I finally got my DVD today after breaking down and buying it from a local Best Buy. Amazon.com wasnt going to ship out my box set until something like 2 weeks from now. Wonderful.
I just watched episodes 1-3, and am a bit into ep 4. What do I think of it? Well... It certainly could have been better. The video transfers are shitty in my opinion. I was told that this is because Media Blasters presses their own DVD's. Now, I can respect that and all, but you have to understand that this is Berserk. My baby. I could care less how much effort they put into pressing them, I want it to look FLAWLESS. There is decoding residue on every high contrast scene, initally noticeable in the opening.
The dub? Well I hate it, but big deal, I just switch it to the Japanese track and Im happy as anything.
The sound is alright, I of cource would like a 5.1 track, but thats asking for too much anyway... My reciever can emulate 5.1 just fine.
However, on a lighter note I'm noticing things about the anime that i never bothered looking at, or listening to. In the beginning of episode 4, Judeau is talking to Guts on the top of some castle's walls, and as the camera looks at the horizon, you can see fog clear away and clouds come out. Its a very subtle, beautiful transition, and I totally have never seen it before. In the same scene, Judeau says of Griffith: "Its probably beyond his reach to turn his dream into reality within one lifetime" which has obvious implications about whats happening now, but I TOTALLY never noticed it before...
Im happy I bought the DVD, and I will of cource buy the rest of them, but I do wish the video transfer was better.
I just watched episodes 1-3, and am a bit into ep 4. What do I think of it? Well... It certainly could have been better. The video transfers are shitty in my opinion. I was told that this is because Media Blasters presses their own DVD's. Now, I can respect that and all, but you have to understand that this is Berserk. My baby. I could care less how much effort they put into pressing them, I want it to look FLAWLESS. There is decoding residue on every high contrast scene, initally noticeable in the opening.
The dub? Well I hate it, but big deal, I just switch it to the Japanese track and Im happy as anything.
The sound is alright, I of cource would like a 5.1 track, but thats asking for too much anyway... My reciever can emulate 5.1 just fine.
However, on a lighter note I'm noticing things about the anime that i never bothered looking at, or listening to. In the beginning of episode 4, Judeau is talking to Guts on the top of some castle's walls, and as the camera looks at the horizon, you can see fog clear away and clouds come out. Its a very subtle, beautiful transition, and I totally have never seen it before. In the same scene, Judeau says of Griffith: "Its probably beyond his reach to turn his dream into reality within one lifetime" which has obvious implications about whats happening now, but I TOTALLY never noticed it before...
Im happy I bought the DVD, and I will of cource buy the rest of them, but I do wish the video transfer was better.