Little correction about the dub: It was not recorded at Funimation. It was recorded at BangZoom in LA and it was probably Crunchyroll who hired them to dub it. Funimation was only involved in distributing it because of their partnership with CR.

They should just pull a jojo and redo everything from scratch, and actually follow the material they are given. Gore manga equals Gore anime

The 1997 anime is still the best adaptation of berserk for me

Real life billionaires: We wanna go to space and create a metaverse. Me as a billionaire: Berserk. Financial adviser: What? Me as a billionaire: We’re redoing all of it, contact Madhouse, MAPPA, and UFOtable, tell them to drop all their projects. It’s time.

When the 2017 anime was announced we were like: "Put your grasses on, nothing will be wong." Then it came out and we were like: "Tell me why."

As Berserk fans we are born of the suffering, made men by the suffering, undone by the suffering. Fear the old Miura

I still can’t believe that what’s possibly the greatest manga of all time was treated so poorly with such disrespect. Insane...

You know what? I'm glad we never got another season, because CGI Ganishka would've made me cry.

This thumbnail hurts even more today

The worst part is that I watched the 2016 show before finally reading the manga, and now while reading the clang sound effect is burned into my memory whenever Guts hits something.

Berserk needs the JoJo treatment Seriously if a studio like DavPro picked it up it wouldn't be Garbage What the fuck did I start

10:10 funny how the Berserk ps2 game made this fight look way more convincing looking than a 2017 anime did

The people behind Castlevania Netflix are interesed in making a Berserk adaptation. They even cited the 1997 series as an influence. (After the fuck-up that was Season 3 and how they did Alucard dirty, I am reconsidering all the things I have said)

its such a shame what happened to this anime, because honestly all the 2d parts look pretty decent IMO

RIP KENTARO MIURA guy worked himself to death, heres snippets from articles in the magazine berserk was published in where he talks about his health: I came down with a high fever of 40 degrees Celsius. Thinking about it, I've only had two days off this year. (1993, No. 12) I've lost five kilos without doing anything. I wonder why? (1993, No.21) In the past two months, my average sleep time has been less than four hours. Now I'll be Mr. Satonaka soon. (No.23, 1993) Since I moved, my average sleep time has been less than four hours. I'm going to go gammu. (1994, No.16) I had a day off for the first time in a month and a half, and when I went out, I got heatstroke! (1995, No. 17) I went to Okinawa for my first big holiday as a manga artist, and spent two and a half days out of four suffering from heatstroke. (1998, No.19) My first big holiday as a manga artist was to Okinawa. (No.21, 2002) My days off are half days every two months. I haven't had two days off in a row for four years. I'm getting tired of it. (No.23, 2004) I collapsed again from overwork. I missed Gwynn's Hundred Great Books. Ugh! (2005, No.9) It's the first time in my life that I've come down with a cold twice in one month. (2007, No.5) I'll be 27 years old in July. Looking back, 27 years full of cartoons, is this what you want? (1993, No. 14) It's the same every year, but I'm working on Christmas and New Year's Day. I want to eat Osechi once in a while. (1994, No.3) I had a day off for the first time in a month and a half, and when I went out, I got heatstroke! (1995, No.17) After a movie, I always go to the Loiho next to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building for a review meeting with friends and stay there until the first train leaves. (1996, No.1) I bought some clothes and shoes for the New Year's party. I only have two pairs of sneakers. (1996, No.2) I'll be 30 in July, and looking back, I've been drawing comics like Kintaro candy. (1996, No.12) In a month and a half, I was only able to go out for two hours to have dinner at Jonathan's. A petite recluse? (2001, No.24) If I don't see people for a long time, my mouth won't work properly. (2002, No. 7) My thirties are almost over. My life is a mess, with nothing but manga. But I can't take it back now, so I'm going to keep going! I'm going to stay indoors again this year. (2006, No.3) After all, I'm not going to stay indoors because I'm lonely. (2006, No.4) I've been too busy to go out for a week, and chocolate has become a precious food for me. Thank you very much. (2006, No.6) I drew soldiers all the time during my absence. (2007, No. 3) Two-thirds of my body is made up of calorie mates. So does that mean that 2/3 of Berserk is provided by Otsuka Pharmaceutical? (2009, No.19) I couldn't see cherry blossoms with the naked eye even once this year. (2011, No.10) “Hate is a place where a man who can't stand sadness goes” ― Kentaro Miura

That Guts vs. Zodd fight looks like one of those SFM animation where they purposely animate with as few frames as possible for comedic effect, except without any of that intention. RIckert's facial expressions during that scene portray the audience's feelings about how it was animated.

What's especially shocking to me is how the CGI cutscenes from the PS2 game made over a decade ago look and flow better than this series

Berserk 97: Do the extra work to make sure that every scene feels natural and smooth, never taking you out of the experience with a jarring animation slip up. And for the scenes that they simply couldn't do just for at the time, lovingly hand painted stills that continue to keep you feeling what the characters are feeling. And all of this accompanied by the timeless stylings of Susumu Hirosawa, who created songs so catchy and iconic people remember them 20 years later. Berserk '16: Hi there and welcome to the first episode of this Blender Tutorial

10:05 Had to wait for 3 years to do this. I am honored to present to you the worst fight scene animation; Escanor vs Meliodas from the Seven Deadly Sins season 3. That shit makes this fight scene a Donny Yen movie scene alright.

I find comfort in knowing the folks that are working on the Castlevania show really want to do Berserk as well. Should the day come, I’m sure they’d nail that shit.

Super Eye Patch Wolf: Thematic and design issues Cvit: Technical and production issues

I'm surprised you didn't mention how the dub didn't bring back the original voice actors that voiced the characters in the anime and the movies. They were brilliant.

1997 Series - Soul 2012 Film Trilogy - Flawed but still good 2016 Series - Mismanaged dumpster fire

8:36 is there a reason why Guts switched his blind eye from right to left? Or the animation company just went full-on "fuck it" mode?

imagine the alternate universe David Production berserk.

How could you make something like the Berserker Armor look that lame & not intimidating at all? 😂

For a worse fight scene: Escanor vs. Meliodas Not only is the choreography terrible, the animation doesn't deserve to be called that (at least Guts and Zod can move at the same time), it is a noteworthy moment in the story where two characters of ambigous strength, a human and a demon, each fight seriously against a worthy opponent and in showcases a significant power up in a very disappointing way (kind of like the Grunbeld fight)

just realized, 6:40 they dont even animate the helmet opening the mouth normally, literally just stretch the model

They should have let Madhouse do the entire series of Berserk.

Did you actually pay VoiceOverPete to do that skit in the beginning

Those 2 minutes of 2D animation were the most beautiful 2 minutes I’ve ever witnessed. Such a shame that’s what could have been

"The story continues ( no it wont)" Now has a very different meaning...Rip Mirua

"Guts Berserk" had me rollin'. Good job.

The time has come and so have I.

Hearing about the issues with the 2D and 3D teams really makes you appreciate Howard Ashman. The reason the Disney Renaissance movies flow so fucking well, why every movement, every line, every twiddle of a finger, informs everything else, is because Howard looked at the segmented style Disney's production team was doing at the time and went "that's fucking stupid, you guys are all coming to me wondering how we can do this, or this, or that, how do we accomplish this, how do we make THIS work - here's an idea, TALK TO EACH OTHER!" So the music guys, animation guys, voice directing and acting guys etc. all worked in tandem with each other, familiarizing themselves with how the other half lives and works, and building on their creative decisions from there. If Berserk 2016/17 worked like that, we could've had something truly special on our hands

thumbnail hits different now

We've clanged for the last time

What's really sad is the movies show you can make a competent CGI Berserk series.

18:46 I cant believe they would be so bold as to add xqc to this manga/anime, amazing.

No one: Anime Berserk: YoU LIke JAzZ?

Persona 5 is better than Persona 4

Hey I'm glad moonlight child didn't have to suffer with this atrocity.

I realise now! Berserk 2016 was my first anime and i thought it looked great (and yes i was young and naïve) it was enough to satisfy edgy teen me and i was defending it but now that i see side by side comparison with the source material... Wow they butchered it

That thumbnail is pain

The cutscenes from the PS2 game are somehow way better

I see you, Cvit, putting Best Girl Kainé's (and her Grandma's) themes in the video to flex your kino taste. Also being reminded of season 2's OP brings up the absolutely HORRIBLE choice to give Griffith a cliche, evil grin. Despite the fact that Griffith's consistently calm and poised demeanor since his resurrection in the manga has sparked many a debate on what exactly his mindset could be, since some argue that he is trying to do good or simply truly empty of typical human emotion since the Eclipse, so of course he would always be at calm. But the addition of that fucking laughable grin just paints him as a cliche and robs so much of the mystery. But excellent video, as expected, one that was worth the wait!

You gotta admit, near every aspect and shot of this show is comedy gold

Now that the writer is dead they should really make a new adaptation with a decent studio of the existing material as a way to honor him.

Best part of the video 18:46 .....you’ll thank me later

“This anime is all according Lord Griffith’s plan.” Nosferatu Zodd :)

I want to see someone redo the entire two seasons in SFM. Edit: it feels kinda weird to have Isidro Literally follow around a guy named guts and a girl named caska and not have him put 2 and 2 together since the eclipse didn't take place too long before the third arc.

No escaping this: "Can't hate" and "Don't loathe" mean two very different things. That genuinely feels like a translation trying to be flowery for the sake of flowery by replacing "hate" and "loathe" and not appreciating the ultimate difference to the scene. Direct language is best language outside of epic poetry.

Theres a berserk motion comic on youtube. Go and give it support.

18:49 Berserk 2017 introduce the best character of the season

The fact this "adaptation" was supposed to be an anime you could actually watch on tv was a big red flag for me

“The story continues (no it won’t)” has a whole new meaning to it in 2021.

*CLANG*

Don't understand why they don't hire the people who made golden age

I thought the Berserker Armor cut away to the still shot was an edit until you talked about it foe about 30 seconds. God it really is that awful

Ironic how one of the most detailed manga got the one of the most undetailed anime

18:46 had that have actually been in the show, it would have made this whole trainwreck worth it.

Berserk was the first manga I began to read. I saw the atrocious 2016 anime, was not impressed so I started to read. Berserk became my favorite story of all time. The best art, some of the best characterizations, and lore etc... I watched the 90's anime and was very impressed. The movies were good-ish but this new series, both seasons were absolute trash. We deserve a decent adaptation, that isn't CGI! Fantastic video as always! Maybe one day we will get a great adaptation! The animators of the marvelous Castlevania anime want to produce a Berserk series! Hopefully it happens, we waited long enough for a great anime!

RIP Miura sensei

BUT the OST is nice, the only good thing about it.

Jesus christ whenever it cuts to Guts during animation, his smile looks like nightmares itself

I just finsihed reading the manga, and it was so damn good. How is it that ANYONE in there right fucking mind would think it was a good idea to take one of the most beloved and most detailed stories ever and turn it into this shit. It seriously blows my mind

When you notice that the short skit at the end in the snow had better shot composition than the whole of berserk 2016/17.

It’s such a fucking shame this was even made. Berserk is a manga that truly deserves a good adaptation. People were foaming at the mouth for a new anime for 2 decades and now because this was made, it’s even less likely we will ever get an adaptation because they had to fuck this up so catastrophically. Wonder why it didn’t sell well

And just when I thought I erased this abomination from my memory

They could have used a sound similar to how the ultra Great swords in Dark Souls sound for the Dragon Slayer. Like, fuck I wanna hear a hefty, powerful sounding strike. Not CLANG CLANG CLANG Also Schnoz was the best thing in that entire anime.

Even if for a few moments, I was incredibly pleased listening to the Kaine(Salvation). After playing and loving so much of the Nier franchise I can definitely relate to including this song into that specific part. Thanks a lot, you've made my day!

god this is so sad to see when the 1997 adaption looks so good and stays fairly accurate to the source material, sure some stuffs missing but i can only remember one instance being changed and thats in the beginning when they exchanged Puck for the girl that killed her father

Berserk? CLANG INTENSIFIES

Meanwhile at ArcSystem Works and Studio Orange they're making 3d Renders that look and move like 2d Anime. I mean its amazing that Berserk 2016 came out about the same time period as Houseki no Kuni, Guilty Gear Xrd and Dragonball FighterZ. The importance of experience, and good management, has never been so greatly highlighted.

I pray to the fucking gods they remake the ENTIRE series from golden age to the end properly

I have been looking for this video for a year holy crap thank you algorithmic destiny!

We need Guts in Mk11

I CLOSED E-HENTAI FOR THIS!!!!!!!

Man can’t for 2020 Cvit take your time dude love your videos

You had me cracking up this whole video.. I wanted to love this anime bc I love berserk.. but it's just so hard.. I really wish we had a good adaptation! Also Props on the Hollow Knight music

If they could just make it like the movies, I wouldn't mind because I liked the animation and 3d mash up way better in the movies than the show

Just remove the 3DCGI staff and hire more people for traditional animation. Heck, Goblin Slayer was immensely successful and it is pretty much a Berserk Light but with a halfway decent adaptation. Miyura and big studios like SHAFT, KyoAni and MadHouse hate money apparently, can't they just learn that shit sells when it has a good anime? I mean the SnK manga is pure shit and it sells like hotcakes because the anime has some production value.

19:05 omg he looks like he's being moved by a popsicle stick

My god rhe production of this show somehow sounds like even more of a nightmare than the final product.

WHY THE DRAGON SLAYER GLOWING BLUE IS THAT A DARK SOULS REFERENCE MAYBE ITS ALL CONNECTED WHERES VATI

at least we have the manga....at least....we have that...

15:13: This is hilarious. In the manga he's wearing a headwrap so it makes sense that the sword would come out the other side but in the anime he's wearing a metal helmet so it no longer makes sense that it could be penetrated by a sword thrust.

i wish when david production is done with jojo they would start making berserk

Honestly the way Tokyo Ghoul Re and Berserk have come out, I believe it's just best to leave mature story-driven manga out of production until they get their shit right. If I hadn't watched the Golden Age arc, I wouldn't know what the fuck was going on. Same thing I saw a bunch of people saying about TG, we don't know what the fuck is going on but it looks cool so we'll roll. Next I really see no reason to keep anime in the same old condensed form of 22 mins, which works well for weekly manga since it's about 2 chapters for one episode. These shows manage to pack like 5 chapters into 15 minutes what the fuck... If they're already doing seasons and planning to sell them like that, why would you stick to the TV formula which falls flat on it's ass on the internet, where most money is made? Do 10 GOOD episodes and I would be happier than with the 51 we got.

Was literally watching ur berserk 2016 Review and now u uploaded for 2017 too im blessed

These clips you are showing of the show is making me depressed.

i just watch 2016 and 2017 when im going to bed. i close my eyes and the original voice acting and soundtrack are amazing. damn that image of bloodied Guts with the mask open on the berzerk armor is so amazing. ill never get tired of seeing it.

To this day I still think it should've never had 3D animation in it. What was so wrong with just having the anime be 2D

Aye I’ve been waiting for this one! Your Berserk videos were some of the first ones I watched and it helped me get into Berserk. Love your vids.

I honestly kinda like how griffiths blade didn’t get blood there, it would be cool if he never got blood on it to sell him being “angelical”

19:17 wishing I had watched this video before I did my Honor's Economics 201 project. that would have been a great article to cite the elasticity of demand in the anime market.

Would be funny if Season 3 is just the Boat Arc released as OVAs for an entire year, and when December rolls, people get off of it.

People keep saying to forget the golden age arc but I think it needs a decent fully accurate adaption. It is the set up to a great story and is an amazing story in itself. Give us the whole accurate story, why is that so hard?

Berserker 1997 is by far one of best anime I have seen. All the other new episodes 2016 to 2017 can’t event compare seriously. The feelings you get from first berserk it’s unbelievable. I was watching 2017 and I was about to quit it at 3-4 episode boring and stupid.

Subscribing after these reviews. Keep up the work. And the walk can’t be that bad.