Amazon prime MIGHT be able to do something with it. They handled "the boys" pretty well for season 1. I could see them do something with it, I would like them to stick closer to the source material for berserk though.
@@spaceman9459 Well, yes, he does exhibit lashing-out behaviors, which are typical of masculinity. It's, however, whenever he learns to shed that garbage, overcome his traumas, and allow himself to be intimate and vulnerable with others, that he becomes the best man he can be. Toxic masculinity is not the statement that masculinity is bad; it's that there exists some behaviors which are exhibited most particularly in men, and the behavior is usually born out of masculine pressures to react and respond in certain ways, so as to protect the ego. To take a concrete example: a group of heterosexual men sees two men kissing each other on a bench in the park; the group of men then proceed to assault and harass the two men. Wouldn't this be an example of toxic masculinity?
yeah, scrap that idea, even if you say that there is no cultural barrier ere... is still a comic done in Japan, american film makers would miss interpret it no mather the source material.
exactly, no one should even touch Berserk until it's finished, im sick of money-hungry idiots who think they can pump anything manga and expect profit.
I get where you're coming from, but the eclipse is built up several times within the golden age, also the dramatic irony of the knowledge of, and existence of apostles in the golden age is heightened exponentially with the knowledge of the black swordsman arc
@@NormalExploiter doesnt arc 1 spoil a little too much with revealing how behelits work? i came into this with the 97 anime and the end was a SHOCKER. wouldnt have been as enjoyable or tense for me if id read that first manga chapter.
@@johnuhjacobs2438 thats a type of writing. It actually was mindblowing the way i knew something is odd with griffith. I was scared because of arc 1. Arc 1 fixes everything
@@johnuhjacobs2438 i mean if they did a live action version they could just leave the show on a hiatus kind of ending where if the manga doesn't finish it would be a satisfying ending
@@hasnainrazzaq9736 true but i cant wrap my head around how you would satisfy your audience with that kind of ending given the questions you would have. i think its a recipe for disaster
@@johnuhjacobs2438 yh i get what you mean but its the best solution, a cliff-hanger with unanswered questions is better then a game of thrones season 8 situation hahahah, plus the questions would get answered eventually
Honestly, some Conan-style shit would be awesome to adapt The Black Swordsman arc and The Lost Children chapter. A series about The Golden Age could also be awesome. It needs to be done by a fan of the manga, and he would need to find budget to make fights and monsters seem good. The problem is, no one wants to provide money for something this violent, so even if it's done it would be censored. Though, I would love to see some goofy low-budget adaptation made by fans, made like an action movie from the 80's.
Everything would need to be on point... Writing, Directing, Casting and a great special effects team with the right production company that can afford to back it all $$$. Not to mention producers who're willing to make a faithful adaptation without editing out its darkest themes (gore, rape, abuse, etc)... If done correctly I believe it has the potential of becoming one of the most impressive Epic films of all time.
by your standards i'd believe Trigun would make an infinitely better live-action adaptation, not to mention it's actually finished and being directly inspired from Westerns
I feel like berzerk could actually do something like the Spartacus series, the second season is a prequel to the first season and they can do that with the black swordsman arc and the golden age arc
I think Denis Villanueve would make a great adaptation. He made an excellent Dune adaptation. Give him a Budget of a $100 million & put it on HBO and he'll make a great adaptation.
They can’t seem to get Berserk’s anime perfect, they can’t seem to make live adaptations of manga/anime to work like anime. Might as well try something else then. Can’t say I’m happy that one of the best chances that this’ll work seems to be a “monster of the week” method, but it might work.
One of the key reasons Berserk resonates so much with readers is because of the utter horror you experience from the brutality of the eclipse. You feel the rage, disgust and existential horror and it invests you in the story. I don’t think any studio would be willing to risk the money on an adaptation of that. I don’t even know if I’d want to see a good live action version of it. It would be so visceral and haunting if they pulled it off.
When I was initially reading Berserk, when I got to the Lost Children arc I thought Berserk was about to go down the same episodic path as Samurai Jack and I was really looking forward to that because of a lot of the things you mentioned.
Eh, given how Death Note and Game of Thrones (I know it isn't a Netflix series) turned out I'd be nervous to hear THEY'D be the ones to tackle Berserk of all things. It'd be like if Disney wanted to adapt Fist of the North Star
I would have recommended adapting the Golden Age Arc and expanding on the material, like how the original anime did. Least amount of crazy monster VFX sequences, most amount of intense character drama and courtly intrigue. They could even get a couple seasons out of it and build their clout, to leverage for a bigger budget later.
I agree that in theory it would be interesting. However; as much as Berserk is about its characters, there would need to be a sense of character AND plot progression in a Black Swordsman show. Guts has too much history and motive to simply wander aimlessly at a consistently entertaining capacity. He may have spent 2 years doing just that, but the point of expressing that detail is to show how meaningless it ended up being. The reason films like the Dollar trilogy worked is because the protagonist is both mysterious and malleable, his backstory can be changed or not even mentioned cause he’s not technically the same character in every movie. His motives are defined by the situations presented to him, whereas Guts has very set goals even if they cause him to wander.
@@SoI_Badguy Do you consider Griffith gay? Interesting, I always though that he has no interest in sex other than to assert his dominance, as the 2 times he was shown in sexual intercourse
also, while the story would work in live action, you would loose half of what makes erserk great: the art. any yes, it can be adapted, see berserk 1997, or the 2019 vinland saga. It IS possilbe,if the people attached are competent and have a heart for the source material.
I dunno. Story wise? Sure, fine. Visually though? How do you capture the weight and fluidity of something like the Dragonslayer? Or the freedom of an elf? Or the violence yet innocence of the Lost Children? Also, Guts has such an iconic face to me I have no person that I would pick to play him. They have to have that chiseled jaw line, 6 foot 8 inch frame of pure, lean muscle, and the perfect, spiked, jet black hair. You can’t fake that shit. It’s not unadaptable in anime. It’s just that people suck at doing it.
People who keep begging for netflix to adapt Berserk are asking for it to be ruined. If its so great, why cant we leave it alone? I promise you anything live action or netflix adapted will be cringe.
Berserk has and always will just need a good anime adaptation done by reasonably competent story-tellers and animators, where all you gotta do is not try to cover the golden age arc for the third time in a row.
to leave out the golden age arc would be the same as skipping any other arc only this one is arguably the most important. besides, it wouldnt be a show just for you. you would need new fans for it to succeed
If they put Amazon prime and the same studio as The Boys can do it bcs they aren't scared of Gore and have decent animation and CGI, what I'm worried about is how would the villains and special effects would look. The easiest things to adapt from berserk to live action are Golden Age arc, Black Swordsman arc and Conviction.
I think a big problem would be, to translate the visual style to film. You're right, Berserk does often go for a realistic style but not always. Miura has a way of combining abstract art with realism and he also often exaggarates certain features to get a desired effect. I really do not know how one would adapt that without producing a cringefest. And Berserk is also a work of little words. Rather it's telling it's story through careful crafted scenes and facial expressions. That would also be a challange but managable with subtle acting and amazing cinamatography and music.
Before I watch, I can kinda tell you already it wouldn't. One reason alone. Guts sword. No matter what it won't work. If it were a prop, even a light one, would be too difficult to use for anyone. There's a reason swords never went over 8 pounds or so and were only made so long. They simply aren't useable after a certain length. Sephiroth would be fucked in a hallway for instance, (except he could cut through the hallway probably). Basically the sword would have to be a prop, and it woudl probably look like one. Even with the lightest materials, it would either look bad, or be really heavy. THere are some bigger swords, but they were used by executioners and the like. Had a purpose outside of combat. They shouldn't go for realistic but I'm talking in terms of making the sword fighting look good. Hard to do with a big unwieldly object. There are videos on channels like Skallagrim, and Shadversity that discuss Buster swords if you want more details. So the alternative is CGI, which almost never looks right. Even good CGI. No doubt all the parts where he swings it around would be CGI anyways, so it'd probably look off. Not saying it can't be done, or hasn't been done well before. They'd probably use a combination, prop for close ups, CGI for fighting. I think the show Arrow did things like that. Another alternative is to give Guts a smaller sword.........BWAHAHAHAHA No, not that. Storywise, I think you're pretty dead on.
Did you see what Hollywood did to dragonball, Avatar the last air Bender and the Netflix version of death note....no not my berserk I am a 100% against this.
So if the series were to have, say, 14 episodes culminating in a two-part adaptation of the Lost Children arc, it would be really very nice to see the sky get progressively darker in establishing shots, as Guts gets more deeply mired in his lust for vengeance and his desire to run away from his own problems, until suddenly in The Lost Children, we get that iconic shot of Puck, on a background filled with clear, blue sky
start berserk in media res with black swordsman but continue into the millenium arc with the golden age arc being like a side narrative which is slowly revealed til the ultimate central battle
I love those movies and yeah a episodic tale from multiple directors could be worthwhile, brings memories of Bixby walking away with the piano theme playing, well great video thanks fer all you do
Yeah, let's just replace Guts with a trans woman of colour and replace all the blood with green slime so that its PG-13. Also, let's flood it with quirky and relatable Hollywood superstar names who will carry the whole movie on branding alone.
Yeah no thanks special effects would start to really look bad u need big budget for that. Far as i know never been a TV Show that animated such fantastical creatures other than game of thrones and they only did 3 dragons whilst mostly focusing on one. That show was also the most expensive to produce show ever. The eclipse the kushan war the Fantasia Arc is too much Effects to handle in aTV show budget. In a perfect world it would work but simply wont in current technology.
Technically the Lord of the Rings show that's currently in production (or maybe pre-production?) is the most expensive show ever produced, or it will be when it comes to fruition.
Thanks for making this awesome video! Your presentation style is always captivating, and the topics you cover inspire conversation. I enjoyed your comment comparing Berserk to Black mirror. An episodic tale that could be adapted and changed would be a great format for Berserk. In some ways, it reminded me of "Kino's Journey", setting up each episode as (nearly) completely separate entries into a journal of adventure.
I'd like to Guilmello Del Toro try to adapt Berserk. If you've read Trollhunters a Scary book for "Kids" (Shows Troll Baby in human form get cleaved in half) A book he wrote witch feels awfully inspired by Berserk and other Fantasy Horror story's he's no doubt a big fan of it.
Thats cool and all bu ... wait ... No no no your skipping patterns : First we get the amazing well received anime that kicks the series to the mainstream audience. Then we get the crappy money grabbing shameful Hollywood live action adaptation that abandoned the premise of the entire series.
The biggest issue would be the casting. Since all the characters, have such a distinct look to them. So having them be played by whoever or a big name actor with a distinct look of their own, could be absolutely disasterous.
We start with the black swordsman arc within a one hour episode/pilot Then we go for golden age And then we have a one hour season finale in the back half of the black swordsman arc Season 2 conviction And season 3 so on and so forth Boat arc can be a mini season or film inbetween two seasons.
I would like to see berserk as a live action but I do also agree that the anime version shows it self in a way better I just wish the show could be brought back to its original 2D form because berserk season 1 was a master peace
Since Game of Thrones ended and The Witcher is doing well on Netflix. I believe Berserk will be a well received Live action series. I don't even mind if they had redone the Golden Arc Saga again. My so hyped just thinking about it!
Berserk would be great as a live action adaptation but... they gonna censor the hell outta it. Heck the 1997 anime had to cut out Wyald cos he was too dark and that was 1997 ANIME we're talking about. Obvs in your siggestion Wyald wouldnt show up but still, for modern audiences to consume in a film berserk would have to be censored extremely
You made a point that Berserk has parallels to the Western genre. But how do you translate a guy chopping people in half with a two meter sword at the speed of lightning into believable live action? Would any studio spend enough money on it to create good looking set pieces with armies and monsters a la Lord of the Rings?
the fights are not important, even if they reduced the sword and made the fights more realistic it would be good, the important thing is that they do not change the themes and the characters
it doesnt need any extra pretext. you just show a dude with massive sword swinging it really fucking fast. it becomes believable action because you're seeing it right in front of your eyes. unless the actor is doing a bad job or the scene is poorly setup it would work
1997 is pretty good despite missing some key scenes and missing Skull Knight. I know it still has some issues but its overall a really good adaptation.
I wouldn't mind a live action berserk series if done correctly and have the right people involved but since the MPAA are still around, it probably wouldn't be made unfortunately.
I would like to make a live action short film of Berserk’s “Spring flower of a distant day” chapter. Should I do it anyway or do I need to get the rights first and if so where do I get the rights?
The closest we can get in terms of keeping as close as possible to the manga while at the same time not censoring the graphic parts will be HBO or AMC.
If a live action movie or series was to be made of berserk they would need a director who is a fan of berserk to make sure to get it right in every way
I feel the biggest issue with live action is the art direction being to jarring for live action that it just shatters suspension of disbelief. Manga obviously has a very stylized are direction and that's vital for the medium however if we want the stories to make there way to live action we need to allow directors significant creative control with the visual presentation and I don't think manga fans will allow it. Prime example is the dragon slayer, it would 100% not work in live action and would need to be replaced with a zweihander or something comparable.
For all that Game of Thrones fumbled in its later seasons, it was still a fantastic adaption of the novels. When there were actual novels to adapt, anyway. I think an HBO Live action of at least the Golden Age and a bit into Black Swordsman and conviction would be the absolute best case scenario. They have the budget to bring in the talent and effects, and if you had a team of dedicated writers and directors at the helm who REALLY care about Berserk, it would be great. Also, again looking at GoT as an example, HBO would definitely be able to get away with most of the. NSFW stuff, to put it mildly. There'd definitely be controversy, but as long as it wasn't sensationalized, and maybe more of the excessive sexual assault scenes toned down or removed, I think it could work. Iiiiiiits never gonna happen, of course, and realistically I'm seeing something more akin to the usual bad-cg theatrical films that just kind of. Cram the story into two hour chunks that make the Golden Age trilogy look like the encyclopedia.
ha boofire191 becareful about the live action adaptation of anime some are good & average and some are worst & bad you should check the examples before berserk could be with no holding back nothing and keeping everything with no skipping on the story source materials hi hope by the good emperor of mankind that this doesn't go wrong
Did anyone else think of Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sylvester Stallone dawning the Beserk armor to fight demons with a big ass sword when they heard live action and Beserk in the same sentence?
The industry absolutely WILL NOT allow Berserk to exist in live action without removing content and heavily editing key story areas.
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yeah bro, some scenes, some scenes are not to be shown
Amazon prime MIGHT be able to do something with it. They handled "the boys" pretty well for season 1. I could see them do something with it, I would like them to stick closer to the source material for berserk though.
Like all the blood and gore. Lol. That’s the best part
@@spaceman9459 Well, yes, he does exhibit lashing-out behaviors, which are typical of masculinity. It's, however, whenever he learns to shed that garbage, overcome his traumas, and allow himself to be intimate and vulnerable with others, that he becomes the best man he can be.
Toxic masculinity is not the statement that masculinity is bad; it's that there exists some behaviors which are exhibited most particularly in men, and the behavior is usually born out of masculine pressures to react and respond in certain ways, so as to protect the ego. To take a concrete example: a group of heterosexual men sees two men kissing each other on a bench in the park; the group of men then proceed to assault and harass the two men. Wouldn't this be an example of toxic masculinity?
we should cram the golden age and lost children into a 2 and a half hour movie
-Netfux producer
Noooooo, we need the most proper adaptations of berserk we can get, page by page, detail by detail!
@@PatZalatoris I agree which is why we are going to make Guts a strong transman of color
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They would need asians and more women in the Band of the Hawk besides Casca and Griffith.
@@marvinarthur8705 Nobody cares about asian representation lol
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Disney does with Shang-Chi and Mulan for China, everyone else is misrepresenting *cough* Death Note *cough cough* GITS.
Hollywood would ruin it. I hope they never attempt it. #Berserk
yeah, scrap that idea, even if you say that there is no cultural barrier ere... is still a comic done in Japan, american film makers would miss interpret it no mather the source material.
exactly, no one should even touch Berserk until it's finished, im sick of money-hungry idiots who think they can pump anything manga and expect profit.
No no no hell no hollywood does not need to touch the series.
@Hersh Shorsh Anyone that's interested in #Berserk should read the manga. No need for a movie.
If western filmmakers try to adapt Berserk, then believe me that “wokeness” WILL be driven into it, and it will become the worst thing ever.
Can’t we just get a graphic show with 0 cgi characters and done by an actual studio first
nope
the boys is close
I think you have to start with the Golden Age Arc and let the Eclipse be a huge surprise.
No. Arc 1 fixes everything. Arc 1 gives you hype for future chapters
I get where you're coming from, but the eclipse is built up several times within the golden age, also the dramatic irony of the knowledge of, and existence of apostles in the golden age is heightened exponentially with the knowledge of the black swordsman arc
Of course. As it was told in the Bible(berserk manga)
@@NormalExploiter doesnt arc 1 spoil a little too much with revealing how behelits work? i came into this with the 97 anime and the end was a SHOCKER. wouldnt have been as enjoyable or tense for me if id read that first manga chapter.
@@johnuhjacobs2438 thats a type of writing. It actually was mindblowing the way i knew something is odd with griffith. I was scared because of arc 1. Arc 1 fixes everything
When you will watch it, just put your grasses on - and nothing will be wong.
* cries in clang *
Lol. Such bad engrish. And soooooo out of tune.
@@ponylover2206 Just put your grasses on
Ever since I began reading Berserk, I thought that if HBO learned from Game of Thrones, they could adapt Berserk well.
100% agree
i feel like we need to wait 30 years for the end of the manga though:(
@@johnuhjacobs2438 i mean if they did a live action version they could just leave the show on a hiatus kind of ending where if the manga doesn't finish it would be a satisfying ending
@@hasnainrazzaq9736 true but i cant wrap my head around how you would satisfy your audience with that kind of ending given the questions you would have. i think its a recipe for disaster
@@johnuhjacobs2438 yh i get what you mean but its the best solution, a cliff-hanger with unanswered questions is better then a game of thrones season 8 situation hahahah, plus the questions would get answered eventually
Honestly, some Conan-style shit would be awesome to adapt The Black Swordsman arc and The Lost Children chapter. A series about The Golden Age could also be awesome. It needs to be done by a fan of the manga, and he would need to find budget to make fights and monsters seem good. The problem is, no one wants to provide money for something this violent, so even if it's done it would be censored.
Though, I would love to see some goofy low-budget adaptation made by fans, made like an action movie from the 80's.
it could be the lord of the rings of anime adaptations
Everything would need to be on point...
Writing, Directing, Casting and a great special effects team with the right production company that can afford to back it all $$$. Not to mention producers who're willing to make a faithful adaptation without editing out its darkest themes (gore, rape, abuse, etc)...
If done correctly I believe it has the potential of becoming one of the most impressive Epic films of all time.
It took me 10 minutes to realize I had been baited into watching a video about the history of film in Japan and America.
I'm not even angry.
I am lol
by your standards i'd believe Trigun would make an infinitely better live-action adaptation, not to mention it's actually finished and being directly inspired from Westerns
Not bad, I can honestly see it after reading the manga and watching Alita.
My biggest concern besides all the censoring, and plot they would take out is...who could possibly play Guts well enough
Foam board dragon slayer. “CLANG”
I feel like berzerk could actually do something like the Spartacus series, the second season is a prequel to the first season and they can do that with the black swordsman arc and the golden age arc
I was thinking more like 300
Fr that would work
An HBO live action Berserk series would actually work I believe
I think Denis Villanueve would make a great adaptation. He made an excellent Dune adaptation.
Give him a Budget of a $100 million & put it on HBO and he'll make a great adaptation.
THIS.... is going to be an INTERESTING discussion. On the other hand, they can't butcher it anymore than it already was
Good point. 2016 and 2017 are literally *rock bottom* . Nothing but up from here.... _hopefully_
They can’t seem to get Berserk’s anime perfect, they can’t seem to make live adaptations of manga/anime to work like anime. Might as well try something else then. Can’t say I’m happy that one of the best chances that this’ll work seems to be a “monster of the week” method, but it might work.
One of the key reasons Berserk resonates so much with readers is because of the utter horror you experience from the brutality of the eclipse. You feel the rage, disgust and existential horror and it invests you in the story. I don’t think any studio would be willing to risk the money on an adaptation of that. I don’t even know if I’d want to see a good live action version of it. It would be so visceral and haunting if they pulled it off.
Danny DeVito as Ubik or I’m out...
When I was initially reading Berserk, when I got to the Lost Children arc I thought Berserk was about to go down the same episodic path as Samurai Jack and I was really looking forward to that because of a lot of the things you mentioned.
Eh, given how Death Note and Game of Thrones (I know it isn't a Netflix series) turned out I'd be nervous to hear THEY'D be the ones to tackle Berserk of all things.
It'd be like if Disney wanted to adapt Fist of the North Star
It would need really good special effects to convey Guts' rage and the intensity of his sword swings.
I would have recommended adapting the Golden Age Arc and expanding on the material, like how the original anime did. Least amount of crazy monster VFX sequences, most amount of intense character drama and courtly intrigue. They could even get a couple seasons out of it and build their clout, to leverage for a bigger budget later.
I agree that in theory it would be interesting. However; as much as Berserk is about its characters, there would need to be a sense of character AND plot progression in a Black Swordsman show. Guts has too much history and motive to simply wander aimlessly at a consistently entertaining capacity. He may have spent 2 years doing just that, but the point of expressing that detail is to show how meaningless it ended up being. The reason films like the Dollar trilogy worked is because the protagonist is both mysterious and malleable, his backstory can be changed or not even mentioned cause he’s not technically the same character in every movie. His motives are defined by the situations presented to him, whereas Guts has very set goals even if they cause him to wander.
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The Kreig suit with the Char helmet is glorious.
That’s heresy zeons are traitors that turned away from the light of holy terra
Now I want to see this as a live action series that's hundreds of episodes long.
Lotr isnt a realistic comparison at all. Those are arguably the best films ever made, and we all know berserk would never get the same treatment
EVER?
Yeah nowhere near the best films ever made.
@@greenbayfan915 They were. Still better than even today.
It’s not possible because the industry is too politically correct you can’t current Hollywood won’t allow it
I mean... Griffith is clearly gay to some degree, and Guts/Casca was one of the first interracial relationships in manga.
@@SoI_Badguy Do you consider Griffith gay? Interesting, I always though that he has no interest in sex other than to assert his dominance, as the 2 times he was shown in sexual intercourse
@@Pablo-zx6ki It was more of a joke, but there's def some homoeroticisn between him and Guts of Griffith's end.
@@Pablo-zx6ki he pimped himself out!
@@Pablo-zx6ki It's not out of dominance, but a strategy. He banged the old man to fund The Band of the Hawks, but hated himself after.
If berserk makes a live action,direct it by quinton tarintino
also, while the story would work in live action, you would loose half of what makes erserk great: the art. any yes, it can be adapted, see berserk 1997, or the 2019 vinland saga. It IS possilbe,if the people attached are competent and have a heart for the source material.
Cinematography can do some cool things. I'd actually like to see people try and recreate the shots with a camera.
Playing Elden Ring makes me think it's very much possible
I dunno. Story wise? Sure, fine. Visually though? How do you capture the weight and fluidity of something like the Dragonslayer? Or the freedom of an elf? Or the violence yet innocence of the Lost Children? Also, Guts has such an iconic face to me I have no person that I would pick to play him. They have to have that chiseled jaw line, 6 foot 8 inch frame of pure, lean muscle, and the perfect, spiked, jet black hair. You can’t fake that shit. It’s not unadaptable in anime. It’s just that people suck at doing it.
Dude, your description of Guts makes him like that dream guy woman keep envisioning.
Jacob Elordi would be perfect if he put on more muscle mass, he is 6ft5 and a good actor.
He spent so much time talking abt cinema that i forgot it was a video about berserk live action lmao
People who keep begging for netflix to adapt Berserk are asking for it to be ruined. If its so great, why cant we leave it alone? I promise you anything live action or netflix adapted will be cringe.
Berserk has and always will just need a good anime adaptation done by reasonably competent story-tellers and animators, where all you gotta do is not try to cover the golden age arc for the third time in a row.
to leave out the golden age arc would be the same as skipping any other arc only this one is arguably the most important. besides, it wouldnt be a show just for you. you would need new fans for it to succeed
If they put Amazon prime and the same studio as The Boys can do it bcs they aren't scared of Gore and have decent animation and CGI, what I'm worried about is how would the villains and special effects would look. The easiest things to adapt from berserk to live action are Golden Age arc, Black Swordsman arc and Conviction.
I think a big problem would be, to translate the visual style to film.
You're right, Berserk does often go for a realistic style but not always. Miura has a way of combining abstract art with realism and he also often exaggarates certain features to get a desired effect. I really do not know how one would adapt that without producing a cringefest.
And Berserk is also a work of little words. Rather it's telling it's story through careful crafted scenes and facial expressions. That would also be a challange but managable with subtle acting and amazing cinamatography and music.
Before I watch, I can kinda tell you already it wouldn't. One reason alone. Guts sword. No matter what it won't work. If it were a prop, even a light one, would be too difficult to use for anyone. There's a reason swords never went over 8 pounds or so and were only made so long. They simply aren't useable after a certain length. Sephiroth would be fucked in a hallway for instance, (except he could cut through the hallway probably). Basically the sword would have to be a prop, and it woudl probably look like one. Even with the lightest materials, it would either look bad, or be really heavy. THere are some bigger swords, but they were used by executioners and the like. Had a purpose outside of combat. They shouldn't go for realistic but I'm talking in terms of making the sword fighting look good. Hard to do with a big unwieldly object. There are videos on channels like Skallagrim, and Shadversity that discuss Buster swords if you want more details.
So the alternative is CGI, which almost never looks right. Even good CGI. No doubt all the parts where he swings it around would be CGI anyways, so it'd probably look off. Not saying it can't be done, or hasn't been done well before. They'd probably use a combination, prop for close ups, CGI for fighting. I think the show Arrow did things like that. Another alternative is to give Guts a smaller sword.........BWAHAHAHAHA No, not that.
Storywise, I think you're pretty dead on.
Did you see what Hollywood did to dragonball, Avatar the last air Bender and the Netflix version of death note....no not my berserk I am a 100% against this.
So if the series were to have, say, 14 episodes culminating in a two-part adaptation of the Lost Children arc, it would be really very nice to see the sky get progressively darker in establishing shots, as Guts gets more deeply mired in his lust for vengeance and his desire to run away from his own problems, until suddenly in The Lost Children, we get that iconic shot of Puck, on a background filled with clear, blue sky
start berserk in media res with black swordsman but continue into the millenium arc with the golden age arc being like a side narrative which is slowly revealed til the ultimate central battle
Never ever in a hundred years I’d take a perfect animated adaption by Wit studios though.
I love those movies and yeah a episodic tale from multiple directors could be worthwhile, brings memories of Bixby walking away with the piano theme playing, well great video thanks fer all you do
If there was a live-action it would most likely take place in the UK around England since most of Berserk's settings take place in the Midlands.
Yeah, let's just replace Guts with a trans woman of colour and replace all the blood with green slime so that its PG-13. Also, let's flood it with quirky and relatable Hollywood superstar names who will carry the whole movie on branding alone.
I’m thinking a Witcher-ish directing style with a bit darker and more picturesque focus would be ideal
The Black Swordsman Arc would be perfect for a movie.
Maybe yeah. They would need to put a lot of effort to not make it really cheesy visually tho
As someone who loves film and has studied film. for years now, I can say their is a way to adapted the story not only in tv put in movie format.
My hopes is with Adi Shankar.
Mandalorian-like structure could work for the Black Swordsman arc
Yeah no thanks special effects would start to really look bad u need big budget for that. Far as i know never been a TV Show that animated such fantastical creatures other than game of thrones and they only did 3 dragons whilst mostly focusing on one. That show was also the most expensive to produce show ever. The eclipse the kushan war the Fantasia Arc is too much Effects to handle in aTV show budget. In a perfect world it would work but simply wont in current technology.
Technically the Lord of the Rings show that's currently in production (or maybe pre-production?) is the most expensive show ever produced, or it will be when it comes to fruition.
Thanks for making this awesome video! Your presentation style is always captivating, and the topics you cover inspire conversation. I enjoyed your comment comparing Berserk to Black mirror. An episodic tale that could be adapted and changed would be a great format for Berserk. In some ways, it reminded me of "Kino's Journey", setting up each episode as (nearly) completely separate entries into a journal of adventure.
It could work, but fans want a good faithful anime adaption from beginning to end more than anything, that’s way more important
it should be forbidden to cut animes or adaptations to change the main story, they should bring it in few movies or as a an series but with quallity
I'd like to Guilmello Del Toro try to adapt Berserk. If you've read Trollhunters a Scary book for "Kids"
(Shows Troll Baby in human form get cleaved in half) A book he wrote witch feels awfully inspired
by Berserk and other Fantasy Horror story's he's no doubt a big fan of it.
I've heard alots of people say that if they were able to make a live action version of an anime than berserk would be at the top of the list
So The Black Swordsman A Berserk Story
Thats cool and all bu ... wait ... No no no your skipping patterns :
First we get the amazing well received anime that kicks the series to the mainstream audience.
Then we get the crappy money grabbing shameful Hollywood live action adaptation that abandoned the premise of the entire series.
The biggest issue would be the casting. Since all the characters, have such a distinct look to them. So having them be played by whoever or a big name actor with a distinct look of their own, could be absolutely disasterous.
We start with the black swordsman arc within a one hour episode/pilot
Then we go for golden age
And then we have a one hour season finale in the back half of the black swordsman arc
Season 2 conviction
And season 3 so on and so forth
Boat arc can be a mini season or film inbetween two seasons.
Berserk would be an easy anime to do live action in my opinion compared to some others
Yeah its a medieval fantasy which is done alot in live action Top examples are the tlotr trilogy and game of thrones not including final season.
I would like to see berserk as a live action but I do also agree that the anime version shows it self in a way better
I just wish the show could be brought back to its original 2D form because berserk season 1 was a master peace
Since Game of Thrones ended and The Witcher is doing well on Netflix. I believe Berserk will be a well received Live action series. I don't even mind if they had redone the Golden Arc Saga again. My so hyped just thinking about it!
www.deviantart.com/jti13/art/Berserk-Live-Action-Cast-565423966
Berserk would be great as a live action adaptation but...
they gonna censor the hell outta it. Heck the 1997 anime had to cut out Wyald cos he was too dark and that was 1997 ANIME we're talking about. Obvs in your siggestion Wyald wouldnt show up but still, for modern audiences to consume in a film berserk would have to be censored extremely
Just keep Rian Johnson away from it and we’re good
It happened to Death note
It’s happening to Avatar
Don’t let it happen to berserk
#nomoreliveaction
Don't forget dragon ball
You made a point that Berserk has parallels to the Western genre. But how do you translate a guy chopping people in half with a two meter sword at the speed of lightning into believable live action? Would any studio spend enough money on it to create good looking set pieces with armies and monsters a la Lord of the Rings?
the fights are not important, even if they reduced the sword and made the fights more realistic it would be good, the important thing is that they do not change the themes and the characters
thekillfra di reduced the sword? My guy, you are talking about one of the most iconic parts of guts as a character and you want them to reduce it?
it doesnt need any extra pretext. you just show a dude with massive sword swinging it really fucking fast. it becomes believable action because you're seeing it right in front of your eyes. unless the actor is doing a bad job or the scene is poorly setup it would work
in the manga him swinging that sword is supposed to be unbelievable anyway so i dont understand your concern
Could be coo but before that can we get the anime right 😩
I think he’s saying that we can’t get the anime right, so we should try this.
Colton Williams I feel that
1997 is pretty good despite missing some key scenes and missing Skull Knight. I know it still has some issues but its overall a really good adaptation.
Jensen Ackles would make a great Guts irl
He’s way too old
RIP Miura
I wouldn't mind a live action berserk series if done correctly and have the right people involved but since the MPAA are still around, it probably wouldn't be made unfortunately.
I would like to make a live action short film of Berserk’s “Spring flower of a distant day” chapter. Should I do it anyway or do I need to get the rights first and if so where do I get the rights?
I don't think u need rights if it's non profit
Flashback at berserk 2016.
This is fine meme.
guilmouro dol touro...sorry im mexican and that sound very funny. great video
The closest we can get in terms of keeping as close as possible to the manga while at the same time not censoring the graphic parts will be HBO or AMC.
It's certainly an out-of-the-box idea. I could stop working if executed properly but that's a big if
*I JUST WANT A BERSERK ANIME THAT DOESNT LOOK LIKE A FUCKING CUTSCENE FROM THE PS2 ERA*
Give it To HBO they would definitely has the production to do so
game of thrones exits i believe it’s possible for berserk.
The CGI is strong with this one
Got me at del toro
It's not possible. The suspension of disbelief is just too much. I can't imagine a live action berserk ever being that good
Agree, it is just not possible, most people that want the series to be adapted are too lazy to read the manga
If a live action movie or series was to be made of berserk they would need a director who is a fan of berserk to make sure to get it right in every way
Manificient Seven : Seven Samurai ::
Mad Max : Hokuto No Ken 😀
Id rather them make a decent anime adaptation again before they take a crack at live action
Nah fam. There is no way in the land of the eclipse that anyone can adapt Berserk into live action
samurai jack but it’s Guts and he’s very pissed
I feel the biggest issue with live action is the art direction being to jarring for live action that it just shatters suspension of disbelief. Manga obviously has a very stylized are direction and that's vital for the medium however if we want the stories to make there way to live action we need to allow directors significant creative control with the visual presentation and I don't think manga fans will allow it.
Prime example is the dragon slayer, it would 100% not work in live action and would need to be replaced with a zweihander or something comparable.
Of course it can be, whether or not they have the right people is another story.
For all that Game of Thrones fumbled in its later seasons, it was still a fantastic adaption of the novels. When there were actual novels to adapt, anyway.
I think an HBO Live action of at least the Golden Age and a bit into Black Swordsman and conviction would be the absolute best case scenario. They have the budget to bring in the talent and effects, and if you had a team of dedicated writers and directors at the helm who REALLY care about Berserk, it would be great.
Also, again looking at GoT as an example, HBO would definitely be able to get away with most of the. NSFW stuff, to put it mildly. There'd definitely be controversy, but as long as it wasn't sensationalized, and maybe more of the excessive sexual assault scenes toned down or removed, I think it could work.
Iiiiiiits never gonna happen, of course, and realistically I'm seeing something more akin to the usual bad-cg theatrical films that just kind of. Cram the story into two hour chunks that make the Golden Age trilogy look like the encyclopedia.
ha boofire191 becareful about the live action adaptation of anime some are good & average and some are worst & bad you should check the examples before berserk could be with no holding back nothing and keeping everything with no skipping on the story source materials hi hope by the good emperor of mankind that this doesn't go wrong
The Witcher is working pretty well
Did anyone else think of Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sylvester Stallone dawning the Beserk armor to fight demons with a big ass sword when they heard live action and Beserk in the same sentence?
No. This isn't the 80-90s and Guts isn't 70 years old.
After watching Netflix's The Witcher, Yes! it would totally work!
A good and faithful live action series would need a huge ass budget, just as much if not more than what game of thrones had
Here is a simple answer
N O.
cause alot of parts are gonna get cut out
Iko Uwais could make a good Guts.
Bruce Campbell as guts
We can only hope we good adaptation eventually
as long as it's not made in any California
By the way, where did you find Guts to work as a stuntman for fighting scenes? His sword is unbearably heavy for a human, you know, ex himself.