10 Worst Anime Adaptations
7. Berserk (2016)
CG animation has come a long way, especially when it comes to integrating with normal 2D animation. But then something comes along to make you wonder why folks even bother. Berserk 2016 is one such show.
While Berserk has never had the most luck when it comes to animation - the 90's anime had the budget of two shoe strings and a half chewed nickel - the animation in Berserk 2016 is so bad that it almost negates any faithfulness to the source material it does have.
As it stands, it's the only adaptation that seems to want to go past the point the 90's version left off on, which only makes it more frustrating that the animation stubbornly refuses to evolve past early 200's dreamcast cutscenes (and even that feels like an insult to the dreamcast).
Berserk 2016 is the rare occurrence of a single element bringing down an otherwise faithful adaptation. If the animation was just an iota better I could easily look past it to enjoy the story, but because that story relies so heavily on caring about the emotions of the characters on screen, seeing their lifeless empty CGI models hope around on screen instead of walking (you all know what I'm referring to) hamstrings it something fierce.