Author Topic: Berserker! Berserker! (Read 13882 times)

Dagurasu · « **on:** May 06, 2006, 02:21:10 PM »

I remember only seeing half of Berserk when I first saw it so I decided to go and watch the rest of it. Why didn't I believe people when they said the ending was messed up? That last episode was fucked.

Did I miss something? Like maybe a not-released-in-the-US movie or ova?

IDE · « **Reply #1 on:** May 06, 2006, 02:44:57 PM »

Did you watch the extras? The gag reels on that are the best I've ever seen in an anime.

Max Con · « **Reply #2 on:** May 06, 2006, 04:44:09 PM »

The manga continues beyond that point.

B E C K · « **Reply #3 on:** May 06, 2006, 06:30:21 PM »

JOERAMMSTEIN!!!!

Evil Monkey-Tom · « **Reply #4 on:** May 06, 2006, 07:27:16 PM »

Where the fuck is Joe?

B E C K · « **Reply #5 on:** May 06, 2006, 07:37:48 PM »

He didn't really exist. It was just the village elders wearing a joe costume.

Chopper Face 69 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 06, 2006, 11:03:29 PM »

He's posted at Crazy's as recently as this week.

Evil Monkey-Tom · « **Reply #7 on:** May 06, 2006, 11:37:43 PM »

When I saw this, I was reminded of the lyrics from Clerks, the one Jay's cousin was singing.

Chopper Face 69 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 07, 2006, 12:18:49 AM »

Yeah I thought it was something about that too. Weird...

Evil Monkey-Tom · « **Reply #9 on:** May 07, 2006, 12:43:05 AM »

People from the Eastern bloc are wierd.

Chopper Face 69 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 07, 2006, 10:15:21 AM »

I"m a fan of the eastern bloc.

Evil Monkey-Tom · « **Reply #11 on:** May 07, 2006, 10:58:54 AM »

I worked with a dude from Latvia, and he obsessed about Trance music and vodka.

joe · « **Reply #12 on:** May 07, 2006, 11:51:12 AM »

The anime only covers about twelve and a half volumes of the manga, if I remember correctly, plus there was a significant amount of stuff that appeared in those early volumes that never made it into the TV series. Currently the ongoing Berserk manga is partway through volume 31, so if anyone's interested in checking out what happens to Guts after that particularly nasty business, there's plenty of catching up to do.

B E C K · « **Reply #13 on:** May 07, 2006, 02:09:07 PM »

Holy crap. Joe's fucking Beetlejuice.

Extra Zero · « **Reply #14 on:** May 07, 2006, 02:16:04 PM »

Hmmm... Let's put that theory to test...

"Joerammstein, Joerammstein, Joerammstein!"

Nothing happened! You fail, whitey!

B E C K · « **Reply #15 on:** May 07, 2006, 03:10:43 PM »

Look around your house. LOOK!!!!!!

Extra Zero · « **Reply #16 on:** May 07, 2006, 09:04:57 PM »

I refuse to play your games.

Rama · « **Reply #17 on:** May 08, 2006, 12:07:53 AM »

Let's not say his name anymore just to be safe though.

Extra Zero · « **Reply #18 on:** May 08, 2006, 12:39:12 AM »

Who's? Canada Gundam's?

Rama · « **Reply #19 on:** May 08, 2006, 12:46:27 AM »

Yes...Joe of the Royal Mounted Police.

B E C K · « **Reply #20 on:** May 08, 2006, 08:49:22 AM »

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I refuse to play your games.

You always do. You suck. You're no fun since you quit drugs.

Sam · « **Reply #21 on:** May 08, 2006, 09:43:40 AM »

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Yes...Joe of the Royal Mounted Police.

I thought Joe was a lumberjack (and he's okay).

Evil Monkey-Tom · « **Reply #22 on:** May 08, 2006, 09:44:07 AM »

Most of the Mounties are lumberjacks in the off season.

Dagurasu · « **Reply #23 on:** May 08, 2006, 10:34:11 AM »

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Did you watch the extras? The gag reels on that are the best I've ever seen in an anime.

Yea, I saw those. Some of them were humerous.

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The anime only covers about twelve and a half volumes of the manga, if I remember correctly, plus there was a significant amount of stuff that appeared in those early volumes that never made it into the TV series. Currently the ongoing Berserk manga is partway through volume 31, so if anyone's interested in checking out what happens to Guts after that particularly nasty business, there's plenty of catching up to do.

See, I don't like it when shows do that, expect you to read the source material if you want to know more, rather than wrapping the series up in a somewhat better way. For example, if they weren't making an Xmen 3, and they just said at the end of 2 "Read the comics if you want to know more..." Well, the comics and the movies differ enough that any casual reader would be confused.

Now, Berserk might follow the manga closer than any Hollywood stuff, and I could pick up the Manga where the anime left off, but Joe said there was some differences and you'd be better off starting from the beginning.

joe · « **Reply #24 on:** May 08, 2006, 01:44:24 PM »

Actually, that's not the case. As long as you start with volume 13, you won't have any trouble getting back into it. To be honest, the first few volumes really aren't all that great. And it's well worth it to chell out the continuation of the manga, because it outstrips the anime in practically every way.

Anyway, no one said you had to pay for it. This is the internet afterall.

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #25 on:** May 08, 2006, 02:20:58 PM »

What ticks me off is when anime starts production, knowing the original manga is nowhere near ending, yet they decide to just stop in the middle or go in different directions.

See Hellsing, Kare Kano, GTO.

IDE · « **Reply #26 on:** May 08, 2006, 04:42:41 PM »

In this case the director tried to find a respectful stopping point. The manga had already passed the point where he stopped and he hopes to do more some day.

As far as what's left out does anyone know if it was really important?

I know chibi guts gets man raeped but I can live without seeing that animated.

Max Con · « **Reply #27 on:** May 08, 2006, 04:44:01 PM »

Well ...

The character of Puck, Ricard not being killed by the Apostles (Was that his name? I can't remember), and the Skull Knight.

That's all I can remember off of the top of my head.

IDE · « **Reply #28 on:** May 08, 2006, 04:46:29 PM »

oh yeah they mentioned that puck guy in the special features I think, I don't remember why he said they took him out.

joe · « **Reply #29 on:** May 08, 2006, 04:50:41 PM »

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What ticks me off is when anime starts production, knowing the original manga is nowhere near ending, yet they decide to just stop in the middle or go in different directions.

See Hellsing, Kare Kano, GTO.

You're describing pretty much every manga to anime adaptation that's been produced in the past ten years. Kenshin, Trigun, Excel Saga, Fullmetal Alchemist, the list goes on. It's highly irregular for a popular manga to finish its run before being adapted into an anime.