Its a seinen anime, it would've been fine.

Worst case, they could've made it an OVA like Hellsing Ultimate, which is beloved and had plenty of extreme content, but even the 97 TV anime showed things like the rapes and child murder and torture.

Plus, rape/nudity and extreme content is very popular in anime. Redo of Healer was one of the most viewed anime in the year it came out by a country mile.

When I say everyone, I mean "everyone in the target market/demographics", I'm not including retards who had no interest in Berserk in the first place.

Its a seinen anime, it would've been fine.

Worst case, they could've made it an OVA like Hellsing Ultimate, which is beloved and had plenty of extreme content, but even the 97 TV anime showed things like the rapes and child murder and torture.

Plus, rape/nudity and extreme content is very popular in anime. Redo of Healer was one of the most viewed anime in the year it came out by a longshot.

When I say everyone, I mean "everyone in the target market/demographics", I'm not including retards who had no interest in Berserk in the first place.