DO NOT discuss the source material beyond this episode. If you want to discuss future events or theories, please use separate threads.
DO NOT ask where to watch/download this episode or give links to copyrighted, non-fair use material.
DO NOT troll/bait/harass/abuse other users for liking or disliking the series/characters.
DO read the Anime Discussion Rules and Site & Forum Guidelines.
DO NOT ask where to watch/download this episode or give links to copyrighted, non-fair use material.
DO NOT troll/bait/harass/abuse other users for liking or disliking the series/characters.
DO read the Anime Discussion Rules and Site & Forum Guidelines.
Fai said: sensei69 said: I actually didn't watch first episode yet. But I have to comment this unexplainable phenomena on MAL that automatically every anime done in 3D CG has to be considered bad. Even though I will have to agree that this CGI could be MUCH MUCH better, it is not that horrible that people would have to write reviews giving bad scores (1,2,3) when they only watched ONE episode..... I don't understand that. I am also for "traditionaly" 2D animated Berserk by some eminent studio.... But, we didn't get that, so we should actually wait a couple of more episodes to see what will happen and then to make salty rants. And also, I saw PVs and their choosing of FPS is pretty discutable, but other than that and couple of other things CGI as a hole isn't AWFUL and HORRIBLE. This studio that is doing Berserk (2016) is pretty unfamiliar to me and probably to thousands and thousand of people. So, what we could've expected from this series after all? Let's just hope that sometime we will get a proper adaptation of that amazing manga and that our hearts will be fullfiled. There's good CGi and then there's Berserk 2016. I thought Knights of Sidonia and Ajin looked GREAT. And Berserk 2016 makes me want to gouge my eyes out. And bad CGI is least of this show's problems. Well, as I said already, I didn't watch the first episode yet, and I agree with you that this CGI is far much worse than CGI in Ajin and Sidonia. As someone here said, CGI in Sidonia looked awesome because it's mecha and sci-fi and CGI synergises well in portratying robots, space ships etc. Also, you are one of few people that actually praised animation in Ajin. (the only thing that bothered me THAT MUCH in Ajin was low FPS in some situations) With my previous comment I just wanted to point out that some people on MAL are really annoying IMO with their reviews after one episode and all that hate. I also love Berserk manga, but I always want to wait a bit and see if something will change. And, also, as I can see, it seems like there will be a lot of skipping and probably the whole show will be rushed. But, as I said before, that's what we got when an amateur and unfamous studio gets rigths for such popular and awesome manga. Unfortunately, that's the case with this Berserk adaptation. :( |
  |
| I found it funny how it went from a 8.83 score to a 7.58 in a couple of hours. |
 |
| I'm more surprised how people are making badly written, rushed reviews already after just one episode... |
 |
sensei69 said: I just wanted to point out that some people on MAL are really annoying IMO with their reviews after one episode and all that hate. I'm pretty sure most of the people writing negative reviews knew they were going to hate the show but still chose to watch the first episode just so they could let the world know how clever they are for pointing out the bad CGI. |
| Is it naive that I just wanted this episode to start with Guts balls deep in a female apostle? |
| Life can be cruel and unfair. At worst it can traumatize and cripple you. The desire for wanting things to return to the way they were can cost everything and changes nothing. The best way is to keep moving forward, struggle on. Anger can be powerful but can only get you so far. Let people into your life even if some of them leave you in time. Fight. Like. Hell. For everything and everyone you love. Always. |
| I'm a huge fan of the Berserk manga which I have been faithfully collecting for over a decade. All 37 volumes sit on a place of honour on my bookshelf. I've come to accept the fact that Miura will probably never finish it because he's come way too far to begin to close the story. I don't even know if he intends too. But that's ok, because it's one magnificent ride. This anime adaptation is sadly simply not good enough, at least in this first chapter. They're jumping all over the place with the story in order to get lots of characters in the show from the get go. And the animation is abominable. Why o why cannot Berserk get a Madhouse or Ufo-Table? Hell, give me even Bones, Satelight, Deen.....anyone! Why did this particular studio get to do Berserk? They're a bunch of nobodies. And it showed. The CGI was an awful fit and the art was laughably bad at times. Sad. |
FarabeufJul 1, 2016 11:26 AM
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
RealCW said: Is it naive that I just wanted this episode to start with Guts balls deep in a female apostle? That was the real tragedy with this episode |
 |
| The cgi ruins it. I think it's great when they show the lake of blood and the evil spirits, but it looks horrible on guts. |
| Maaan that episode was rough to get through. I already knew they were going to skip my favorite arc (lost children arc) but it's still rough to actually see. And the animation and CGI is horrible. I thought it'd at least have decent hand drawn stuff but it looks like complete garbage 99% of the time. https://i.imgur.com/u9s0avn.jpg Don't know why they want to rush through the story it's just stupid. Only positive I can think of are the music. If I wasn't a Berserk fanboy I would give it a 1/5 for sure. |
HaytinJul 1, 2016 11:27 AM
Farabeuf said: I'm a huge fan of the Berserk manga which I have been faithfully collecting for over a decade. All 37 volumes sit on a place of honour on my bookshelf. Oh awesome. Thanks for letting us know. I'll let my friends and family know too so everyone can understand that your opinion must be more valid because you're a super cool beans Berserk fan. Hopefully no one else posts with a bigger collection or I'll need to take their opinion more seriously than yours. |
byoushin said: sensei69 said: I just wanted to point out that some people on MAL are really annoying IMO with their reviews after one episode and all that hate. I'm pretty sure most of the people writing negative reviews knew they were going to hate the show but still chose to watch the first episode just so they could let the world know how clever they are for pointing out the bad CGI. Well, we could also say that probably. You have the point, bro. :) I guess that I just didn't expect anything from this studio so I am really surprised that some people actually expected a blockbuster hit. Well, according to the comments, I am sure that this is definitely not gonna be my favourite show of this season, but I don't plan to judge people who actually like this. |
|
Farabeuf said: I'm a huge fan of the Berserk manga which I have been faithfully collecting for over a decade. All 37 volumes sit on a place of honour on my bookshelf. I've come to accept the fact that Miura will probably never finish it because he's come way too far to begin to close the story. I don't even know if he intends too. But that's ok, because it's one magnificent ride. This anime adaptation is sadly simply not good enough, at least in this first chapter. They're jumping all over the place with the story in order to get lots of characters in the show from the get go. And the animation is abominable. Why o why cannot Berserk get a Madhouse or Ufo-Table? Hell, give me even Bones, Satelight, Deen.....anyone! Why did this particular studio get to do Berserk? They're a bunch of nobodies. And it showed. The CGI was an awful fit and the art was laughably bad at times. Sad. I'll watch all of this because Iove Berserk and I can't really agree that Berserk is some psudo-eternal series like any of the Big 3 of shonen (One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach), there is a clear setup and narrative happening. It's gone super slow since Guts and crew have set sail, but, if I had to guess its percentage, I'd put it around 65% or more done. He does plan to finish it, is what I'm saying. |
| Life can be cruel and unfair. At worst it can traumatize and cripple you. The desire for wanting things to return to the way they were can cost everything and changes nothing. The best way is to keep moving forward, struggle on. Anger can be powerful but can only get you so far. Let people into your life even if some of them leave you in time. Fight. Like. Hell. For everything and everyone you love. Always. |
byoushin said: Farabeuf said: I'm a huge fan of the Berserk manga which I have been faithfully collecting for over a decade. All 37 volumes sit on a place of honour on my bookshelf. Oh awesome. Thanks for letting us know. I'll let my friends and family know too so everyone can understand that your opinion must be more valid because you're a super cool beans Berserk fan. Hopefully no one else posts with a bigger collection or I'll need to take their opinion more seriously than yours. Nice job cutting off the rest of what they had to say, to make it seem like their introduction and familarity with Berserk was just some ego-trip and not setting up why they think the way they do; that you cut from your quote. Nice try, kid. Go troll somewhere else. |
| Life can be cruel and unfair. At worst it can traumatize and cripple you. The desire for wanting things to return to the way they were can cost everything and changes nothing. The best way is to keep moving forward, struggle on. Anger can be powerful but can only get you so far. Let people into your life even if some of them leave you in time. Fight. Like. Hell. For everything and everyone you love. Always. |
| all those 1/10 reviews lol but they are right , fuck this shit |
 |
| The CG was kinda weird (half CG half handrawn?). Gave up hope for a solid Berserk adaptation a while back, so in terms of what I was expecting, this is definitely watchable. Not amazing, but watchable. |
| This atrocious and shitty anime adaptation doesn't deserve your (precious) time; just go and read the epic manga with panels so full of glorious vivid details it will bring this magnificent saga alive without the need of any animation. |
| pretty cool 24mins game trailer |
lin000 said: The CG was kinda weird (half CG half handrawn?). Gave up hope for a solid Berserk adaptation a while back, so in terms of what I was expecting, this is definitely watchable. Not amazing, but watchable. Actually, as one of my friends explained to me, they tried to make animation to look like handrawn, but is actually whole done on computer in CG. So, that's the reason why we got this a little bit messy look. |
|
byoushin said: Farabeuf said: I'm a huge fan of the Berserk manga which I have been faithfully collecting for over a decade. All 37 volumes sit on a place of honour on my bookshelf. Oh awesome. Thanks for letting us know. I'll let my friends and family know too so everyone can understand that your opinion must be more valid because you're a super cool beans Berserk fan. Hopefully no one else posts with a bigger collection or I'll need to take their opinion more seriously than yours. Having a bad day mate? Try to keep your eye on the ball and not on the man. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| Well all I can do now is watch it cras-...burn and turn into a huge pile of ash that will be forgotten forever. And maybe make a drinking game out of it. |
| why must one of the greatest Japanese story told by this medium be butchered over and over again? why cant anyone do a faithful adaptation with a good budget and give us an epic anime that would probably be considered a masterpiece due to the og material? ffs japan |
 |
RealCW said: Farabeuf said: I'm a huge fan of the Berserk manga which I have been faithfully collecting for over a decade. All 37 volumes sit on a place of honour on my bookshelf. I've come to accept the fact that Miura will probably never finish it because he's come way too far to begin to close the story. I don't even know if he intends too. But that's ok, because it's one magnificent ride. This anime adaptation is sadly simply not good enough, at least in this first chapter. They're jumping all over the place with the story in order to get lots of characters in the show from the get go. And the animation is abominable. Why o why cannot Berserk get a Madhouse or Ufo-Table? Hell, give me even Bones, Satelight, Deen.....anyone! Why did this particular studio get to do Berserk? They're a bunch of nobodies. And it showed. The CGI was an awful fit and the art was laughably bad at times. Sad. I'll watch all of this because Iove Berserk and I can't really agree that Berserk is some psudo-eternal series like any of the Big 3 of shonen (One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach), there is a clear setup and narrative happening. It's gone super slow since Guts and crew have set sail, but, if I had to guess its percentage, I'd put it around 65% or more done. He does plan to finish it, is what I'm saying. You make a very valid point. I do not doubt that that is indeed his intention to complete the story, but unless he really starts cutting corners storywise (or goes back to regular monthly releases) I simply cannot see him finishing it less than a decade. He and George Martin should have their own little support group where they compare angry correspondence from fans :-) |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| You guys are being ridiculous. Specially those writing a review after just ONE episode. MAL should lock the review part until at least 50% of the episodes have aired. This is just idiotic. What did you expect? CGI always sucked and will suck for ever. But you act like you didnt know it would look like this. And just because its called "anime" it doesnt mean that animation is everything. Feels like DBS all over again. As for the skipped parts, so what? Whining isnt going to change anything. Either accept what was given to us (since Im pretty sure everyone here is paying a lot of money to watch anime) or dont. |
Badass said: I don't remember Guts vomit in the manga. Why did he vomit when killing a girl? When he already went through many battlefield. I guess he vomits to his own series adaptation xD He did vomit in the manga, that was adapted correctly :D. One of the few parts that were correct. |
Lennevalkyrie said: peoples expectations are just too high. Lennevalkyrie said: peoples expectations are just too high. Lennevalkyrie said: peoples expectations are just too high. Lennevalkyrie said: peoples expectations are just too high. Lennevalkyrie said: peoples expectations are just too high. shouldn't they be? probably one of the greatest manga ever that hasn't received a single good adaptation yet. |
|
Jirash said: RealCW said: 1000x NO. If you thought Studio 4c did a better job, you are simply insane. Those were the worst adaptations I have ever seen. And I'm pretty sure that the fact you don't like it doesn't mean I'm insane and have to dislike it too... Stop criticizing every opinion you didn't agree to, geez. You're right. I apologize for my remark... but, man, I cannot help it when it comes that that trilogy. I watched all three wanting to love them and was beyond just a shoddy adaptation, it was downright insulting writing, and I simply could not believe any sort of fans were defending it in any way. It's the same thing everyone is hating on now here with his new one, "WELL, IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING." Why do it at all if you're going to do it incorrectly? Oh, those series of movies just irk me in the worst kind of ways. |
| Life can be cruel and unfair. At worst it can traumatize and cripple you. The desire for wanting things to return to the way they were can cost everything and changes nothing. The best way is to keep moving forward, struggle on. Anger can be powerful but can only get you so far. Let people into your life even if some of them leave you in time. Fight. Like. Hell. For everything and everyone you love. Always. |
| The CGI looked decent in the OP. I quite liked it. I can't really complain about it on the show itself, but the camera moved so much, it is the first time that watching an anime makes me feel dizzy... |
 |
| It's rating - 7.58, ranked #12 = WTF?????????? |
 |
Gao481 said: CG isn't inherently bad and it's actually more expensive and harder than hand drawn, but people like to cut corners and this is why the anime looks so bad. As an adaptation, it wasn't too bad since nothing important was actually changed What ? Are you insane ? A LOT OF THINGS HAVE BEEN CHANGED. We are skipping like 2-3 arcs. If you say that nothing important has changed than, I don't know what to tell you. |
| The irony is one of the best looking manga gets one of the worst looking anime... Anyways, the rearranging/skipping didn't bother me too much so I did kinda enjoy the episode. Guts' voice actor is good and while I'm no fan of the music it definitely fits. Now, the fact that they showed the witch's cove was the most interesting thing of the episode. This adaptation could cover more than I initially thought... |
| 5 main aspects I base my ratings on: 1. Did DramaEnthusiast make a thread about it? 2. Is it better than Breaking Bad? 3. Did MellowJello recommend the shit out of it? 4. Has it caused a (very entertaining) shitstorm on MAL? 5. Is it actually good? Scratch the fifth point, it's not very relevant... |
| Oh god this does not bode well. The story is all over the place, skipping things and mixing events that have nothing do with each other and characters popping up where/when they shouldn't. It looks good now and then, but the rest is just shitty. Atleast the soundtrack seems to be okay, but that's not really gonna save this trainwreck. I've been waiting over a decade for this and I just wanted it to be good... Sigh atleast I can still look forward to the Berserk Warriors game. I will be amazed, if they somehow managed screw that up. |
Vacu0us said: people are either going to love or hate this I was getting quite a game like vibe from this Indeed, a PS2 game from 15 years ago. As much as I love Berserk, got my neck tattoo and everything, this was pretty disappointing to say the least |
| they want to use bad CG ok. but they could have been at least faithful to the manga. Urgh how the shots have been taken was awful. Even though we were expecting the bad animation, i'm still disappointed because it's even worse than the trailers and the teaser. |
Jesus. Not even the hand drawn OP is spared from this treatment. |
| dayum, guts is such an edgelord |
| Proud founder of The Official Anti-Ging Freecss Fan Club Join now! Kellhus said: GuusWayne said: there is a limit to the suspension of disbelief And it's the fan that did it. Not the smoking porn reading rubik cube genius rape ape with a magic boat. |
| Sega saturn graphics lmao! Wit studio needs to take control of Berserk. |
I was expecting nothing and still watched it because i'm a fan of the manga. BUT HOLLY SHIT THIS ANIMATION ! I liked Aijin, I liked Sidonia, most of the time i don't care about animation/drawning but this is so bad :( And skipping 2 whole arc, WHY ?! |
More topics from this board
Poll: » Berserk Episode 12 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 )Stark700 - Sep 16, 2016 |
185 |
by Bird88882227
»»
Oct 1, 10:41 AM |
|
Poll: » Berserk Episode 11 Discussion ( 1 2 )Stark700 - Sep 9, 2016 |
82 |
by Bird88882227
»»
Sep 30, 3:17 PM |
|
Poll: » Berserk Episode 10 Discussion ( 1 2 )Stark700 - Sep 2, 2016 |
61 |
by Bird88882227
»»
Sep 29, 10:32 AM |
|
Poll: » Berserk Episode 9 Discussion ( 1 2 )Stark700 - Aug 26, 2016 |
95 |
by Bird88882227
»»
Sep 28, 4:32 PM |
|
Poll: » Berserk Episode 6 Discussion ( 1 2 3 )Stark700 - Aug 5, 2016 |
145 |
by Bird88882227
»»
Sep 27, 2:31 PM |