The Sam
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Post by The Sam on Jan 31, 2015 23:22:06 GMT -5
I finished watching the 1997 anime the other day. What an interesting series. Still looks great 15 years later. The opening theme stinks, the credits theme is ok and the rest of the music is great. My favourite episode was probably "Sparks".
I'm considering picking up the manga, since the anime finished before everyones favorite character Puck showed up. If anyone else has read it, how is it?
So whats everyone elses thoughts on Guts and his whacky adventures?
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 31, 2015 23:36:12 GMT -5
I am a huge Berserk fan, and goddamn, the manga's good. I'd say it's actually probably better than the anime, but damn dark. Beautiful art, though, I think, very interesting.
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Fundertaker
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Post by Fundertaker on Feb 1, 2015 7:36:53 GMT -5
Yeah, the manga is awesome, still ongoing and I don't think we'll ever see a proper end to it  But I'll say this on the latest I've read of the manga: Rickert is a badass. |
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Feb 1, 2015 9:59:12 GMT -5
the movies are great. first time I ever heard Guts' life referred to as "wacky adventures" though.
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Fundertaker
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Post by Fundertaker on Feb 1, 2015 10:21:29 GMT -5
the movies are great. first time I ever heard Guts' life referred to as "wacky adventures" though. Well, there has to be PG term for describing it. |
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Post by PsychoGoatee on Feb 1, 2015 23:28:57 GMT -5
I love the anime, and the Golden Age/Band of the Hawk arc in general, great great stuff. I still have a poster from the anime on my wall from like 2002 or something. The manga after that is a bit weird and to me kind of directionless, but most people love it. I haven't been reading it lately.
Random recommendation, Blade of the Immortal is a great manga that might also appeal to a Berserk fan.
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 1, 2015 23:51:52 GMT -5
Some people apparently side with Griffith in his actions.
That's... kind of deeply f***ed up, given he's one of the most despicable villains in anything I've ever seen. Luca Blight would probably say he likes Griffith's style.
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Post by Hakumental on Feb 2, 2015 0:04:09 GMT -5
I was just rereading some of the manga today. Still amazing. I'd call it one of the best fantasy stories on the shelves today, period. Also, the latest chapter (337) is already my favorite moment in the series: Mah boy. |
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Feb 2, 2015 10:04:02 GMT -5
Some people apparently side with Griffith in his actions. That's... kind of deeply f***ed up, given he's one of the most despicable villains in anything I've ever seen. Luca Blight would probably say he likes Griffith's style. oh but he's a pretty guy so we have to downplay that he's a baby-eating rapist because it gets in the way of our f***-fantasies about him [/idiots] |
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Post by Fundertaker on Feb 2, 2015 11:03:56 GMT -5
Some people apparently side with Griffith in his actions. That's... kind of deeply f***ed up, given he's one of the most despicable villains in anything I've ever seen. Luca Blight would probably say he likes Griffith's style. The last two episodes of the anime really seal the deal on Griffith's villainess, but the manga goes above and beyond just to make him seem like this cuthroat mastermind and evil saviour of the masses (which, of course, are completely oblivious to everything) that just exponentiates his villainess to points I have never really seen. I still think we may have yet to see he greatest moment in this manga, though (Which I think will be Casca's recovery. If it was any other series would be kind of by the book, but this is Berserk. There may be fairies, but there sure aren't happy endings). |
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