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May 7, 2022 6:33 AM
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even though the 1997 adaption is mostly loved by fans its only covers a small portion of the manga and while it was continued back in 2016 most fans would like to forget it existed. I was re-reading the manga the other day and its always something thats bothered me when I think why no one has tried to make another adaptation of berserk which is true to the manga and follows it from start to finish instead of just focusing on the golden age arc which doesn't start till volume 3 of the manga. Even though the manga may not get finished (with Kentarou Miura unfortunately no longer with us) I think the ending of the manga would also make a good ending for the anime with some changes to honor the life of a man who has given is one of the greatest stories of all time.
May 7, 2022 6:57 AM
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anime99x said:
even though the 1997 adaption is mostly loved by fans its only covers a small portion of the manga and while it was continued back in 2016 most fans would like to forget it existed. I was re-reading the manga the other day and its always something thats bothered me when I think why no one has tried to make another adaptation of berserk which is true to the manga and follows it from start to finish instead of just focusing on the golden age arc which doesn't start till volume 3 of the manga. Even though the manga may not get finished (with Kentarou Miura unfortunately no longer with us) I think the ending of the manga would also make a good ending for the anime with some changes to honor the life of a man who has given is one of the greatest stories of all time.

It most likely won’t, there are multiple reasons why, 1. Studios probably don’t want to take on the challenge because of it being berserk and how much they would have to adapt. 2. Berserk would have to be censored to much which would make a lot of people upset. 3. People probably don’t want to ruin his work by potentially making another bad adaptation and that makes sense because he’s not alive and they would feel like they’re disrespecting him. There’s probably more reasons but the main one is the censorship could cause a lot of problems.
May 7, 2022 7:03 AM
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No. As the owner of the film rights to the Berserk manga I'm waiting for Alan Ritchson to accept my offer to play Guts in my upcoming live action project. Until then I'm holding the franchise hostage and there will be no adaptations.
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May 7, 2022 8:29 AM
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DarkHomieC said:
anime99x said:
even though the 1997 adaption is mostly loved by fans its only covers a small portion of the manga and while it was continued back in 2016 most fans would like to forget it existed. I was re-reading the manga the other day and its always something thats bothered me when I think why no one has tried to make another adaptation of berserk which is true to the manga and follows it from start to finish instead of just focusing on the golden age arc which doesn't start till volume 3 of the manga. Even though the manga may not get finished (with Kentarou Miura unfortunately no longer with us) I think the ending of the manga would also make a good ending for the anime with some changes to honor the life of a man who has given is one of the greatest stories of all time.


It most likely won’t, there are multiple reasons why, 1. Studios probably don’t want to take on the challenge because of it being berserk and how much they would have to adapt. 2. Berserk would have to be censored to much which would make a lot of people upset. 3. People probably don’t want to ruin his work by potentially making another bad adaptation and that makes sense because he’s not alive and they would feel like they’re disrespecting him. There’s probably more reasons but the main one is the censorship could cause a lot of problems.


I dunno about that, I mean making a berserk adaptation would mean it would be rated for adults so censoring stuff like the nudity, gore and sex wouldn't be a necessary and the only thing they would censor is things like the rape scenes which in some cases like young guts getting raped no one needs to be adapted fully
May 7, 2022 9:22 AM
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anime99x said:
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It most likely won’t, there are multiple reasons why, 1. Studios probably don’t want to take on the challenge because of it being berserk and how much they would have to adapt. 2. Berserk would have to be censored to much which would make a lot of people upset. 3. People probably don’t want to ruin his work by potentially making another bad adaptation and that makes sense because he’s not alive and they would feel like they’re disrespecting him. There’s probably more reasons but the main one is the censorship could cause a lot of problems.


I dunno about that, I mean making a berserk adaptation would mean it would be rated for adults so censoring stuff like the nudity, gore and sex wouldn't be a necessary and the only thing they would censor is things like the rape scenes which in some cases like young guts getting raped no one needs to be adapted fully

I disagree strongly. One of the reasons we have art is to help us confront the things in life that are almost too difficult to bear under normal circumstances.
Just as Miura used one of the most unfortunate circumstances humans have come up with (child rape and forced prostitution) without being tacky or sensationalistic, whoever adapted the full story of Berserk would have to tastefully deal with this distasteful event. Otherwise it wouldn’t be authentic, and we wouldn’t see the full character of Guts. That event was life changing and motivational for Guts. From Guts’ fear of anyone touching him, to his rage at times, to his relief when he is able to be intimate with Casca, and his desire to protect the innocent and gain retribution for innocence Griffith assaults during the Eclipse - all of the events of his childhood inform the actions of Guts the adult, Guts the hero.

That brings me to what I feel is the main reason there has not yet been a full, start to finish film adaptation of Berserk. No other artist with the genius and talent of Kentaro Miura has arisen that has been inspired to create it. And because of the rarity of that level of talent, it will be some time, possibly generations, before someone appears who can pull it off.
May 7, 2022 9:22 AM
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anime99x said:
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It most likely won’t, there are multiple reasons why, 1. Studios probably don’t want to take on the challenge because of it being berserk and how much they would have to adapt. 2. Berserk would have to be censored to much which would make a lot of people upset. 3. People probably don’t want to ruin his work by potentially making another bad adaptation and that makes sense because he’s not alive and they would feel like they’re disrespecting him. There’s probably more reasons but the main one is the censorship could cause a lot of problems.


I dunno about that, I mean making a berserk adaptation would mean it would be rated for adults so censoring stuff like the nudity, gore and sex wouldn't be a necessary and the only thing they would censor is things like the rape scenes which in some cases like young guts getting raped no one needs to be adapted fully
when I say censorship it’s mainly referring to Japanese TV distribution, so it would have to be a paid TV site. And again a studio would have to take on that project and Mappa being the only one probably crazy enough to do it, wouldn’t fit it because of their art style and potentially killing their animators. Also they would have to get the rights to animate Berserk. Granted their is a chance for Berserk to get a new adaptation, but it’s very unlikely.
May 7, 2022 10:01 AM
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Donutposse said:
anime99x said:


I dunno about that, I mean making a berserk adaptation would mean it would be rated for adults so censoring stuff like the nudity, gore and sex wouldn't be a necessary and the only thing they would censor is things like the rape scenes which in some cases like young guts getting raped no one needs to be adapted fully

I disagree strongly. One of the reasons we have art is to help us confront the things in life that are almost too difficult to bear under normal circumstances.
Just as Miura used one of the most unfortunate circumstances humans have come up with (child rape and forced prostitution) without being tacky or sensationalistic, whoever adapted the full story of Berserk would have to tastefully deal with this distasteful event. Otherwise it wouldn’t be authentic, and we wouldn’t see the full character of Guts. That event was life changing and motivational for Guts. From Guts’ fear of anyone touching him, to his rage at times, to his relief when he is able to be intimate with Casca, and his desire to protect the innocent and gain retribution for innocence Griffith assaults during the Eclipse - all of the events of his childhood inform the actions of Guts the adult, Guts the hero.

That brings me to what I feel is the main reason there has not yet been a full, start to finish film adaptation of Berserk. No other artist with the genius and talent of Kentaro Miura has arisen that has been inspired to create it. And because of the rarity of that level of talent, it will be some time, possibly generations, before someone appears who can pull it off.


I can respect that but on the other hand if someone was to take up that adaptation they'd have to contend with the SJW and snowflakes of the world who would interpret those scenes as promoting child porn and rape (of course there not) which would mean censorship in some form, which they could probably still do like just show just the still images from the manga of guts being raped with parts covered and maybe some other parts which will end up as controversial not that I'd want that but if a studio were to take on something like berserk they will have to contend with it especially if they released it to the rest of the world.

You are right though, there probably isn't someone who could recreate kentaro's art for the tv screen but it wouldn't be impossible
May 7, 2022 10:05 AM
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DarkHomieC said:
anime99x said:


I dunno about that, I mean making a berserk adaptation would mean it would be rated for adults so censoring stuff like the nudity, gore and sex wouldn't be a necessary and the only thing they would censor is things like the rape scenes which in some cases like young guts getting raped no one needs to be adapted fully
when I say censorship it’s mainly referring to Japanese TV distribution, so it would have to be a paid TV site. And again a studio would have to take on that project and Mappa being the only one probably crazy enough to do it, wouldn’t fit it because of their art style and potentially killing their animators. Also they would have to get the rights to animate Berserk. Granted their is a chance for Berserk to get a new adaptation, but it’s very unlikely.


yeh your right there, though one could hope, I dunno if any studio could pull it off but mappa has been doing well lately with things like aot and Jujutsu Kaisen but your right that there art style wouldn't fit and there animators are probably busy as is that I doubt any of them could or even would try to.
May 7, 2022 11:27 AM
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what you didn't like about the movies? in my opinion, guts theme aside, they are a better golden age arc adaptation than the 97 serie.
May 7, 2022 11:29 AM
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Dirittoprocedura said:
what you didn't like about the movies? in my opinion, guts theme aside, they are a better golden age arc adaptation than the 97 serie.
no nothing really wrong about the movies but they haven't captured the entirety of the manga and they focus mostly on one arc and not the others which is a shame
May 7, 2022 12:02 PM
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DarkHomieC said:
anime99x said:
even though the 1997 adaption is mostly loved by fans its only covers a small portion of the manga and while it was continued back in 2016 most fans would like to forget it existed. I was re-reading the manga the other day and its always something thats bothered me when I think why no one has tried to make another adaptation of berserk which is true to the manga and follows it from start to finish instead of just focusing on the golden age arc which doesn't start till volume 3 of the manga. Even though the manga may not get finished (with Kentarou Miura unfortunately no longer with us) I think the ending of the manga would also make a good ending for the anime with some changes to honor the life of a man who has given is one of the greatest stories of all time.

It most likely won’t, there are multiple reasons why, 1. Studios probably don’t want to take on the challenge because of it being berserk and how much they would have to adapt. 2. Berserk would have to be censored to much which would make a lot of people upset. 3. People probably don’t want to ruin his work by potentially making another bad adaptation and that makes sense because he’s not alive and they would feel like they’re disrespecting him. There’s probably more reasons but the main one is the censorship could cause a lot of problems.

why does berserk have to be censored? There's many gory anime out there that aren't censored and anime with girls with their whole boobs out etc.
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DarkHomieC said:
anime99x said:
even though the 1997 adaption is mostly loved by fans its only covers a small portion of the manga and while it was continued back in 2016 most fans would like to forget it existed. I was re-reading the manga the other day and its always something thats bothered me when I think why no one has tried to make another adaptation of berserk which is true to the manga and follows it from start to finish instead of just focusing on the golden age arc which doesn't start till volume 3 of the manga. Even though the manga may not get finished (with Kentarou Miura unfortunately no longer with us) I think the ending of the manga would also make a good ending for the anime with some changes to honor the life of a man who has given is one of the greatest stories of all time.

It most likely won’t, there are multiple reasons why, 1. Studios probably don’t want to take on the challenge because of it being berserk and how much they would have to adapt. 2. Berserk would have to be censored to much which would make a lot of people upset. 3. People probably don’t want to ruin his work by potentially making another bad adaptation and that makes sense because he’s not alive and they would feel like they’re disrespecting him. There’s probably more reasons but the main one is the censorship could cause a lot of problems.

why does berserk have to be censored? There's many gory anime out there that aren't censored and anime with girls with their whole boobs out etc.
May 7, 2022 12:41 PM
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Kasutoro-Kun said:
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It most likely won’t, there are multiple reasons why, 1. Studios probably don’t want to take on the challenge because of it being berserk and how much they would have to adapt. 2. Berserk would have to be censored to much which would make a lot of people upset. 3. People probably don’t want to ruin his work by potentially making another bad adaptation and that makes sense because he’s not alive and they would feel like they’re disrespecting him. There’s probably more reasons but the main one is the censorship could cause a lot of problems.

why does berserk have to be censored? There's many gory anime out there that aren't censored and anime with girls with their whole boobs out etc.
it’s not exactly the gore for being the reason, Berserk still has a lot of other themes for being the reason why it would be censored. Not to mention a lot of the animes that aren’t censored can’t really be distributed by TV in Japan for showing, unless it’s a subscription service. In the west we can watch almost any anime with Crunchyroll and other paid media services. Japan is where it matters the most for being able to be shown.
May 7, 2022 12:43 PM
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DarkHomieC said:
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why does berserk have to be censored? There's many gory anime out there that aren't censored and anime with girls with their whole boobs out etc.
it’s not exactly the gore for being the reason, Berserk still has a lot of other themes for being the reason why it would be censored. Not to mention a lot of the animes that aren’t censored can’t really be distributed by TV in Japan for showing, unless it’s a subscription service. In the west we can watch almost any anime with Crunchyroll and other paid media services. Japan is where it matters the most for being able to be shown.


But olm showed themes of such they showed casca being raped right in front of guts in 97 berserk I don't see why they can't do that now?
May 7, 2022 12:56 PM
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Kasutoro-Kun said:
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it’s not exactly the gore for being the reason, Berserk still has a lot of other themes for being the reason why it would be censored. Not to mention a lot of the animes that aren’t censored can’t really be distributed by TV in Japan for showing, unless it’s a subscription service. In the west we can watch almost any anime with Crunchyroll and other paid media services. Japan is where it matters the most for being able to be shown.


But olm showed themes of such they showed casca being raped right in front of guts in 97 berserk I don't see why they can't do that now?
Censorship changes throughout the years especially when it comes to stuff being able to be shown on tv, also not to mention there’s stuff that you can’t show now than you could before. Berserk 2016 was censored heavy and it still had a massive controversy even in Japan, Goblin Slayer anime was censored a good amount and still caused drama. That why most Dark Fantasy manga/LN tend to not get adapted because of the amount of censorship that it would need to be able to distributed in Japan to actually make money.
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DarkHomieC said:
Kasutoro-Kun said:


But olm showed themes of such they showed casca being raped right in front of guts in 97 berserk I don't see why they can't do that now?
Censorship changes throughout the years especially when it comes to stuff being able to be shown on tv, also not to mention there’s stuff that you can’t show now than you could before. Berserk 2016 was censored heavy and it still had a massive controversy even in Japan, Goblin Slayer anime was censored a good amount and still caused drama. That why most Dark Fantasy manga/LN tend to not get adapted because of the amount of censorship that it would need to be able to distributed in Japan to actually make money.



Vinland Saga has some pretty dark themes and is dark in general I didn't see much censorship there and it's a amazing show
May 7, 2022 1:00 PM
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DarkHomieC said:
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But olm showed themes of such they showed casca being raped right in front of guts in 97 berserk I don't see why they can't do that now?
Censorship changes throughout the years especially when it comes to stuff being able to be shown on tv, also not to mention there’s stuff that you can’t show now than you could before. Berserk 2016 was censored heavy and it still had a massive controversy even in Japan, Goblin Slayer anime was censored a good amount and still caused drama. That why most Dark Fantasy manga/LN tend to not get adapted because of the amount of censorship that it would need to be able to distributed in Japan to actually make money.


Another show that's really dark is rainbow. Shows scenes of kids getting raped. It's also an amazing show.
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I feel like it has way too much dark stuff to get adapted in these times.




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Kasutoro-Kun said:
DarkHomieC said:
Censorship changes throughout the years especially when it comes to stuff being able to be shown on tv, also not to mention there’s stuff that you can’t show now than you could before. Berserk 2016 was censored heavy and it still had a massive controversy even in Japan, Goblin Slayer anime was censored a good amount and still caused drama. That why most Dark Fantasy manga/LN tend to not get adapted because of the amount of censorship that it would need to be able to distributed in Japan to actually make money.


Another show that's really dark is rainbow. Shows scenes of kids getting raped. It's also an amazing show.
some anime can definitely get away with having stuff not censored(including Vineland Saga), but with how Berserk’s popularity is it would be almost impossible for it to not be censored, especially in 2022. Also the amount of complaining and controversy it would draw up if it got a new adaptation would be a lot and I don’t want to think about the amount of threats the animators would most likely get.
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DarkHomieC said:
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Another show that's really dark is rainbow. Shows scenes of kids getting raped. It's also an amazing show.
some anime can definitely get away with having stuff not censored(including Vineland Saga), but with how Berserk’s popularity is it would be almost impossible for it to not be censored, especially in 2022. Also the amount of complaining and controversy it would draw up if it got a new adaptation would be a lot and I don’t want to think about the amount of threats the animators would most likely get.


I mean to me it's very easy the studio just has to not care what people on the internet have to say and do what they want to do
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Kasutoro-Kun said:
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some anime can definitely get away with having stuff not censored(including Vineland Saga), but with how Berserk’s popularity is it would be almost impossible for it to not be censored, especially in 2022. Also the amount of complaining and controversy it would draw up if it got a new adaptation would be a lot and I don’t want to think about the amount of threats the animators would most likely get.


I mean to me it's very easy the studio just has to not care what people on the internet have to say and do what they want to do
Thats not the main problem it’s the death threats, if shield heroes author and animators could death threats for having a false rape in the show and Goblin Slayer for having that 10sec scene in the show, then I truly think they would get massive amount of death threats.
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DarkHomieC said:
Kasutoro-Kun said:


I mean to me it's very easy the studio just has to not care what people on the internet have to say and do what they want to do
Thats not the main problem it’s the death threats, if shield heroes author and animators could death threats for having a false rape in the show and Goblin Slayer for having that 10sec scene in the show, then I truly think they would get massive amount of death threats.


Like I said they should'nt care about empty death threats from dudes with no profile picture on the internet that's really not a problem whatsoever lol
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Kasutoro-Kun said:
DarkHomieC said:
Thats not the main problem it’s the death threats, if shield heroes author and animators could death threats for having a false rape in the show and Goblin Slayer for having that 10sec scene in the show, then I truly think they would get massive amount of death threats.


Like I said they should'nt care about empty death threats from dudes with no profile picture on the internet that's really not a problem whatsoever lol

Easy to say when it’s not you getting the death threats. Or having to explain things to your family.
I think it wouldn’t go over well on TV for the reasons homie stated. Maybe it could be a movie series, done like lord of the rings was done (but animated) where they plan from the beginning to go all the way.
Also, on a different note, there have been a couple of new chapters of berserk released. I know those are the last Miura directly worked on, but his helpers could continue or finish or get to a less abrupt stopping place at least.
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Donutposse said:
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Like I said they should'nt care about empty death threats from dudes with no profile picture on the internet that's really not a problem whatsoever lol

Easy to say when it’s not you getting the death threats. Or having to explain things to your family.
I think it wouldn’t go over well on TV for the reasons homie stated. Maybe it could be a movie series, done like lord of the rings was done (but animated) where they plan from the beginning to go all the way.
Also, on a different note, there have been a couple of new chapters of berserk released. I know those are the last Miura directly worked on, but his helpers could continue or finish or get to a less abrupt stopping place at least.



I've gotten death threats on Instagram saying they're gunna cut my nephew's head off and sell my body parts on the black market I laughed it off because they're nobody faceless people on the internet if you're taking empty threats on the internet seriously you need thick skin
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Donutposse said:
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Like I said they should'nt care about empty death threats from dudes with no profile picture on the internet that's really not a problem whatsoever lol

Easy to say when it’s not you getting the death threats. Or having to explain things to your family.
I think it wouldn’t go over well on TV for the reasons homie stated. Maybe it could be a movie series, done like lord of the rings was done (but animated) where they plan from the beginning to go all the way.
Also, on a different note, there have been a couple of new chapters of berserk released. I know those are the last Miura directly worked on, but his helpers could continue or finish or get to a less abrupt stopping place at least.



And it doesn't have to be on tv it could be on the web or whatever not every anime made has to be a huge money cash grab for tv it could be just for the pure love of the art there are studios that have plenty of money they won't starve if they set all that aside and do berserk as a passion project instead of a "we have to get this on tv to make money"
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I enjoyed the 2016 and 2017 seasons a lot. I just want some new content someday, if the heirs to the Berserk manga every feel it is time.
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I enjoyed the 2016 and 2017 seasons a lot. I just want some new content someday, if the heirs to the Berserk manga every feel it is time.
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Yes in cgi animation because no one wants to draw hundreds of episodes of super detailed artwork.
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