I feel like the combination of bad models, stiff animation, and weird shots causes so much of the emotion from the manga to be lost.
Like when Guts gets mad about Casca being gone and Erica starts crying. And the whole scene where he's in the cave and he tells himself he'll never lose her again.
This shit was so powerful but they have no impact in the anime.
The anime never gives you a reason to care.
I read the chapters I missed this year. Good cleanse.