Audience reviews
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Peveral
The negativity from manga enthusiasts is discouraging potential new viewers interested in the anime. Not everyone wishes to delve into the manga guys, so let's refrain from discouraging others from watching this anime or even the 3 movies before this one. As an anime viewer myself, I genuinely appreciate the graphics; there doesn't seem to be any issues here unless you are being extremely picky. Some might be overly critical; in my opinion, the story and animation are fantastic, providing even more excitement than the 1997 version. For those not bound by strict manga preferences, this adaptation is perfectly acceptable and quite enjoyable.
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Before this anime was out a lot of fools were defending it as amazing because of nostalgia, even though the trailer was nothing but bad CGI and the material it was adapting was nowhere as good as the one from the 90s. Boy, did they regretted being positive about it.
The 90s Berserk is the best dark fantasy anime of all times. The 2016 version on the other hand is yet another dark and edgy mediocrity with cancer CGI, awful directing, and terrible sound composition. You cannot watch 5 minutes without spotting a lazily made scene with bizarre camera angles and effortless lipsync. When Guts hits something, it makes a ridiculous metallic sound even when what he hits is not made of metal. And when he cuts someone in half, it looks like a plastic toy because the CGI is rendered cheaply. Berserk,…
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When I started watching this show (TV series in 2016/09/5) watching 1 episode I was stunned.... why this 3D art is so bad, why they did not leave movie 1,2,3 Art (movie art was amazing for me).
So when I finished tv series my raitings was
Story 5/10- I did not like the fact that they released a whole year of events, and the story turned into a non target slasher, almost no drama just fight and fight, it looked like a game where you fight with boss helpers and after them respawn boss and you kill him and find out the location for the next boss- 50/50 it means first 6 episodes I dislike and last 6 episodes I liked.
Art 4/10- I have seen nothing worse about this, the feeling that I was watching the puppet show and if honestly didn't liked art completely missed.
Sound 8/10 - the only honest…
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Be careful what you wish for, because you might just receive it.
Fans of the original 1997 series of Berserk, and the manga by extension, could not have imagined how dangerous this desire could be. Diving into the realm of retelling one of the hallmark stories of the entire manga industry, must have seemed foolproof — or, at the very least, risk-adverse. But, alas, even the strongest source material is no match for horrendous 3D animation and mediocre directorial talent. Something is not always superior to nothing, and, in fact, may induce detrimental blemishes on an otherwise fantastic series. Not only does this new series mutilate an ongoing classic, but it distorts the perception of Guts to a younger generation of anime viewers. Diminishing the chances of future installments that are f…
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Presentation/Animation 0/10: I'm glad that I label this as "Presentation/Animation" rather than Art & Animation be because to even label this as art is derogatory to everything else I've ever experienced. Labeling this as art would be a farce of which the world has never seen. The animation and ""art"" in this show is extremely overrated. Myriad [there's that word again] addresses to the "animation" in this include "Berserk isn't about the look", "It's not that bad". "I prefer it over the 1997 version", and other garbage not worth mentioning. This is so poor it's honestly a deconstruction and subversion of what makes literally anything not terrible. Merely watching this is like wanting to sneeze for 20 minutes, getting a tissue, and finding out the tissue you grabbed was actually a heavily…
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Finally we get another Berserk anime adaption, we can't help but expect highly. Of course it's fine to expect high but for your own good, put those expectations away and listen to what I have to say.
This season of Berserk brings us a totally different animation, camera angles and sound effects. I will explain these 3 in detail below.
ANIMATION:
This time CG is used for the entire anime. Not like the movies, this is done in just CG with it's own unique style. This unique style isn't interesting to be honest, it's just how the characters were adapted by the studio. The character always have faded lines on them. The reason why they put them there I don't know. In any case the CG can get very bad, this also makes it difficult for us to get into and actually concentrate.
CAMERA ANGLES:
Thi…
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Hey guys....
I dont know why everyone complain about this anime. I love the new animation and grafic. Also the sound of Guts attacks are awsome and the steps of him are like a heavy fighter not like this *small* guy at the start of the anime. So in my opinion everything fits perfect. And on top of all they include nearly all parts of the storry i missed in the "97 anime.
And even if u are not lucky about it.. u dont need to watch the anime. There are a 1000ths of others out there. I am happy they remaked and continued.
Well hater hate...
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The Internet Hate Train has arrived. ALL ABOARD! WOO WOO!!!!
I put off watching this series for a while because all I had heard was extremely negative! Then my inner contrarian was awakened and I reasoned that the internet anime community also hates a lot of series that I love. Maybe this series isn't so bad? WRONG! I swear this series was produced by the Rapehorse himself!
Background:
The internet anime community only has a couple "sacred cows" where you will get flamed to a crisp if you dare say a negative word about them. One is Legend of the Galactic Heroes and the other is the Berserk manga. Many corners of the internet regard it above Watchmen as the greatest graphic novel of all time. 4chan loves Berserk so much that even badmouthing the manga on /pol/ would make people go "WOAH.…
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As you probably know, Berserk is one of the most well-respected and loved manga series off all time, being serialized for over 27 years. With an anime adaptation made in a late 90’s and its three remake movies that came out not too long ago, Berserk’s well-known flashback arc got a complete adaptation, even if it wasn’t the most loyal. But never has Berserk got an adaptation of everything that happens after the events of the Golden Age arc, until recently that is. The 2016 anime adapts its sequel arc, the Conviction arc (albeit skimming its introductory arc and cutting out a filler mini-arc). Though it may not be the adaptation fans were hoping, and it sure isn’t getting much praise, I found it hard not to enjoy this adaptation, even with its obvious flaws. Despite the amateurish directing…
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Ok, I can't say for sure it this anime is remake or what, but I admit, I didn't yet watched the older version, so FYI my review is only for this version, I might make some error in my judgement , so just bear with me, so my ratings for this anime:
Storywise, I'd say that it was outstanding, now I don't care what others think about this anime, for for me it's an outstanding. The story plot isn't your typical something taken out from some MMORPG genre, it all focuses on man very sin of hatred and lies, where it was combine in a form of a dark action , horror and fantasy. Here the church is the antagonist and the only goods guys is an antihero who goes by the name of Guts. It was also not a typical good versus evil but a kind of bad versus evil, so in my book , it's a 10.
Art, ok, the art w…
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Before I begin, I would like to allow the readers some comfort in knowing that although I shall include my personal thoughts, I'll primarily be typing in an objective way of which will in fact differ with that of my thoughts at times. Also I'll not be lowering or raising my opinions on trivial matters such as the old series or the manga, as that is a comparison and not a proper judgement to this work as itself.
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And now, to dive right in I’ll start with the story. For someone with no former knowledge of the series, it will most undoubtedly be confusing at times, especially for questions specifically regarding individual characters. Your first thoughts must be something along the lines of “so you’re telling m…
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Not only a bad adaptation of Berserk, but a horrible anime overall. Can only recommend this piece of shit to people without taste, they seem to like it.
Story - 4\10. And those 4 points exist only because i'ts an adaptation of Kentaro Miura's Magnum Opus and has some ok'ish points. But's it's so butchered - it's impossible to give it even one more point. ALL character development was cut in favour of 360 MEGA SUPER PRO ACTION, which i will talk later.
Art - 1\10. It's so pathetic i don't know, if i want to talk about it. Neither the director, nor the animtors themselves know, what the hell they were doing. It seems, like they just looked up word "art" and "action" on wikipedia and tried to make a show out of that. Needless to say - they failed to deliver. Absolutelly horrendous animation…
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After many years we've got a sequel to the great Berserk, this time about Guts as the Black Swordsman, which we've only had a glimpse in the first and last episode of the first anime.
Lots of people are angry with the 3D cell shading animation, but I don't see it as a problem, it as a dark feel to it, which goes well with the themes of the story. The things we can point as negative is that it's a different kind of
animation from the original, but that one as been released 20 years ago.
It also as a low frame rate, which makes things less fluid.
About the character design, Guts and the rest of the Taka no Dan are as they
should be, slightly older, we can't forget that this one takes place a couple
of years after the original. Griffith design however seems to different unfortunately.
E…
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*Minor spoilers for Golden Age and Berserk 2016 below*
Miura’s Berserk is a classic manga series beloved by many and deals with dark, gritty violence and mature themes. Miura started writing Berserk in 1989; however due to many factors, most of which I am not aware of, the manga has turned into Hiatus x Hiatus over the past decade or so. Berserk received an anime adaption in the 1990s covering the famous Golden Age Arc, a flashback/prequel that covers roughly 13 manga volumes, and ever since fans have been asking for a sequel. This manga is held in such high esteem by so many that a sequel would never be able to live up to its hype. Manga lovers love the manga so much, and when they saw the first episode of Berserk 2016 and didn’t get exactly what they had yearned for for twenty years the…
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Berserk has a very passionate fan base. When Berserk 2016 was announced the majority of Berserk's followers were caught by surprise. This is the first time in 19 years we were getting a new anime adaptation, and to top it off, the story was finally going to progress past the Golden Age Arc. Sadly, excitement and eagerness gradually began to form into something different, anxiety and doubt. The question of whether it would be animated in 2D or 3D, where the story will pick up, and if it would faithfully follow the source material. As more information was released our doubts came to fruition. From the first PV we realized that the animation would be an odd mixture of 2D and 3D animation, which isn't something new to us, as the Golden Age Trilogy movies used the same animating technique. The…
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We have waited a long time to get a sequel from old berserk and finally we got one,its 12 episodes and art is different from the old one and its not (how should i say it exactly)HD that is not so great considering the possible art from 2016 but still if you are a fan of Berserk like me then you really need to watch this.It's already announced new season in 2017 and even doe this season started little slow but right now it really started to have proper actions and fighting and all we can hope is that it will continue that way in the next season.
I personally like how Guts has developed and now he seems way more mature and manly then he did in last season.Like i said art isn't something but for true fans that won't matter.Go ahead and watch few episodes an you will know if its for you or no…
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Now I feel like Guts standing in front of the army of the new Berserk hating people. Bring it on then! No seriously I believe that many people rate this anime focused way too much on one thing, not looking at it objectively.
Let's start with the main problem, the animation. It is bad! When I though I got used to it after the first episodes but another punch in the face came. Silly censorship incarnated into characters with no genitals. The animation is a mix of CG and drawn one. The CG parts are really strange. However it's not like a total fail. Some parts were beautiful. Some were sadly, hilarious. So I can't agree with statements like "The whole animation is terrible!". More like "Some parts are funny. (When they are not supposed to be funny.)"
Enough of that. If you forget the anima…
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Berserk returns with a whimper than a roar! The return of Guts and his tale feels like a horribly put together fan project.
Story 4/10
Berserk initially had many fans, myself included, anticipating its return. In this installment of the once great franchise the story and plot lacked the intensity & excitement the original series presented. This series was supposed to follow the manga according to what is on file in the MAL/ANN database. For the most part, it didn't follow the original source as much and sort of pulled random things out its ass to improvise. I found this to be both unprofessional and lazy on the director’s end. Of the many, one of the most disappointing things about the story is its overall presentation. It comes off ass.. (He he, I wrote ass) as, lazy.
It appeared as i…
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Ah Berserk. Yes, the series that fans have been waiting what seems like ages for a new adaptation. Anime adapted from manga isn’t likely going to be perfect and most often times or not, they’re not. Berserk is an interesting case though. The series feels like a bad date that the studio, producers, and director tries to make the best out of. In practice, you should not expect Berserk to be a dream come true. Sure, it’s what fans have been eager for but the tradition of trying to match a series of such high expectations is far from reality. Berserk isn’t a show that’s going to change from that.
Adapted from the manga, it’s imperative that fans are familiarized with the franchise. If you plan to watch the series completely fresh, then it’s going to be like a recipe for disaster experience.…
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It truly saddens me that this new adaptation of Berserk we receive after patiently waiting for almost two decades had to turn out like it did. This is a far cry from what the older adaptation managed to achieve and is regarded as a timeless classic, then again the previous anime was working with arguably the best source material out there with that being the 'Golden Age' arc. The decline in quality was to be expected as Berserk certainly peaked during the conclusion of that arc with the events of the Eclipse. The problem with this current adaptation was the fact that the script writers were adamant about fully adapting the Conviction arc but at the expense of rushing the Black Swordsman arc and completely omitting the Lost Children side story arc. The latter is understandable due to the ce…
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