This animation is DATED. I have heard the three movies have much better animation than this adaptation. It felt like a slide show at times. There were fight scenes where there would be enemies sitting completely still in the background. It brought me out of the immersion. I am lenient on it though because it is from the 90s. But its day and night coming from a show like Fate Zero (best animation of its class) to this.
The three main characters Guts, Griffith, and Caska were all fleshed out beautifully. You learn to like these characters for all different reasons. However, Caska, did take awhile for me to actually appreciate her. The first half of the series Caska kinda felt just like a pebble in the way of the other characters development. This does change the more you watch and eventually learn of her back story.
Overall, I can see the praise this show has received. The show is Good? Sure. But great? absolutely not. The ending leaves much to be desired. And its a 'go f yourself, read the manga' type of ending which was disappointing. I am now reading the manga because I did enjoy it enough to give it a shot. If you like watching people slice eachother open and can look past the poor animation, go watch Berserk.
