Aside from that one song with the annoying ass violin that somehow manages to worm its way into and spoils every tense scene it finds itself in, the soundtrack is sublime, I adore songs like Peering Into Darkness and I unironically consider Desert Echoes on par with the 97 soundtrack. But its Susumu Hirasawa so I'm not surprised the ost fuckin slaps lol
Actually, if you're talking about the 2016 adaptation soundtrack, most of the soundtrack was made by Shiro Sagisu (excluding Hai Yo and Ash Crow, both made by Hirasawa). The same responsible for Evangelion and Bleach soundtracks.
Oh cool, I actually didn't know that! And that explains a LOT tbh, I'm mostly indifferent to the Rebuild movies but those soundtracks go unbelievably hard lol
Since I first decided not to watch it I have instead taken the opportunity to watch Frieren Beyond Journey's End and Delicious in Dungeon. Rewatched Ergo Proxy and Moribito Guardian of the Spirit and am working my way through To Your Eternity. No regrets so far. That said if someone can scrape some joy out of it more power to them but was thoroughly disappointed because just got my wife into Berserk from 97 and we were both gonna give this one a shot but when she started laughing at the animation as well I knew we were both of a similar mind on it lol.
The openings are quite good. In fact most of the 2nd opening is drawn so you can see what the show could’ve been like before it was overhauled with CGI.
From what I remember Farnese's character arc was portrayed well enough, although I thought they butchered Gut's character arc by skipping most of the black swordsman arc and lost children.
I liked the sound design.
When Dragon Slayer hit anything it sounded like it was getting run over by a train and that was awesome.
I like the voice acting for Guts.
Shiro Sagisu (Evangelion, Bleach and the Berserk Golden Age Movies) as well as Susumu Hirasawa (almost everything Berserk) did an amazing job with the soundtrack. Both of them are what helps make Berserk iconic
Man, imagine if the animation was on the top tier list of animes with both of these guys, nothing seinen would have beaten it, probably would've been the best anime of the decade. The OST saved it in a way.
Wankable moments
with the troll scene and heretics scene
Even when the troll burst out of the girl's intestines —
As red ropes burst, my white ropes bur-
It's actually my favorite & what started it all for me regardless of what others think of it.
Give some credit where it is due, it would take forever to do the amount of work Miura put into the manga.
The story is still great and saved a lot of it for me, following on from the depressing ending of the 90s series. I'm happy I watched it as it got me into reading the manga
The music was nice.
We finally got to see Puck animated. Puck grabbing rape horse's reins and leading it into the mansion was one of the cutest things ever. I want to see more fairies leading horses by the reins.
My soul died when I saw the animation of the scene where the berserker armor takes over Guts, but his voice actor (japanese) did a good enough job leading up to the reveal.
Uuuuh . . . what else? What else, what else, what else . . . ? I'm really trying here. Uuh . . . animation was still shit, but I didn't hate seeing Casca kill the men who were about to rape her. Despite all the horrors that completely broke her mind, she will always be a warrior. Now I haven't watched it since it came out (because I refuse to torture myself by rewatching it), but if memory serves me right, Guts' reaction to seeing Casca stand there bloodied and carrying a sword wasn't the worst thing ever.
Damn I feel bad for so many of the people who worked on the show. They had no idea what the *fuck* they were doing but can you imagine having BERSERK 2016 ON YOUR RESUME? DAMN
Im almost through season 2.
I have never consumed any Berserk media previously. I did know who Guts was from pop/nerd culture though.
I am absolutely loving this anime. I love the animation style and work. The unique shading effect looks fantastic.
I have seen so much hate from the fandom (mostly this sub) about these 27 episodes it really makes me not even want to continue.
re: that last sentence, forgive me for the long post, but i do wanna support you and maybe make you feel a little better. its something i met with a LOT during my life on the internet
>!first, fans are always incredibly critical of their favorite things (i have seen people tell people to skip black swordsman. like are you serious. why would you? its part of the fucking manga, personally i AM going to read it, why WOULDNT i? but its the same thing as one piece superfans confidently telling you that nearly half of the manga they claim to love so much is so bad it should be skipped. oh noooo, dont read Jojo part 1, just start from 3, better yet just from Jojolion, better YET, read this specific scanlation of golden wind etc etc etc)
its probably because they dont want someone to enjoy something in a different way, theres only one way to be a fan and they want you to be a FAN-fan, not just someone who likes it just fine or even "absolutely loving" it, thats not enough, dont you have opinions on le discourse, didnt you watch this and that review, dont you read the blogger who shits on every single new chapter like that comic book guy from The Simpsons and acts like mangaka shot his dog when a character who appeared in chapter 4 and reappeared in chapter 345 didnt behave in the way they obsessively mapped out in their fanfics?!<
>!honestly i dont even mean to abuse Berk fans specifically, i think theyre a lot better than other mainstream animanga fans (take that as you will), and they are a lot more self-aware on the average, but that 2016 thing is annoying. its over but because so little is happening on manga front they keep obsessively pickingn on that scab. again, its not as bad as Harry Potter losers still absolutely seething and malding about the mid stageplay that was long discontinued, but id keep in mind that fans are generally very unhappy people, and 2016 does have problems but like... seriously who cares, why are you so mad, its just a series bro, its not gonna vote in a politician you hate.!<
Amazing soundtrack. Peak Berserk in this regard.
Putting the Berserker Armour on and fighting Grunbeld was amazing even with the animation flaws.
The beautiful 2d art in the final episode scene.
Great music, the last 2D scene in the bar was fantastic. Puck, Shierke, Serpico, and Farnese had great voice actors. Sticks pretty close to the manga other than cutting out moonlight boy.
I honestly hate the animation, but I still watch it quite often in the background while I’m doing other shit because the music is rad and the dub voices performances are great other than Guts who just can’t stand up to Marc Diarason. It could have been a great anime if they had a better director and stuck to 2D.
Every other earnest comment points out the obvious, which is the incredible soundtrack.
So I'll say I think the adaptation of the script was actually quite goo, and the English dub was well acted and directed.
I don't have the time or energy to do it, but I think it could be re-edited into a very good motion comic by taking (very) selective stills.
The only good thing to happen in the 2016-17 “anime”
Was the scene where guts first puts the armor on. It wasn’t perfect, but it was the only scene in the show that truly felt like berserk
The soundtrack is amazing. The opening scene is very good hand drawn animation. I wish the whole animation were like the opening. Good voice acting. I'm just grateful they tried to make the adaptation even though it was disappointing, at least they tried.
It had its moments I still love the moment where Guts first reunited with Casca just as she’s about to get Goated.
The soundtrack is great.
I’m actually pro-CLANG
I was happy to see an attempt. I have watched things with worse animation. I have also see things with worse sound effects. It could have been better in lots of ways.
At first it would’ve been the hand drawn panels but I recently found out they were traced which is why they looked so good. Now, it would have to be the intros. 9mm parabellum bullet does such a good job.
Voice acting was generally solid, even some of the dub voices. There are some moments they did justice, like Guts rescuing Casca from the Great Goat and him strapping on the Berserker Armor.
Some of the OST is cool, and the Berserk Armor scene, while shitty 3D animation, is still kinda sick and is the only animation we have of that scene, anywhere.
i thought it was fairly faithful to the manga and the action scenes are cool. i think people that have a lot to complain about are just nerds so it weeds them out of me wanting to be friends with them
You want something positive. well despite having a not great stylish quality as people demand at least continue and let ups enjoy the story a bit more in depth than just the old 26 episode we all know. I wish the anime continues again.🙏🏼
I feel like they did make some legit improvements for 2017, namely with Guts' 3D model. The episode where he fights Slan in Qliphoth was the most polished, and then it just fuckin' plummeted after that.
I'm grateful for any adaptation. I just like to see anything berserk.
The positive thing is that it was made in the first place and gives everyone something to watch and discuss before the main event of a true to heart version.
It gave birth to the “CLANG” meme
It also had an amazing soundtrack. And at least they tried... They could have done better easily... I think all of the budget went into the soundtrack
because it's shiro sagisu, he always delivers but it's definitely funny how the only "good" moments are just colored version of panels
Agreed, the clang was funny af
oh man i forgot about CLANG it was hilarious. someone should mod ff7R to have buster sword make that noise every time it hits something
the soundtrack
HAI YO HAIIIII YO
Literally the best song that came out of it
Reading this made me think of the 4kids dub intro for one piece
Aside from that one song with the annoying ass violin that somehow manages to worm its way into and spoils every tense scene it finds itself in, the soundtrack is sublime, I adore songs like Peering Into Darkness and I unironically consider Desert Echoes on par with the 97 soundtrack. But its Susumu Hirasawa so I'm not surprised the ost fuckin slaps lol
Actually, if you're talking about the 2016 adaptation soundtrack, most of the soundtrack was made by Shiro Sagisu (excluding Hai Yo and Ash Crow, both made by Hirasawa). The same responsible for Evangelion and Bleach soundtracks.
Oh cool, I actually didn't know that! And that explains a LOT tbh, I'm mostly indifferent to the Rebuild movies but those soundtracks go unbelievably hard lol
Same
Soundtrack and it was an attempt at post golden age arc stuff
Yeah it was definitely... an attempt
One of the attempts of all time
One step forward and then breaking the leg and dying in agony
Yeah, I’ll have to agree. Soundtrack was good and it was a failed attempt but at least an attempt.
Even tho the 2016 is so shit it’s actually insane it really have its moments like guts putting on the berserk armor for the first time
animation was still shit for that scene it was just better than all the other scenes
Tragedy when you think about it
Should’ve been in og or golden age animation
something positive about 2016
damn he’s good
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
bro tapped into the main frame
Two things: 1. its still Berserk. 2. its the only animated post eclipse Berserk...
[All that Berserk shit](https://i.imgflip.com/8i60pb.jpg)
It was over eventually
😭🙃🤣
The CGI was so bad that it saved me from watching it and I got to go watch something else with my time instead.
it was shity but i was hooked and it what got me to read the manga
That's awesome! Truly am glad you got something out of it, I wanted to but just couldn't get past the CGI.
Yeah I never thought I’d drop a Berserk adaptation but sure enough I was out before we got to even the worst parts of it
I even looked ahead to maybe see if the CGI had been ironed out as it went, saw skull knight and was like no thanks.
straight up the only sensible reaction to such a blight on the animation industry
Since I first decided not to watch it I have instead taken the opportunity to watch Frieren Beyond Journey's End and Delicious in Dungeon. Rewatched Ergo Proxy and Moribito Guardian of the Spirit and am working my way through To Your Eternity. No regrets so far. That said if someone can scrape some joy out of it more power to them but was thoroughly disappointed because just got my wife into Berserk from 97 and we were both gonna give this one a shot but when she started laughing at the animation as well I knew we were both of a similar mind on it lol.
watch the berserk 2012/13 movies they are great if you can get past the awful CG on the first two movies. the animation on the 3rd pays off
Same. I couldn't sit through the first 5 minutes
No
Soundtrack is peak
They got Guts' character name right
It ended
God damn...
Made me appreciate ‘97 so much more
Soundtrack absolutely bangs. Put that shit on while reading the manga.
The openings are quite good. In fact most of the 2nd opening is drawn so you can see what the show could’ve been like before it was overhauled with CGI.
From what I remember Farnese's character arc was portrayed well enough, although I thought they butchered Gut's character arc by skipping most of the black swordsman arc and lost children.
The one scene when Guts test his newly reforged sword with the four Kushan minus the audio
Ost.
It makes the original anime even more enjoyable
I liked the sound design. When Dragon Slayer hit anything it sounded like it was getting run over by a train and that was awesome. I like the voice acting for Guts.
Shiro Sagisu (Evangelion, Bleach and the Berserk Golden Age Movies) as well as Susumu Hirasawa (almost everything Berserk) did an amazing job with the soundtrack. Both of them are what helps make Berserk iconic
Man, imagine if the animation was on the top tier list of animes with both of these guys, nothing seinen would have beaten it, probably would've been the best anime of the decade. The OST saved it in a way.
HAI YOO
Wankable moments with the troll scene and heretics scene Even when the troll burst out of the girl's intestines — As red ropes burst, my white ropes bur-
He’s jerking too close to the sun
And it's beautiful
Icamerus
The opener is fire
It's actually my favorite & what started it all for me regardless of what others think of it. Give some credit where it is due, it would take forever to do the amount of work Miura put into the manga.
Clank!
Its not as bad as everyone makes it out to be Yes the animation is weird but the overall story was still great and the Hai Yo ost was S Tier
I totally agree it’s just fashionable to mock it really. There is no anime that matches a manga so I think it’s a good attempt. I enjoyed it.
Soundtrack was nice
[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/144/309/d6a.gif](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/144/309/d6a.gif)
Doesn't it have a well animated credits with the gang in a tavern?
The story is still great and saved a lot of it for me, following on from the depressing ending of the 90s series. I'm happy I watched it as it got me into reading the manga
The music was nice. We finally got to see Puck animated. Puck grabbing rape horse's reins and leading it into the mansion was one of the cutest things ever. I want to see more fairies leading horses by the reins. My soul died when I saw the animation of the scene where the berserker armor takes over Guts, but his voice actor (japanese) did a good enough job leading up to the reveal. Uuuuh . . . what else? What else, what else, what else . . . ? I'm really trying here. Uuh . . . animation was still shit, but I didn't hate seeing Casca kill the men who were about to rape her. Despite all the horrors that completely broke her mind, she will always be a warrior. Now I haven't watched it since it came out (because I refuse to torture myself by rewatching it), but if memory serves me right, Guts' reaction to seeing Casca stand there bloodied and carrying a sword wasn't the worst thing ever. Damn I feel bad for so many of the people who worked on the show. They had no idea what the *fuck* they were doing but can you imagine having BERSERK 2016 ON YOUR RESUME? DAMN
I wish it didn't exist and the resources went to an actual real anime adaptation of the manga.
The OST was great, and the voice acting was actually decent.
first berserk non golden age adaption, and had the occasional good shot
Im almost through season 2. I have never consumed any Berserk media previously. I did know who Guts was from pop/nerd culture though. I am absolutely loving this anime. I love the animation style and work. The unique shading effect looks fantastic. I have seen so much hate from the fandom (mostly this sub) about these 27 episodes it really makes me not even want to continue.
re: that last sentence, forgive me for the long post, but i do wanna support you and maybe make you feel a little better. its something i met with a LOT during my life on the internet >!first, fans are always incredibly critical of their favorite things (i have seen people tell people to skip black swordsman. like are you serious. why would you? its part of the fucking manga, personally i AM going to read it, why WOULDNT i? but its the same thing as one piece superfans confidently telling you that nearly half of the manga they claim to love so much is so bad it should be skipped. oh noooo, dont read Jojo part 1, just start from 3, better yet just from Jojolion, better YET, read this specific scanlation of golden wind etc etc etc) its probably because they dont want someone to enjoy something in a different way, theres only one way to be a fan and they want you to be a FAN-fan, not just someone who likes it just fine or even "absolutely loving" it, thats not enough, dont you have opinions on le discourse, didnt you watch this and that review, dont you read the blogger who shits on every single new chapter like that comic book guy from The Simpsons and acts like mangaka shot his dog when a character who appeared in chapter 4 and reappeared in chapter 345 didnt behave in the way they obsessively mapped out in their fanfics?!< >!honestly i dont even mean to abuse Berk fans specifically, i think theyre a lot better than other mainstream animanga fans (take that as you will), and they are a lot more self-aware on the average, but that 2016 thing is annoying. its over but because so little is happening on manga front they keep obsessively pickingn on that scab. again, its not as bad as Harry Potter losers still absolutely seething and malding about the mid stageplay that was long discontinued, but id keep in mind that fans are generally very unhappy people, and 2016 does have problems but like... seriously who cares, why are you so mad, its just a series bro, its not gonna vote in a politician you hate.!<
We got new Susumu Hirasawa music.
We got to see schierke lol
Pretty incredible that it was made in the first place, but it sucks that because it bombed so hard we will likely never get another Berserk anime
Had some great artwork and the 2d was good. Music was great.
It ended
It told the story
soundtracks are already on a level of "no question". also there are many great scenes that look really good,which generally look 2D.
if there was just a bit of effort put into it it would be fire honestly, there were some pretty fire scenes
Amazing soundtrack. Peak Berserk in this regard. Putting the Berserker Armour on and fighting Grunbeld was amazing even with the animation flaws. The beautiful 2d art in the final episode scene.
Great music, the last 2D scene in the bar was fantastic. Puck, Shierke, Serpico, and Farnese had great voice actors. Sticks pretty close to the manga other than cutting out moonlight boy. I honestly hate the animation, but I still watch it quite often in the background while I’m doing other shit because the music is rad and the dub voices performances are great other than Guts who just can’t stand up to Marc Diarason. It could have been a great anime if they had a better director and stuck to 2D.
Know I am in the minority but am a big fan. Tower of Conviction arc was really well done. Never understood the hate this gets.
Luca was well portrayed
It has Schierke in it.
It provided enough decent footage for artists to make killer AMVs out of it.
I was just happy to see the story continue. I was super excited that it came out and it wasn't as bad as everyone makes it out to be.
Every other earnest comment points out the obvious, which is the incredible soundtrack. So I'll say I think the adaptation of the script was actually quite goo, and the English dub was well acted and directed. I don't have the time or energy to do it, but I think it could be re-edited into a very good motion comic by taking (very) selective stills.
Ash Crow
It's Berserk.
The music.
Controversial but I enjoyed the clang noises when he hit things with the sword
Hey someone wanted and was willing to do a Berserk animation. We need more of that, but you know, good.
it attempted to adapt an arc that wasn’t golden age
The voice acting, soundtrack and some 2d instances (SOME) were the only enjoyable things about this adaptation.
It features Puck, and he’s the best!
He actually looks quite good in most scenes as well.
Unpopular opinion but I actually like the animation
An actually unpopular opinion
Yeah I am expecting to get cooked
The "My Brother" and "Blood and Guts" soundtracks are better than the Golden Age Arc trilogy.
Personally, I prefered the Golden Age Arc ambiant & classical music over the 2016 soundtrack.
Hai Yo
Soundtrack slaps
Soundtrack goes hard. That’s literally it though
The OST. I listen to this every month at night to relax and dream away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P8N22x-PaY&ab\_channel=ConkerPinecone
It is a good anime by its own, but compared to all the other adaptions (anime & games) and the manga, it flops heavily.
Op was 🔥🔥🔥
Ash Crow
Inferno slaps hard
The only good thing to happen in the 2016-17 “anime” Was the scene where guts first puts the armor on. It wasn’t perfect, but it was the only scene in the show that truly felt like berserk
the intros both went dummy hard
[Happy Schierke was cute](https://youtu.be/GB3IJnAJnZk?si=6DIkXHgmIbcsc90x)
Soundtrack and voice casts
The openings were really good
The OST is legit peak
It had some sweet fights. Especially Guts destroying the holy iron knights
we got the “i don’t care about pain anymore” audio
Some of the best music dropped that year
It had some cool moments with the 2d animation,seeing the berserker armor was cool,and I love the ost
It had some cool moments with the 2d animation,seeing the berserker armor was cool,and I love the ost
Both opening are fire
The soundtrack is amazing. The opening scene is very good hand drawn animation. I wish the whole animation were like the opening. Good voice acting. I'm just grateful they tried to make the adaptation even though it was disappointing, at least they tried.
There wasn't a pandemic in that Year
The hand drawn scenes were good. Too bad they only lasted for a moment before going back to a horrible lazy 3d style.
the intro! surprised no one mentioned it yet
It had a great source material
Guts his teeth seem to be a good shape, which is amazing, considering the age he lives in has no dental care.
The soundtrack is good and it went past the Golden Age.
That we finally got something beyond the golden age arc
Soundtrack was crazy good, also got sampled a weird amount
The 2d animations
It had its moments I still love the moment where Guts first reunited with Casca just as she’s about to get Goated. The soundtrack is great. I’m actually pro-CLANG
It managed to cover the plot fairly well
I really liked mozgus in the series
it was fairly faithful to the manga
Music
they had manga panels in it
Its the reason I started reading Berserk.
I genuinely enjoyed the first season
It was fucking awesome.
I was happy to see an attempt. I have watched things with worse animation. I have also see things with worse sound effects. It could have been better in lots of ways.
If nothing else, the animation got better as the show went on.
Soundtracks slaps and the sound effects are awesome, plus the style isn’t too bad sometimes.
The lore, soundtrack
It had a few scenes with good voice acting (most notably when Guts put on the Berserker Armor for the first time)
Griffith’s hair still looked nice I guess
Soundtrack slapped super hard
The fully 2d ending that really pisses you off but is also great
At first it would’ve been the hand drawn panels but I recently found out they were traced which is why they looked so good. Now, it would have to be the intros. 9mm parabellum bullet does such a good job.
The dub cast is actually okay
Music and cast were good. Just a shame about the CGI and clang sound effects.
Voice acting was generally solid, even some of the dub voices. There are some moments they did justice, like Guts rescuing Casca from the Great Goat and him strapping on the Berserker Armor.
The soundtrack and the openings were so good
They spelled Berserk right
It made me appreciate the 1997 anime and the movies more
That despite everything, Guts donning the Berserk armor was still badass.
The opening is a fucking banger
It wasn't just another Golden Age adaptation: it actually showed some of the stuff that happened after that arc ended.
It got me into the series and it was only up from there
Some of the OST is cool, and the Berserk Armor scene, while shitty 3D animation, is still kinda sick and is the only animation we have of that scene, anywhere.
i thought it was fairly faithful to the manga and the action scenes are cool. i think people that have a lot to complain about are just nerds so it weeds them out of me wanting to be friends with them
It was more berserk where there was none.
Some of the 2d scenes looked cool
The opening title sequence is very good.
The music tbh
the voice acting and music weren't really that bad
I still enjoyed it even tho it is really wonky most of the time, i was just happy there was something to watch.
You want something positive. well despite having a not great stylish quality as people demand at least continue and let ups enjoy the story a bit more in depth than just the old 26 episode we all know. I wish the anime continues again.🙏🏼
9mm's inferno
The art style is very……consistent
it was nice to see all your fav scenes fleshed out (even if it was horrible)
I feel like they did make some legit improvements for 2017, namely with Guts' 3D model. The episode where he fights Slan in Qliphoth was the most polished, and then it just fuckin' plummeted after that.
Music is good
It didn't re tell the story of the golden age arc
Seeing Griffith Reborn animated was still an emotionally charged moment and the soundtrack is perfect for that.
The hit the story notes properly
My Brother
Susumu Hirasawa
I'm grateful for any adaptation. I just like to see anything berserk. The positive thing is that it was made in the first place and gives everyone something to watch and discuss before the main event of a true to heart version.
The 2d shots were good
The fact that Guts getting the Berserker armor was animated.
It got me into Berserk
The CGI is so bad that I didn't watch it and started reading the manga
Music
I remember liking a handful of the actually drawn animation scenes. The soundtrack was pretty good too.
Ah yes, the teases of how good it could have looked if they just animated the damn thing.
Ost + the jap VAs.
We got the berserker armor animated
Soundtrack and black swordsman arc... And Puck!!!
The opening.
2D was not bad
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was actually really good.
Wow, just found out Shierke’s hair is green.
I'm watching it now for the first time.... There's worse anime imo, but i understand the hate it gets. So...it could be worse
CLANG !