Anime & Manga Berserk: It's like Anime but Good
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Terthna
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At least the story was in a place where one could conceivably see it ending; with Guts and his friends retiring to the land of the fairies in peace. True, ending it there would leave Griffith to rule his kingdom unmolested, without having to pay for his crimes, but let's be honest; something like that is par for the course for this world. Considering what happened to them thus far, the fact that they managed to grasp hold of any measure of peace is still a victory, and the rest of the world is probably no worse off than they were before the bird demon took over. In the end, the only plot thread really left dangling is what happens to Rickert and the people he was traveling with to find Guts, but it's not that important in the grand scheme of things.
We used to make crude jokes about how he'd die before the series is actually finished... Damn, doesn't feel so funny anymore.Well... fuck.
Rest in peace, Mr. Miura. And thank you for giving us such a great series.
Question is, what will become of it now?
I mean, I kind of find it funny in a way because it actually came true. Kind of like how Trekkies used to joke that Enterprise would end with someone saying "Computer, end program," and if not for Doug Drexler, the same man who kept them from literally using the Akira-class model from First Contact as the hero ship, it actually would have.
Terthna
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The next few months/years are going to be interesting; a lot of people are going to start making retrospectives about, and homages to, Berserk, and eventually there's going to be an announcement made regarding its future. Maybe they'll try to continue the story without him, maybe they won't; it's hard to predict at this stage what they intend to do. Regardless, if there isn't an official attempt at finishing it, you can bet there's going to be a lot people trying to do so unofficially. I'm expecting a noticeable uptick in the amount of Berserk-related fan-fiction and doujins being put out there soon.
The One Char
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If it makes you feel better, so did he.
Val the Moofia Boss
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I strongly doubt it. Japan doesn't have the strong trend of milking everything to death like the West does.
- In Japan, there is the tradition that when a voice actor lands a role, that character is theirs to voice forever. When the voice actor retires or dies, that character is usually retired as well. It is rare for the voice of a character to be recast.
- Manga doesn't really have a habit of reboots like American comics do. In America, there are a billion Batman comics and reboots by different authors. In Japan, there is really only the one manga of something. When the manga is finished, that's it. Very rarely will a mangaka authroize a spinoff manga, but it's usually a gesture of goodwill to give his assistants something to chew on and launch their career with (ie, Kishimoto allowing his assistant to do a Boruto manga).
Terthna
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If they make another anime though, I could easily see them trying to give the story some sort of ending. Although considering what happened with the most recent attempt at adapting the manga, it may not happen for decades.
Val the Moofia Boss
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I think that the 3D CGI Berserk show will be the last Berserk adaptation.
The anime industry has declined heavily since its peaks in the 80s and the 90s. There is a chronic shortage of animators (compared to the ever ballooning number of shows coming out each season), and the talent in the industry has been shrinking. Good mecha/vehicles animators are almost extinct, with Studio Sunrise having the only decent number of them (and still relies quite heavily on 3D CGI to fill in the gaps). The use of a lot of pastel still images like that 1997 anime used has been out of style for about two decades now. There is just no way a new Berserk anime could happen that would do that manga's detailed artstyle justice.
Furthermore, it is very rare for old manga to be adapted nowadays. Anime adaptations usually happen to advertise the source material, like a light novel or a manga. It is rare for an anime to last for more than 1 or 2 seasons, let alone adapt the whole show. If the anime does last for more than 1 or 2 seasons, it's probably a shounen anime that is set to run forever with constant fillers and spinoffs.
The only recent anime adaptation of an old manga I can think of is the new Fruits Basket reboot.
Terthna
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The anime industry is primed for a major shakeup soon, I'll give you that; but I think you're exaggerating its decline. As for there being no way an adaptation could do the Miura's art justice; well, that's kind of a given. However, I still think a decent enough attempt could be made. I mean, just look at the Mushoku Tensei anime; there's talented people in the industry who can produce amazing things if they're given the chance to.
Besides, who knows; maybe the next popular thing in anime after Isekai will be adaptations of older works. Even if it isn't; there's usually one every couple of seasons or so, and someone is going to want to try their hand at making the definitive adaptation of Berserk eventually. Even if it does end up taking decades before that happens.
Miura's assistants had largely taken over a lot of the art duties later on in the series' run. He trained them very well. Provided that he left behind sufficient notes, it is possible that they could continue it. He seems to me the type that would keep the outline in his head, though. If that's the case, damn.
Terthna
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He may have at least discussed where he intended take the story with them, even if he never wrote it down; especially if, as I've suspected for years, he had been struggling with that.
I assume that that incident where some nutjob burned down the building of one animation studio didn't help matters.
Terthna
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It was Kyoto Animation, and yeah; it didn't help. They're one of the few who invest extensively into training new animators, and that studio was their main training ground.
Val the Moofia Boss
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Berserk will continue
Hopefully the art quality remains the same.
Hopefully the art quality remains the same.
Terthna
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Looks like my suspicion was correct. The quality of the art will probably dip a bit, but in exchange I expect a far more consistent and frequent release schedule.
Carrot of Truth
War is Peace
These last two chapters man.
Yes,evil side is winning and there is no hope.These last two chapters man.
But - it is setting where few previous worlds arleady died like that.
You knew - something like our world,but....we do not even have proper evil enemies who would destroy us,only parodies of them like Gates,Putin or Soros.