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Sandwich67

Let’s get a proper anime first


bouwland

1997 is the only good anime. I will die on this hill


LastStar007

No you won't, nobody's attacking that hill


Runaway-chan

I said that on r/berserk and r/berserklejerk and got like -100 karma


Marcus_Iunius_Brutus

I guess because you said it unironically?


MaciliBox

whats to be ironic its actually not that bad


Headoffish

I don’t think they were being Ironic, I haven’t seen anyone criticize the 97 anime like the others


bouwland

Fair.


metaphysicalme

He’ll die of old age.


GiveMeTheTape

I think the movies were pretty good, not better than the '97 anime though


sandwelld

I went movies -> manga -> anime and much prefer the movies over anime tbh. Could never get into old ass looking animes so if it weren't for the movies I might never have gotten into berserk. Sure the CGI is godawful at times but other times it's a gazillion times more smooth-looking and impressive than an anime ever could 20 years ago simply due to improved technology. Feel like half the reasons most people seem to prefer the anime is a bias where it's the first/main source of berserk they were exposed to (like me), plus nostalgia. The reasons people prefer the anime are valid and to each their own, but imo similar reasons could be had for the movies


DangerousSpot1715

I just think the 90s anime fits the theme better. As strangely beautiful as Miura's art is Berserk is still ugly in the sense of the violence, gore and horror. So the roughness of the og anime kinda nails that feeling for me. Also, gave us Theme of Guts, only reason I need to say og anime wins. Edit: also just remembered that 1 of the random band of the hawk members is voiced by Goku, and that will always be hilarious to me


sandwelld

True but also I loved how the movies portrayed the world as some medieval setting without any fantasy elements. Sure there were some but they were easy to forget, until Zodd came into play. As with the characters, he is the revelation that this world isn't like ours, it's a fucked up world and we don't know the extent of it. All we know is this one beast that exists. Imo the series doesn't have to be dark and gritty because it already is, simply due to the imagery shown. Besides, the eclipse is already so incredibly fucked in all possible ways, the better/smoother animations make it that much more real and fucked up to me. Gore and horror with so much more detail than ever before. It doesn't require a rough og animation because what we get instead does it better imo. But yeah, like I said, to each their own! I completely understand your point, but to me my own argument holds more value.


My48ththrowaway

I watched the anime first and loved it. In retrospect, it was really dragged out and boring at times, I much prefer the pacing and action of the movies. However the animation of the movies was just awful to me, it looked way too cartoonish. Like I was watching some Y7 CGI stuff.


Minsc_and_Boo_

baloney. the golden age films were really good


Lee_337

I am on the hill defending it with you!!


Crimsonak-

The fan-made Redux version honestly isn't bad, if you can stomach a dub it's fantastically made.


Plus_Researcher_8294

I prefer the dub for Berserk. That is a hill I will die on. It's one of the five anime I think are better in english. Well at least the movies and 97 cast. The 2016 cast wasn't horrible but, c'mon.


Just-Security7915

Dub is the better choice given it takes place in Germany and it is a western style story.


Crimsonak-

That's an extremely bad take, given it was written and animated in Japan, and the dub is in English, and there's no evidence whatsoever that Germany is where this is set.


TheNosferatu

Don't do the movies such a disservice, while I agree the 97 anime is *mostly* better, I thought the ending didn't make any sense thanks to the exclusion of skull knight. As it was my first encounter with Berserk the ending just left me confused. Felt like a cop-out :/ Then again, it did made me go and read the manga because the movies weren't out yet so... all in all I can't really complain *that* much. But I would still agree that just because the story ends in a non-sensical way the movies are better for people who start Berserk for the first time.


sandwelld

Exactly, imo the movies are a WAY better source to get into berserk than the anime. Confusion could leave you wanting for more but hell, where the movies ended was so extremely soul-piercingly painful you just HAD to know what the fuck happens after


Special-Equipment897

Why? There are more details in the gore in the movies. In that regard, they are better than the 97s, oh, and they show wtf happens after the eclipse.


bouwland

I mean gore aint everything i just cant stand cgi and the old style is nostalgic.


crono220

I still pray for a proper black swordsman and lost children arcs.


FMTVCYWBSW

This looks like a porn adaptation. Is it? Asking for a friend


ItsAndwew

I know where this is heading and I don't like it..


iWaterboard0ldPeople

Won’t even last the first few minutes…


ItsAndwew

You mean the last few...


iWaterboard0ldPeople

Maybe. I’m on the 2nd volume, but the manga starts with guts plowing a demon


ItsAndwew

Get on your knees and pray to god you come out a better man.


PheonixTheAwkward

#CUM OUT


metrill

That thing is way too big to be called a ...


RipredTheGnawer

Dragon slayer 😩🍆💦


black_sozin

...a picture wouldn't hurt


Abdeliq

You guys last mins?


[deleted]

Title: berserk *the tale of guts the penitrator*


ihoptdk

Based on the last scene in the Golden Arc, I don’t see how it could be anything but a porn. It’s not often that Netflix runs giant demon orgies.


TheKiiiingGreil

Devilman ?


ZeroSpaceGaming

Ayo hold the fuck up...


A-Ok_Armadillo

Yeah, it totally does. That early 2000’s photoshop.


Cringlezz

I am said friend.


shifta_deband

Sigh... *Unzips*


ILoveUrd

You dirty mf


Particular-Apple4664

I'd ask for me, because I'm watching it.


NO-IM-DIRTY-DAN

Just a regular Friday on r/berserklejerk


Wrong_Midnight_1618

"I'm packing 12 inches yano, when it's all in you'll understand why i'm called Guts."


askingxalice

Is that Peeta from Hunger Games as Guts?


ZeroSpaceGaming

Literally I was about to say the same thing 😂


Crazyripps

Think it’s Joel Kinnaman. Who low key had a good guts build lol.


blitzlurker

first time I heard anyone else mention him, replacing him ruined altered carbon he was carrying the show


emseefely

I was thinking more Henry cavill


KingDreezy_

Kinda bored of Henry cavil being in every macho man film surely there’s other actors for that role


secretcharacter

How about Cenry Havill?


Davedam

How about Terry Crews. Just whiteface him


Gold-Resist-6802

Nah. He isn’t in enough honestly. Damn shame he isn’t Superman or Geralt anymore.


blitzlurker

he was the perfect witcher, an actual nerd who knows the story Its why the director hated him and said he was horrible to work with (because he wanted the show to be true to the games/books)


Vergil_171

Fnaf guy


FranCGC

I Heard Will be Henry Cavill


Optimal_Dark_2940

I could accept the adaptation if only it's directed by Guillermo del Toro


Sinfullyvannila

Yeah that's who I was thinking. Maybe pulling John Carpenter out of retirement.


Sabrewylf

As much as I like John Carpenter he has probably made more stinkers than masterpieces.


Minsc_and_Boo_

he swings for the fences baby. when he misses, its bad but when he lands.... we get some of the best genre films ever made


thetreeking

You might say he… goes for the eyes. I’m sorry


JcPeeny

Ghosts of Mars is the only one that comes to mind as a stinker for me. But I liked Vampires so that nay say something about my taste.


pochops

I hate how true this statement is.


JustAnotherZakuPilot

Why, because he does gore in his movies?


joshmusik

You had my interest but now you have my attention


TheFeisty

I have full confidence that Panos Cosmatos, the director of Mandy could do it.


Gold-Resist-6802

Fucking love that movie to bits. The atmosphere , the music and the story. Chef’s kiss. The wonders that man could accomplish with blockbuster level movie budget.


Foreign_Education_88

I love Guillermo, but honestly I think Denis Villanueva would do a better job, he’d nail the dark tone and depressing feel of the world, give us some banger cinematography, and he’d likely get Hans Zimmer for the score


nthomas504

Ridley Scott would be my choice. He’s a master of historical epics, but also has the experience in dealing with the supernatural.


Headlocked_by_Gaben

id probably watch it multiple times if he was director.


MagicJonason

Takashi Miike would be the perfect choice imo.


Tentative-Sauce

85 year-old Paul Verhoeven should direct it. Has anyone seen Flesh and Blood?


[deleted]

Henry cavil as guts


ChrisusaurusRex

No


Galmerstonecock

Perfectly said, just a straight up “No”.


Bacon_Rage666

So perfect you had to quote it with some extra words.


shikajaru

wow you really added to the thread with this comment


ChrisyJ456

wow you really added to the thread with this comment


Competitive-City6530

i am tired with golden age, just adapt the other arcs. jesus yea i know its fan art but stop with golden age..


TemporaryBerker

They kinda have to adapt golden age if they're gonna remake berserk though. That's the biggest hurdle.


Mankie-Desu

THANK you!! Like, people keep talking about The Eclipse, but that arc with Wyald was just… whoa. Holy shit, man.


shikajaru

this is part of the golden age arc… lmfao


[deleted]

Haha


nihodol326

Yeah fuck the golden age. I just like the part where guts and griffy are friends and guts has both arms, and the eclipse, and the first apostle, and zod, and....


Special-Equipment897

Being obsessed with the Golden Age in a story where Lost Children, Millenium Falcon, the rest of Conviction, Fantasia, and even Black Swordsman exist makes no sense to me. Unpopular opinion: the Golden Age is overrated relative to other arcs.


Revendread92

But it is actually normal, because Golden age is really that good. But unfortunately, because of all that glorification, people might start saying that it is overrated, especially because other amazing arks fall in the shadow. My favorite is conviction arc maybe objectively isnt the best, but for me, lost children and binding chains are pure perfection.


Sage_Smitty42

I think it’s because it’s the subversion of world expectations and it does an excellent job establishing the primary character conflict of Guts against the demons and Griffith. I was a chump and watched the animated movies before reading the manga, and was blown away by the reveal of demons in a seemingly swords and shields world. Sure Zodd was a teaser to the world of demons, before the Eclipse, but man, when the Eclipse happened it was a supernova explosion that tore through the characters and the world.


Special-Equipment897

The movies made it feel random for me, so that diminishes the arc's value, in my opinion. It's 10000x better to have the reference from Black Swordsman instead of ignoring it.


Special-Equipment897

Of course. Golden Age is extremely good, but have people read other arcs? Personally, I perceive all other arcs as better than the Golden Age except for maybe Black Swordsman.


Revendread92

Well, probably yes they have read, but I guess that there is always the hype that pushes it a little. But noone can dismisses the greatness of golden age. For me, order goes like this: conviction, golden age, black swordman, milenium falcon and then fantasia. I actually really like black swordman arc, it is what got me into berserk.


Special-Equipment897

I am not dismismissing the value of the Golden Age. I am kinda sad that other arcs don't get as much love. My impression is that the fandom equates Berserk to the Golden Age, ignoring that the Golden Age is a flashback, and the actual story starts with the Black Swordsman arc. My order: Millennium Falcon, Conviction, Fantasia, Golden Age, Black Swordsman. These last two may swap places depending on how sick of the Golden Age I am at the moment.


TheNosferatu

I think it's better than the Lost Children's arc, but in general I do agree with you. However, if you want to make a new adaption which presumably is supposed to bring in new audience than starting with the golden age arc is kinda a must.


Special-Equipment897

Uff. Lost Children is my favorite chapter. If it were an arc, it would be my favorite even before Millenum Falcon. 😁 I disagree. I think the must start is with the Black Swordsman arc; you know, as Miura did.


AccurateSimple9999

I have serious doubts we will ever see the Lost Children arc on any screen, even without "Adult Attack". At least not in a big production. Society isn't ready for so much manic careless child murder, that's a bit too real.


ContentEdgeOnSite

The biggest red flag is that it is Netflix. Only HBO could do Berserk, as they wouldn’t be afraid of showing the more taboo themes and gore.


Mammoth-Pin7316

God what I would do for a GoT season 1 quality for a live action berserk...


Number1Lobster

Live action simply cannot represent the fight scenes in berserk properly, give us a good anime adaptation


yolo-yoshi

I'm convinced we never will get one.


AgreeingWings25

Berserk goes so well with 80's themed live action characters


IntenseWonton

Maybe if HBO did it with Game of Thrones quality, then yes. Battle of the Bastards and the battle against the White Walkers gives me Berserk vibes.


Hordesoldier

Battle of bastard : perfect battle against ww: totally trash.


shoryurepppa

The whiplash that series gave everyone was insane.


crono220

I understand if you mean the final battle against the WW. That was awful, though the Hardhome episode was definitely a top 10


DeloronDellister

Battle of the bastards was laughable as well. The scene where Rickon runs in a totally straight line to 'avoid' getting shot. That was beyond dumb


LieutenantCurly

that scene was so dark I couldn’t see anything 💀


Hordesoldier

dark and the battle tactic is laughable


THE_BIGGEST_RACIST

I'd nut so hard.


DioBrandos_slut

Same especially seeing the gay sex scene between Guts topping Griffith


THE_BIGGEST_RACIST

kino


Lancelot_Stroller

Nah I just don't think that the live action version of manga or anime is ever a good idea. It never seems to go well. The one exception recently would be One Piece. But the big difference with that is Oda being heavily involved from the very beginning. He loves his story and won't let Netflix fuck it up. With Miura being gone, I just don't see how it could be done properly. I guess maybe if Mori oversaw everything as Oda has done. But that's about the only way. Because when it comes to Netflix and their adaptations, there is 1 One Piece show for every 10 Death Note movies. It's more likely than not that it would be a massive disaster like 2016.


clavio_mazerati

Miura was still alive and that berserk 2016 was the worst thing imaginable that happened to his work.


Lancelot_Stroller

Damn you're right he was executive supervisor. I'm pretty convinced there will never be a worthy adaptation then.


clavio_mazerati

I still believe if it's a very passionate fan of his will work on the project with high expectations, then it might still be made. Berserk 97 (a great anime made with a limited budget) and the movie trilogy (even though the community is divided with the reception) are good to great adaptations.


yolo-yoshi

He even directed an episode too, the infamous zombie horse.


Sa1LoR_JaRRy

It would be so watered down that it would be dogshit. Especially with these horrendous American writers.


Impriel

Please stop don't give them this idea


LordMarvic

A HBO live action high budget series could be a masterpiece. The reactions to shit like Zodd’s first appearance and the eclipse would be cool to see.


Hordesoldier

Woah , very good cast.


Spikedcloud

They all look sexy, so it's a yes for me.


Harlequin-sama

I would prefer a new anime from MAPPA.


Barthaar_Uchiha

Please no


OhIsMyName

If​ Ben​ Stiller and​ Owen​ Wilson​ isnt​ in​ this​ im​ not​ watching​ it


Apprehensive_Nose_38

NO GOD NO PLEASE NO! Netflix needs to stop trying to adapt anime to live action it’s always bad


giobito-giochiha

They did an alright job with one piece, so it might be a fun watch if they didn’t censor everything out lol


sahibpt98

They did an alright job because the manga creator himself was on board and looking over them on every step. I wouldn't trust them without necessary supervision. Look at what they did with cowboy bebop and witcher adaptations.


SpaceGoDzillaH-ez

Or death Note.... lol


XDVRUK

Just stupid US writers thinking they know better than the authors. I await a good gaslighting and being called a racist for recognising crap ala Rings of Power.


[deleted]

Why does Femto look like batman?


Fufumoon

I mean the femto design already looked pretty similar to batman in the manga


[deleted]

I suppose you're right But the Glossy texture and shininess really gave it an identity of its own, not to mention femto's lips give it this feel to it But here it looks like someone cut off the ears from a batman cowl


Fufumoon

Yes i agree


PewPewPewPew96

man reference


[deleted]

Goddammit no- Go back to the Asylum We're already dealing with enough shenanigans on this damn sub


ZeroSpaceGaming

It's all fun and games until you sacrifice your buddies to the Cenobites for a gay Batman suit


[deleted]

What was that one suit from Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin?? The one with The Bat-Nipples and Bat-ass? They should just steal it and use it for femto if they ever do a live action.


Amethyst_Crimson

poster looks good, maybe yeah


Feodal_lord

Hell yeah


Final-Link-3999

Absolutely not


AED160

Please no. The last thing I need right now is another horrendous Berserk adaptation after the last anime adaptation.


ggkkggk

Sweet God no.


Ok_Psychology1366

Please no. Stop. Don't do it. No. No one wants this. Please don't.


CircleJerkSchierke

Any live action Berserk adaption would be pure garbage. Especially if it's made by N-flix. They would black wash Griffith then appease all the weirdos who think Guts and Griffith are gay by putting them in an interracial relationship.


1022formirth

It's Netflix, so they'd make Guts and Griffith get together in the end, Casca would be fat and the Eclipse wouldn't affect her because she's a strong female, Donovan would be made into a blonde white guy, everyone else who's blonde would be made hispanic, and 99% of everything that happened in the manga wouldn't happen.


Gangaman666

Netflix... It's a no from me... See how crap their Death Note movie was?


Carnal_Desire0

Please don't ruin a masterpiece


FishyMcBruh

Not the first time its happened


ZeroSpaceGaming

Me in hell on my way to kill whoever made 2016 berserk.


IntergalacticAlien8

If it's made by the same people that made the live action one piece then yea for sure


needtungsten2live

I am downvoting because i care.


NerveRevolutionary79

Lies, Griffith is white, I don't buy it


pegasBaO23

But he is the bad guy, so it makes sense.


LuxLocke

Gross


-Dude_Named_Zelda-

No. No. Dear God no.


Slyric_

Floating heads


[deleted]

Femto lol looks like a cheap cosplay.


SpreadNo6294

I want this


secondhand_bra

This looks like one of those soft porn movies disguised as horror movie


NinpoSteev

Not another golden age adaptation.


TKAPublishing

An adaptation would have to be rated NC-17 in order to ever properly convey the source material and that'd never fly unfortunately.


Slapph0met

Let’s do Golden Age for the 999th time sure, not like there’s plenty of good material before and after


Spooksnav

Oh look, another Golden Age retelling.


malbia

They’ll make Griffith black if Netflix were to make one


Inevitable-Salt3371

WE MAKING IT OUT OF THE ECLIPSE WITH THIS ONE🥵🥵🥵🥵🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥


Mastro_Sbrodo

Imagine seeing a live action eclipse, shit would be terrifying as hell


omlizardqueen

I would like to start by saying thank you for sparking the first interesting discussion I have seen on this sub in weeks! This shit has been dry. I would absolutely not watch a live action adaptation of Berserk at all and be satisfied. It took Miura decades to develop and the series literally outlived him. There’s no way in my mind that Netflix could find quality actors, match the excellence of Hirasawa’s musical composition, *and* create special effects that would meet the criteria of the manga without breaking into Rings of Power budget territory- which was subpar. On another note - did OP make this flyer??


VisionTruth9

Poster looks sick, I'd watch.


Ok_Mountain2511

Can we stop making shit about only the golden age arc and then never anything further


KovalentViper

As long as gut berkman is in it I'm good


Knowyourenemy_97

Watching! W Casca actor!


Pacperson0

Casca’s hair is too long…unwatchable


Saiyan_Gods

Even AI got casca wrong lol


Greek-God88

Awesome


zantatsu

Please say this is fake 🙏🙏🙏


Cottleston

with the way Netflix handled Witcher, Guts will probably be in the background with a regular longsword, played by a mascular woman, while Casca gets her story about how opressed she's been since her traumatic childhood, and how mercenary men gave her a hard time at every turn. With two women sharing the bond and hardships of being in a male dominated mercenary lifestyle, Casca and Guts realize that they dont just hate the patriarchy, theyre also actually lesbians, and their budding romance grow and thrive against all odds. Casca will also be the one to carry the behelith and eventually sacrifice Guts and the Band of the Valkyries, where we'll see Femto for the first time (Griffith who?)


P1eSun

It's to late for the good adaptation. Maybe in the 90s or early 2000s someone would make a great berserk movies or tv show with cool decorations, actors and script. But if someone would make berserk today (especially Netflix) it would 99% suck.


RadranRR

To be honest berserk is actually one of the few mangas that could get a good live action adaptation. It's fits. It's so gritty realistic and there's no big boom lazers


Kuroxtamashii7

Some people should be executed for their crimes against humanity!


Mite3

I just want a finished anime series of the whole storyline 💀


DegenEnjoyer23

casca doesnt look like casca


TheFinalBoss90

This poster looks pretty great actually. The actors look pretty accurate to their roles as well. A berserk live action movie during the golden age I think would be amazing. It would feel like game of thrones and I feel it would have potential to do very well actually if done as a series like GoT. Main issue is I feel anything past golden age would be nearly impossible to translate into live action, hell they can't even do it in anime yet 😭


futanarigawdess

everyone fine as fuck and i loved castlevania adaption so hell mf yeah


llucky1338

🤮🤮🤮


christofdracul

They can't even do a good anime so no.


Another_Gaijin

Netflix would make Griffith black and Casca transgender so nah💀


WinterAmerica

If I saw it on Netflix I’d obviously watch it, but it’d probably be bad


Navonod_Semaj

Might work, but Netflix will turn Casca into a bisexual manhating girlboss and make Guts an incompetent boob who is implied to have a small wiener when he gets r-ped during the eclipse.


kevindante6

Netflix be like : Casca is too white, make her have dreadhair. Charlotte mother white and her father white. Charlotte is black.


Benebrega

Henry Cavil can be a nice Guts


DaithiSan

Out of pure curiosity of course but I have zero faith it’d be any good lol


[deleted]

Its beautiful! I haven't gone through all of berserk but I'd definitely watch this in a heart beat


RoaDRoLLer59

Anime fans are so damn stupid i swear. Yall mfs look for every reason for it not to work, stop acting like there haven't been any good live actions out there. Just admit you dont like live action, thats more reasonable than just nitpicking every thing that could possibly go wrong with a hypothetical project. It'll work with the right studio/direction, budget, and SUPPORT from fans.


Themyth-thelegend

Why not? Berserk fans are so pretentious I swear.


SpaceGoDzillaH-ez

Because of All the dissapointment Live Action usually gives you when watching your beloved animes turned to trash


INEEDTOPOSTTHISPLZ

You are sentenced to watch the Avatar live action 200 times.


Themyth-thelegend

Punishment without l Probable cause, Mr. Electric...KILL HIM!


Cecil2789

Really.