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[Grudy]

I made a quick album of panels where Guts appears in the same chapter that's covered in the first episode. Perhaps in hopes of highlighting the differences to new comers and getting them to read the manga lol.

http://imgur.com/a/vOjQ2

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Gutts the Stampede.

 

[Fisty]

Ok apparently I was confused, I have seen the MOVIES, not the new anime series. I was wondering why people were talking about seasons and stuff, makes more sense. I didnt realize there was a new series, my apologies

 

[Anung]

Glad this is finally back. Ive been waiting over a decade to see this stuff finally get animated.

I'd rather see this get reenacted using sock puppets than this shit. Hell, I'd rather have nothing.

 

[HStallion]

Interesting, I just remember the animation being very poorly done, with lots of repeated frames and cheap stuff like that. I mean I wasn't expecting Samurai Champloo levels of animation but man it was pretty bad. I figured it would have even more cut out than the movies since it is just like a season of 22 minute episodes

The animation is probably the weakest part of the 97 anime however its incredibly faithful to Berserk in a lot of ways even if changes things here or there. The music is a stand out and is still incredible to this day. The dub cast is one of the best around especially for back in the 90's. Even the animation is better than the shitty new series in my opinion as despite there being a lot of panning shots over still images with sound effects and music, it also had shots like this:

 

[moustascheman]

The 1997 anime was an example of a talented team working around the limitations of small budget.

This anime is an example of a....less talented team not even trying to work around their budget issues.

Also, I'm only 2 minutes into the first episode and already I'm having a good laugh.

Wait, I didn't realize this when I was watching but why is Casca sleeping on the stone floor?

 

[Sou Da]

Episode 2 is out apparently?

 

[Mister Wolf]

I'd rather see this get reenacted using sock puppets than this shit. Hell, I'd rather have nothing.

You've had a whole previous season to judge this anime adaption worthy of your time yet here you are still watching still complaining. You love this adaption.

 

[KHlover]

Wait, I didn't realize this when I was watching but why is Casca sleeping on the stone floor?

That's one of the first scenes in the opening.

Episode 2 is out apparently?

Was released an hour after Episode 1 afaik. From next week on it'll be 1 ep per week though.

 

[Syder]

I only watched S01 E01 so I'm just here for the hilarious gifs

 

[jett]

I had forgotten how terrible this show is. IT's not even just the shoddy CGI, but the awful babby's first CGI camera movement. It's like they WANT to call attention to their crap CG.

Also realized I don't like this Guts's voice at all.

 

[Gulz1992]

EXTREME CLOSE-UP!

 

[jett]

EXTREME CLOSE-UP!

 

[Anung]

You've had a whole previous season to judge this anime adaption worthy of your time yet here you are still watching still complaining. You love this adaption.

I'm hate watching a thing because berserk at it's worse is still berserk.

 

[Rynocirator]

EXTREME CLOSE-UP!

right click save image as...

 

[meltingparappa]

right click save image as...

Seriously.

Gonna be so useful.

 

[Steeped in a Sea of Games]

EXTREME CLOSE-UP!

She looks like a baby dolly.

 

[Mister Wolf]

I'm hate watching a thing because berserk at it's worse is still berserk.

Exactly Anung so take what you can get. At least these people actually gave a fuck about Berserk to spend the time and money to make a anime adaption. No one else gave a fuck. I'm 34 and its been a very long time since I was buying those 1997 anime english releases hoping my support would translate to seeing further Berserk past the Golden Age animated and no one bothered to make shit so I'm not gonna knock these people's work because at least they give a damn.

 

[Kayhan]

Berserk Season 2 Episode 1

 

[HStallion]

Exactly Anung so take what you can get. At least these people actually gave a fuck about Berserk to spend the time and money to make a anime adaption. No one else gave a fuck. I'm 34 and its been a very long time since I was buying those 1997 anime english releases hoping my support would translate to seeing further Berserk past the Golden Age animated and no one bothered to make shit so I'm not gonna knock these people's work because at least they give a damn.

I'll be honest I wonder if Miura even gives a fuck. I sometimes wonder if he just signs off on these things because people are bugging him to adapt the manga to other mediums and he's like,"Whatever, I'm drawing for 20 hours a day make a Berserk connect 3 game and pay a bunch of Loli people to make an anime for all I care."

 

[Gulz1992]

Apparently the dragonslayer is also the holy moonlight sword.

 

[moustascheman]

Apparently the dragonslayer is also the holy moonlight sword.

Oh shit, the Berserk x Dark Souls crossover we've all been waiting for.

 

[HStallion]

Apparently the dragonslayer is also the holy moonlight sword.

Ahhh Guts, or some say Gattsu... do you hear our prayers?

 

[Gulz1992]

Oh my god, the Guts Zodd fight scene is nauseating. I'm honestly impressed that the director learned absolutely nothing from the last season.

 

[True Savior]

EXTREME CLOSE-UP!

 

[Mister Wolf]

I'll be honest I wonder if Miura even gives a fuck. I sometimes wonder if he just signs off on these things because people are bugging him to adapt the manga to other mediums and he's like,"Whatever, I'm drawing for 20 hours a day make a Berserk connect 3 game and pay a bunch of Loli people to make an anime for all I care."

If people were bugging him that much to adapt I wouldn't have had to wait 20 years to see black swordsman story arcs animated.

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

EXTREME CLOSE-UP!

LMAO! That's hilarious!

 

[Gulz1992]

So Guts apparently lost his sword fight with Zodd. And rather than kill him like he easily could right now, Zodd instead does nothing. Also, what happened to his sword being cracked?

 

[Taiser]

EXTREME CLOSE-UP!

 

[How About No]

EXTREME CLOSE-UP!

 

[Gulz1992]

Watching this show like

 

[Sou Da]

Watching this show like

Why did the scene with the children in the forest get 2d animation of all things?

 

[Hypemaster]

you brave, brave people

 

[Sykotik]

What a beautiful duCLANG.

 

[Gulz1992]

I don't even know what just happened here.

Edit: Robot Guts!

Well, first episode out of the way. I'll watch the second tomorrow.

 

[Darg]

Ah a T-800 model. Skynet needs some upgrading to do.

 

[Tertullian]

Boy you guys are making this sound dire. You'd think the most high-regarded manga, like, ever would be able to nab itself a really good anime adaptation.

Are any of the animes really worth seeking out? Are the movie good apart from the cgi? Or should I just get ahold of the manga or forget about it?

 

[Sibersk Esto]

I don't think a highly regarded source material guarantees anything beyond convincing investors to get the thing made. If the talent involved can't do a good job, then that's a wrap.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Boy you guys are making this sound dire. You'd think the most high-regarded manga, like, ever would be able to nab itself a really good anime adaptation.

Are any of the animes really worth seeking out? Are the movie good apart from the cgi? Or should I just get ahold of the manga or forget about it?

Watch the movie trilogy and read the manga. I would say watch this series as well.

 

[Fat4all]

Are any of the animes really worth seeking out? Are the movie good apart from the cgi? Or should I just get ahold of the manga or forget about it?

the movie trilogy is pretty good once you get past the first movie

 

[Dahbomb]

Boy you guys are making this sound dire. You'd think the most high-regarded manga, like, ever would be able to nab itself a really good anime adaptation.

Are any of the animes really worth seeking out? Are the movie good apart from the cgi? Or should I just get ahold of the manga or forget about it?

90s anime is great, movies are good but kinda chopped up so you lose out on some important character development. The movies also get better in terms of CG as they progress.

But both of these cover the same arc. This anime series (2016/2017) is the first time we have seen the Berserk series adapted past the Golden Age arc which makes it even more disappointing... it's all we have in the animation department.

 

[Garmonbozia]

They really did it.

This looks positively, completely, absolutely, insultingly, ferociously god-awful.

I salute the poor bastards that voluntarily endure this crap.

 

[Gulz1992]

Boy you guys are making this sound dire. You'd think the most high-regarded manga, like, ever would be able to nab itself a really good anime adaptation.

Are any of the animes really worth seeking out? Are the movie good apart from the cgi? Or should I just get ahold of the manga or forget about it?

Believe me, this anime is dire. It honestly has all the quality of a video-game based movie, and not one of the entertaining ones like Mortal Kombat 1 or Silent Hill 1. It's more along the lines of Silent Hill: Revelation, or one of Uwe Boll's films. The only way I'm getting some enjoyment out of it is by treating the whole thing as an unintentional joke.

The 1997 Berserk anime, while rather dated in its animation, is actually a decent show. It has good direction, good pacing, makes some deviations but still stays mostly faithful to the material of the manga that it adopts. Most of all, it actually manages captures the feel and tone of Berserk, which this anime completely fails at. I'm talking about the atmosphere, character development, and emotional quiet moments, all of which are completely absent from this anime but are done decently in the 1997 one. My recommendation would be to watch that show and then read the manga from beginning. I've never seen the movie trilogy, so I can't comment on that. I somehow doubt it's worse than this anime, though.

 

[SolarPowered]

These gifs and stills are going to make me tear up.

 

[Hellwarden]

Well I will say this.

I think they fixed Gut's face.

Looks better than I remember it looking in the first season.

Shame about almost everything else.

 

[Mulgrok]

This new series looks fine to me, but I am easy to please. Only gripe I have is it skips a lot of side stuff that added a lot to the manga.

 

[Arkeband]

I'm treating these like a joke at this point, so in that regard they're pretty great.

The saxophone when Guts is thinking of Griffith had me dying.

 

[HStallion]

I think the Dragon Slayer should play notes of smooth jazz with every hit.

 

[janoDX]

Compared to the first season, those 2 episodes were great.

 

[moustascheman]

Holy Fuck, who seriously thought that Jazz was a good idea. Like it's baffling to think that not a single person realized how out of place it is. I really hope that this isn't this season's version of Hai-Yo in that it's the only song they play because I can just imagine Guts fighting Grunbeld with a saxophone playing in the background.