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Jan 31, 2009 11:41 AM
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Badass! Very cool action and plenty of gore :D Looks like an interesting story too, looking forward to seeing the rest.

Aug 3, 2009 1:34 PM
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First impressions = very brutal lol. Kinda reminds me of Hellsing and Claymore and I loved it when he killed those thugs at the start :P
Sep 9, 2009 3:11 PM
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Good action and animation, they cut out alot of the stuff from the manga, but that's inevitable. One thing I didn't like was the voices in the dub I watched, which is to be expected, since these are all minor characters apart from Guts. Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.
Sep 27, 2009 10:35 PM
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Finally decided to pick this show up.

What I was expecting: CLAYMORE

What I got: CLAYMORE

So I'm all happy.
The background art is a bit below par but the animation is good. Very good so far.
Feb 14, 2010 10:48 AM
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This is good, this is very good).
Aug 7, 2010 3:20 PM
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Was good,not much of a story at all..just killing,lol
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Aug 26, 2010 1:41 PM
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wtf did they skip like 3-4 volumes between the snake dude and Guts past's ? I can't remember...

Oct 9, 2010 12:16 AM
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So confused. Now I know why my friend told me not to watch the first episode.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~
May 16, 2011 3:53 PM
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Definitely a higher quality animation then I was expecting for it's time.
May 30, 2011 1:18 PM

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This episode needs an epilepsy warning. Seriously, I'm still foaming from the demon dream flashback
Jun 20, 2011 2:02 AM

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the animation = bleh
it made the action look rather bleh
in fact the animation throughout the show is quite ..... bleh
PS. why did they get rid of puck? He was hilarious!
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Mar 25, 2012 11:32 AM

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Rewatching this by the Box of War DVD-set. Funny how i decided to be more open minded and watch this with an english dub, it didn't include it...truly, man has no free will.

I have read the manga, but i'm giving my opinion on the show alone, not how it par's with the manga.

The episode was ok, but gives too much questions and spoils the viewer. I'm glad that when i first watched this show, i skipped the first one and started from the second one, then came back and watched the first one--> much better.

And this show looks kinda low budget. When compared to Slayer this looks more stilted and cheap. Maybe the animation team tried to mimic Kentauro Miura's(?) artwork so much that it brought down the animation. The small details are nice though.
Apr 8, 2012 10:53 AM

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Dafuq is this shit?!

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I like it.
Apr 20, 2012 7:55 AM
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Bahahaha, the intro is priceress. I was looking for another badass anime, and this may very well suffice.
This first episode was strange to say the least. I was just a little confused at the sudden jump from snake-dude not caring to him razing the city. And speaking of the animation, I noticed very little of the city's flames actually moving. They looked nice though.
Apr 25, 2012 12:35 PM

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kick ass so far
May 15, 2012 5:34 PM

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Interesting start to this somewhat overrated series tbh
Jun 1, 2012 2:10 PM
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what a badass character loved it to the bones...
Jun 7, 2012 4:00 PM

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Fucking Brutal.
Jun 12, 2012 3:17 PM

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Jonnieh said:
This episode needs an epilepsy warning. Seriously, I'm still foaming from the demon dream flashback

LOL I thought the same. Old animes love to flash as much as possible [cough]Dragon Ball Z[/cough]

The episode was decent. The main character didn't seem to have much personality but hopefully he'll be more developed in the next episodes.
Jul 26, 2012 2:44 PM

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Veethorn said:
Fucking Brutal.


LOL
Sep 24, 2012 1:30 PM

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nice first impressions
Sep 24, 2012 1:31 PM

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Neowu said:
Jonnieh said:
This episode needs an epilepsy warning. Seriously, I'm still foaming from the demon dream flashback

LOL I thought the same. Old animes love to flash as much as possible [cough]Dragon Ball Z[/cough]


i'm not epileptic but that actually really hurt my eyes
Nov 18, 2012 3:36 AM

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Gore is pretty awesome right??
Is the second episode about his past??? Cool ...
I'm gonna finish this series soon..It's plain awesome :D
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May 14, 2013 9:07 AM

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Watching this after seeing all three episodes of Golden Arc movies and I am sold now :)
It is good enough for me to see all other episodes from another point of view.
May 15, 2013 10:17 AM

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Was it dark when the anime was flashing.
It has to be dark. Hurts man.

Anyway, I guess we can't really say much about episode 1 without watching the rest of the show, so get on it people. If you really liked episode 1, try the manga.

ITS AMAZING

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that eoten be eatin the pizza pi

Does anybody know a way that a body could get away?
May 22, 2013 1:17 PM
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the bad guys face erm lol
May 24, 2013 7:55 AM

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Damn has a nice art style.
Please learn about cel animation and its technical process.
Learn how special effects and backlighting were done without computers.

Jun 27, 2013 4:57 PM

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I've read the manga and though about checking out the anime, although the manga art style is superior, the anime looks pretty good especially for the time it aired. Love being able to watch Guts (the main character) be a bad ass :)
Oct 23, 2013 11:57 PM

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Well that was a brutal fight, finally getting around to watching this show. I've seen bits and pieces of the manga so I doubt it will get a brutal as it but i could be wrong.
Nov 30, 2013 11:39 PM

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Knowing what I knew about the series going in, this episode just confused me. I can definitely see why people would say to avoid this ep.
Mar 28, 2014 10:57 AM

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Just started this after years of wanting to watch it. First episode was meh but I'll keep watching and hope it picks up!
Apr 17, 2014 11:50 AM

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The OP and ED are 90's alt magic
May 26, 2014 9:16 PM
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Guts is badass so i have high hope for this series.
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May 30, 2014 6:36 PM

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I like supernatural violence but this opening ep's kind of ridiculous and put me off the series before; after enjoying the film trilogy I'm going to give it another chance. Shame we won't get to see what happens after though.
May 31, 2014 6:43 AM

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Pretty crazy first episode, lots of action with a rather dark and brutal atmosphere! And well I totally love it! Let's see what's next.
May 31, 2014 7:07 AM

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I'm starting my re-watch of Berserk and the first episode is better when you know everything about the story.
Oct 31, 2014 6:36 PM

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That was awesome! I thought I wouldn't like it, because I read the manga first, but this was still really great. Managed to keep most of the key concepts in.
Nov 30, 2014 8:10 AM

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Aww where is Puck :C I want Puck! What is Berserk without him xD

Oh well. If only I had watched this some years ago! Right now quite a lot of things seem wrong, especially after you read the manga and imagine things differently. I just wish I could make this anime myself xD and a season 2...
Dec 3, 2014 10:41 AM

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Ahhh I see where tf2 demo and naruto's zabuzza got inspired from.

Mar 19, 2015 4:16 PM

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I've read a chunk of the manga before watching this, but I only remember bits and pieces. This will be an interesting ride. As a note though, that was one of the most ill-fitting openings I've seen as of late
Mar 22, 2015 11:38 PM
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put your grasses on
Apr 6, 2015 10:33 AM
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That was too epic and confusing for me to describe.

That op though, lol.
May 16, 2015 4:12 PM

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Well, I've been meaning to watch this for a while, finally got around to it and I'm regretting not starting it sooner, I'm hooked.

May 22, 2015 2:01 AM

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This is brutal
Jun 13, 2015 3:02 AM
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Seems like a good show, but it's first episode is lacking that grip which holds me.

Ending credits are great

Looking forward to complete it :)
Aug 7, 2015 12:02 PM

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Loved the episode. Looking forward to this series!
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Nov 2, 2015 5:51 AM
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Time for me to finally watch Berserk.
Let's see how this will go.
Yeah, first episode isn't very engaging.
Jan 17, 2016 7:09 PM

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I've read the first 12 volumes of the manga, but this was confusing. Everything was all jumbled up.

The OP sounds like a lost Pixies gem, and the ED was pure Smashing Pumpkins circa 1995. Both are great. But that techno song in the middle of the battle sequence sounded really corny.

All that said, I really liked it. Didn't love it (yet), but I want to keep watching.
Jan 27, 2016 3:47 PM

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Rewatching this in dub, its still fucking awesome.

Behold of my awesomeness~
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Feb 9, 2016 8:47 PM

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The opening is so good.

(THIS WAY FOREVER)
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