JadedWriter
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These going to be on Amazon?
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Berserk |OT| - Big men, bigger swords, OFF THE BOAT - Berserk #344 24/6/2016
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I don't think we'll ever see color versions but I'd love a larger edition even something wtih a nice hard cover.
RadioHeadAche
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Some can be ordered through Amazon and they'll be sent once they receive them. It doesn't appear to be available for volumes 12&14, however.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Yes, absolutely. I mean why wouldn't they be?!
Heaps of websites will be restocked with them.
Berserk should be published in a larger edition (A4! A4! A4!), but color is not a good idea. Berserk's art was not conceptualized with the idea that it would one day be put into color. It is complete as is sticking color on top of the existing line work would be hiding the art. If you look at JH William III's line art on Batwoman before it was inked and after:
And then you look at Berserk's black and white art:
I think you can see how in the former case, the black and white art was clearly designed with the idea that it would later be completed by digital inking, whereas the Berserk pages were designed with the expectation that they would be complete in black and white.
In unrelated news colorists don't get nearly enough credit for their contributions.
I recently read most of digitally colored One Piece. That was also intended to be read in B/W but I preferred it in color. The only real weakness, though it is a large one, is that they had no idea what to do with backgrounds. An empty background on a B/W page isn't noticable, but it is on colored page.
I know the level of detail is also a factor, which would make it much harder to get it right.
Still.
This isn't perfect(Why'd they make the cape brown?!), but I certainly wouldn't say no to the option of having it color. Worst case scenerio, I just don't bother reading the colored version the same way I don't bother watching the 2016 anime.
I know the level of detail is also a factor, which would make it much harder to get it right.
Still.
This isn't perfect(Why'd they make the cape brown?!), but I certainly wouldn't say no to the option of having it color. Worst case scenerio, I just don't bother reading the colored version the same way I don't bother watching the 2016 anime.
I wasn't saying that it is impossible; I was only saying that it wasn't done with that in mind. And no matter how you do it, I think you lose more than you gain by covering up the the details of the original lines and shading.
And they probably made the cape brown because they didn't know how to make it black and keep the details.
I actually do like color One Piece pages. It might just be because the art is just more amenable to being colored, though I haven't read OP in quite a few years now.
JadedWriter
Member
I actually think B&W just fits the tone, atmosphere and mood of Berserk better than color.
RadioHeadAche
Member
I agree, but I think I enjoy b&w more than color. Sometimes Jojo in color is nice, but I'd just prefer to read manga as it was originally made. Also, I like that the walking dead comics are in black and white.
JadedWriter
Member
I actually wouldn't mind reading Jojo in color though. That shit's so fabulous that it makes sense, though the no canon colors would probably drive me crazy.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Berserk in colour can look amazing:
True Savior
Member
Only Farnese should come in colors
JadedWriter
Member
Only thing is they look nice but the colors fuck with my head a bit. I always imagine Grunbeld being gold and Zodd being red for example. I always thought the behelit sword was red as well.
JadedWriter
Member
I guess cause he reminds me of the Final Fantasy summon Ifrit so much I make him red in my head.Zodd's fur is actually black.
Tizoc
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JadedWriter
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Zodd's fur is actually black.
Too late, he's brown in my head like in the movies. I do remember his fur was even red in the original anime.
Grunbeld is not this colour in my head...Berserk in colour can look amazing:
Thanks, Dark Souls...
Eh I don't know, except for the covers etc. from Miura, it looks off with colors.
Zodd's fur is actually black.
Nah, it's probably due to the 90's anime.
He kinda looks like Ifrit 
JadedWriter
Member
At least it's not just me. I read the manga before watching the anime though. Zodd's just always been red to me same with Grunbeld being gold.Nah, it's probably due to the 90's anime.
He kinda looks like Ifrit
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Berserk in colour can look amazing:
Please tell me there are high-res versions of these.
RadioHeadAche
Member
The Ganishka tree one is my favorite. That one is more effective in color, I think. The rest are fine.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Just click on any of the images and it'll give you a higher resolution.
I had to re-size them all for my post because they were really huge.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
So, I just checked my mailbox and both of my Guide Books arrived!
If you can still actually find one, I'd highly recommend it! The first thing I noticed was that it's the same size as a volume. I thought for sure it was going to be A4 in size. It's got some gorgeous art in colour, lots of character profiles, general information, an interview with Miura, photos of his office, some character sketches and the preview for an upcoming chapter. But yeah, even though I can't understand like 95% of it apart from the character names, height, weight and age, the plentiful pictures make up for it. I can see a lot of really great info coming from this when someone translates it, especially the lengthy interview with Miura!
If you can still actually find one, I'd highly recommend it! The first thing I noticed was that it's the same size as a volume. I thought for sure it was going to be A4 in size. It's got some gorgeous art in colour, lots of character profiles, general information, an interview with Miura, photos of his office, some character sketches and the preview for an upcoming chapter. But yeah, even though I can't understand like 95% of it apart from the character names, height, weight and age, the plentiful pictures make up for it. I can see a lot of really great info coming from this when someone translates it, especially the lengthy interview with Miura!
RadioHeadAche
Member
Is it like a limited print run? You make it sound like it won't be around long. Regardless, I bought it and Ash Crow through Amazon Japan. Shipping was rather high, but it would be if I bought it somewhere else too.
JadedWriter
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I'm looking online on Amazon and some of Berserk is really affordable and others are like bat shit expensive.
I'll say it again. If you want to get into Berserk but can't afford or can't find copies of a bunch of volumes try hitting up your local library. The one near me doesn't have the manga itself but its in the Library Network and they have volumes up to the mid 20's. Seriously try your local library out if all else fails.
JadedWriter
Member
I've read all of it already, but I think I just want to own this.
DrunkShogun
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I was fortunate to buy them all together from Amazon and the average price was around £10. Thought I might have been rash but seems I dodged a bullet with stock being harder to find. Think I might have vagabond problem with stock however.
JadedWriter
Member
Yeah I don't exactly have the most legal versions of this and I respect this enough to actually just want to own the physical versions of this. Are the dark horse reprints the most expensive ones?
The Omega Man
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Japan has this crazy volume 1 to 38 compilation why the fuck can't we have something like this here? Why do I have to go hunting instead of buying every freaking thing that's been published at once in a huge Tankōbon/hard case-like thing?
Ask Dark Horse. Not sure exactly what they're doing with Berserk.
What are you talking about?
The Omega Man
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I meant, I can get all the volumes easily together (compiled instead compilation?) from the same place very easy, places like CD Japan sells them all together, no need to go on this treasure hunt picking one volume from here other from there, buying another volume used because it doesn't exist anymore etc, that's what I meant.
My second part the post meant that I wished all the volumes where sold together as a takubon/compilation in the west (even when that doesn't exist perse in Japan either)
That's what I meant Mr. Erigu, I hope I was clear enough for you this time.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
From what some other people have said I got the impression that the Guide Book was a limited print run and that once they were all sold out you wouldn't be able to get them anymore, but I guess that might not be the case? And yeah, I paid a lot for the shipping as well. In fact it was even more than both of the Guide Books I bought! -_-
The Berserker armor activating at the beach battle (volume 28) was the coolest thing I've ever seen. I also felt a bit dumb that I didn't make the connection before of the four kings from Dark Souls to the ones Shierke summons.
Not really feeling the current arc so far. The whole troll village thing kinda soured me on it but went back to crazy good after Guts got the armor. I'm sure this all is leading towards something but it feels a bit aimless so far.
Not really feeling the current arc so far. The whole troll village thing kinda soured me on it but went back to crazy good after Guts got the armor. I'm sure this all is leading towards something but it feels a bit aimless so far.
Rolling Stone/Glixel did an interview with Hidetaka Miyazaki of From Software and the Souls games series. They asked him about his reading habits and no surprise from his answer.
http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/dark-souls-creator-miyazaki-on-zelda-sequels-w443435
http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/dark-souls-creator-miyazaki-on-zelda-sequels-w443435
JadedWriter
Member
How much Devil Man is in the Souls series and is it worth watching?
Devil Man is one of Miura's biggest influences for Berserk. You can see some big parallels in the relationship of the two main characters and Griffith and Guts. Even the monster designs are similar with a lot of monsters with human faces where you wouldn't expect them.
JadedWriter
Member
I'm intrigued. Does Devil Man have monsters with dicks where their nipples should be?
One monster is a woman with demonic faces where her breasts should be.
JadedWriter
Member
Nice, surprised this was never in Dark Souls.
Welcome to the club
Thanks. I finished the first chapter and liked it. I'm trying to get accustomed to the layout. I take it that you read right to left, top to bottom? I'm probably going to go back and reread it with more of a focus on the pictures... they're s so detailed!
How much of the series is translated and easily obtainable from amazon?
Honestly, what convinced me was it being a supposed source of inspiration for Dark Souls.
How much of the series is translated and easily obtainable from amazon?
Honestly, what convinced me was it being a supposed source of inspiration for Dark Souls.