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| I wish people would look past the CGI and realize it's pretty damn close to the source material. Is that not enough? |
Ryan_Gaunt said: The CGI isn't great, we all know that. But the story, pacing and even the fight between Guts and Zodd were brilliant, in my opinion. The Conviction arc, once past those horrible first few eps/filler in S1 and the stiff CG, was an excellent adaptation. And S2 seems to be continuing the transition into a very good anime with much improved action that flows, rather than just being chaotic. They nailed the Guts/Zodd fight: I don't remember it being that intense in the manga, tho it has admittedly been awhile. Really enjoyed revisiting the Guts/Griffith reunion. Shame a lot of people quit before getting this far. |
AironicallyHuman said: Ryan_Gaunt said: The CGI isn't great, we all know that. But the story, pacing and even the fight between Guts and Zodd were brilliant, in my opinion. The Conviction arc, once past those horrible first few eps/filler in S1 and the stiff CG, was an excellent adaptation. And S2 seems to be continuing the transition into a very good anime with much improved action that flows, rather than just being chaotic. They nailed the Guts/Zodd fight: I don't remember it being that intense in the manga, tho it has admittedly been awhile. Really enjoyed revisiting the Guts/Griffith reunion. Shame a lot of people quit before getting this far. I have not seen the manga, but I sincerely do not understand the hate on the CGI, im glad it got animate in the first place, or I would never have known about it. |
| *Too complicated to cared* |
| More than the CGI (which has been improved a lot from previous season) I think the real "problem" is the color palet. I think it should be a bit darker. It is not aweful though. Really liked this episode. Looks like things will be messy this season for Guts and friends. |
| I'll fade away and classify myself as obsolete! Obsolete!! |
| OMG OMG OMG! This badass show is back! 5/5! |
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| Guts vs. Zodd has to be the low point for this show. While almost everything from last season's first 3 episodes was technically worse, this fight was stellar in the manga and was well suited for animated format. Also gotta love the fact that they used sexy jazz music while Guts is thinking about Griffith and the horrible, horrible torment he was inflicted with. Why, it's about as fitting a sound choice as the sound of pans clanging for Dragonslayer! Copying what I said on r/berserk: It's improved a bit but good God the clangfest that was Guts vs. Zodd was laughable. Between the CLANG, the fast cuts, the amateurish panning, the choppy movements (that made them look like you're mashing action figures together) and the random use of Hai Yo post-eyecatch, it felt like a parody. The pencil filter isn't quite as thick as last time in every scene (or at least I didn't notice it as much) but it's still hideous and needs to disappear. It also bugs me how a lot of the background characters are animated in 2D, even when they're on screen for more than just one shot, while more important characters are rendered in 3D even if their screentime is short. I get that they're likely trying to maintain consistency between the individual characters but that's thrown out the window by blending 2D and 3D character models in the same scene. Farnese's backstory was also adapted really poorly, cutting out little content but pacing it way too fast. Also a nitpick unrelated to the actual merits (or lack thereof) of the anime but the phrasing on Crunchy's subs is noticeable awkward. |
Toa_of_GallifreyApr 9, 2017 10:34 AM
| Oh my. It was SO BAD. I never thought it would be this bad. This is coming from someone who was trying to find some redeeming qualities in the first Season (Which had a fair amount of them. Music, voice acting and the general atmosphere). But this was just painful. There is the new Opening, alright, cool, kinda? It fits, yet it doesn't. The first pre-opening scene and the OP were decent, a big, big step-up from the bad CGI animation of the first season. And then... it starts. The first thing you see is the pre-rendered cutscenes from an unifnished PS2 game with alpha quality animations running at smooth 11 frames per second. The camera jumping, the music cuts (Jazz, really?) and the Dragonslayer Sword which was previously a Moonlight Greatsword from DaS turning into the Holy Moonlight Sword from Bloodborne. This should be great, right? Yeah... but it isn't. This goes to the second episode as well, which is even worse than the first one. The anime has no sense of direction, camera or even the music (which is still good, but slapped together randomly). It isn't just the super quadro 11 frames sketches CGI, it's everything else, too. The studio didn't learn from their previous mistakes, they don't even care at this point. Even if they didn't have the budget, they could have done a much better job. If they used the style that was used in the Movies, that would be a big step up, but no amount of polishing can fix this crap. It's just bad direction. |
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| Is Guts still in love with Casca or is he just with her now out of guilt/obligation? She's such a heavy burden in her simple-minded state that I'm surprised his love/loyalty hasn't turned to hate/contempt. |
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| The music was pretty bad and the DBZ style super fast attacks in the Guts and Nodd fight were painful. That said all in all I thought it was decent enough, or at least noticeably less bad than season one's first episode. |
| The OP is good, the ED is also a very nice song... I can't help but feel like Guts...whenever I see Griffith I feel so much rage. |
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| Well, if not for the previous teasers, those first few minutes would certainly fool us all thinking that we could FINALLY have some decently animated Berserk, in traditional animation, although it is badly directed even in 2D. So, the same problems with S1: crappy animation and models, horrible direction and disgusting editing. But nice to see Takahiro Sakurai return to the job, I missed the guy's voice. Guess I will just watch it with zero to negative expectations, just like S1, and be done with it. |
| Yeah Griffith is still a dick... |
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| Fantastic OP and ED, but horrible music choices in the first half - it gets much better in the second half with the fight scene. Since I already got used to the wonky animation (although the camera handling still bothers me) I could say that they were very faithful to the manga source and that is a big compliment! I'm looking forward to the new cast on both sides! |
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| So begins season2 of this mediocre anime. I'll at least give it credit where due... every shot of Griffith, with that music, was great. Too bad the poor dialog is holding it back. That little girl's lines were just stupid. |
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| And some people still think that Griffith is innocent including him. |
| Pretty nice start of this second season! Looking forwards to see what's next. |
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omgKEKE said: I wish people would look past the CGI and realize it's pretty damn close to the source material. Is that not enough? LOL, please... It's like wishing people would eat shit, ignore the taste and just be happy it's brown like chocolate... |
| Once you get passed the ugly cgi the show is decent. Berserk is a great story. |
| Wasting no time and getting right back into things! |
| I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats. |
| The pacing feels off. Way too rushed. It doesn't seem to give us a chance to enjoy the story. |
| What a good first episode. This is what I'm looking for. |
Wonderglue said: Oh my. It was SO BAD. I never thought it would be this bad. This is coming from someone who was trying to find some redeeming qualities in the first Season (Which had a fair amount of them. Music, voice acting and the general atmosphere). But this was just painful. There is the new Opening, alright, cool, kinda? It fits, yet it doesn't. The first pre-opening scene and the OP were decent, a big, big step-up from the bad CGI animation of the first season. And then... it starts. The first thing you see is the pre-rendered cutscenes from an unifnished PS2 game with alpha quality animations running at smooth 11 frames per second. The camera jumping, the music cuts (Jazz, really?) and the Dragonslayer Sword which was previously a Moonlight Greatsword from DaS turning into the Holy Moonlight Sword from Bloodborne. This should be great, right? Yeah... but it isn't. This goes to the second episode as well, which is even worse than the first one. The anime has no sense of direction, camera or even the music (which is still good, but slapped together randomly). It isn't just the super quadro 11 frames sketches CGI, it's everything else, too. The studio didn't learn from their previous mistakes, they don't even care at this point. Even if they didn't have the budget, they could have done a much better job. If they used the style that was used in the Movies, that would be a big step up, but no amount of polishing can fix this crap. It's just bad direction. Sigh... There is always one. |
| I was very hesitant about starting this because of how lackluster the audio-visuals were of 2016's adaptation but since I had fully caught up with the manga and it's been months of waiting for at least one chapter, I guess it wouldn't hurt to watch it...much. The weirdest part of the episode was the Jazz Club atmosphere some of the soundtrack gave. It's actually pretty good but when I compare it to the source material, I nearly teared up at the thought of it because Berserk really, really deserved something that's a thousand times better than this. At least I had fun watching the mighty c l a n g fest in action at the Hill of Swords and the Bakiraka taking care of those Midland soldiers. Sonia's debut was also done really well since she looked good. |
Kajo_Senpai69Mar 15, 2019 4:56 AM
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| New opening isn't metal enough compared to 2016, but aside from that the rest was fine. |
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| This was a great episode just straight into it and the CGI felt more fluid it was good |
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