Stop crying over the death of the old 97 anime, for all that is sacred. Most of modern animes would look like a children drawing compared to 97 Berserk.
This show fails not because of the high quality of the old golden age arc animation, but because it sounds too presumptuous. While watching it I had the constant feeling that the director is trying to show off, I just can tell *what*.
The animation spins and rotates in weird angles, changes scenes too fast and without a clear connection. Some parts of the fighting scenes look great, some others just look like the director is trying
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Nov 20, 2015
Tokyo Ghoul
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I guess I can understand why this has such a good reception. I was also excited the first time I came across a story whose main character is conflicted between the need to kill to survive and the will to retain his humanity, it is usually a very interesting plot line.
Sorry to disappoint you boys: this is not new ***in the slightest***, e.g. Anne Rice made her name by writing about this very subject in 1974. The similarities between Tokyo Ghoul and the book/movie "Interview with the Vampire" are uncanny, and though they are certainly not "the same", the **essence** and the message ... |
