and moves away from the standard warrior woman in manga and anime by having actual motives to fight alongside men rather than just being the regular chain mail bikini clad warrior. Saying this though her design does slightly drop her into this trope as she rides into battle with thigh high boots and armour that has its own cleavage. The voice acting of the Japanese actors is brilliant with Hiroaki Iwanaga, Toa Yukinari and Takahiro Sakurai as voices of Guts, Casc…
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The CGI is decent compared to the other CGI berserk ones.
They handled the ballroom scene beautifully. Love how well done the characters were brought to life animated from the manga.
The pacing isn't difficult to follow.
It's interesting watching Gutts, Casca & Griffith's relationship as well as their takes on achieving their dreams.
Before watching this make sure to watch Kenpuu Denki Berserk or read the manga.
Berserk is one of the best adult anime that addresses things such as rags to riches, how the 1% typically thinks compared to the masses & how being charming with the power of speech sometimes overpowers worth ethic.
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I am writing this review for all three movie parts. I watched them back to back.
The first two movie parts are fine, but the third.. just god aweful. Apparently you REALLY need to watch the other shows and read the manga to understand this movie.
This second movie though was very good. I enjoyed the progression it had from the first one. I loved the fighting scene, as it seemed to be almost like LOTR.
Music:
The music was like... all over the place. The intro music is weird....Not a fan of the music in the last episode.
Characters:
The characters weren't bad. They were all pretty well defined and had specific characteristics.
Story:
The story of this show, was just garbage. The first two points in the score are for the first two episodes. Both of those 1 hour episodes were good, and…
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[WARNING: SPOILERS ARE GIVEN IN THIS REVIEW]
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II: The Battle for Doldrey
Director: Toshiyuki Kubooka
Original Creator: Kentarou Miura
Story (10/10): The story of the film pick up right where the last one left off. Guts and the Band of the Hawks are now winning even more and becoming stronger than ever. They get into a battle and Casca falls off a cliff. Guts falls off the cliff with her but he saves both of their lives and neither of them die. They end up bonding and their character development is increased and further executed in this scene. The battle continues and Guts ends up slaughtering 100 men. They win the battle, mainly because of Guts. They then rest and recover from their epic fight. There is a Doldrey Castle, the likes of which has never been con…
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What can I say about this movie….well simple, it’s probably one of the best anime movies I have ever seen! My mind was blown away by the stunning animation and art style which is very reminiscent to me of Kingdom, a historical piece about the creation of what we know of as modern day China during the Quin dynasty.
I loved the realism to characters. That they weren’t sparkly and pretty but they were true to actual people. Different colours, sizes and shapes. They weren’t manufactured dolls, the next just as pretty as the last. I found that very refreshing.
Now, I will state off the bat, I have never seen anything Berserk related at all. This was my first glimpse into this dark, medieval fantasy. If Kingdom is about ancient China, then Berserk is about the ages of great wars with knights…
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Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II Review
Story (7/10) Good
This story adapts episode 11-19 of the 90s anime and of the Golden Age Arc in the manga. Just like the previous movie adaptation of this trilogy a couple of things where change to fit the time that they have and some of the things they decided to remove urked me a bit because these scenes are debatable (to the least if they were important to the overall story). Now the first scene was the flash back of Casca showing how she met Griffith, this seen just like the flash back of Gut's childhood was quickly rushed over, not as back as the Gut's flashback but it was indeed rushed over but this one can be forgiven since the assumptions that could a person who has only watched the movies can come to aren't incorrect on exactly what all wen…
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[Contains mild spoilers]
What I intend to do here is to review the three films as a whole, considering that they have all been out for a while now and therefore can be viewed together, rather than look at them as individual works. Treating them this way allows a better experience for the audience than if they were seen as separate. This is especially the case considering that the first film, being the weakest, has the hardest task of them all as it acts as an introduction to the world of Berserk and its characters.
This is essentially the same review as the one I left for the first film, so if you have already read that, there's no need to read this one as well.
Story: 8/10
There are two issues here, 1. how well does it hold up against the other adaptations of Berserk (anime and mang…
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The Band of the Hawk have risen through the ranks of Midland's military and have earned great respect along with plenty of jealous scorn. Guts continues to serve Griffith loyally fulfilling his dream yet at the same time experiences a certain uneasiness. He soldiers on for his comrades, and the stakes begin to rise when the enemy make one final stand at their impenetrable fortress. -summary
This new Berserk remake remains somewhat of a chore to get through and it's not completely due to its very own merit. In fact, Berserk has moments of being quite good as it's jam-packed with some explosive action, above average animation, and traces of character development focusing on main characters. These three traits alone are usually enough to propel a title to at least "very good" status, especia…
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The 2nd Berserk movie picks up exactly where the first one left off: watering down the Berserk story and character development, and assaulting our eyes with CGI that would be decent for a late PS2 or early PS3 title, but completely unacceptable for a modern movie that got released in theaters!
SPOILERS!
We get to see the epic battle between the Band of the Hawk and the hilariously named Purple Rhino Heavy Cavalry. As you no doubt already surmised...the battle looks like total crap! Then we get tons of scenes with the Hawks celebrating because there is a very limited amount of time and this movie wants to get the important stuff in. Remember the sub-plot revealing how Midland's politics work? The one with the royal hunt, the attempt to assassinate Griffith, and Guts' counter assassination…
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The second movie of the Berserk Golden Age series. Well, what to say? Actually the film was quite good if you ask me. This is coming from someone who read the manga (up to chapter 337 anyways, for it has yet to be updated), and have seen the anime.. For long time fans of Berserk, the movie will be disappointing only in terms of the blatant overuse of CG. But in the sound and art (hand-drawn scenes) department it will certainly be a guaranteed feast for the eyes and ears. Especially for someone who has been craving for more of Berserk (okay, maybe I'm being a little biased here but who cares).
Now, for those only getting started with Berserk and have not read the manga, well, you guys are up for a thrilling yet confusing ride. Since a lot of scenes from the manga are shown in the film but…
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First episode sets things up nicely for part 2 of this ova. It opens with the legendary 100 man vs guts battle in a true gorefest. Disturbingly violent and brutal, but lacks the proper set up to build up Guts to that point. Making the battle anti-climatic when compared to the TV series in which they took time to show Guts progression as a warrior and his character. His relationship and romance seems natural but not as impactful, the viewer doesn't care for the characters despite the long running time of these ova's. Episode 2 has fantastic battle scenes but lacks the humanity of the manga and tv series. The OVA spends most of it's time with epic battle scenes and blood splattering be-headings. As a result the viewer feels more detached rather than connected to this story's main leads. The…
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Picking up directly from The Egg of the King, the second part of the Golden Age Arc, The Battle of Doldrey notably ramps up the combat as compared to the first film, and also a serious amount of character development for the main three characters, most notably Guts and Casca. The CGI, however, still remains a mixed bag.
On the topic of the CGI, there isn't much more to be said as compared to my last review - the CGI is still a very much mixed bag. However, it seems to have improved compared to the last film - it looks much better compared to the Egg of the King, as the CGI is very suited to the large-scaled, individual-heavy Battle of Doldrey. It, however, does not look as good for scenes such as Guts vs the 100 Swordsmen. The 2D animation, however, is still at a very, very high standard.…
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This movie had about the same quality as the last one. The first movie crippled this one, though, with its lack of important founding character development.
All of the minor characters in the Band of the Hawk have no importance or weight in the story. Guts argues with Casca about how he's not a mad dog anymore and that he cares about his comrades, but how can he care about them we haven't even been introduced to any of them? Disposable characters die now and then and we feel no attachment to them. In this movie, it seems like I'd feel the same way even if Judeau and Pippin died. They seem completely disposable.
The art, as I said in my review for the last movie, isn't that bad. I see a lot of complaints regarding the CG, but I thought it looked decent. My only complaint about it is tha…
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Griffith's words about true friends still resound in Guts' head. They haunt him on the battlefield and in his downtime, making him question his moves and motivation. This doesn't stop him from fighting for Griffith as the Band of the Hawk joins the other forces of the king to take down Doldrey, a nigh impregnable fortress that has never been successfully besieged. In between battles, Guts continues to ponder where his life is headed if he sticks with the Band of the Hawk, strengthens his bond with woman warrior Casca, and ultimately makes a decision that will have a great impact not only on his future, but on the rest of the Hawks' as well.
So, if you’re like I and you watched the first movie before the series but you managed to watch the second movie after (or at least the dub version t…
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Berserk is one of my all time favorite series in anime or manga but i so far am generally displeased with the movies. The characters and Story are the same but its the way its all presented to me that really brings down the quality of the series. So though i may praise characters and story it lacks in other ways.
The art is one of the biggest sufferings for the movie,instead of traditional anime they use a incredible amounts of CGI and 3d models. Other than looking like a poorly rendered video game with clunky models and primitive move cycles the show doesn't feel like berserk at all. They took away all the grit and grime of the original, everything's clean and polished with flat smooth images and CG. They kept the blood but that doesn't keep the show true to itself enough, there was a wh…
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Art: Same issue as with last movie. Watch Adon's face. It belongs in a fucking video game. Who the fuck thought this was okay to put in a movie? Watch the scene where Griffith rescues Casca from being raped in the forest.
Animation: Ruined by the CG again. Lack of blurring and hand-drawn effects make the animation look choppy and stupid. Watch the animation of Griffith riding up to Gennon at the end of the battle to see what I mean.
Choreography: Guts vs 100 men in the forest is probably the highlight of the movie in choreographic terms. Yet it fails in every way. It doesn't look good because the art sucks shit. The movements look awkward. Watch that scene where someone throws a sword at Guts and he literally hits it back like hitting a baseball. Fucking ridiculous. Once again, in the…
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It goes without saying that due to the storyline compression, since it is a movie, after all, there will be some changes in opposition towards the anime series. I kept saying( as I always do when people make adaptations of books, for instance): "This is not how it happened in the anime! They omitted this, they omitted that, they added this, he wasn't there at the time..." and so on and so forth. It did affect some things immensely, this compression, and addition, and it amounted mostly to how we see the characters in both movies, especially this one.
Whereas in the anime series we get to see Griffith in one light, in the movies he appears more humane, new layers of him are being exposed, or should I say, emphasized. In the anime series, the emphasized themes were gradual character develo…
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The story continues where the last movie leaves off. The main focus is Guts reflecting on what Griffith defines an equal and true friend and the decision that Guts comes to and the effects it has on the team. Of course by revealing this, if you have any familiarity with the manga and/or the 1997 series, you have an idea of where it starts and where it ends. However, there will be 3 cameos from manga exclusive characters in this movie which is quite a treat.
The animation feels more uneven in this than it does in the last movie. This is more prevelant in slow motion. It feels really choppy like a disc in your game system skipping at times. But it runs much more smoothly at faster speeds. The violence and the gore is very well graphically depicted and makes up for some of the flaws this ser…
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