So here's my thoughts:
It looks like we're at least getting 'The Brand' episode, and the Puck footage implies we'll get the first one too... or a version of that bar scene. This is all good in my book, as I was expecting them to cut right to Lost Children and lose Black Sworsdsmen completely. The story absolutely needs to show Guts on his Apostle hunting quest for a bit before he's interrupted by the Holy Iron Chain Knights. It sets up his character at this point, the hopelessness of his quest, and shows us the horrible world he lives in now with spirits after him. So I'll give them respect for this so far.
We haven't seen any of the count, or Rosine for that matter, but we know that the season will be 24 episodes, and this is clearly from maybe 2 or three of them so I still have hope. The count was featured in the movies after all, so they may as well connect the two by having him hunt down a recognizable apostle. Perhaps even the female apostle that got Corkus.
I hate the look of the Holy Iron Chain Knight's leaders. The colors look garish and out of place. Why is Farnese, who's sigil is a clover, wearing purple? They look like they are out of some bad music video. I get that they are flashy nobles, but the Golden Age movies were able to do this without looking ridiculous.
Also, I'm not loving the style, either in the angles chosen, nor this hatching style. Both seem too showy and ultimately distract. Why does the whole fight with the skeletons have the camera seemingly attached to the Dragon Slayer? I can't see what's going on, how he wields it, how many he's facing. Maybe this is right after he kills Collete and it's supposed to feel frantic, but I am not digging it so far.
Also the weird sketchy shading. This feels like a desperate choice to appeal to people who are against CG and it's super distracting. The style of the movies was fine in my opinion. Clean and strait forward. This, with it's extreme perspectives and bendy Dragon Slayers feels desperate to make it "Badass!"or "Hardcore!" Maybe as I see more this opinion will change, but it all feels more stylized than is needed.
Despite my misgivings though, I'm happy to see this happening and in a series form no less. 24 episodes is plenty to get us to Griffith's incarnation, maybe the hill of the swords. Here's hoping.
It looks like we're at least getting 'The Brand' episode, and the Puck footage implies we'll get the first one too... or a version of that bar scene. This is all good in my book, as I was expecting them to cut right to Lost Children and lose Black Sworsdsmen completely. The story absolutely needs to show Guts on his Apostle hunting quest for a bit before he's interrupted by the Holy Iron Chain Knights. It sets up his character at this point, the hopelessness of his quest, and shows us the horrible world he lives in now with spirits after him. So I'll give them respect for this so far.
We haven't seen any of the count, or Rosine for that matter, but we know that the season will be 24 episodes, and this is clearly from maybe 2 or three of them so I still have hope. The count was featured in the movies after all, so they may as well connect the two by having him hunt down a recognizable apostle. Perhaps even the female apostle that got Corkus.
I hate the look of the Holy Iron Chain Knight's leaders. The colors look garish and out of place. Why is Farnese, who's sigil is a clover, wearing purple? They look like they are out of some bad music video. I get that they are flashy nobles, but the Golden Age movies were able to do this without looking ridiculous.
Also, I'm not loving the style, either in the angles chosen, nor this hatching style. Both seem too showy and ultimately distract. Why does the whole fight with the skeletons have the camera seemingly attached to the Dragon Slayer? I can't see what's going on, how he wields it, how many he's facing. Maybe this is right after he kills Collete and it's supposed to feel frantic, but I am not digging it so far.
Also the weird sketchy shading. This feels like a desperate choice to appeal to people who are against CG and it's super distracting. The style of the movies was fine in my opinion. Clean and strait forward. This, with it's extreme perspectives and bendy Dragon Slayers feels desperate to make it "Badass!"or "Hardcore!" Maybe as I see more this opinion will change, but it all feels more stylized than is needed.
Despite my misgivings though, I'm happy to see this happening and in a series form no less. 24 episodes is plenty to get us to Griffith's incarnation, maybe the hill of the swords. Here's hoping.