Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey — This sword is proof that i have lived.

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Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey

Name: Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 2012-06-23
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 3.75
Cast: Hiroaki Iwanaga, Takahiro Sakurai, Toa Yukinari, Takahiro Fujiwara, Yuki Kaji

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The Band of the Hawk and their enigmatic leader Griffith continue winning battle after battle as their prestige throughout the kingdom of Midland grows. But their latest task is one that has seen failure from everyone who has attempted it: the subjugation of the impenetrable fortress of Doldrey.

Countries: JP

Languages: Japanese

Content Rating: R

Runtime: 1hrs 38min

Status: Released

Release date: 2012-06-23

Release format: Streaming — Nov 12, 2013

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@dipperdolphin 6 years ago

Another fabulous installment. I don't think that the CGI animation has that much of a negative result - in fact I really enjoyed it.

The movie gave some interesting insight that the manga and the '97 anime did not, particular about how Guts leaving the Hawks broke Griffith.

@sp1ti 12 years ago

Gnaahh~ here we wait again.. the third movie should be fun with the Eclipse finally happening. I even went back to see if there have been some more manga chapters released since I last read up only to realise that in the last 5 months only three new ones came out. I sure hope we don't have to wait another 20 years for it to complete >_>.

As for the movie itself: While I still enjoyed it overall there are plenty of issues. The CGI is still present but it feels like they amped up the use. While sometimes this works, there are many scenes where it looks choppy and ugly as hell. This is rather unfortunate since Berserk is known for Miura's awesome visuals. The other major drawback is the pacing/adaptation. The movie is too short given that the 25-episode anime for the same arc wasn't enough.. how are three movies supposed to work? They skip a lot but still have some scenes running longer which results in a weird pace. The biggest drawback because of that is the lack of character development. Their connection to the Band of the Hawk isn't really there as they hardly get any screentime (which lessens the impact the Eclipse will have), Griffith's determination is played down and Gut's just the muscle. For people new to the franchise it'll just be a medieval action story without much depth...

It would be great if it actually sold well in Japan but that doesn't seem to be the case. It would have been awesome to get the other arcs animated aswell although they would have to make improvement's to their CGI (I don't dare to imagine how the battle versus Ganishka would look).

@mokins 9 years ago

There is a slight but significant difference between having capable protagonists and having incapable antagonists,
guess which this movie has.

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