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Berserk 2016 Anime |OT| Prelude to the CGI Boat
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nelsonroyale
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Absolutely. Completely fucked up with nothing good in him. Even more messed up and fitting that he evolved from a scrawny, weak looking old man.
JadedWriter
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Zodd tore right through his ass like he was Havel the rock taking out some low level hollow.
I have to disagree with this, I've watched the anime first except for the last DVD which the place I used to rent from didn't have, so I started reading the manga before getting to the eclipse. I have to say, the eclipse was way more macing in manga mainly due to Wyalt, you've just seen this monster tear through the whole Band of the Hawk, and now they're surrounded by an army of monsters just like him!
I've watched the recent movies with friends, and they were like "how the fuck are they getting out of this?!" when the eclipse happened, when the first thought I had at that point in the manga was that they're done for.
JadedWriter
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They couldn't even save themselves. They tried in a futile fashion and Guts and Casca were only saved by a mystical force on the same level as the apostles. They couldn't even save themselves from Wyald. Guts fucked his shit up good, but he still wasn't dead. Both encounters were ended by an equal mystical force. That's why I liked the manga version. Pretty much showed everybody that crossbows and knives and other shit was not going to cut it anymore.
Host Samurai
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I think
is probably the most fucked up apostle
Mozgus
JadedWriter
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Probably should be spoiler tagged.
He actually isn't an apostle, just an apostle Spawn of the Behelit apostle same as the Goat Man
Facism
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What this majestic stallion said
Sumio Mondo
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Rosine was pretty darn messed up too, like a fairy tale gone bad.
Mozgus is probably the scariest human in the series yet
outside of Charlotte's dad and Donovan. Berserk has plenty of these creepy fucks.
Especially her games her "kin" took part in. Yuck.
Mozgus is probably the scariest human in the series yet
(at least before he turned into an Apostle spawn)
JadedWriter
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I hope the show touches onto why Charlotte's dad is so fucked up.
Host Samurai
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Gennon is by bar the most evil non apostle in the series. Fucking hated that guy.
Funny how so many say Griffith is like the most evil being ever, when Wyald, Slug Lord, Gennon, Purple Rhinos, Midland King, Snake Barron, Mozgus &
exist.
Funny how so many say Griffith is like the most evil being ever, when Wyald, Slug Lord, Gennon, Purple Rhinos, Midland King, Snake Barron, Mozgus &
Ginishka
I'm actually going to have to agree with Wyald ruining the pacing a bit. When I first saw the anime the eclipse completely completely caught me off guard... Sure it was foreshadowed, but I wasn't expecting that direction for Berserk at all. It really just went 0 to 100.... The wyald scenes were fucked too, but it definitely ruins a lot of the eclipse's immediate impact.
Nosferatu Zodd is The God Hand's Winston Wolf.I will never forget that one panel where Zodd shows up behind Wyald. Up until this point Wyald has been this huge monstrosity tearing stuff up... then Zodd comes up and the size/power level difference is hilarious.
That's the one.
True Savior
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What happens in the Eclipse is what should caught you off guard. The abrupt transition in the anime is atrocious. It might be fun for a shock value watching it for the first time but all the actions are much more organic in the manga and how we start in this sort of depraved world with a maniac hero and we go back and understand why.
The Silver
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When you read the manga you already know they're 100% done for, the blackswordsman arc also already accomplished showcasing the terror of the apostles. That's why for me Wyald just felt like something that dragged on, seeing Guts growth is nice and humiliating Griffith a little more before the eclipse was fine but it wasn't necessary for me, the only part I really really loved was when Zodd showed up.
JadedWriter
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The last thing Zodd is ever going to do is help you hide a murder...
Host Samurai
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The manga made you feel much worse for Griffith during the eclipse. He even told Guts to run once he summoned the demons. That's another reason why I can sympothise with Griffith. INB4 sick fuck Griffith supporter.
Better than being a Trump supporter
Donald Griffith told the people of Falconia that he would keep them safe from Kushan extremists invading the country and would make Midland great again. He went on to say that he has the best apostles, the strongest apostles. Really terrific apostles! Then he went on tirade about crooked Gatts and how he is weak and will destroy the country.
Host Samurai
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Bringing
humans and apostles together
Falconia
Midland great again and saved the world from ISIS/Kushin Empire
I don't remember that at all. Especially since Griffith couldn't speak at that point.
Plus the whole "he brought it upon himself by fucking the princess" and the Casca rape thing.
Host Samurai
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It was right after he stole the wagon and tried stabbing himself In the neck with the sharp rock. Once he sees the monsters in the distance he tries to say "run" or something like that. He just moves his mouth.
He was deff an idiot for fucking the princess, but the princess didn't really seem to mind it. She's literally obsessed with Griffith. Casca is another story. I'll say what he did to her was horrible, but nowhere near the level of other characters in the series.
No.
Falconia is great.
For now. And it came at the expense of the rest of the world. Which by all accounts got fucked. Hard. Falconia being the last bastion people are flocking to.
JadedWriter
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If Charlotte's dad wasn't so obsessed with fucking Charlotte himself Griffith would've been fine.
There's also the fact that Wyald made grif realize how completely and utterly useless he was at that point. Making his use of the egg even more believable.
What Skittles said, and Wyald revealing the state of Griffith to everyone, which is also done way better than in the anime/movie. Then there's Zod's second appearance which is also one of the manga's more iconic moments. It's really a shame Wyald was skipped twice.
True Savior
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Friday strugglers!!!
JadedWriter
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Can't wait for the adventures of the frying pan demon slayer.
If Guts had a Behelit and became an apostle, would he look like a giant wok?
I choose to believe.
UAAAGGHHH MY WOK!
JadedWriter
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He'd be a wok with ostrich legs and a spatula attachment that looks like a penis.
Some people like it and it can be well done but it seems this studio has no real experience doing it well.
True Savior
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When he grabs the sword it sounds like a bell, lmao. Now they are just trolling.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Interesting that they are really going to adapt the
subplot.
Nina/Joachim
JadedWriter
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If tear faced Mozgus isn't HStallions new avatar I'm going to be shocked.
CG animation is usually more expensive given the rates 2D animators are paid iirc. Pretty sure it was a stylistic choice.
JadedWriter
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They better lift the assets from Bloodborne for that creature this time....
I hope that scene triggers all the rape horse flash backs.
JadedWriter
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Lol at these Dark Souls bone wheels. Even though yeah I'm well aware that Berserk did it first.
meltingparappa
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I think the idea was that Studio 4'C did the CG well enough by the end, so why let this inexperienced b-tier studio go the same route.
If there's only one grievous tragedy with this adaptation, it's that it's likely a very expensive production masquerading as a bargain bin show. In the very first episode, there was a unique character model for every single goon in the tavern, before they were killed off 15 seconds later. That's an incredible amount of time and effort that wasn't remotely worth it.
CG animation on a tv budget just isn't there in Japan, and it sucks that Berserk is the first major casualty to demonstrate it.
But whutever, eight more episodes to see if they can get it working.
Edit: that Mozgus image below is going to be useful in future threads.
If there's only one grievous tragedy with this adaptation, it's that it's likely a very expensive production masquerading as a bargain bin show. In the very first episode, there was a unique character model for every single goon in the tavern, before they were killed off 15 seconds later. That's an incredible amount of time and effort that wasn't remotely worth it.
CG animation on a tv budget just isn't there in Japan, and it sucks that Berserk is the first major casualty to demonstrate it.
But whutever, eight more episodes to see if they can get it working.
Edit: that Mozgus image below is going to be useful in future threads.
True Savior
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SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Hello my new wallpaper
*Yoink*
The Illiterati
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One of the better episodes.....but those scenes in the tent where several characters were animated and then one horribly stone stiff CG person would be sitting in between were so terrible. I don't even understand how this can be saving them money. They literally animate the whole scene and cut one or two characters out for what reason? They can't animate blonde curls?
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