History YMMV / Berserk2016

* UncannyValley:
** The jerky movements and the odd-looking expressions on the characters' faces play no small part in the general contempt for the show's 3D computer animation. For example, there's a shot in episode five where Farnese's 3D model is staring straight ahead without blinking even once, while the 2D woman in the same shot blinks several times. It's common to hear people say, without any irony, that the [=PlayStation=] 2 game ''VideoGame/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho'' had more appealing 3D models, animation, and cinematography than the show.
** The 2D animation, while considered one of the show's less offensive elements, isn't all that better than the CGI. The animation is stiff, the character designs resemble those of generic 2010s fantasy anime more than Miura's art, and it’s often poorly composited into otherwise 3D scenes. Furthermore, the same hatching line texture that's applied to the 3D imagery is also applied to the 2D animation. Not only is this effect as ugly and obtrusive on the 2D as it is on the 3D, but its artificial appearance detracts from the hand-crafted nature of the drawings.

** The English dub's voice cast, which unlike the movie trilogy, didn't bother to get the original anime TV series cast back.

** The jerky movements and the odd-looking expressions on the characters' faces play no small part in the general contempt for the show's 3D computer animation. For example, there's a shot in episode five where Farnese's 3D model is staring straight ahead without blinking even once, while the 2D woman in the same shot blinks several times. It's common to hear people say, without any irony, that the [=PlayStation=] 2 game ''VideoGame/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho had more appealing 3D models, animation, and cinematography than the show.

* CriticalDissonance: While a large number fans are in uproar over the series and have derided it as an unworthy adaptation of the manga, some critics published on major Western websites such as Cecilia D'Anastasio on Kotaku and Meghan Sullivan on IGN have given it praise. Even Jacob Hope Chapman of Anime News Network, who sharply criticized the visuals, gave episodes 1-3 a relatively generous grade of "B-". (Most of the praise, mind you, was directed at the original story and writing quality.) WebVideo/{{Arkada}} is also favorable. That said, WebVideo/{{Gigguk}}, WebVideo/SuperEyepatchWolf and WebVideo/{{BeatriceTheGoldenWitch}} all ripped it a new one on their respective shows, while Dodger skewered the CGI quality on WebVideo/PressHeartToContinue.

** The jerky movements and the odd-looking expressions on the characters' faces play no small part in the general contempt for the show's 3D computer animation. For example, there's a shot in episode five where Farnese's 3D model is staring straight ahead without blinking even once, while the 2D woman in the same shot blinks several times. It's common to hear people say, without any irony, that the PlayStation 2 game ''VideoGame/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho had more appealing 3D models, animation, and cinematography than the show.

* UncannyValley: The jerky movements and the odd-looking expressions on the characters' faces play no small part in the general contempt for the show's CG animation. As another example there's a shot in episode five where Farnese's CG model is staring straight ahead without blinking even once, while the 2D woman in the same shot blinks several times. It's not uncommon to hear people say, without any irony, [[VideoGame/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho that the Playstation 2 videogame based on the series]] has more appealing 3D models, animation and cinematography than the show.
** The 2D animation, while considered one of the show's less offensive elements, isn't all that better than the CGI. Often looking crudely pasted onto the rendered footage and featuring animation just as stiff as the 3D and appearances that are not [[OffModel consistent]]. Adding to that is the hatching that's applied to the models is also used on the Hand-drawn footage, and it looks like they're just rough drawings than an attempt to replicate the Manga's art style.

* CriticalDissonance: While a large number fans are in uproar over the series and have derided it as an unworthy adaptation of the manga, some critics published on major Western websites such as Cecilia D'Anastasio on Kotaku and Meghan Sullivan on IGN have given it praise. Even Jacob Hope Chapman of Anime News Network, who sharply criticized the visuals, gave episodes 1-3 a relatively generous grade of "B-". (Most of the praise, mind you, was directed at the original story and writing quality.) WebVideo/{{Arkada}} is also favorable. That said, WebVideo/{{Gigguk}}, WebVideo/SuperEyepatchWolf and WebVideo/{{Diginee}} all ripped it a new one on their respective shows, while Dodger skewered the CGI quality on WebVideo/PressHeartToContinue.

** The 2D Animation isn't much better than the CGI. Often looking crudely pasted onto the rendered footage and featuring animation just as stiff as the 3D and appearances that are not [[OffModel consistent]]. Adding to that is the hatching that's applied to the models is also used on the Hand-drawn footage, and it looks like they're just rough drawings than an attempt to replicate the Manga's art style.

* FightSceneFailure: Between the drunkenly flailing camera, baffling sound effects, and generally strange editing choices, there's very few fight scenes in the show that could be called good, and quite a few that make no sense. The fight between Guts and Zodd is particularly baffling--{{Flynning}} is quite reasonable most of the time, but not when both fighters are wielding swords the size of surfboards and every single clash is punctuated by the infamous '''CLANG'''.

* FightSceneFailure: Between the drunkenly flailing camera, baffling sound effects, and generally strange editing choices, there's very few fight scenes in the show that could be called good, and quite a few that make no sense. The fight between Guts and Zodd is particularly baffling--{{Flyinning}} is quite reasonable most of the time, but not when both fighters are wielding swords the size of surfboards and every single clash is punctuated by the infamous '''CLANG'''.

* CriticalDissonance: While a large number fans are in uproar over the series and have derided it as an unworthy adaptation of the manga, some critics published on major Western websites such as Cecilia D'Anastasio on Kotaku and Meghan Sullivan on IGN have given it praise. Even Jacob Hope Chapman of Anime News Network, who sharply criticized the visuals, gave episodes 1-3 a relatively generous grade of "B-". WebVideo/{{Arkada}} is also favorable. That said, WebVideo/{{Gigguk}}, WebVideo/SuperEyepatchWolf and WebVideo/{{Diginee}} all ripped it a new one on their respective shows, while Dodger skewered the CGI quality on WebVideo/PressHeartToContinue.

* CriticalDissonance: While a large number fans are in uproar over the series and have derided it as an unworthy adaptation of the manga, some critics published on major Western websites such as Cecilia D'Anastasio on Kotaku and Meghan Sullivan on IGN have given it praise. Even Jacob Hope Chapman of Anime News Network, who sharply criticized the visuals, gave episodes 1-3 a relatively generous grade of "B-". WebVideo/{{Arkada}} is also favorable. That said, WebVideo/{{Gigguk}}, WebVideo/SuperEyepatchWolf and WebVideo/{{Digibro}} all ripped it a new one on their respective shows, while Dodger skewered the CGI quality on WebVideo/PressHeartToContinue.

** The decision to use CGI for the majority of the animation, and essentially skipping over the Lost Children chapter, and [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment let's just leave it at that]].

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: From about episode four onwards, the show stuck painfully close to what was presented in the manga, and the exact sequence of shots was copied panel-by-panel from the pages of the manga. Many panel sequences that worked well as manga pages did not work well when translated directly into 3D anime, and despite the shots corresponding with the manga images, there was a large amount of unnecessary camera movement in between. On the whole, many fans felt like they were watching an inferior imitation of the manga instead of something new and interesting, and since the hurried conclusion of the second season introduced some new plot holes by skipping the rescue of Princess Charlotte and failing to introduce the Moonlight Boy, it did not even succeed as a literal adaptation of the story.

* UncannyValley: The jerky movements and the odd-looking expressions on the characters' faces play no small part in the general contempt for the show's CG animation. As another example there's a shot in episode five where Farnese's CG model is staring straight ahead without blinking even once, while the 2D woman in the same shot blinks several times. It's not uncommon to hear people say, without any irony, [[VideoGame/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho that the Playstation 2 videogame based on the series]] has more appealing 3D models and animation than the show.

* CriticalDissonance: While a large number fans are in uproar over the series and have derided it as an unworthy adaptation of the manga, some critics published on major Western websites such as Cecilia D'Anastasio on Kotaku and Meghan Sullivan on IGN have given it praise. Even Jacob Hope Chapman of Anime News Network, who sharply criticized the visuals, gave episodes 1-3 a relatively generous grade of "B-". WebVideo/{{Arkada}} is also favorable. That said, WebVideo/{{Gigguk}} and WebVideo/{{Digibro}} both ripped it a new one on their respective shows, while Dodger skewered the CGI quality on WebVideo/PressHeartToContinue.

* UncannyValley: The jerky movements and the odd-looking expressions on the characters' faces play no small part in the general contempt for the show's CG animation. As another example there's a shot in episode five where Farnese's CG model is staring straight ahead without blinking even once, while the 2D woman in the same shot blinks several times.

** The decision to use CGI for the majority of the animation, and essentially skipping over the Lost Children arc, and [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment let's just leave it at that]].

* SnarkBait: The numerous animation errors and questionable directing decisions have become the stuff of legend on message boards... But for all the wrong reasons.

** The decision to use CGI for the majority of the animation, and essentially skipping over the Lost Children arc, and [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement let's just leave it at that]].

** The recast of the English dub with Creator/{{Crunchyroll}} deciding to use Creator/BangZoomEntertainment is this. A ''lot'' of fans are upset that the dub isn't done at Creator/NYAVPost where the original dub of the Berserk anime was done. More importantly, many fans are ''incredibly pissed'' that even if it's done at Creator/BangZoomEntertainment, there is virtually no excuse for not letting Creator/MarcDiraison and Creator/CarrieKeranen to reprise their roles as Guts and Casca respectfully, noting that both the said voice actors are currently residing at Los Angeles[[note]]Some speculate it has more to do with the ExecutiveMeddling from the Japanese side of things[[/note]]. This was even [[https://twitter.com/SeanSchemmel/status/842905659192496128 acknowledged]] by Creator/SeanSchemmel, expressing disappointment for not being in the dub. Other fans don't mind the recasting and are just happy that a mediocre anime sequel got a dub anyways.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: From about episode four onwards, the show stuck painfully close to what was presented in the manga, and the exact sequence of shots was copied panel-by-panel from the pages of the manga. Many panel sequences that worked well as manga pages did not work well when translated directly into 3D anime, and despite the shots corresponding with the manga images, there was a large amount of unnecessary camera movement. On the whole, many fans felt like they were watching an inferior imitation of the manga instead of something new and interesting, and since the hurried conclusion of the second season introduced some new plot holes by skipping the rescue of Princess Charlotte and failing to introduce the Moonlight Boy, it did not even succeed as a literal adaptation of the story.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: From about episode four onwards, the show stuck painfully close to what was presented in the manga, and the exact sequence of shots was copied panel-by-panel from the pages of the manga. Many panel sequences that worked well as manga pages did not work well when translated directly into 3D anime, and despite the shots corresponding with the manga images, there was a large amount of unecessary camera movement. On the whole, many fans felt like they were watching an inferior imitation of the manga instead of something new and interesting, and since the hurried conclusion of the second season introduced some new plot holes by skipping the rescue of Princess Charlotte and failing to introduce the Moonlight Boy, it did not even succeed as a literal adaptation of the story.

** The show was ridiculed as a particularly ugly-looking example of an AllCGICartoon, making the much-maligned CG in the ''Golden Age'' movies look good just by comparison, so it was seen as a step down from the visual styles of the previous adaptations and unable to hold a candle to the quality of the manga's artwork. It also skipped most of the Black Swordsman Arc and cut out the Chapter of Lost Children, the latter of which fans were especially hoping to see animated, and was full of {{Narm}} moments caused by poor models and sound effects as well as camera movements that were completely bizarre. In the show's somewhat hurried conclusion, it also skipped the rescue of Princess Charlotte and the introduction of the Moonlight Boy, thus adding plot holes and practically ensuring that this part of the story wi5ll have to be re-adapted in the future.

** The show was ridiculed as a particularly ugly-looking example of an AllCGICartoon, making the much-maligned CG in the ''Golden Age'' movies look good just by comparison, so it was seen as a step down from the visual styles of the previous adaptations and unable to hold a candle to the quality of the manga's artwork. It also skipped most of the Black Swordsman Arc and cut out the Chapter of Lost Children, the latter of which fans were especially hoping to see animated, and was full of {{Narm}} moments caused by poor models and sound effects as well as camera movements that were completely bizarre. In the show's somewhat hurried conclusion, it also skipped the rescue of Princess Charlotte and the indtroduction of the Moonlight Boy, thus adding plot holes and practically ensuring that this part of the story will have to be re-adapted in the future.

** Many fans complained that the CG in the first PV looked terrible and jerky. When the third PV rolled around, it had re-animated the scenes with smoother CG and more 2-D animation present. Many have rejoiced, but just as many think Gut's face as redesigned by Hisashi Abe now looks awful.
** A lot of fans were not happy with Casca seemingly being changed from AmbiguouslyBrown (with some speculating that she is of Kushan origin) to what looks like a pale-skinned redhead. However, this turned out to be largely an artifact of the visual effects used for the flashbacks, and it turns out that in the present she's about the same color as she was in the ''Golden Age'' trilogy.