TLDR: Great show with phenomenal characters and story (I mean its Berserk), but has a mix of beautiful and wacky animation plus a more condensed story.
Review:
I was introduced to Berserk a few months ago by the 1997 anime (which is a 10/10 show) and then read the entire manga. After I finished it, I wanted more Berserk of course so I gave it a try. What I found was that it is a pretty safe adaptation of the golden age arc with good voice acting, beautiful animation for the most part, and extra scenes from the manga that 1997 does not show.
Lets talk about the animation and VA for a sec. This show is odd because 75% of the time it has beautiful hand drawn animation, but 25% of the time it has bad cgi animation that completely took me out of it. I have no clue why they didn't just do the hand drawn the whole time. I will also say the voice acting for the english dub was surprisingly pretty alright.
Now the story, which is Berserk. If your new, its a dark fantasy story about Guts who is a soldier with a big sword and the band he fights for called the Hawks. The story from the manga is just a template for a 10/10 show, it's so dark but so good. So of course the story is great. I will also say it adds some great depth even through its short run time for a show.
My biggest gripe with the show is that it is so condensed, if I was a first time watcher I wouldn't know the context and in-depth reasonings of the story. It will literally mention a big part of the manga that they skipped over like we are supposed to have already known. I did, but not if I was watching for the first time.
Overall great story, great animation for the most part, and a good time!
