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Cav3mon64 said: Great, mate, great. I can't help but praise you for your skills.OH TELLLL MEEEEEE HOWWWWWW AM I SUPPOOOOSSSSSED TO LIVE WITHOOOOOOOUUUUUUTTTTT YOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUU :'(  |
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Illyricus said: Cav3mon64 said: Great, mate, great. I can't help but praise you for your skills.OH TELLLL MEEEEEE HOWWWWWW AM I SUPPOOOOSSSSSED TO LIVE WITHOOOOOOOUUUUUUTTTTT YOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUU :'( Thank you very much. I objectively put more effort into that than the people who made that episode did. |
_Peksi said: Warghost said: Uh can someone tell me if the scene with the old man and the girl was adapted in that way in the manga? One or two years passed since I've read that passage so I don't remember it that much. Wasn't Rickert traveling with them first? And I don't remember the girl dying and attacking Guts ... It was actually accurate as far as I remember, until the bandits and tree showed up that is. Nah Rickert met with Puck before that, IIRC before the Eclipse. The girl does die in the manga and kills her father before attacking Guts Thanks for the information. Do you, by chance, recall the chapter(s)? But I'm also afraid that they will mess up too many things ... because the manga material is really, really worth to adapt as good as possible. No need to substitute things or something like that IMHO. |
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| I see this show as a fan service. I love the manga and it's always good to see more of Berserk! |
| It could be worse. |
| Another thing I forgot to list: the overactive camera who was all over the place during some scenes. @Sapewloth I see. -_- It means that I must watch/read the flashback now that I have seen this eps before going further. And more importantly... the so-called "Black Knight" story covered in the first books, who was announced to be adapted this time, would have only get less than an episode. |
| Well... I was expecting an CGI like Sidonia (which would be more than fine to me ), but oh boy that was far,farrrrrr worse. The music score is freaking awful. Will still watch it to see if there' some improvement. |
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Warghost said: _Peksi said: It was actually accurate as far as I remember, until the bandits and tree showed up that is. Nah Rickert met with Puck before that, IIRC before the Eclipse. The girl does die in the manga and kills her father before attacking Guts Thanks for the information. Do you, by chance, recall the chapter(s)? But I'm also afraid that they will mess up too many things ... because the manga material is really, really worth to adapt as good as possible. No need to substitute things or something like that IMHO. I'm pretty sure the carriage scene was in chapter 2. Yea Berserk deserves a faitfull adaptation. I don't really see why they would change the stuff they did, nor how it makes any goddamn sense for that matter. |
| I will be one of the few people and say that I like it! |
| Let's focus on the good first: the music and voice acting was pretty great. Hearing the music gave me serious nostalgia to the original Berserk TV anime, so A+ there. Beginning the series with an original scene was the best way to handle where it started from for both a newcomer's perspective and those who've already seen at least the movies/tv series before seeing this. I'll also point out that while I'm not a fan of the CG, it is at very least better than the stuff that was used in the Golden Age movies so far. With that said the zoomed in action scenes look really bad and they've seriously fucked up Casca's character design! I don't understand why the movies and now this series is so determined to white wash her, but whoever's doing it needs to stop. I also hate how that in every image we've seen of her so far she's either been completely helpless, naked/about to be raped by Femto or her post eclipse state (which is understandable considering what part of the story they're adapting). It really undermines her strong characterisation pre-eclipse. While the first episode was a bit of a let down, I'm hoping that the series will change my mind. It's not that I didn't enjoy this episode, it's that Berserk deserves a faithful, respectful and well executed adaptation. |
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| Smh 2016 What a mess |
| Too lazy to see if anybody else already wrote this, but if you look at the studios working on it you'll realize that one of them has only worked on low grade otaku moe fanservice shows until now and the other one is completely new. They don't have a fucking clue what they're doing! Honestly... they chose the worst possible show to adapt without knowing what they're doing. I bet they wanted to get into more serious shows and thought that adapting a classic would be their ticket; too bad the Berserk fanbase will tear them apart... EDIT: Wow- The rating went down a whole number in the time it took me to watch the episode. |
SilentAnswerJul 1, 2016 5:17 PM
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| Ouch my eyes. I'm a fan of CGI especially in Ajin and Sidonia no Kishi but this actually hurts my eyes in the case of Berserk. I couldn't watch 10 mins straight without having to look away from the screen. At least we're getting what we wanted, a manga adaption. |
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| I think my eyes got hurt cause of CGI animation... Also, chibi puck is annoying as hell 0.1/5 |
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Not only that but Guts large sword is a direct extension of the patriarchy in all its phallic symbolism, this is undeniable self-perpetuating proof of systemic male opression. I've already contacted the UN, this takes complete precedence over all other humanitiarian issues. We are at war ladies. |
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Rei366 said: Basically.@Sapewloth I see. -_- It means that I must watch/read the flashback now that I have seen this eps before going further. And more importantly... the so-called "Black Knight" story covered in the first books, who was announced to be adapted this time, would have only get less than an episode. If you're feeling courageous, you could read the 115 first chapters of the manga and then resume with the 2016 anime -if you feel like it-, which I highly recommend since you will get the full version of the Black Swordsman arc and have a much better grasp on Guts' motivations and character progression after the events of the Eclipse (and you'll also experience the Lost Children arc, that the 2016 anime won't cover). Technically you could just watch the anime and/or the movies, but you should know beforehand that their reputation as subpar adaptations doesn't come from nowhere: complete absence of animation for the tv series despite great character and background art and excellent soundtrack, overabundance of CGI in the movies, rearrangement or straight up omission of important events in both etc. They aren't bad products by any means but as far as adaptations go, they fail to do the source material any justice. |
| 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. |
| Why didn't they go with Polygon Pictures if they're using full CGI? The movement would be more natural and smooth if they did... Puck also feels quite out of place (and that voice, ugh). I still liked it enough. Though I don't follow the manga so I don't know how much they butchered it or not. You would think something different like a dark fantasy would get better treatment. |
| Lol felt like an episode of Bleach |
| Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone |
As if someone is forcing you to watch it I hope it over 24 episodes because I like it. If you don't like it don't watch it. problem solved. |
toomi said: Fuseteam said: o.O that's two times the same answer,sorry but uuuuh i'm more an anime guy than a manga guy, let me ask this another way if i want to start with the anime which series should i start in what order? the manga is pretty big and i have enough other series to catch on, which is why i like to know the spoiler free anime order *clears throat* Read the manga Thing is..even the original anime time line is messed up from what I remembered they jumbled up events so watching the anime (any of them) is kind of a spoiler in itself in a way..and probably why you can't get a proper answer (well that and the manga really is a masterpiece)so yeah..to the manga! Benevolance said: Fuseteam said: o.O that's two times the same answer,sorry but uuuuh i'm more an anime guy than a manga guy, let me ask this another way if i want to start with the anime which series should i start in what order? the manga is pretty big and i have enough other series to catch on, which is why i like to know the spoiler free anime order I'm sorry bro, but under NO circumstance will I ever suggest watching the Berserk anime series/movies first. Maybe for other series, but not for berserk.. The manga is just too great _Peksi said: toomi said: *clears throat* Read the manga Thing is..even the original anime time line is messed up from what I remembered they jumbled up events so watching the anime (any of them) is kind of a spoiler in itself in a way..and probably why you can't get a proper answer (well that and the manga really is a masterpiece)so yeah..to the manga! I don't really recall the time line being that much off in the original series. Aside from cutting some stuff(like Puck) I don't think it deviates from the manga by much. Then again it's been ages since I watched it. but yeah totally agree, manga is the go to when it comes to Berserk whoa that's five people now o.O shouganaina _Peksi said: Fuseteam said: o.O that's two times the same answer,sorry but uuuuh i'm more an anime guy than a manga guy, let me ask this another way if i want to start with the anime which series should i start in what order? the manga is pretty big and i have enough other series to catch on, which is why i like to know the spoiler free anime order Watch the original anime series before this. You can also watch the movie trilogy, but personally I recommend the tv series hmm i see than i guess i have my answer what is should do after reading the manga..................................if i ever get the chance................. |
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| ppl here are just a bunch of sheepies pls mal |
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| now i don't hate CGI in anime. i don't think its worse thing ever about this anime. even though the CGI is off putting but my mine problem is that the cut a big arc out off the story. which was the lost children arc and guts fighting a couple more monsters. i know the arc they're doing is better. but i doesn't justfly taking out big chunk out of the story. |
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| Wow just wow, they look like a fucking robots walking around, music sucks, sound effects in combination with this CGI aisdjkasjdaskjdlkasjdkl, also what the fucking is with those lines? Did they think it's gonna look fancier or what? |
| maybe it's because I'm not a manga reader, but this anime didn't feel right to me. It kind of felt rushed and like it was lacking something. Like it was all just a storyboard put into animation, not really putting any life into any of the scenes. That's just me though, not sure if it's meant to be like that though ._. |
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Illyricus said: Lmao, it's the studio who made fucking Teekyuu xD I'm not even a fan of Berserk, I only came here to see the salt of the comments, but this totally made my day xD OH GOD! We are fucked... |
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| So, this means we are not getting the battle with Rosine? or the entire lost children arc? |
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| Not a bad OP song. ED song is OK. The CGI will take some time getting use to. Guts destroying everything. R.I.P Collette. |
"I’ve set myself to become the King of the Pirates…and if I die trying…then at least I tried!" Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) |
| I actually liked the first episode a lot!! I can't wait for the next one. |
ZakceptionNov 24, 2020 4:37 PM
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| I think the biggest issue I had with it was that it was so bland, and it failed to get me attached and feeling empathy for the main character in the first episode. I don't like to drop anime, so I'm going to sit this one through. Who knows, it could turn out pretty okay. |
| I thought it was ok. The only thing that I didn't like was the CGI. This reminded me of Karen Senki. I'm just not a fan of it. Other than that, this anime has potential. |
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| It wasn't all that bad .. :/ Wherever Guts goes people die ! |
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| Going in fresh, I have not seen the trailers or watched Berserk in the past. For me the story wasn't very clear as to what is going on or what the main objective is for this series. There is an end of the world prophecy being fulfilled. Guts seems to have trouble follow him because of his brand, so he prefers to be the lone wolf. Flash backs of his past look like there was betrayal at some point so I guess his goal maybe vengeance. The whole spirits haunting the woods was a little confusing. Why does killing the skeletons free their souls? I suppose this was more a world building episode with showing fairies, establishing demons exist, and that guns also exist in this western fantasy world. The animation was stiff and the CGI didn't blend well when they decided to switch to 2D animation. The opening is also slightly miss leading by being majority in 2D animation. The sword sound effect sounds exactly the same when hitting a tree, flesh, or just bone. Which is slightly annoying. The way the scenes were shot at the very beginning were kind of wonky, like it was hiding certain angles from the viewer. Overall, not really thrilled about this one. I'll look at future thread posts to see whether or not I should give this another go. |
| Wow that was a good first episode. The cgi looks great. |
PoeticJustice said: Wow that was a good first episode. The cgi looks great. Yeah, it was great. I don't understand why many people complain so much -_- |
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| We still get CGI anime in 2016 LUL. |
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| lets just ask ourselfes THIS! how can they take the BEST manga out there and turn it into this big nasty pile of shit? HOW THE FUCK CAN THEY DO THAT???????? ARE THEY FUCKING STUPID???????????????? i am very mad right now, sorry... |
xenegoJul 1, 2016 8:19 PM
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| I'm angry that they actually made it this bad, utter disappointment.. :( How did they even manage to fuck this up? |
RiQJul 1, 2016 8:19 PM
| "From when the snow melts To where it falls again~" |
| Bad first ep. true but i think ppl overreacting to how bad it is! of course many went with the hype train & that's the result. ++ OP: The best thing in the ep. by far! loved the hand arts Here & it was great recap. + Nostalgic: that feeling when you go back to the very begining.. augh! + OST -- All over the place: not faithful.. Isidro? Schierke? too early.. those 2-3 mins. could be used for smoother first ep. instead of a dense mess. - White Casca: now imagine black Griffith... yeah, that bad :p - CGI: very stiff. impossible to capture the characters expressions with that stiffness. let alone the actions. 2.5/5 .. My expectations were low before it started, that's why i'm not very bothered. |
Satou0KunJul 1, 2016 8:29 PM
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