Berserk - The Golden Age Arc Movie Collection (BD)

I enjoy anything Berserk. I've read the Manga and yes the story could have been line for line but I understand how some things were left out. This is a more of a straight to the point with no filler but also will leave you with out some of the key emotional things that makes Guts who he is was as a younger self. How he doesn't care about others and only about survival. Later in the story that side becomes his advance to becoming a reckless be real adult when he starts to care about people close to him. Trying to do anything to preserve what he has left. Guts strength and aorura is what draws characters in to him and seems to give hope those that force themself into his world no matter what the cost. This also happens to Griffith and doesnt know how to deal with it. I've also seen the 2016 season of Berserk and enjoyed it "greatly"! It is a different way of tilling the story and refreshing. It makes what to go back and refresh myself on the manga I have on my book case. So if you are a new comer and have no history of the manga and starting from these movies you are good to go. You wont be haunted like some over the top fan but so critical about what they want to happen in the series of films. Again this is a different take on the main story. The first Anima season back in 1997 was my first known story of the Berserk world and I loved it. Once I found out about the manga and read it, I was blown away with the back story. I feel the viewer what wants a more intimate view of the story buy the manga (that's what it's there for) and you will be glad you did to get the full story of Gut and all other characters alike.

I'll preface this by saying that this is the first Berserk content ive ever taken in. I know a lot of people who are already fans of the series dislike these movies because they leave out stuff from the manga or 90s tv show. All i knew about Berserk was that it was VERY gorey and there was a LOT of sexual content in it. These two elements are for sure also a big part of these movies. The first movie is relatively tame. There are two explicit sex scenes in the other two movies, however. There is also a graphic rape scene in the third. The gore also increases as the movies go on, the third being the most brutal. Despite all this, i absolutely loved these movies. I just figured it might be helpful for people to know if theyre going in blind. The characters are well written and you really end up loving (or hating) them. The only real downside of these movies are that they end on cliffhanger. Im pretty sure there arent more movies after this because of poor reception by fans, though im not certain. Just know that you wont get a satisfying ending.Other than that, the discs arrived safely and my only qualm with the case is that one of the prongs that hold the first disk in place is missing completely so its easier for it to get loose and side around in the case.

Great movies here. I wish they would have continued with the story, there is a whole lot more of the manga that they can convert into anime. It's a great price at $25, because before this, the individual movies were pretty expensive to pick up. If it stays at $25 pick it up, I know it went up to $40 a few days ago and then back to $25, so I'm not sure what's going on with that, but if you're reading this review and the price is still $25, I'd say that's a really good deal.The packaging is the basic blu ray case with the three discs inside. No slipcover or fancy packaging. The discs themselves are colored brightly and look pretty good and better than the average blu ray IMO.The movies are basically lifted straight from the first arc of the Berserk manga. This ain't for kids. It's not Naruto, and it's not DBZ. There are no happy endings with Berserk. Instead you get something gritty, action packed and downright amazing. I'd recommend this to anyone who is over the age of 18 and can appreciate some of the more adult themes.For those of you who have played the dark souls series of games on PS4, well those games reminded me of this manga. It's pretty similar in tone.

As a long-time fan of the manga, I was impressed with the movie visualization of the Berserk source material. Although there are some canon omissions in this telling - most likely for the sake of pacing, focus on more central story lines, etc. - it was an overall excellent experience to see the tale of the 'Golden Age' arc brought to life on screen. While I understand some of the deserved criticism about the blend of traditional animation and CGI (especially noticeable during large-scale battle scenes) the character-centric, interpersonal moments between primary actors (and their facial expressions/reactions being done in a 2D medium, thankfully) made up for some of these shortcomings and do a fantastic job of conveying the weight of each character's decisions and consequences; the film does well in making a viewer both realize and understand their individual motivations and shortcomings. Sometimes a manga-to-film adaptation depicts certain moments in print so perfectly (Skull Knight interrupting the ascension of Femto, in my mind) and while this film is not without its flaws, it does an incredible job interpreting its source material to the best of the medium and does it well just enough to rank it at five stars for me.

O conteúdo extra dos blurays são muito bons, além disso, a interface dos blurays é muito bonita. Mas, a caixa do bluray é extremamente frágil e mole, muito provavelmente o seu disco virá solto dentro da caixa e há muitas chances da caixa vir toda quebrada, que nem a minha. Para você que está preocupado com trava de região, não se preocupe, contanto que o seu aparelho seja do Brasil ou de qualquer lugar da América, o disco rodará, já q o disco é da região A

This trilogy of movies sums up the the original series. It covers the major plot points of the series and does it well with great animation. The trilogy detonate deserves the 18A rating. Definitely not for kids!

Para los amantes de Berserk esta trilogía es imperdible. Muy buen precio ya que si los compras por separado el precio se eleva. Ojo:solo trae subtítulos en inglés. Si eres fan lo apreciarás aunque no sea lo mismo que el manga o la animación de los noventas.

Bevor ich auf die Story eingehe:Die Story ist super und ich habe sowohl den Manga gelesen (bzw. lese diesen) als auch die erste Umsetzung als Animationsserie gesehen. Von dem Remake hatte ich mir entsprechend eine moderne, frische Animationstechnik, als auch eine überarbeitete Erzählstruktur, bzw. Auswahl an animierten Szenen, erwartet. Den ersten Punkt erfüllen alle drei Teile der Arc-Triologie, den zweiten Punkt allerdings nicht. Wahrscheinlich sollte das Remake die Handlungsspanne der alten Animationsserie erreichen, weshalb einige Handlungsstränge und Sequenzen extrem verkürzt oder gänzlich gestrichen wurden. (Möglichst ohne zu spoilern) Fehlt der Rückblick von Guts Kindheit und seiner Beziehung zu Gambino, wodurch Guts als Charakter einiges an Tiefe verliert. Ein weiteres Beispiel wäre der Kampf gegen Zodd, welcher, aus mir unerfindlichen Gründen, auf sehr wenige Momente / Szenen verkürzt wurde, obwohl dieser (meiner Meinung nach) zu den besten Kämpfen gehört. Das war doch recht enttäuschend, da ich mich besonders auf das Remake des Kampfes gegen Zodd gefreut hatte.Ich vergebe trotzdem 4 Sterne, da ein Großteil der (übrig gebliebenen) Szenen wirklich gut gemacht ist.Zuletzt sei gesagt, dass meiner Meinung nach, aufgrund der genannten Verkürzungen, die Remake-Triologie für Einsteiger in die Berserk-Saga nur eingeschränkt empfohlen werden kann.

Love this franchise