My only problem was how background characters looked awful every other important character looked great though, and I really enjoy the opening alot.
I don't mind the use of CG on the armor or during the fast-paced action scenes. I will, however admit that the CG on the faces in both the movies and this anime look awful. They're deadpan and flat, and are servicable in combat scenes but nothing else.
Thing is, the movies at least compromised by using less CG in the slower-paced moments of exposition and character interaction, the animators almost always chose to have the faces animated in 2D, understandably since no action or frantic combat was happening...which is why I'm positively
bewildered that this new studio handling the show chose to depict practically ALL of the episodes moments in CG,
including the non-combat moments. Guts cooking, him talking to Colette, up-close facial shots of him reacting to battle scenes around him where no CG is necessary, even the aftermath where he's talking to Puck and being pestered by ghosts...CG was used on his face for absolutely
no reason, and it ruins the immersion for me.
Like I said, my guess is that this first episode was rushed to move on to later material, so only time will tell if this improves. As for the opening, well...I actually think that looked significantly worse. The animation was inconsistent and the character designs looked nothing like their manga/movie counterparts. The scenes showcased in the intro were cool, just not drawn or animated well.
From what I understand, it was done by a different company. At least the song was good.
