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Berserk |OT| - Big men, bigger swords, OFF THE BOAT - Berserk #344 24/6/2016
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Takamura-San
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Ummm the anime is a Disney cartoon compared to the manga.
Also, share impressions when you finish the anime.
I actually kind of feel like the anime is darker overall than the corresponding part of the manga. Yes, the sex and violence are toned down in the anime, but on the other hand, they also completely removed the comic relief component and most of the fantastical elements. The bleakness of the anime is relentless, whereas the gruesome scenes of the manga are punctuated with moments of levity.
Is there any news on a follow-up to the films? I head something about a rumoured TV show or more films.
Personally, I enjoyed the films, despite the wonky art and CGI. A good companion to the TV series, which provided the depth (film just animated the action scenes better).
Would really like to see dark fantasy anime make a comeback (not that it was ever really that popular/good).
Personally, I enjoyed the films, despite the wonky art and CGI. A good companion to the TV series, which provided the depth (film just animated the action scenes better).
Would really like to see dark fantasy anime make a comeback (not that it was ever really that popular/good).
I want to know your reaction when you see the final episode.
Pretty much. The first time I watched berserk I just went to the last episode and it was the worst idea ever.
Jex
Member
I feel it's nearly impossible to tell what his pacing his like when he releases like, 19 pages in 4 months but I believe you!
I'm at episode 19 now and I think Berserk totally rocks, can't imagine how the manga is since all I read is praise for it
Also, I could be in the minority, but I absolutely enjoy the quality of the animations and the overall look - nowadays most animes don't have much details and look pretty similar to each other (I say that as someone who doesn't watch much anime I must confess), and Berserk just looks awesome. I must say even the still shots look like real good paintings to me, just like this one; I made a few iPhone 5 Wallpapers out of it, hehe
With white logo
With red logo
With dark blue logo
Also, I could be in the minority, but I absolutely enjoy the quality of the animations and the overall look - nowadays most animes don't have much details and look pretty similar to each other (I say that as someone who doesn't watch much anime I must confess), and Berserk just looks awesome. I must say even the still shots look like real good paintings to me, just like this one; I made a few iPhone 5 Wallpapers out of it, hehe
With white logo
With red logo
With dark blue logo
EvilKatarn
Member
I still think Berserk is one of the best looking animated things out there. It might not be fluid but every single frame looks gorgeous.
double jump
you haven't lived until a random little kid ask you "how do you make love".
so threw a friend I managed to see all 3 of the remakes this week.
It was pretty cool. Battles were displayed epically and the animation was fluid.But something kept lingering in my mind bothering me that I couldn't put my finger on. Then it hit me, they nerfed the hell out of Casca compared to the original anime. She was a very strong female character in the original and in the remake they dragged her threw every female trope. which is crazy considering they used the same scenes. Then they made the rape scenes seem pleasurable which was bizarre. I struggle to find the right words to describe the disparities but something was off.
Thinking of giving the manga a serious shake this week but while reading the replies in this thread got me hyped, it disheartens me that the author has taken on another project that will further delay the rest of the manga.
It was pretty cool. Battles were displayed epically and the animation was fluid.But something kept lingering in my mind bothering me that I couldn't put my finger on. Then it hit me, they nerfed the hell out of Casca compared to the original anime. She was a very strong female character in the original and in the remake they dragged her threw every female trope. which is crazy considering they used the same scenes. Then they made the rape scenes seem pleasurable which was bizarre. I struggle to find the right words to describe the disparities but something was off.
Thinking of giving the manga a serious shake this week but while reading the replies in this thread got me hyped, it disheartens me that the author has taken on another project that will further delay the rest of the manga.
Nice wallpapers Nibs, you really should start reading the manga. The anime is pretty good but the manga is much better imo.
Armor of Guts and Griffith from Dragons Dogma.
One of the main reasons why i bought Dragon's Dogma: DA haha
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
I kinda posted it on another thread, but there's this forum in Spanish about berserk that loves to discuss where the inspiration for Miura may come from, so I made a gallery with some of their comparisons. But I lost the link to the gallery I made of their pictures :/, this is what's left.
I lost the link to the gallery I made :/
real world locations.Excalibur (1981), Hellrisaiser (1987)
Various films with Rutger Hauer: Ladyhawke (1997) , Flesh Blood (1985), The Blood of Heroes (1989)
Dragon Slayer (1981)
The Name of The Rose (1987)
I lost the link to the gallery I made :/
I thought the Berserk anime was really crappy compared to the manga.
Its a massive mess. They immediately skip to the flashback arc, then cut half of it out and screw the ending up. Its not worth it.
The three new movies are just as bad really.
Just read the manga.
Have Dark Horse made it available digitally yet? I believe some of the volumes are out of print.
Its a massive mess. They immediately skip to the flashback arc, then cut half of it out and screw the ending up. Its not worth it.
The three new movies are just as bad really.
Just read the manga.
Have Dark Horse made it available digitally yet? I believe some of the volumes are out of print.
Awesome post! Thanks for sharing.
I think there's a difference between the pacing of releases (oh my god) and pacing of the plot itself. If you read it from beginning to end, I think it feels like there's very little wasted time or filler. But when you read it as it is released, it feels like there's wasted time because you waited six months or longer, so of course the perspective is, "I waited six months for this fight that probably lasted five minutes?!"
He just needs to get the release schedule more regular again!
EvilKatarn
Member
Hehhhhehehe, now go read the manga!
Also the third movie does a wicked good Eclipse, so that's worth checking out when you want more of that. Of course I don't know what sane person would want more of that.
Also the third movie does a wicked good Eclipse, so that's worth checking out when you want more of that. Of course I don't know what sane person would want more of that.
Don't do this to me, Mumei. I don't want to read Berserk again until Mirua finishes this manga. I cannot handle the heartache of catching up and crying about how the manga will take 20 more years to complete.
The art gets a lot better too. I find the first few volumes to look very weird these days.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Is there anywhere (like an app) to get the Mangas digitally?
YesManKablam
Member
I really don't think so. If you follow it normally, throughout the entire Golden Age arc there is a sense of dread that just lingers because you know somethings going to happen. You seen the fallout of the ending, but you don't know what caused it. I think it really works,
Yup, it's ideal when you start at from the beginning.
God, you're in for a treat. The sourest treat you've ever had, but a treat nonetheless.
Agreed, it works beautifully as is.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
You are not wrong.
I wish I could experience what you are going through again. I wish I could re-watch the show and re-read the manga with a "1st time" experience.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Awesome thread! :]
Posted about the similarities between Artorias of the Abyss, and Berserker Armor Gutts before in the Dark Souls thread.
So good.
I remember in an interview Miyazaki said that the whole design of Artorias, including his movesets are based on Berserker Armor Guts
Also, i may get flamed for saying this but the
Eclipse
ColonialRaptor
Member
The Golden Age OVA / Movie series does a great job of actually finishing it off.
I recommend it to anyone over the series if you haven't watched it yet!
I recommend it to anyone over the series if you haven't watched it yet!
Yes, it is. Holy shit it is
Now watch the third movie for some deserved resolution and see what the hell actually happened.. or read the manga (dat art)
The art changes and gets better as you read. If I can find the picture of guts faces through the manga he doesn't look the same as was in Blacksword arc.
edit: found it
http://i.imgur.com/rmHR4sF.jpg
Takamura-San
Member
YESSS YESSSS.
Good shit. I was going to recommend to start the manga from the beginning. Some decide to start the manga from the moment the anime ends. This is a big mistake. The anime is fantastic, but there are things that were omitted.
I think it's pretty dumb to start after the anime - the manga looks so damn good and has a lot more details than the show, it really isn't a comparison
BTW, question: did Kentaro Miura draw everything himself? I'm now at the part where
Guts and Cesqua are in the forest cave
And it's probably the most brutal manga I've read so far - dark fantasy is awesome
Takamura-San
Member
I wish I could say, but someone will chime in and maybe answer that. Like most/all mangaka he has assistants, but i don't think it would be far fetched to say that this may be all of his design.
EvilKatarn
Member
That is some beyond Band of the Hawks translation right there.
Man, I just don't know anymore - I've read Gatz, Gatts, Guteso and a few other variations as well :lol
EvilKatarn
Member
Band of the Hawk has done so much damage.
Mister Wilhelm
Member
Thank you for this, it's wonderful.
Thanks for the link. Though I think the opposite - I prefer the style the characters were drawn in in vols 2 - 13 (I'm not counting vol. 1 as Miura evidently couldn't draw very well then). They were maybe less polished, but I just prefer it, I think it had more charm. In fact it's one of my ongoing annoyances with Berserk. The art bugs me overall though, not just the characters. I really don't need to see my 100th 2-page spread of intricately drawn freak monster wotsits. A bit more story development and a little bit less of that *. I don't think I can consider myself as a Berserk fan anymore for these reasons, and because basically I agree with Tokkun about Guts' new gang - although I still think it's one of the best stories ever.
(* Not that I want it to become just sketched outlines of course, like that other manga I forget the name of...)
1. Basically evil angels. They empower the apostles.
2. Chilling out with the other God Hand
3. With a Mock Eclipse and the Egg of the New World (an apostle)
I'm pretty sure he has no assistant, which is one of the reasons why the manga takes so long to release a chapter.
He does have assistants.
His assistants are listed by name at the end of each volume. Checking Volume 28 shows 4 assistants and an editor.
Funny thing, even that name may be wrong. The word for Hawk and Falcon are the same in the japanese language, so they just went with hawk because I guess it sounded better. But with the emergence of Falconia, it seems the intended name for Griffith's mercenary group may have been Band of the Falcon.
EvilKatarn
Member
Yeah, I even put Band of the Falcon in the OP. Miura said the name comes from the Millennium Falcon.
Somnium986
Member
Band of the Hawk has done so much damage.
This made me LOL.
So is GUTTS' name just GUTS?