Hey guys, I really want to get into Berserk, I've been putting it off for quite a while now, and now that a new adaption has come out and it's actually deprived to witness - I want to know, what's the best way to experience Berserk? The old anime, manga, the movies? I don't read manga, like ever, I feel anime will always be superiors (for things that can't be helped, I don't dislike manga at all) but if you guys tell me definitively that the manga is the absolute best way to take my emotional investment and slam it against the wall, I'll do that.
>What's the best way to experience Berserk?
>>144331736
>I don't read manga, like ever, I feel anime will always be superiors
read the manga anyways
> I don't read manga, like ever, I feel anime will always be superiors________kill yourself faggot________
>>144331736
1997 anime is great, but was canned in the middle of the major turning point of the series.. Read the manga. Or better yet don't because the author will die long before it's finished.
>>144331736
Manga pls but when you finish then watch the anime because its berserk
>>144331736
READ THE MANGA M8
HERE TAKE THIS!!!!
http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=163922
>>144331736
MANGA
MIURA WILL TAKE YOU ON A RIDE
>>144331798
>>144331882
All I'm saying is I'm conditioned to experience a good show with colour, with atmosphere, with music and voices. A mangaka can't force me to turn the page, it isn't as fluid, but that's just my [Spoiler] theory, a biased theory! [/Spoiler]
>>144331985
Manga art is so much better pretty much all of the time though.
I do like anime more, I'll admit, but for some things the manga just can't be beat. Better art, more detail, etc.
>>144331878
>>144331883
>>144331902
>>144331974
Manga it is, it will be my first manga that I've committed to. Last time I read manga was over 6 years ago because I wanted to know what happened in Kiss x Sis.
You could watch the 3 movies. They're entry tier and then you should read the mango.
>>144331736
read the manga, ignore ALL the animations, trust me please, i watched the 1997 animation then the 3 movies. NOTHING compares to the manga, not the script and specially not the artwork (seriously, Miura is an amazing artist that hatching is brutal)
if someone says he's going to die before he finishes it, it's talking bullshit, Kentaro is 50, it should be done before he reaches 65. Guts body needs to have a limit to the damage he can take.
>>144331736
>I don't read manga, like ever, I feel anime will always be superiors
>>144331920
Thanks anon, I know it may be greedy of me to ask, but someone hasn't possibly coloured the art in these translations, have they? Also it says chapter 1-35, what's the latest chapter?
Read the manga. Don't make excuses, don't be a little bitch, just read the manga. It's the superior medium for Berserk right now.
>>144332202
there's 38 volumes out, try to find the dark horse translations
>>144332202
>color
You'd lose so much atmosphere anon just take it all in
Oh one more question. I'm probably going to just read it all in one go since that's the sort of attention it demands, is this a worse way to do it? Should I space it out, like a chapter every once in a while? This is a question on how to digest manga in general too. Downsides to marathoning manga?
>>144331985
Too bad there's no anime about how to tie a noose, you faggot
>>144332105
>>144332240
Understood
>>144332261
Dark hose? I'm guessing their translation are a cut above the rest, will do
>>144332269
I'll take your word for it, it should be a interesting experience
>>144332330
I imagine it would be ticked off on your Hummingbird already if it did exist.
>>144331736
>I don't read manga, like ever, I feel anime will always be superiors
> A mangaka can't force me to turn the page, it isn't as fluid
> I know it may be greedy of me to ask, but someone hasn't possibly coloured the art in these translations, have they?
you are a worthless piece of shit, you don't deserve to read miura's work, watch the 2016 adaptation instead. enjoy your cgi, faggot
>>144331736
Well the 97 anime is the best Berserk anime adaption, and is honestly pretty good (if aged). So if you absolutely have to experience it in anime form that's the way to go. Just ignore the 3 CGI movies and new series, they're both shit. Now, after you finish the 97 anime you'll undoubtedly be wanting more so that's when you turn to the manga.
>>144332360
yeah, the dark horse translation is great, there's a torrent to at least 37 volumes translated by them. i remember seeing a tumblr page that was dedicated to find poor translations of berserk pages just for the lolz, there's a lot of mistranslations, watch out for those they can ruin the experience of any comic
>>144332284
It's a 345 chapter manga anon I doubt you'll be able to read the whole thing in one sitting. You can certainly try but don't force yourself to keep reading just because. Berserk was my first manga and I read it over 2 months last school year. Sometimes I would go a week without reading any then binge 30 chapters in 1 sitting. Just read it at the pace your comfortable with, but don't force yourself that's the #1 way to stop enjoying it.
>>144332690
this
>>144332863
i'll have to look for it. No luck so far.
In the meantime I downloaded what this anon pointed me to >>144331920
if I can't find it I'll just read this I guess, I want to read it since I'm in the mood, but obviously quality is important
>>144332994
Literally took me 30seconds anon
https://kat.cr/manga-berserk-v01-35-v2-0-t10429163.html
>>144333103
I thought that one was a fake, I guess it was my provider trying to ruse me into thinking it was illegitimate
appreciate it anon, i'm not purposely trying to be spoonfed or anything, but thank you
1-movies
2-manga since ch 86
3-berserk 2016
>>144333303
ignore this
>>144333188
Since the torrent I linked only has 35 chapters you're going to have to find the last 2 elsewhere.
I recommend going here: http://mangasee.co/manga/?series=Berserk its where I went when I originally read Berserk and I can confirm the later chapters are the official Dark Horse translation (pretty sure the earlier chapters aren't though so use the torrent until you run out). Don't need to apologize about "spoon feeding" I just want a new fan to experience the manga with the official translation and not the shit Hawk one. Hope that helps.
>>144332690
^^^^^^
>>144333390
first berserk anime is shit, faggot
>>144333593
bait
>>144331736
Marathon the 1997 anime in a week, then marathon all 38 volumes of the manga in a week, then watch the 2016 anime and cry. Oh, and don't forget the Golden Age Trilogy movies, the third one does a killer job of depicting the Eclipse.
also>I don't read manga
>>144332690
very good post.
>>144333444
/a/ could use more people like you.
>>144333444
>Not recommending the fan-lations
>>144334222
>>144331736
The manga is the best way to experience it.
>>144332105
That's if he worked a regular schedule.
>>144334283
>>144334263
>>144334222
pls dont make this a cringe thread
post miura art
>>144331985
>All I'm saying is I'm conditioned to experience a good show with colour, with atmosphere, with music and voices.
Read a book, nigga.
>>144331736
Berserk was my first ever manga, and it was a feeling of romance going through each page. That is something you could NEVER get with an anime.
>>144334359
kentaro is a FOOKIN' LEGEND
>>144335230
FOOKIN' LEGEND i say
you won't see this on the anime either
>>144332330
See Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
>>144335230
this fucking chapter man
>>144335230
>posting low quality shit
was there copy and paste back then?
>>144335953
>Jumped the Shark.png
>>144334045
you know, I was so damn sure he was a demon, what a twist
So... New chapter in 4 days right?
>>144336289
if that's shark jumping quality, then the entire manga is a shark jump. if the shark was a giant demon that had 500 tentacles and ate babies for breakfast.
>dropped anime on first episodeThose Madhouse "stills" were cheesy as shit.
>decide to give the manga a shot months lateron the suggestion that I "just hold on"
>blast through 30 something volumes in two days
>instantly watch the anime
>get irrationally angry at source material being abused
>come to terms and love berserk anime
>get on the boat ride after completely tiring myself out from anime
>movies rolls out
>realize I'm completely sick of pre-ecclipse Berserk
>hate the CGI shit and Korean same face stuff
>get back on boat
>contemplate suicide
>drink a lot
>ignore all Berserk news
>stop drinking
>incidentally hear about new Berserk before hiding thread
>watch new berserk
It's everything I could expect to hope for and really enjoy it. Thanks.
>>144336723
>>144336289
>vol 1 73 MB
>vol 10 100 MB
>vol 30 300 MB
>vol 33 703 MB
seriously though what the fuck miura
youre drawing a manga not your art school PHD
>>144336889
the guy comes from a fine arts school, it's fine art quality or nothing
>>144336889
It's just scanslators who can't into compression.
>>144337300
how does one compress this and not make it look like shit
>reading berserk and seeing how miura's influenced everything you ever liked
hell im seeing how some 'avatar: airbender' shit is literally ripping characters and conflicts from him.
>>144331736
Whichever you pick, just know, you can never protect her smile.
>>144337483
ikr, i started calling dark souls "berserk: the game"
>>144338597
>>144337483
>>144335953
>posting the old version
>>144337483
>>144338597
>>144338631
>>144338597
>>144338658
>>144338662
>>144338701
>>144338662
>>144338631
>>144338597
>>144331736
Read the manga faggot.
>tfw catching up to latest chapters
Im about to join the suffering
how many years was between vol 34 to the present?
10? 15?
>>144331736
Fucking read the manga you derp.
I started with Berserk manga in early 2002 and read it up that fast that it was a real pain in the ass to wait until the next manga came out to buy. Sadly i had to sell my first press because money problems, still hate myself for that.
>>144336837
You're a fuckin idiot.
>>144337483
it also looks like Miura likes evil dead
>>144338992
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>>144338992
>>>144338992
art just aint original huh?
>>144331736
>>144331985
back to /v/ friend
>>144332690
somebody's triggered
So volume 39 won't be finished until 2020 right?
Is this story ever going to be finished?
>>144332330
>>144338662
Couldn't help but to hear "Prithee be careful" in my head. Would be neat if some of the DS voice actors could take part in the dub. When or if there will be one.
>>144338992
it was actually a massive coincidence, Miura was
scared the creators of evil dead would think that he stole their work
Here's hoping the musou game rekindles public interest in Berserk so Miura doesn't have another 3 year hiatus.
How the fuck does he expect to stay relevant if he no longer produces anything?
>>144339079
nope
>>144339328
I just noticed Ubik at the table.
>>144332690
>>144334359
>>144335230
>>144335264
>>144335446
>>144335889
>>144335953
>>144336178
>a manga with artwork of this high of calibur gets the cheapest-looking tier of animation in the past 3 decades
Was there seriously no other studio that was interested in adapting Berserk? Jesus christ
>>144339298
i don't understend why would he be, evil dead has inspired literally thousands of IPs, references are scattered everywhere in a lot of stuff
>>144339312
>How the fuck does he expect to stay relevant
he doesn't
he probably only went along with it so he could get more money to buy the new idolm@ster
>>144331920
>giving the anime only shitter a torrent to awful scans
nice
>>144339328
I'm sure he meant that as a reference to a work of art. There wouldn't be any point to it otherwise.
>>144339427
it was mainly cause while he was working on the black swords man arc evil dead came out (i think), and the similarities between the 2 are very similar as show in the picture so he just feared it would be take as a copyright
>>144339437
Fair enough.
I'm just going to lose my fucking mind if he doesn't finish this shit in the next few years.
I don't want to be 25 and still waiting for this story to end.
>>144339516
>implying it will end
this is his only money maker
he's going to milk it till he dies or gets crippled like guts
>>144339485
of course he did, he came from a fine arts school, i mean you just can't rip out a bosch if you had to study it for years
>>144339578
I'd prefer a shittier fan artist to finish the story over Miura fucking over his fans.
I'm glad I read most of it online. I'm not giving that fucker any more of my money until he starts consistently drawing again like he did before the hospitalization which is no fucking excuse, especially when you hire assistants afterwards.
>>144339578
it has to end soon, the berserk armour will suck guts' life in no time
>inb4 he turns out like the skull knight
guts would rather die than become something inhuman.
>>144339423
Takes too long to get to waifus and harem. Though I have noticed a decline in overall dark anime over the years. You have some horror like Another and Tokyo Ghoul but it's still more cute in appearance over Blood: TLV and Boogiepop Phantom.
>>144339679
I feel like the Elf-King will have some gear that has similar effects to the Berserker armour but none of its drawbacks.
>>144331736
>I don't read manga, like ever, I feel anime will always be superiors
just go watch dragonball or something
>>144339768
i give it 15 years
>>17367226
Most of the franchise came put before Berserk was published.
>>144339328
bosch was fucking nuts, i love his work
the perfect inspiration for demonic/hallucinating scenes
>>144340382
>ywn have teeth as perfect as Guts does
>>144339768
i feel like puck is the elf king
>>144340468
kentaro takes a lot of lovecraft too
>>144340515
Probably the elf prince and doesn't like his dad
>>144331736
gr8 b8 m8
>>144340666
confirmed by the demonic trips
>>144331736
>obviously drawn by a Westerner
>right-to-left speech bubbles
>>144339710
>horror
>like Tokyo Ghoul
this is an 18+ board
>>144341335
Going off what it says on the can anon.Pls I'm likely older than you anyway.
Besides, that's the point. It has horror themes but the style, outside the manga, is really bright and cute in comparison to how an adaption would look 6 or 7 years ago or so.
>>144339298
He's either psychic or lying. Because guts is also a huge ripoff of Götz von Berlechingen and he denied that too.
Should they make a live-action with Japanese or European actors?
>>144341784
Japanese for maximum inaccuracy, over acting, and amateur cosplay tier costuming.
>>144341784
>Should they make a live-action
no
>>144341784
Doesnt matter, neither will do it justice
>>144341672
nigga he's Japanese i doubt he knows any European history besides the world wars
>>144342004
I thought japs loved Europe.
>>144341784
live action berserk could work, theyd have to decide though if they wanted to go the kamen rider route, the avatar route or the game of thrones route
>>144342004
>i doubt he knows any European history besides the world wars
here's your (You)
>>144341784
>>144342271
game of thrones route for the golden arc, lord of the rings route post eclipse.
>>144342327
PERFECT
the fuck hasnt HBO jumped on this shit yet?
>>144342355
Having seen how they butchered Game of Thrones, I wouldn't want them to even think of touching Berserk.
>>144342409
Casca's already a strong womyn what could they do? how could they possibly make it worse? Making Griffith a woman and a lesbian?
serious question
what is this CLANG sfx i keep hearing about
almost finished the golden age arc in the manga btw
>>144342447
Guts is cast to be similar as he is in the manga, but he dies because he's a bad person.
"Griffith" is the exact same as Dany. Same actress, wig, outfit. She wins.
Casca is the black swordsman except the term is now dark swordswoman to avoid racism, she kills Guts for "Griffith".
Pippin is a 420stoner
Judeau is cut
Corkus is serious business
Rickert is also cut
Lost Children is cut.
Conviction is cut because you can't mock religion at all.
Millenium Falcon is now Century Pigeon, "Griffith"'s crusade against Gary Scar, a Donald Trump parody. Having an evil minority is not allowed.
Schierke is played by a different D-List celebrity each week.
Isidro is cut
Puck is cut
Farnese and Serpico are Petyr Baelish and Tyrion Lannister for no reason. Not the actors, the characters.
>>144342464
they are making fun of the new animation, when gut's sword clashes against something it goes CLANG like in the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dm6ci8U7Nk
>>144331736
>>144331985
>>144342619
better than the 2016 adaptation desu senpai
>>144342791
Do you have any tips for getting into manga? I've never been able to get along with comics or manga, only books -- and frankly, that doesn't help as most light novels have awful writing.
>>144342962
find good shit
>>144332033
Also better pacing and more immersion.
Yes, more immersion.
>>144342962
I do. Follow these steps:
1. Find a good manga
2. Get yourself a warm cup of green tea
3. Make yourself cozy, preferably in the comfort of your bed
4. Open manga
5. Realize you're too retarded to read
6. Remind yourself that you've actually asked people on an image board how to read
7. Go into your dad's room and pick up his shotgun
8. Kill your family and then go on a killing spree at the nearest school
9. Once the police arrive blow your imbecilic brains out
10. Enjoy!
>>144331736
So many people getting baited by obvious bait thread holy shit CLANG apologists
>>144343151
>not charging against the police and get filled with bullets
ignore this
>>144343195
it's funny you say that because the thread it's completely derailed
>>144331736
Do people actually think this manga is good? It's like a poor man's tolkien with edge and otaku pandering
>>144343240
lel
>>144331736
I actually just ordered the first 10 volumes off Amazon.
How many volumes are they up to now?Am I in for a wild ride?
>>144331736
I don't particularly like anything Berserk-related, but manga is the closest I've been to enjoying it.
I really can't believe the old anime is so well regarded though; it's probably the worst way to experience it.
>>144343463
38, but the 38th is not in English yet
>>144331736
That's one dumb fucking picture.
I'm all for comedy, but Guts and Casca were fucking ruined by finding Griffith in the state he was in.
>>144336837
Here man, it's CLANG for (You).
>>144331736
>I don't read manga, like ever. I feel anime will always be superiors
You should leave
>>144344018
He should kill himself.
>>144339423
You'd have to be either crazy or loaded to think of adapting Berserk into a faithful 2D animation with no CGI.
Berserk is less of a manga and closer to Gustave Doré's work. Traditional 2D animation is a craft that doesn't allow for overly elaborate decorative designs and heavy illustrative details, especially not in the industry, unless you're willing to put enough time and money into it to bankrupt your own studio.
