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| I don't really care what you guys say, this was a good episode music wise and event wise. |
| And this is why I don't read the manga before jumping into the anime. So many unhappy campers here lol. (Rank #6000 something? LOL. Shittier anime are in the Top 500.) I enjoyed it. The music is pretty good. Religious fanatics in any medium always hit my nerves though. So annoying. |
| I personally loved this episode, the animation felt different than the last somehow, might just be me but it felt better. |
| You wouldn't think that Guts was that badly injured in the last episode but apparently he is. I was wondering how they would handle things after how much they skipped in the last episode and they are handling it worse than I expected. Are they ever going to explain how Guts got that gray Behelit? I'm guessing no. CGI is also really bad. Kept cringing at Farnese's face. RIP decent Berserk adaptation. |
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| Admittedly, this episode was much better than the premiere. But then again, multiplying zero by ten is still zero; this anime is still shit. |
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| wow that transition from ep 1 though so the HICK's tracked down guts because of the kid and old man? really? considering the horrible state that midland is currently in it's pretty difficult to believe that they can track guts from that. when guts killed apostles and quasi-apostles they reverted back to their human state leaving trails of dead bodies behind guts. there is a reason why dude is the legendary black swordsman. them flashblacks though seeing casca gives me feels.....why did they decide to do the flashbacks in hand drawn like that? they should have just stuck with the cgi al the way, that was a dick tease. the flashbacks however are certainly a big help though, i'm guessing they're going to catch everyone up to current state of things with these flashbacks over time. a lot of things in this episode it's too early for them to play their cards in terms of explaining things i guess.....but if they took their time with the volume jumping it wouldnt be as big an issue... looking at the preview i take it we arent getting rape horse...buuuut i imagine it's probably some sort of story episode to explain the story of the arcs they skipped..wont hold my breath though... anyways better episode than last time but this series is a mess right now |
| My expectations and hope will be severely lowered If they don't show the RAPE HORSE. |
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| Analysing everything, I think the problem with this anime is not the music, the CGI, even the lack of much gore. Problem is how they trim down the story to make it fit into 24min episodes. Just look at episode 2. Great episode but still feels rushed. Whether its episode 1 or 2, you see that they are only able to include 2 maybe 3 setpieces to fit in 24 minutes. Everything feels rushed and you are left wanting. Many plot or character developments that make characters likeable are missed (for example the Puck jokes with Guts). I truly feel each episode would have benefited enormously from being 40-50min. Kind of like those game of thrones episodes. This is really my only gripe. |
Vinje said: It's jarring going from flashbacks that are animated in 2D back into choppy 3D animations. I really don't understand why they couldn't have made the anime entirely 2D, it just looks better that way. . http://i.imgur.com/BDxbyCd.png No. |
| Its really interesting seeing people complain and complain but they still watch the series... masochists i guess? Enjoyed this episode as much as episode 1, looking forward to next week, great music and art |
| This was actually much better than last week. I re-read all of Berserk again before the anime and the two notable scenes I noticed they did not have were: 1) The Holy Knights trying to kill Guts after he slayed their friends 2) Puck making Guts call him Master in the cage scene. Aside from that this episode stayed very true to the manga, which pleases me. It looks like they're planning to throw some flashbacks from the Golden Age Arc in some scenes, which hasn't been handled poorly just yet. Hopefully they continue going in this direction away from how Episode 1 was handled. |
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| I gotta laugh at all the morons saying they made casca white and that somehow it is racist Japanese people making seemingly half-Asian characters more white, how racist! and of course has nothing to do with the fact that Japanese people consider whiter skin to be more attractive, as does nearly every other country and person around the world >b-but muh racist American global influence yeah nah this was before America even existed you self-hating buzzfeed spouting parrot. |
Yaido said: I gotta laugh at all the morons saying they made casca white and that somehow it is racist Japanese people making seemingly half-Asian characters more white, how racist! and of course has nothing to do with the fact that Japanese people consider whiter skin to be more attractive, as does nearly every other country and person around the world >b-but muh racist American global influence yeah nah this was before America even existed you self-hating buzzfeed spouting parrot. This. This moronic American worldview about race is exporting itself wherever Americans are, and its absolutely sickening. Thank God Asia's worldviews are totally different and more artistic, and much more nuanced and intelligent. It's no wonder the USA produces ugly cartoons and Japan beautiful artistic animation. Shows the difference in depth to their culture and mindset. America is a sinkhole of degeneration and its just getting worse and worse. Already when they dubbed DBZ and I watched that, I thought "what kind of abomination is this, they transformed DBZ into family guy". I don't think I saw a single black guy in Berserk except the pedophile who rapes Guts, and if Americans are pissed off about it then why these freaks are reading Berserk? No no no no its never going to be politically correct and "adapted" into what you want. Its always going to be crazy and no its never going to have enough diversity in it, because hey, this is Asia lmao. Americans can stick to watching Family guy or South Park, thats the product of their civilisation. |
| I am still enjoying it.. At least some details - amazing music - Farnese still sexy af - while combat drawings ain't pretty, they still somehow manage to capture and nicely highlight important moments - Serpico being serious, opening his eyes and dropping his usual grin :D Actually this was an awesome scene, backed Guts slicing few soldiers at half, everyone a 'wtf' expression in his face. The detail on Serpico was really cool.. That guy is serious really rarely. |
genk1sudoJul 9, 2016 5:41 AM
| Casca was completely WHITEWASHED....not even a hint of brown in her skin complexion |
| I really disliked the first episode but this one was miles better. The CGI was improved, the choreography was clear for the most part, from memory they pretty much get the characters and story fairly well aside from a few nitpicks like Guts feeling a little weaker than in the manga, I liked the pacing and a few things being left unsaid, and the flashbacks looked and were told nicely. The levels of violence and the general animation remains similar yet I'm getting used to it I guess and the soundtrack and voiceovers are good. Overall I actually enjoyed this one to my great surprise. Here's hoping this series can continue to recover from the initial shit it took. |
| Another great episode. The animation is not good but I don't care, it is still a good show. Why haters are still watching it ?! |
thepath said: They will watch all the way through just to get their two-cents in about how "bad it is". While it isn't completely faithful and quite trimmed compared to the manga, it is still enjoyable to watch without a doubt. The CGI isn't bad, it just takes getting used to. Take Sidonia no Kishi for example; mainly CGI but a fucking thrill to experience.Another great episode. The animation is not good but I don't care, it is still a good show. Why haters are still watching it ?! |
TooEzGamming said: Berserk was the manga with dark theme Only the first two arcs, which has been adapted in Berserk (1997) and the Berserk: Golden Age film trilogy. |
| i thought the cgi here was worse, liked the first episode more |
| I'm starting to think that all the 1/5 voters are just people jumping on the hate bandwagon solely because of CGI/animation. The episode was solid. I like how they're connecting this adaptation with previous arcs through flashbacks. |
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| It was a very enjoyable episode, Guts get caught, but he managed to escape of the cage. Too bad that the 3D is so bad because Guts is so charismatic. |
| I'll admit I do not like the way the animation is done, it seems to have some problems in the movements of the characters and the time of speech, as the episode was intense and cool. |
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Man, Farnes's fanservice is boring, they've should have gone all naked on her. Man, seeing this Puck naked is as worse as watching child porn. Btw, is that Puck a he or a she? |
Whoahoho said: Man, Farnes's fanservice is boring, they've should have gone all naked on her. Man, seeing this Puck naked is as worse as watching child porn. Btw, is that Puck a he or a she? Puck is genderless, but there is a personality distinction, and in that regard, he's technically male. Maybe the whole child-nudity thing is why they decided to not include Rosine, I mean:  It is like 10 year old girl nudity on full display. |
CrimsonCWJul 9, 2016 12:23 PM
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Trojan_Invasion said: I'm starting to think that all the 1/5 voters are just people jumping on the hate bandwagon solely because of CGI/animation. The episode was solid. I like how they're connecting this adaptation with previous arcs through flashbacks. It's not really going to stop. Since anime is a visual medium the CGI quality is a big part of it. I saw it coming with the PV trailers and watched stuff like Knights of Sidonia, so it didn't come off as 'unbearable' to me. If you want an actual discussion about the episode you probably should head over to the sub-reddit /r/Berserk. They still make fun of the CGI with funny shitposts, but the "Megathread" for episode discussion is well.... Actually an episode discussion. |
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| on an animation level it's a failure - (1) white casca (2) poor CG (3) shit character designs (4) weak animation (5) censored berserk isn't berserk but the storytelling was good in this episode much better paced then the last episode. overall i'll be sticking around. at the end of the day. it gets by on the stem of Guts who's reason alone to watch the series. one of the best protagonists ever. 4/5 |
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| So, I finally watched it myself... Meh... I can't really defend this show anymore. It's mediocre at best and headache inducing at worst. While I don't dislike the movement of CG, the texture (apart from the pencil shading) lacks almost all detail, so it looks just a like a tan colored piece of wood, than, say, a limb. I didn't even like the flashback animation either, despite that everyone else says it looks good. It's hand-drawn because, apart from Griffith's hair, there is no movement at all. I felt like I was watching an old DIC cartoon from the late 80s. I've read the entire manga and own it, and never once have I ever read a chapter and been bored, but watching the whole verbal altercation between Guts and Farnese here was... bland. It was ironically better than the fight, but that's not saying much. The fight sucked if only because Guts was laughably weak. If this was the Guts of the manga, I don't see how he ever could've earned the title of 100 man slayer, if one little arrow to the knee is enough to throw him off so much that he can't even avoid capture of far less than one hundred. He certainly wouldn't have survived the Eclipse or after it, that's for sure. I'm just curious how no one else noticed the pig Apostle from volume 14 in the next preview. That's clearly him; the first Apostle slain by the Black Swordsman. With that and a mansion, I have no clue how they're going to fit that in. Not a fan, honestly. It's a botched adaptation, and an ugly one at that. 2/5 |
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| You can't figure how much I hate censorship of all kind. Why can you show breasts but not the nipples? It is unnatural and destroys the atmosphere ... and I'm afraid they will cut further important scenes because they would be too dark or >inappropiate<. For example Is it the fault of the studio? Or are the americanized and childish sexual ethics of Japan to blame again? |
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| Seeing Griffith in the flashbacks was a treat. I wonder how he'll look when he appears in-story in full CGI ahah..ha...ha... Farnese looks like she came out of a shoujo. Even with other main characters having more details and variation in their features, her face is still that typical plain roundish cliche "cute" look. I don't like it. Serpico is fantastic. Hearing snippets of the original soundtrack made me happy. |
whitherJul 9, 2016 3:13 PM
| This gave me cancer |
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RealCW said: I'm just curious how no one else noticed the pig Apostle from volume 14 in the next preview. That's clearly him; the first Apostle slain by the Black Swordsman. With that and a mansion, I have no clue how they're going to fit that in. Because apparently episode 3 is going to be an 'original story' created by Miura himself. It started as rumor, but some posts from their social media apparently confirmed it. https://www.reddit.com/r/Berserk/comments/4r0s72/berserk_anime_episode_3_rumors/ Take from that how you will. It could either be really off-putting or a blessing in disguise since episode 3 is going to be Miura's handiwork. |
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dragonofmars said: on an animation level it's a failure - (1) white casca (2) poor CG (3) shit character designs (4) weak animation (5) censored berserk isn't berserk but the storytelling was good in this episode much better paced then the last episode. overall i'll be sticking around. at the end of the day. it gets by on the stem of Guts who's reason alone to watch the series. one of the best protagonists ever. 4/5 Yeah I agree with this. I gave this episode a 4/5 also. Interesting story with subpar animation. |
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RealCW said: So, I finally watched it myself... Meh... I can't really defend this show anymore. It's mediocre at best and headache inducing at worst. While I don't dislike the movement of CG, the texture (apart from the pencil shading) lacks almost all detail, so it looks just a like a tan colored piece of wood, than, say, a limb. I didn't even like the flashback animation either, despite that everyone else says it looks good. It's hand-drawn because, apart from Griffith's hair, there is no movement at all. I felt like I was watching an old DIC cartoon from the late 80s. I've read the entire manga and own it, and never once have I ever read a chapter and been bored, but watching the whole verbal altercation between Guts and Farnese here was... bland. It was ironically better than the fight, but that's not saying much. The fight sucked if only because Guts was laughably weak. If this was the Guts of the manga, I don't see how he ever could've earned the title of 100 man slayer, if one little arrow to the knee is enough to throw him off so much that he can't even avoid capture of far less than one hundred. He certainly wouldn't have survived the Eclipse or after it, that's for sure. I'm just curious how no one else noticed the pig Apostle from volume 14 in the next preview. That's clearly him; the first Apostle slain by the Black Swordsman. With that and a mansion, I have no clue how they're going to fit that in. Not a fan, honestly. It's a botched adaptation, and an ugly one at that. 2/5 that's the consensus |
| This was better than the previous episode but I'm still not sure about this show. |
MattKitsune96 said: i think they're gonna take til ep 4 until they actually settle into the arc they just skipped into. this next episode is gonna have some anime original content it seems with a character who appeared from a chapter they had skipped. i think next episode is gonna be story heavy to get people up to date on events because current state of the world in berserk has drastically changed since the golden age arc. Likely it's also going to do a quick rundown of the golden age arc at the very least to maek sure newcomers are somewhat caught upThis was better than the previous episode but I'm still not sure about this show. |
| Yeah don't come here for actual discussion on anything. MAL is the worst place for discussion. The people here are fucked and childish whiny little entitled princesses worse than places like reddit which says a lot. The people who hate it won't drop it either, they have a need to watch every episode and tell you how bad it is. |
| Much better tha the first episode |
| Ah the time when Farnese is just a very naive knight. I think the animation got a bit better this time. |
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| People forget rape horse, they most definitelly will skip that part, what i wonder is if they will skip the whole of chapter 125, you know how that went. |
Doomroar said: brruh... they censored nipples in this episode. They are DEFINITELY censoring the rape horse lolPeople forget rape horse, they most definitelly will skip that part, what i wonder is if they will skip the whole of chapter 125, you know how that went. |
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