Kingdom is regarded as one of the greatest manga out there. How good is this anime adaption? Is it good/faithful? I hope it is not shit like Berserk 2016/17. Should I watch it or just read manga?
I didn't watch the first 2 seasons because of the ugly 3DCG and some of the story content was cut. I'm currently watching season 3 because the animation finally looks decent enough to bring justice to the manga (+music by Hiroyuki Sawano) And it will cover what is considered the best arc of the manga.
I don't recommend watching the anime. Read the manga first and then decide if you want to give the anime a try.
Season 3 looking so far the best out of all of them -> not only becouse of covering a best manga arc but as well from visual/audio perspective. It is worth watching? Hell yeah -> before season 3 i rewatched season 1/2 + read the manga to cover gaps... and... yeah -> manga is clearly the best in terms of quality, season 1 cgi is panifull even if i rly enjoyed rewatching it especially last arc of season 1 even with shit cgi is still great.
Season 2 is... a lot better, there is some shit cgi here and there what make me lough (no spoiler) if you gonna watch it stuff like one of the fights on horses and flying sword literally make me lough becouse of how animated they were but outside of this, is amazing show to watch.
Season 3 is so far... holy shit amazing, visuals are amazing, music... music was amazing till half of season 1 but it's grow a lot in season 2 and season 3 is gonna probably give us even better ost. It is worth watching? Hell yeah. Is manga better? For S1/S2 yes -> but still if you prefer anime>manga (like me) then kingdom even with shit cgi is still one of the best anime to watch -> especially that quality is growing not regressing every few ep. what is rly nice -> it was rly painfull in Seven Deadly Sins Anime to see such a downgrade in terms of visual quality in last season, kingdom being really bad in S1 even if the same season wasn't even half that terrible (still bad) at the end of season 1 and season 2 improved a shit tons in this topic where season 3 after soo many years looks like gonna deliver us a true nice quality.
imo Kingdom is one of the clearest cases of "just read the manga" in existence.
The first season looks like a joke honestly, it's worse than amateur flash animations from the early 2000s.
I guess the 2nd and 3rd season looks 1000 times better, but judged on their own, they still look mediocre at best, with still plenty of CG, bad directing/storyboarding and skipping of parts.
The manga is one of the best out there, no reason to consume its objectively much inferior version
i watched season 1 + 2
& all eps from s3
i loved it so much and waiting for the rest of s3 to be published ^-^
i'm just an anime lover i can't give u a review but my opinion it's worthy
I watched the first episode of the first season awhile back and it looked terrible. I've watched the trailers for the second and third seasons and the voice actors just don't seem right for the characters they are playing. Just read the manga. It is literally one of the best you will ever read. The emotions are out of this world.
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Haven't watch Berserk but I am an anime only watcher and read a few chapters of the kingdom manga and it was great but I like to hear and see the action and learn how to say the characters name.But I still agree with you that if you don't like CGI or the animation in Season 1 and 2 just read the manga and watch the 3rd season.
In
Overlord
there was alot of CGI, it was painfully obvious, but the storyline was so good and entertaining that I was just able to ignore it, will Kingdom be the same?