[vazel]

Amazing news. I had lost all hope for more Berserk anime. Now to hope even more and hope it's at least a 50 episode anime that covers as much of the released manga as possible.

[El Sloth]

Still haven't seen the original anime, but I am still pretty pumped for this.

Will be a good way to prevent the blue balls from the manga every time a new idolmaster comes out. Goddamn it Miura.

[DeathNote]

Is this going to be a long series with little to no filler, or a 20 episode cock tease?

[Amir0x]

holy shit the first good anime news in like forever :o

[Relix]

holy shit the first good anime news in like forever :o

Watch them add a moe filler character

[Night_Trekker]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT! :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :D

I really expected this to be a joke thread. A cruel, cruel joke thread. I cannot fucking wait.

Still haven't seen the original anime, but I am still pretty pumped for this.

Go watch it, son.

[Jexhius]

Watch them add a moe filler character

But...that's already present in the manga!

[Hellsing321]

Watch them add a moe filler character

Miura has already added plenty in the manga. No need for anymore.

Edit: Great minds think alike.

[thelooseteeth]

FUCKING YES!

I've been waiting for this after the disappointment at the end of the first anime. Shit was just about to get real!

[tokkun]

holy shit the first good anime news in like forever :o

Not true. We got that Hajime no Ippo sequel last year.

[El Sloth]

Go watch it, son.

I wanna pick this up, but then I probably won't be able to go to the NY Comic Con. Decisions decisions.

[flintstryker]

The details in the OP are all the details available. In other words "something exists".

Wait is that Seigfreid Kiriheis as your Avatar Hi5!!!

[Salazar]

FUCKING YES! I've been waiting for this after the disappointment at the end of the first anime. Shit was just about to get real!

I was just a bitter, exhausted motherfucker at the end of the first. I just wanted every character mashed up into a ball of gore and bones and be done with it.

[Hellsing321]

I was just a bitter, exhausted motherfucker at the end of the first. I just wanted every character mashed up into a ball of gore and bones and be done with it.

But thats exactly what you got!

[Vigilant Walrus]

YES YES YES YES. PLEASE BE LONG RUNNING AND PLEASE BE AMAZING LIKE THE FIRST ANIME.


IT WILL BE THE BEST THING OF ALL TIME. OF ALL TIME. You know it's true. Berserk is so good it's undescribeable. I have to end this post right no

[Night_Trekker]

If Hirasawa does the soundtrack, I may actually die of happiness.

I wanna pick this up, but then I probably won't be able to go to the NY Comic Con. Decisions decisions.

I grabbed a copy from Amazon right before it went to $40. Totally worth it. I'm not sure I believe the "digitally remastered" claim, but it looks good.

I was just a bitter, exhausted motherfucker at the end of the first. I just wanted every character mashed up into a ball of gore and bones and be done with it.

:|

[Salazar]

But thats exactly what you got!

Griffith too, and Caska, and the demon motherfuckers, and Guts. If you're going to bitch out on a proper ending, KILL EVERYONE. Have the world (and underworld) explode.

[ArjanN]

Madhouse is a legendary studio though, I can't remember them ever making anything bad in the last 2 decades

I really like them, but they've made some bad stuff as well.
The Ninja Scroll TV series was awful.

Not to be a buzzkill here, but IMO I think it's close to impossbile for this to live up to expectations:

The manga is too long, so they can't cover everything.
It doesn't have an ending yet, so they have to leave it open or make up their own dumb ending.
They'll have to simplify the artwork a lot.
They'll have to tone down the sex and violence a lot.

And so on.

I wouldn't be suprised if it was some one-shot promo thing either.

[Erigu]

Madhouse is a legendary studio though, I can't remember them ever making anything bad in the last 2 decades

Mamono Hunter Yôko?

[Jexhius]

It doesn't have an ending yet, so they have to leave it open or make up their own dumb ending.

As if they'd get anywhere near that far. This is unlikely to be super-lengthy, I'd expect a series of OVA's which may cover an arc or two.

They'll have to tone down the sex and violence a lot.

That wouldn't be a bad thing.

[Night_Trekker]

Not to be a buzzkill here, but IMO I think it's close to impossbile for this to live up to expectations: The manga is too long, so they can't cover everything. It doesn't have an ending yet, so they have to leave it open or make up their own dumb ending. They'll have to simplify the artwork a lot. They'll have to tone down the sex and violence a lot. And so on.

Well, the first season departs from the manga in a lot of ways and it still works really well as its own thing, so I'm not worried about that. I assume Miura will work as closely with the animation studio this time as he did last time, okaying the scripts and everything. I can't imagine he'll let someone do whatever they want with the Berserk name.

Assuming the show is at least as violent as the first season, I'll probably be okay with the content changes. And it has to be better animated than the first season. I don't see that aspect failing to improve in quality.

[rvy]

That wouldn't be a bad thing.

There's hardly any sex to begin with... maybe 4 or 5 times during the whole thing. Yes, including all the crazy shit.

[shuyin_]

wow.... wow.... hell yeah :D
very very very good news

[Salazar]

Reposting some of the Berserk manga blurbs.

Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is exactly what its title advertises, a savage, gruesome, and often darkly funny roller-coaster ride, inspiring the internationally popular anime series. If you're looking for graphic fiction to take home to Grandma, this ain't it - unless Granny smokes cigars and rides a Harley!


Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is meat-grinder manga at its most extreme - gruesome, violent, and darkly funny - and the inspiration for the wildly popular anime series. Look elsewhere if you're craving sweetness, subtlety, and good manners. Berserk is the bull in the graphic novel china shop - and who wouldn't watch a bull getting medieval on the dishes!


Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is maniacal manga to the max - relentless, harrowing, and gruesomely funny - and the inspiration for the popular anime series. If you're looking for graphic fiction tied up with a pretty pink bow, you'd better run for the hills - because Berserk will show you what you can do with that bow!

Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is a hurtling manga avalanche, a pit-dark epic of relentless action, repellent horror, and remorseless humor that has hordes of initiates sharpening their blades while sending the timid into full retreat. The bell tolls for thee, wimp!

Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is a streaking manga fireball, an epic riot of galvanic action, grotesque horror, and grim humor with an army of fanatic loyalists ready to convert unbelievers or drive them screaming into the wilderness. Speak, hands, for me!

Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is a howling manga hurricane, an epic blast of unrelenting action, unsettling horror, and unhinged humor that has turned formerly productive citizens into malign servants of darkness! Hell hath no fury like Berserk!

Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is a smoking manga chainsaw, a sweeping epic of gripping action, ghastly horror, and graveyard humor that has produced an army of fanatical readers and countless shellshocked civilians. Duck and cover!

Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is a bare-knuckled manga brawl, an anything-goes cage fight of action, horror, and humor that breaks no rules - because there aren't any! Morituri te salutant!

Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is a fiery manga apocalypse, an ominous omnibus of furious action, fearsome horror, and funereal humor that strikes a power chord in the hearts of its devoted followers and strikes down the rest like a scythe through wheat. Bring in the sheaves!

Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is a runaway manga locomotive, a crashing colossus of teeth-rattling action, spine-chilling horror, and taboo-breaking humor that fires the boilers of its devoted devotees and just fires the rest. Ashes to ashes!

[Decado]

I really like them, but they've made some bad stuff as well. The Ninja Scroll TV series was awful. Not to be a buzzkill here, but IMO I think it's close to impossbile for this to live up to expectations: The manga is too long, so they can't cover everything. It doesn't have an ending yet, so they have to leave it open or make up their own dumb ending. They'll have to simplify the artwork a lot. They'll have to tone down the sex and violence a lot. And so on. I wouldn't be suprised if it was some one-shot promo thing either.

It seems like they can get away with a lot (maybe they'll have uncut blu-ray). The first Berserk anime was pretty violent. Preferably this would be on a satellite station.

[Jenga]

Susumu Hirasawa better be doing the next OST for this.

Same thing with Silver Fins

[faridmon]

Overated manga from a mangaka who can't even be punctual about his damn job. I guess I will be in for the anime as long the sex scenes are done right. That's the only thing berserk can do right..... Rapes not included, please. Also, whoever said madhouse haven't done anything wrong clearly haven't watched HOTD, but I'll forgive them as Rainbow is awesomely good, but yeh madhouse is good when it actually tries.

[ArjanN]

As if they'd get anywhere near that far. This is unlikely to be super-lengthy, I'd expect a series of OVA's which may cover an arc or two. That wouldn't be a bad thing.

Yeah, some of the sex and violence was pretty gratuitous. I think my other points are more problematic. It seems hard to cover only an arc ot two and still have the overall story go anywhere or expect people who are not familiar with Berserk to know wtf is going on. Also, it would need crazy budget to do any real justice to the artwork and action.

Overated manga from a mangaka who can't even be punctual about his damn job.

Man I hate people complaining about manga releases being too slow. Pretty much any manga that's any good has more inconsistent release dates.

[Erigu]

Overated manga from a mangaka who can't even be punctual about his damn job.

You're not his boss, are you?

[.la1n]

Trim parts, and then trim even more as they cut out the violent and over the top content!

nah those days are long gone, unless of course your referring to what would be shown on say daytime comedy central.

in other news, FUCK YEAH

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[Jexhius]

Yeah, some of the sex and violence was pretty gratuitous. I think my other points are more problematic. It seems hard to cover only an arc ot two and still have the overall story go anywhere or expect people who are not familiar with Berserk to know wtf is going on. Also, it would need crazy budget to do any real justice to the artwork and action.

Well, it won't really matter what arc they cover because it's not like they story is moving anywhere very fast. It would accurately reflect the manga!

And would they be concerned about people who don't know the story? Berserk has been around for a long time and is fairly popular.

There's hardly any sex to begin with... maybe 4 or 5 times during the whole thing. Yes, including all the crazy shit.

I won't claim to have counted, but I'm pretty sure some gratuitous rape/orgy/sex-scene has come up in every arc. Can't really be glossing that over.

Anyway, I'm sure there'll be more news soon enough anyway, so there won't be any need to speculate much longer.

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If Suzumu Hirasawa doesn't compose the music for this, then there's no point to this anime.

[Dresden]

If Suzumu Hirasawa doesn't compose the music for this, then there's no point to this anime.

It'll probably be by m-flo.

[faridmon]

You're not his boss, are you?

no I would say fans are more important than boss in his business
Too bad the better regarded mangas these days are the ones that the authors donont even give a crap about.

Thinks hunter x hunter and x

[Jenga]

If Suzumu Hirasawa doesn't compose the music for this, then there's no point to this anime.

SUSU

[faridmon]

Also, I don't think susume hirasawa will do the soundtrack. He probably busy mournig for his friend death ( satoshi kon) and he is working on his newewst album. He haven't released anything since planet roll call which was ages ago.

Berserk ost was awesome though so I hope he works on this.

[Lafiel]

If Suzumu Hirasawa doesn't compose the music for this, then there's no point to this anime.

I'm sure he probably will. I mean he composed the soundtrack for the PS2 game.

[CAVE343]

Wow! I clicked the thread thinking it was a trap :-)
Great, great news! I never thought it would come after all these years.

[Spruchy]

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[Host Samurai]

Awesome news. Hopefully we can get some bad ass PS3 Berserk game out of this thats cell shaded and bloody as hell.

I hope Gantz is next in line for an anime reboot.

[LaneDS]

I'm sure he probably will. I mean he composed the soundtrack for the PS2 game.

He contributed some music to both the DC and PS2 games, but not all I believe.

[Tears For Fears]

Fuck you Caska. I never wanted this shit to be animated after that mess in the manga.

[Rahxephon91]

HELL YEAH. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY!

[grendelrt]

I just freaked the fuck out of my wife when I screamed like a little girl after seeing the thread title :lol

[Chairman Yang]

Berserk is the Song of Ice and Fire of Japan

[Skilotonn]

Finally - I was beginning to think that this was never going to happen again.

[zerokoolpsx]

Love this video compilation from the PS2 game: spoilers? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QND54Fi8xkw

Awesome vid. Can't fucking wait!!

[(._.)]

This is great news. Always wanted more episodes for the unfinished original but it seems they are doing their own thing with it. The anime is what got me into the manga of it.

[bakemono]

I am cautiously excited.

Please no filler.

Berserk is the Song of Ice and Fire of Japan

And that is so true.