Reading how it went down for the movies, he was basically cheated into thinking they'd do a good job by a demo featuring great footage (of which screenshots were leaked, if you remember) before the project was turned into shit. They even specified at the time that he had refused many propositions in the past because he felt they weren't good enough before accepting that one. Imagine the disappointment, the betrayal he must have felt. So anyway I'm not sure how much of a say he has in all this now.
That's so awful

what the heck do these people think? That goes for the new anime as well.
Such a considerable crowd hoping for quality Berserk animation. They aren't really fooling many people, except those who don't really know what Berserk is. Wrecking up the story won't really make them profit more, original Berserk is certainly a lot better than a washed up story heavy-metal-big-sword-hack n' slash thing, but that's pretty much obvious, and it is what
all fans would like to see.
If they barely can make a proper animation, it's doubtful that they can also give it the Berserk feel in all senses possible. For example, how the characters' behaviours and expressions change organically as the story progresses, sometimes you don't even realize it, looks very natural, yet simple movimentation they don't seem able to make look plausible. Imagine the Beast shown in weird graphics like the skeletons, the crown and the blood pool, or moving in weird animations... seems hopeless to me.
Walter's post with curved Dragon Slayer represents what I think of this - an awesome sword completely disfigured.