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I will be evaluating all the movies as a whole. So this review will look at all three movies in the Golden age arc.

It all starts with a dream. Ambition, lust, greed, jealousy, hatred, and a huge ass sword. All critical components in the creation of Guts character. Forged on the battle field and bathed in blood, Guts is an ever evolving individual.

(Story and Character)
It is nearly impossible to separate both story and character. Both get a 10 from me, so i will combine both of them in the same discussion. The story is absolutely brilliant in bringing its ... world to life. It incorporates so many different elements that slowly weave themselves into the narrative. The story is founded on the dreams of a man named Griffith. An individual who will stop at nothing in order to gain absolute control of the world and become king. Him and his band of mercenaries meet a man named Guts on the way who at first is a very young and reckless person.

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Guts soon grows and becomes stronger and wiser with every action he makes. He soon realizes that the only way he can achieve a purpose is to fight for himself and strive for his own ambitions. He is tired of trying to fulfill Griffith's dream and decides its time to move on. I will stop here as to not spoil anything huge, but this causes a rift between Guts and Griffiths characters as it marks the beginning of the end.
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Watching every character grow makes you feel emotionally attached to them. You feel their sorrows, their struggles, their hopes, and their dreams. Most of the characters are fleshed out and I felt like I was there, riding along on their journey. I felt that I was there trying to achieve the dream beside Griffith and Guts. It's a nonstop epic story that takes you on an unforgettable journey and ends in the most grotesque and twisted way I've ever seen. I felt absolute catharsis after the last movie was over. Unlike the original anime, this one at least leaves you with a sliver of hope, but at the same time fleshes out more despair when it comes to Caska.
10/10

(Art)
The art is a mixed bag. In my opinion the art was better in the movies than the original anime. Although the CG looked odd and clunky at times when it came to fighting and tearing sh*t apart (which is the important stuff) it looked incredible. Especially the Battle for Doldrey. The epic music hit fitting in perfectly, and then I absolutely flipped at the scenes near the end where multiple fights were going on at the same time, Caska and blonde mohawk guy, Guts and the enemy general, and everyone fighting in the army. The chaos was absolutely beautiful.

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When the general yells, "Undisciplined FOOLS!!" and proceeds to rip everyone a new one around him in a mist of blood I dropped my jaw, but I wasn't ready for what would come next. Guts uses a flag as a distraction and proceeds to slam his sword down towards the ground chopping off not only the generals head, but the head of the horse.
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This battle was the definition of epic. In terms of absolute epic-ness and the scene i described in the spoiler gets a 69696969669/10.
There were absolutely stunning scenes like this, but then when the dust settled the cg did look clunky and unappealing at times and i preferred the 2D normal anime look that it threw around here and there. The last movie did look the best and corrected some of the issues, but it still suffered at times.
8/10

(Sound)
The sound was great. I really don't have any complaints other than some of the voice acting. As far as the background music and the new epic score, it is leagues ahead of the anime. The original anime suffered in the music and sound department, but this movie easily corrects that and gives every scene a more emotional depth with its score. Now for the voice acting, the dub is stellar. I watched the first two movies dubbed, and the final movie subbed since the dub still has not been released. Very few anime can claim a better dub than its sub, but Guts voice is absolutely perfect, it matches his character 100%. The other characters are also well done and it sounds perfect as if it were made for English. On the other hand the voice of Guts in Japanese just didn't have the same ooomph that the English one did. It didn't sound as grisly or hardened as it should have. So the English dub was my favorite because it captured the grisliness, manliness, and ruggedness of Guts character.
9/10

(Enjoyment)
I basically spelled it out this entire review. This is a nonstop action packed emotionally fueled epic. I felt the movies solved some of the issues of slower pacing that I found in the original anime. Maybe I had a short attention span, but i felt bored at times with the original anime, but in the movie I was absolutely stunned the whole way through. The change in scenery and pace made it a blast to watch. The story jumps from talk of politics and nobility, to romance, to the battlefield, and you even get to see Guts in a ballroom (A very important scene by the way). It then ends on a supernatural element that defines the story near the end.
10/10

(Final Judgement)
Although I can't show it, in the end this series gets a whopping 9.4 in my book. My favorite of the movies is the second as it represented the integral shift between the main characters and was the most jam packed with epic. It may have a few flaws, but the series is an absolute marvel. The movies are fast paced, have absolutely beautiful fight scenes filled with pools of blood, the characters grow tremendously, the English voices fit perfectly. It's ending is so twisted and dark that there is no way to ever see it coming. Trust me, there's no way you could ever predict what happened. The ending left me emotionally exhausted. It made me question whether Guts could ever overcome his past. It made me question whether he would ever be able to go back to who he was before the ending. I wonder what type of man he will become. I guess it's time to read the Manga.
9.4/10

This will not be a college essay,but i tried my dam hardest to write something fairly long and deep in order to satisfy the need for something longer. its still a bit short compared to most other hella long deep reviews, but you end up losing people if theyre too long. Time to start the epic.

This anime just oozes epic. When the main song comes on "FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT THE POWA" you just get these chills and know someone is getting their ass kicked today.

The Story: I was actually really impressed with the story. Its very inspiring. The ... story is essentially about humanity being oppressed in some way and trying to break their constraints in order to decide their own destiny and just kick some enemy ass. Im going to stay away from the characters in this part because I'll talk about them later. The Story has two parts and not to spoil anything for you, all im going to say is that there is a before and after. The story will make you laugh, cry, get excited, and just not believe what just happened.

Characters: This is probably one of the main draws to this anime. Kamina is the definition of man. Beats everyone up, never backs down, and hes just manly. Simon is the complete opposite and hes a pussy (he soon becomes much more manly later on) and the two different personalities work together very well. Then there is Yoko. In every epic space opera there always has to be a hot babe. Shes not just for the looks and has an interesting back story and serves the plot well in how she physiologically affects the other characters. But honestly do I care that much? HELL No, shes just one hot babe that can bring a can of whoop ass to any party. There are characters that you will love and some that you hate, such as Rossiou (he turns into a little bitch).

The Art: Cant really say much about the art because im not some art connoisseur, but it does look pretty. Its easy on the eyes and it looks good and thats awesome in my book.

Enjoyment: FUCK YEA!!! Excuse my language, but that's the only way i can express my enjoyment for this anime. As i did say before you will orgasm or at least feel some chills at the tip of your hairs from this. This anime just keeps on getting bigger and bigger. You start out small and you always want to see how they can top it. the mechs get bigger the action gets more intense the stakes are always higher. Once they started throwing galaxies at each other i was just floored.

The Sound: There is a really good sound track in this anime and i enjoyed nearly all of them. The main thing that stuck with me was the fight the powa rap/opera/classical/action packed song. It always just inspired me and gave me the sense that there was still hope in this hopeless battle for humanity. YES IT IS THAT DEEP. Also the dubs were excellent for this dub. Kamina, Simon, Rossiou, Yoko, and Lord Genome, even the anti spiral had some of the best voice acting that i have heard in a long time.

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Villains: I just had to add this section in. I just loved the villains as they were some of the manliest villains in the world. What i found interesting is that no one ever truthfully felt as if they were a bad guy, but that they were killing people for the betterment of the universe. Lord Genome and the Anti-spiral are just some of the coolest villains in the world. They think that they are helping humanity by killing humanity, but its just so satisfying seeing the battles between them.
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Overall this anime was a gem hidden underneath all the stones. I loved nearly every facet of this anime and when it was all over i was a bit sad that the fight for humanity was over. This anime defined being a man for me and you cannot truly become a man or a woMAN until you watch and enjoy this anime.

People may look at my score and say that its outrageous, but i feel as if it was more of the spur of the moment score. This anime was pretty dope. It was incredibly entertaining and just loads of fun. Its as simple as that.

This is one of those rare little gems that made me laugh a lot. There's a lot of ecchi, but personally im okay with that. I mean theres a guy surrounded by a bunch of different girls, so what do you expect? Im not a pervert or anything, but if i was in his situation ... this anime would probably have played out the same or a little more to my liking ;).

The story is pretty good and is interesting and keeps you occupied, but i loved this for the laughs. You have your typical pussy of guy as your male lead and some hella hot babes that are outgoing and want his "genes" and will do anything for them. Also did i mention that there was magic and i dont mean the bed room kind, but theres a lot of that too.

If you dont like a little ecchi and that description that i just got, then you shouldn't watch this, but your going to be missing out on some laughs and a really enjoyable anime.