Anime Abandon: Berserk

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  • The year closes with one of Sage's personal favorite anime of all time, Berserk. See more anime goodness at www.benthesage....

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  • @cross612
    @cross612 7 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    Berserk 2016 trailer: Noting will be wong.
    Berserk 2017: To rate, is to rate.

    • @bookcoda5506
      @bookcoda5506 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      17 improved i feel like just as 16 was at its worse at the beginning

    • @horaciosi
      @horaciosi 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      *too

  • @lordblueballs7293
    @lordblueballs7293 7 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    For the love of God, Please Read The Manga Ben!!!!

  • @TheDonMarcio
    @TheDonMarcio 7 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    I just wish Kentaro would finish the manga before 2050.

    • @dankbudew4830
      @dankbudew4830 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      There's this joke stating we'd all be dead by the time Berserk ends...

    • @bookcoda5506
      @bookcoda5506 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      or just get back to what happens with casca i could wait longer if i knew casca would finally make a mental return

    • @Cernunnnos
      @Cernunnnos 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The latest chapters are all about Casca. A few members of the group have entered her mind to find the shattered fragments of her psyche and work out what happened to her.
      So, it's looking like she may make somewhat of a return fairly soon. (On the Kentaro scale that is.)

    • @Championmobby
      @Championmobby 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kaiman so, he’ll finish it in 2049

    • @TheMetastasia
      @TheMetastasia 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      bookcoda
      SHe did a mental return 3 chapters ago.

  • @jasonjimerson7046
    @jasonjimerson7046 7 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    "Hell of an ending..." heh, heh, heh! I see what you did there!

    • @TheZephyrsWind
      @TheZephyrsWind 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Literally a hell of one. I didn't see the ending coming when I watched it. Screw that necklace.

    • @JimGiant
      @JimGiant 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My new favorate passtime is watching millennials react to ep 25 and mentally breaking.

    • @brayanargandonaflorentino548
      @brayanargandonaflorentino548 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheZephyrsWind Femto

  • @comixproviderftw_02
    @comixproviderftw_02 7 ปีที่แล้ว +416

    HAAAAAIIIIIII-YAAA-FOOOOOORCES!
    HAAAAAIIIIIII-YAAA-FOOOOOORCES!

    • @jakeleonard7274
      @jakeleonard7274 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ComiXProvider FTW_02

    • @Leinja
      @Leinja 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      HIIII-AAAAA-TUUUUUUS

    • @tyrant-den884
      @tyrant-den884 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Missed the second iiiiii.

    • @ZeldaEd123
      @ZeldaEd123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How that wasn't the show's opening is one of anime's greatest mysteries.

    • @GenAqua
      @GenAqua 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ZeldaEd123 I know, Right?

  • @erickelly1323
    @erickelly1323 7 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    Guts aka Butch Deadlift. God I wish the current run of Berserk was animated in this style instead of the crappy 3-d style they got today.

    • @kaihedgie
      @kaihedgie 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      This barely-animated, practically non-existent style?

    • @damiensuluai8351
      @damiensuluai8351 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      You have to admit, this style did come with its advantages. Because there is little to no animation and the lack of a budget is obvious, time and care had to go into other things, such as plot, character development, and the placement of certain scenes. That way, when the animation does appear, it has more impact overall.

    • @VonTheStampede
      @VonTheStampede 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ikr :(

    • @jenj1184
      @jenj1184 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Damien Suluai You are so naive.

    • @damiensuluai8351
      @damiensuluai8351 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's what this Berserk did. The new one's direction.....I can't even follow it.

  • @elenabermejo1732
    @elenabermejo1732 7 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    I saw berserk and I clicked on it so mf fast

    • @Edgelordess
      @Edgelordess 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm distracted by Elana's icon. All I'm thinking is "Danger Dolan" XD

  • @qumkuatikus
    @qumkuatikus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Rest easy Miyura, you've earned it.

  • @bshpev
    @bshpev 7 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    My reasoning for why griffith bed the princess after guts left is the same reason that a spoiled child breaks a toy that got a scratch on it. His dream got stopped, his reality of being the best got shattered, and he lashed out at his own future and ruined his chances instead of dealing with it and moving forward. Just like a spoiled child that breaks an arm off his action figure and gets so upset that he smashes the rest of it... the face he makes immediately after is full of regret and awareness... same as a kid looking at a smashed toy going "I shouldn't have done that". Because he's a narcissistic, sociopath and that's how they act when they don't get their way.

    • @gaberialangelfire
      @gaberialangelfire 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      THANK YOU for pointing this out. I had looked online and was starting to think I was in some kind of silent minority that saw Griffith as an idiot for this part of the story. A "master" strategist that can plan for anything in advance yet one big hicup in his "flawless" overall plan and he suddenly turns into the brother of Daenerys Targaryen of game of thrones. Someone who cannot adapt to a flaw in their vision never had a chance to begin with.

    • @FakeHeroFang
      @FakeHeroFang 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maui Caui kek

    • @nathanclark2424
      @nathanclark2424 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      PiecesMissing well, a sociopath wouldn't even realize that

    • @christianmcclure8693
      @christianmcclure8693 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      PiecesMissing stop trying to give psycho analysis, he isn't anywhere near a narcissist. Although you did get his child like behavior correct just not in the right context.

    • @SpiderandMosquito
      @SpiderandMosquito 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      PiecesMissing i agree which raises an interesting thought; while Guts leaving greatly crippled his chances to succeed his plans you could argue that there were in fact still chances. But he flipped and actively sealed his fate by doing the biggest, dumbest no-no anyone in his situation could've done. Like a champion chess player making a rookie mistake and then completely loose his cool and flip the table! It's actually kind of funny if not for the fact that *it absolutely totally very much wasn't!!!* XD

  • @dtbzero5909
    @dtbzero5909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Rest In Peace Mr.Kentaro Miura you’ve were truly an extraordinary artist and storyteller.

  • @AtomictheComet
    @AtomictheComet 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    My love for you is like a truck. BERSERRRRRKERRRRR!!

  • @macromondo8026
    @macromondo8026 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    THE *TRUE* BLACK SWORDSMAN LADIES AND GENTLEMANS OF THE INTERNET, GET THAT SAO SHIT OUTTA HERE!

    • @Other_Kev
      @Other_Kev 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Can SAO Abridged stay?

    • @macromondo8026
      @macromondo8026 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      bue OF COURSE, that show is brilliant!

  • @VenomSnakee
    @VenomSnakee 7 ปีที่แล้ว +276

    Griffith did everything wrong

    • @diogobraga6216
      @diogobraga6216 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      the only wrong i see is the lack of the scar at 13:56

    • @xcaluhbration
      @xcaluhbration 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Venom Snake *triggered*

    • @riakun
      @riakun 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He certainly lost the Game of Thrones didn't he?

    • @destroyerofskulls3036
      @destroyerofskulls3036 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      'Wong'

    • @xcaluhbration
      @xcaluhbration 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Destroyer Of Skulls man... I wish I thought of that.

  • @pyromania1018
    @pyromania1018 6 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    Irony: the author of Berserk is a big fan of "moe".

    • @brayanargandonaflorentino548
      @brayanargandonaflorentino548 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Not really, but Kentaro Miura is a huge fan of Shoujo mangas, Because he said that he grew up with it as a kid

    • @zacharypreval3186
      @zacharypreval3186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@brayanargandonaflorentino548 and then he made one of the most manly manga series ever.

    • @animechic420
      @animechic420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@zacharypreval3186 and then he died before finishing his manga.

    • @CannaCJ
      @CannaCJ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@animechic420 we all knew it was going down that way. Even with assistance, drawing those densely packed panels was time consuming, and that’s when he was well enough to draw them. It took thirty years to get where he did. We’re talking Golgo 13, Hajime no Ippo, JoJo. Not a lot out there lasts this long, let alone anything like as visually detailed.

    • @b3rz3rk3r9
      @b3rz3rk3r9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The man liked Shoujo Manga (it's kind of why Berserk has such character depth: he wanted to make a story that had as much character focus -if not, more than the action it had) is a well documented fan of Idolm@ster, and said in one review that his favorite film at the time was Star Wars.

  • @Cernunnnos
    @Cernunnnos 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I think there's much more complexity to Grifith than him simply being a self serving but charismatic sociopath. He genuinely does care about the people and his men. He just takes a much more pragmatic approach to them than we can consider morally acceptable.
    In the actual Manga, you do find that Griffith is trying to save as many people as he can. And I think its safe to argue that the events of the eclipse are much more about his personal pain and feelings of betrayal than simply achieving a goal.
    But he didn't just want Guts as his property, even though that's how he presents the relationship. He was clearly confused about why he cared so much for him, never outright addressing it. But he puts his life and his goal on the line on more than one occasion to save him. Think Zodd and the Hundred men incident. That's why Guts' leaving effected him so much, he lost his closest friend and didn't have the tools at his disposal to either deal with that or express why it mattered to him. Or even acknowledge it.

  • @SirLadette
    @SirLadette 7 ปีที่แล้ว +301

    Griffith did everything wrong.

    • @dromalloma2651
      @dromalloma2651 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Tess Tesla *wong

    • @sumguy0110
      @sumguy0110 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Even when he put his ding dong in the princess?

    • @9Godslayer
      @9Godslayer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That time with the princess was clearly with a strap-on.

    • @diobrando5896
      @diobrando5896 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Griffith had no choice's only illusions of them.

    • @TexasGreed
      @TexasGreed 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Griffith should have just beat off that fateful night

  • @robertbrown1923
    @robertbrown1923 7 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    The manga is better

    • @bookcoda5506
      @bookcoda5506 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Meh i really liked the music and voice which made it better then that part of the manga for me

    • @Foogi9000
      @Foogi9000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No shit

    • @fuzzinator9523
      @fuzzinator9523 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I Disagree

    • @sig757
      @sig757 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      its not just better its a masterpiece in manga storytelling

    • @NefariousDreary
      @NefariousDreary 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes and the sky is blue.

  • @ULTIMATEGMAN47REVeRSElLOgiC
    @ULTIMATEGMAN47REVeRSElLOgiC 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    That is why u read the manga

    • @TheZephyrsWind
      @TheZephyrsWind 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      If a person loves an anime and it doesn't finish, read the manga, period. Very important advice for many anime series.

    • @animechic420
      @animechic420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Reading the manga won’t do anyone any good now….

  • @macromondo8026
    @macromondo8026 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    btw Griffith is one son of a bitch and all you wanna say but he is now one of my favorite anime/manga villains of all time, we need MORE series where the villain's motivations and story are explored, it hurts MORE if you related to them till the end, THAT PAIN HELPS MAKES THE SERIES MORE EPIC!

  • @throttle1000
    @throttle1000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Wait, what? How is Berserk your favorite anime since 2005 but you haven't read the manga????

    • @rossenator101
      @rossenator101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He said it himself he doesn’t have the patience to finish a long running manga, with few exceptions of course

    • @dustincieslik5397
      @dustincieslik5397 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sadly that’s Bennett’s loss

    • @InvertedWIng
      @InvertedWIng 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Then he doesn't like it nearly as much as he claims then.

    • @thomasffrench3639
      @thomasffrench3639 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@InvertedWIng I agree. While you don’t need to read every manga the anime is based on if it’s unfinished, if you claim you love it, then it seems weird.

  • @golgarisoul
    @golgarisoul 7 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    'member book stores?

    • @dr.velious5411
      @dr.velious5411 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Oh! I member! Member Shonen Jump?

    • @WhaleManMan
      @WhaleManMan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      'member originality?

    • @stoneman472
      @stoneman472 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Oh I member!
      Member FYE?!

    • @TehComs
      @TehComs 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      MJ Red
      『 Pepperidge Farm Remembers...』

    • @NEETKitten
      @NEETKitten 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I member!

  • @VenomProject
    @VenomProject 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Griffith did everything wrong, and more.

    • @ashenknight4023
      @ashenknight4023 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He didn't feed the goldfish.

    • @NefariousDreary
      @NefariousDreary 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      He kept playing despasito every other song on the radio station.

    • @mask938
      @mask938 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ashenknight4023 He didn't flush the toilet after using it.

  • @pyromania1018
    @pyromania1018 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I like this anime adaptation a lot more than the one that came out in 2016. Say what you will about the "painting" bits, but the animation seemed to fit more naturally here. The 2016 version had too much ugly-as-all-hell CGI.

  • @jaredohlstein7355
    @jaredohlstein7355 7 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Hey Sage, If you want to experience the complete Journey/Story of Berserk then check out the manga and NOT THE SHITTY CG ANIMATED 2016 SERIES The manga is AWESOME and even if you don't read Manga you at least should read Berserk

    • @Darek_B52
      @Darek_B52 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the latest bit of the manga (I've sadly never read it) where they just make it to that city with Casca in tow. (I'm trying to avoid spoilers but you know the one Gutts thinks will help)

    • @jaredohlstein7355
      @jaredohlstein7355 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      More stuff came out a few months ago Now we're finally at the point were Casca might recover

    • @jaredohlstein7355
      @jaredohlstein7355 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maui Caui
      I tend to focus more on the story and NOT the horrible things that happen in the story

    • @CornishCreamtea07
      @CornishCreamtea07 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree you should read the Manga, however when you read it is debatable. Because once you catch up, you've got a lot of waiting to do.

    • @bookcoda5506
      @bookcoda5506 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought the CG was fine its a more comfortable if slightly worse way to experience the continuing berserk storyline.

  • @jeffreyingenito5534
    @jeffreyingenito5534 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    the same people who did pokeman also did this

  • @infiniteammo217
    @infiniteammo217 7 ปีที่แล้ว +213

    Hate to be a critic, but Im kind of amazed that you completely glossed over the epic speech that Griffith gives to Charlotte about who he would consider a "true friend" . The speech itself along with Guts overhearing is maybe the most important part of the arc, its literally the reason Guts decides to leave. You worded it like Guts got bored/disenfranchised and decided to leave, thats not really the case. Its important for many reasons but one of my favorite aspects of this decision is that Guts really thinks he is doing the right thing, and his intention is to become someone that Griffith calls a true friend, and as the saying goes, good intentions pave the road to hell, or in this case an eclipse.

    • @arshkundal4375
      @arshkundal4375 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      The review is very poor.

    • @aramkaizer7903
      @aramkaizer7903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This review mediocre

    • @Usammityduzntafraidofanythin
      @Usammityduzntafraidofanythin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Griffith: Charisma 18, has a million 'friends', but doesn't really consider anyone a friend.
      Guts: Charisma 8, just needs ONE FRIEND
      Feels bad man.

    • @Jakosaccount
      @Jakosaccount 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      First thing I thought when I watched this video

    • @gregorymitchell6292
      @gregorymitchell6292 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think that Griffith did see Guts as his equal and a true friend. I think they both just misunderstood each other. Guts thinking that Griffith didn't see him as a "true friend" or equal. Griffith depended on Guts to carry out multiple behind the scenes schemes and keep it a secret from the rest of the band of the hawk. You wouldn't tell a friend a secret or ask them to do you a favor let alone depend on them in times of need but a true friend and confidant is someone you can trust completely. This is how Griffith in my opinion saw Guts; however, Guts didn't realize that. The conversation with Charlotte led to Guts misunderstanding and at the same time Griffith didn't acknowlwedge Guts as a true friend at this point. He had everything a man could ever want yet that one mishap caused his downfall. For these reasons this is why I believe they both fell short of realizing they both already had what they desired. The irony is that Griffith lost all of that over the course of one night after years of climbing to the top. I think Griffith realized it more than Guts his pride just wouldn't let him say what he truly felt so he thought he would subdue Guts like he did in the past. I think Guts may have possibly stayed if Griffith would have said I can't let you go because I see you as a equal, a true friend. Then again Guts may have left anyway. I love this anime it is incredible.

  • @spyrotamer
    @spyrotamer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    Ugh, I'm a little salty that he barely talked about Casca who's HELLA important to the series. 😒

    • @OMartinez91
      @OMartinez91 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I think he wanted to talk about the series overall and not to focus too much on the characters unless it was needed

    • @TrumpCardMAGA
      @TrumpCardMAGA 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Unless that female Humpty Dumpty gets herself back together again, of something finally slices up that potato and fries her in oil with a side of ketchup I can't say why she's "hella important". What's worse than another hiatus? A hiatus in the middle of a Casca arc...

    • @bookcoda5506
      @bookcoda5506 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes im stuck on the damn cliffhanger of what will happen in her mind

    • @fuzzinator9523
      @fuzzinator9523 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Dream The Endless she is a hella important character he might as well have been the only thing that kept guts from going crazy after the eclipse

    • @JeffPenaify
      @JeffPenaify 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dream The Endless dude im loving the current arc. Casca is such a great character im so hype to see her come back. If she doesnt and stays crazy after this i cant follow the series anymore and will just gobble it up if/when it finishes. Too nihilistic imo

  • @DoomRater
    @DoomRater 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "claymore" It's a greatsword. You can't use normal longsword techniques with it, not even GUTS can use longsword techniques with it.

    • @pramiltonblarpus1873
      @pramiltonblarpus1873 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean it depends what you mean by techniques because all the basic cuts (fendenti/sottani/mezzani or oberhauen/unterhauen/mittelhauen) are all doable even with a greatsword, not to mention thrusts. Yeah maybe some German stuff would be hard to do but a lot of the fundamentals are the same for a sword that has two sharp edges that is held in two hands.

  • @knightghaleon
    @knightghaleon 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I told my friend to watch it starting from episode 2 and finish with episode 1. She loved it.

    • @bul13ts
      @bul13ts 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I personally disagree with that approach. Seeing the Behelit in the hands of the snake demon helps to mystify it later on and adds an aura of impending doom to the rest of the series once you see it around Griffith's neck. It heightens of tension of every battle, every royal scheme and strange encounter to know that sooner or later the story of the Band of the Hawk is destined to end in blood and horror. It's essentially the opposite of plot armor.

    • @b3rz3rk3r9
      @b3rz3rk3r9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      While I think that the first five should've been the full Black Swordsman arc in order to better get the idea that Golden Age is a flashback and better create the curiosity of "Why is he the way he is," I still think it's better to start off with episode one because it's the foundation of what the story becomes, as the other episodes are still a flashback. This would be better explained by having Puck be there, as it can be taken many ways as to why the flashback is there. He could be thinking back to remember why he fights, trying to soothe himself by remembering better days, or even just explaining to Puck as to why he's fighting.
      Plus, I feel that having episode one be the final episode, as it is now, is made pointless by the same issue that people have with the start of the series but in reverse. I know that most people watch Black Swordsman last because of a perceived better flow of conscience, but you'd essentially finish off the story with that flashback to where you started; just making the same problem you had at the beginning be given a different issue with the same result.

  • @Prime92
    @Prime92 7 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    I would love to know Sage's thought on Berserk 2016/17.

    • @MmaSmarty87
      @MmaSmarty87 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      "They're Crap!"

    • @DigiAkuma
      @DigiAkuma 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Would've been great if the animators laid off the CG a bit more. Used once or twice is okay, but after a while it was an eyesore. The three movies were okay visually. At least they balanced it well enough. But then TV seasons come around, "Hey guys, know what'll make our seasons look more spectacular? MORE CG & LESS HAND DRAWN! .......Oh Hell No!

    • @a.f.watcher8898
      @a.f.watcher8898 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Let's just say the new Castlevania show is everything the new Berserk should have been.

    • @brady_6692
      @brady_6692 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Prime92 you already know hes gonna say its crap

    • @halflifeger4179
      @halflifeger4179 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Absolute garbage.

  • @SLocoKnight
    @SLocoKnight 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    #prayforcasca

  • @LowellLucasJr.
    @LowellLucasJr. 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The brooding, cold character with a big sword is an archetype that Guts' created which inspired Clouds.
    Also keep in mind this was a tv series back in 1997 and the manga is still running. There is quality in this traditional hand drawn series vs its ugh.....current version....
    Last note:
    The creator WANTS you to know Griffith is evil. He just wants you to discover why

    • @izukumidoriyaisssss3049
      @izukumidoriyaisssss3049 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agreed. I already knew all about the eclipse before I read the manga. Because I knew the anime cut things. And I thought griffith always planned to sacrifice the band of the hawk to become a Demon. I had no idea he was basically fucked if he didn't do it. So it added a lot more to my opinion of him

    • @ViewTube_Emperor_of_Mankind
      @ViewTube_Emperor_of_Mankind 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Reading this comment made me sad in 2022..

  • @queenofpheasants3435
    @queenofpheasants3435 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    This anime traumatized me.
    But I love it.

    • @lonchaneyslover7635
      @lonchaneyslover7635 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This anime made me a better man.

    • @mask938
      @mask938 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you thought the anime was dark, you won't be prepared for the manga. There was a lot of fucked up shit in the manga that was omitted from the anime.

  • @randomindividual9338
    @randomindividual9338 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You watch the first episode, you think "that's neat, but where are they going to go from here"? The second episode, you're like "Sure, I'll give it a chance". The body of Berserk is half all right. But the ending... has you screaming "I Want MORE!!!".

  • @OzzieAstaroth
    @OzzieAstaroth 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    And lets not forget the awesome and very funny outtakes from the dub on DVD. lol

  • @runnercomet9191
    @runnercomet9191 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    funny enough, when they released movies without intro establishing supernatural things we had most of new viewers bashing series for "randomly turning into some high fantasy crap". And that's exactly the purpose of first story arc in manga and first episode in old anime - establish that this story is going to turn into high fantasy and than cut to low fantasy with slow build.

    • @GenghisCalm692
      @GenghisCalm692 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a brilliant point you make

  • @johnnysasaki
    @johnnysasaki 7 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Sage says it's his personal favorite anime,but he never even brings up the manga,not even to say that the story continues there.Does he even have an opinion on the manga and it's post-eclipse stuff?it's kinda hard to believe that you are a Berserk fan ,but completely ignore the manga.

    • @Asahamana
      @Asahamana 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sage said that he doesn't really read that much manga except The Love Hina and Trigun.

    • @johnnysasaki
      @johnnysasaki 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Asahamana I know that,buthe should really change that with Berserk.It had that issue of having many volumes with many of them out of print and pricey,but they all have recently been digitally released.

    • @Odinsday
      @Odinsday 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I mean if you love the anime but haven't read the manga there is something wrong with you.

    • @darKILLusionnn
      @darKILLusionnn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nintendoluigi you can like it, but without reading the manga, you can't call yourself a Berserk fan. The manga is a masterpiece that the anime* can't really* compare to.
      *Edited for typos.

    • @jadafun
      @jadafun 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hate the 'you're not a *real* fan unless you've watched *and* read it' argument. Why can't someone just prefer to only watch/read, and still be considered a big fan?

  • @deek8585
    @deek8585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You do know the series was never completed right?The show only covers a small part of Berserk and gets way better as it goes on, you should read the manga because it is really good. You probably have by now because this videos 2 years old but in case you haven’t you should

  • @TheFineKey
    @TheFineKey 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I say this to everyone
    Berserk is one of those shows that needs to be fleshed out and fully told ... like one piece u would hate it if it was cut short before they got deep into the story.. my advice is to read the berserk manga and appreciate the animation of the show .. the manga is way better and depper

  • @MakiPcr
    @MakiPcr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Griffit looses his mind because Guts leaves him and you're calling that "subtext"?

  • @ivansotelo4622
    @ivansotelo4622 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    let's all pray for a david productions adaptation in the future

  • @GenAqua
    @GenAqua 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I didn't get into/ know about Anime until 10th grade. My friend Chelsea introduced me to it. And I found out about Berserk from Hbi2K's Berserk Abridged. I love the ost Berserk Forces, by Susumu Hirasawa.

    • @nightmarefanatic1819
      @nightmarefanatic1819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Berserk Abridged is one of the best Abridged Series. The ending is awesome.

    • @razorburn645
      @razorburn645 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's how I got into Berserk as well. I still love how he handled the eclipse.

  • @isaacdebeila8085
    @isaacdebeila8085 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    berserk is solid 9/10 show with its only weakness being the budget and first episode lol...

  • @otaha1988
    @otaha1988 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You should do the jojo stardust crusade from the 1980s

  • @FakeHeroFang
    @FakeHeroFang 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just gotta say it; if you're interested, please do yourself a favour and read the manga. I think the golden age trilogy was fine, but no adaptations really do it justice. Miura's art seemingly cannot be successfully grafted well onto any other medium. That and well, like 90% of the manga isn't adapted anyways, so you don't really have a choice.

  • @rabbani3094
    @rabbani3094 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Guts is great tactically while Griffith is great strategically. Griffith draws out the sum of the whole. Guts just helped accelerate the Band's progress.

  • @skolnutz
    @skolnutz ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You have to read the manga. That’s kind of the point. The manga is literally a work of art. This anime is not the most faithful adaptation, they left many important characters out of it like skull knight.

  • @TedShatner10
    @TedShatner10 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The animation is poor in parts and they overuse still tableaus, though it's got very good character/location designs and Sage is a bit overcritical of the animation when it's good enough in pivotal scenes (sometimes stunning). It's obviously not as consistently polished and fluid as other mid to late 90s animations like Cowboy Bebop and Kenshin Rurouni, and dwarfed by the likes of Ghibli and Disney, but no more abysmal than Trigun's animation.
    EDIT- in fact the washed out visuals and slightly rough animation seems suited to the fantasy Late Medieval/Renaissance setting and bleak story arc.

  • @TheNeoLoneWolf
    @TheNeoLoneWolf 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Finally, this is the episode I've been waiting for!

  • @finalbreath15
    @finalbreath15 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The '97 anime is all it needed to be if you ask me. Nothing can possibly match the manga, so '97 anime it is. Gave me everything I needed, and prepared me for a deep dive into the manga for added details and continuation.

    • @thomasffrench3639
      @thomasffrench3639 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I just read the manga. I don’t really plan to watch the Berserk anime

  • @hennyzhi2261
    @hennyzhi2261 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Watching old Ben here not recognizing the point of a tragedy (which is why the opening is crucial and not something irrelevant as he says) is painful. But it's still a decent review of an amazing IP.

  • @animeAJproductions
    @animeAJproductions 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The anime was produced in 1997, not the 2000s. The manga was started in 80s. Guts was the inspiration for Cloud, including that massive Buster Sword. Naruto and One Piece were not contemporaneous.

    • @animeAJproductions
      @animeAJproductions 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      8 minutes in and I wonder why you're not discussing the problems with the production of the first series. All the criticism you give to English dubbed anime makes me wonder why you bother watching dubs instead of subs.

  • @arpi7
    @arpi7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    WHY AM I GETTING THIS RECOMMANED??!? AFTER YEARS...

  • @FumblsTheSniper
    @FumblsTheSniper 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I feel incredibly sorry that they like this anime so much but have not read the manga. A lot of plot threads are going right over his head.

  • @monev44
    @monev44 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "satisfying ending" har har, nice joke you got there.

  • @trap8798
    @trap8798 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would say, "Well the story is being told according to the manga's order" but to be fair if they were going to just cover Golden Age, just cover Golden Age.

    • @thomasffrench3639
      @thomasffrench3639 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep, people claim “it’s the same as the manga” but that’s not an excuse. It’s a flaw

  • @johndavidtibbetts7320
    @johndavidtibbetts7320 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Berserk just isn't berserk without everything that comes after where this anime leaves off. Without it, what happens to Casca at the end of the anime ceases to be in service of the story's central theme of trauma and how we react to and, with luck, overcome it, but instead just pointless, sexist cruelty.
    That is why, to me, Miura's original manga is unmatched
    RIP Kentaro Miura. Your work testifies to what we as a species has within us to accomplish. Rest in glory.

    • @quentingray643
      @quentingray643 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree that's why I kind of hated the 25th episode of berserk. Because the real story is the trauma of Guts and Casca go through afterwards. Simply ending on the eclipse was a bad move I believe. It was enough to get the audience interested in the manga but it killed the overall anime to me.

  • @KaoticReach1999
    @KaoticReach1999 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think Bennetts second observation is the most likely option on why Griffith did what he did with the Princess, not caring about the consequences because of his headspace.
    He wanted to regain some sort of misguided manhood, almost in the way that people will act differently to "compensate" after losing someone in their life that is no longer there for various reasons.
    Hell even by the way he first reacts it's immediately clear he didn't know just the gravity of the situation he was in.
    RIP Miura, you're a legend that is gone but never will be forgotten.

  • @felldoh9271
    @felldoh9271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for the video because any Berserk exposure is good. I just don’t get why people choose the dub over the sub though.

    • @dwainsimmons3447
      @dwainsimmons3447 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because it’s got Mike Pollock, Marc Dirason, and Carrie Keranen.

  • @whothewu
    @whothewu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The genealogy of Berserk’s influences is very interesting and incredibly varied, including Fist of the North Star, Devilman, and shojo manga like Rose of Versailles. I even found an interview where Miura cites an old BL manga as an influence for the Golden Age arc.

  • @RawHunterX
    @RawHunterX 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I got hooked into this anime since the vert first episode. And since then, I have checked everything possible Berserk wise (including the entire manga, the animated movies, season 2016-17, video games and others such as all 5 Souls games). And if you ask me, I think episode one is the best and always find myself rewatching, I freakin love it as it showcases the best things in Berserk: Guts killing monsters and revealing his dark past. But I guess I should also state that I found "The Black Swordsman" arc as the most badass part of the entire series. (And I also love "The Golden Arc Age")

  • @BASS131
    @BASS131 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always recommend to watch the first episode last when telling people about this series

  • @EgaoKage
    @EgaoKage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It is unlikely that Griffith would be "diagnosed" with secondary clinical psychopathy (sociopathy). It's possible that his psychopathic traits would rise to the level of a pathology.. Though, if they did, that pathology would likely be primary psychopathy. More likely still; Griffith would almost certainly qualify for a diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder, with grandiose tendencies. As well as very strong machiavellian traits (there is no official diagnosis associated with that pathology), and strong traits from primary psychopathy. In short, a personality unofficially known as the "dark triad". Narcissism is rooted in a near-unwavering delusion which centers on one's self. His (quite literally) possessive attitude towards those under him, as well as his reaction to losing his duel with Guts (when Guts attempt to leave his service and go his own way) are both precisely the reactions one would expect from a person suffering from sever grandiose narcissism. While it is true that (up until the point when Guts leaves) Griffith was willing to elevate those who were aligned with his goals...his remaining above them was (to him) a foregone conclusion. He elevated them, to elevate himself higher still...

  • @itchyfishxd4101
    @itchyfishxd4101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I actually think the animation works in the shows favour. The berserk manga is very "painting" like and it's some of the best manga art I've ever seen. I feel that no amount of animation could live up to that so the very detailed stills in the show are the best way to showcase the art and style of the series.

  • @cawabunga360
    @cawabunga360 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What this show lacks in hight budget animation it pretty much makes up for it in everything alse. It focuses more on the emotions of the characters and why they are fighting and the stakes involved. It doesnt have the best looking/choreographed scenes but it doesnt have because they "feel" so hype. You the characters are of flesh and bone and as fragile as anyone. They could die a brutal death at any moment with the cut of an artery. Also the world itself seems so cruel and unforgiving. Everything has a consequence and nothing trivial so the setting is so impactful. The music takes the show over the edge giving even more emotion to everyscene and isnt pretentious sounding just very raw and stricking. They focused on the characters which is what really mattered. Guts is a perfect blend of really competent and strong but not to strong to where you desperation when he is hurt and roughed up. Casca is amazing and griffith so perfect but so flawed for guts. Theh make a pwrfect love triangle. The anime cut back on the gore and sexual violence just enough to not make it about that and rather "hinted" lots of things for the sake of a more streamlined story telling. The main characters look very well drawn and human like. The show changed me.

  • @FancyRPGCanada
    @FancyRPGCanada 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I want Sage to review the new 2016 series so bad! That series is so bad!

    • @TheZephyrsWind
      @TheZephyrsWind 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh man it was bad. I wanted the old art style and they made it completely CGI.

  • @CarlosGomez-nb1rp
    @CarlosGomez-nb1rp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If Berserk's animation were mixed AoT, OPM S1, Another, and Akame Ga Kill...

  • @r-saint
    @r-saint 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I urge people to watch Berserk I always say to start with the 2nd episode.

  • @nathanchildress5596
    @nathanchildress5596 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you’ve read Berserk, then you hate the anime. The manga is so gorgeous that a budget anime could never compare. If you’ve read Berserk, it’s probably one of your favorite series ever

  • @CounterClaws
    @CounterClaws 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "PUT YOUR GRASSES ON, NOTHING WILL BE WRONG!" Why must you lie to me intro!

  • @Enigma2K99
    @Enigma2K99 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fine... he can't have a happy ending. Will you at least let him fucking decapitate Femto?!?!?
    This anime is depressing as shit.

  • @zetram01
    @zetram01 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "It's like if the story started with Walter White in his cabin"
    I'm assuming this was made before Better Call Saul

  • @Prawnsacrifice
    @Prawnsacrifice 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Funny this is how I felt back in 2014 when I too felt anime was too cuties I much prefer these hand drawn dark shows

  • @RawbeardX
    @RawbeardX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Griffith's motivation was "I need to get to the part of the plot where I am evil, lol"

  • @TruculentRuminavi
    @TruculentRuminavi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i Disagree with you on pretty much everything. THe first episode was crucial in peaking peoples interest on the series. I almost quit this series were it not for episode 1 and 5. The proof is the fact people who made it knew they had to put it in first instead of going straight to episode 2 and so on.

    • @quentingray643
      @quentingray643 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I do kind of agree because in the original manga it starts with a black swordsman arc which helps people lead into the Golden age arc. And after the events of the eclipse the first episode especially important

    • @lain5858
      @lain5858 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's just a adptation from manga anyway. If people really want to know the complete story then just read the manga.
      Some people (like this dude in the video) forget the fact that most anime is just made to sell more mangá.

  • @Jebeling710
    @Jebeling710 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “Animated poorly” still better than the new berserk.

    • @viktorriquelme3735
      @viktorriquelme3735 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      True, and man The animation from The 90s version still looks Amazing

  • @thedude3065
    @thedude3065 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    he mentioned nightmare from soul calibur
    flash forward to death battle
    coincidence?
    probably

  • @Orsonfoe
    @Orsonfoe 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loved how the made the first epsiode. seeing that then the past i was wonder wow everthing come about how it did. even more so with how monster were real. I first thoguht it was going to be basic fantasy world but it showed that monster and demons were just myths to every one. also compaired to the new animation for the new show and movies i prefer the watercolor stills. the new one cant saty focus jumps around and zoom in way to much so you cant see the actions. the old version fits the manga with the great details to scenes and tell more of the story.

  • @Zero8764
    @Zero8764 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you think the sword he wielded in the Golden Age arc was big?? -laughs in Dragon Slayer-

  • @MaddJakd
    @MaddJakd ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dare I say, like JoJo and Hunter X Hunter, Berserk seriously deserves a proper, modern remake.

  • @blazingyuki7682
    @blazingyuki7682 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    guts goes through nothing but pain and death ever since he was an infant, raped as a kid, betrayed by his own best friend, his only love damaged in the head and even battling the demon within himself and yet he still goes on living, anyone else would've killed themselves or died in battle.

  • @darKILLusionnn
    @darKILLusionnn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please tell me you've read the manga as well. As good as the anime is, the manga unimaginably better.

  • @Kaiju17
    @Kaiju17 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should check out Beast in Black, their first album is basically a love letter to Berserk

  • @Kurtsg10
    @Kurtsg10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This and Claymore were the last animes I watched before I lost interest in the genre. The Berserk theme is awesome and my favorite anime theme.

  • @zezuntxiduntxi
    @zezuntxiduntxi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the manga is a legitimate masterpiece.

  • @nickthompson318
    @nickthompson318 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The mid 2000s are the reason I stopped watching anime for years.

  • @MsAbixxx
    @MsAbixxx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I thought Guts wanted to become Griffith's equal because he wanted to truly become Griffith's friend.
    Guts and Casca overhear Griffith talking to princess Charlotte and Griffith says that only those who are his equals are his friends.
    This helps Guts motivate himself into becoming an equal worthy enough to stand by Griffith's side. Unfortunately, the act of Guts leaving leads to the downfall of Griffith and his Band of the Hawks. It shows that, in actuality, Griffith truly does care about Guts as a friend. His bond with Guts is probably the closest thing Griffith has ever had to feeling an emotional connection with someone, I'd even go as far as to say it is the closest thing he has ever felt to love.
    But Griffith himself does not realise this. This is because Griffith suppresses everything and does not try to form emotional attachments to other people, but he is distraught when Guts leaves and he himself does not understand why he feels this way because he has never felt this before.
    He feels he has lost control and that's why he goes to sleep with Charlotte, to regain some form of control.
    Guts leaves to become Griffith's equal and become his true friend, when in actuality he was Griffith's true friend already. Both of them never realised it and it leads to tragedy.

    • @bookcoda5506
      @bookcoda5506 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Griffith is in love with guts but guts is straight (especially after his childhood IE raised by women at young age all pain and hardship that he experienced was by men (raped injured almost killed) which continued well into his teenage years). Guts cares for casca as he can respect/relate to her personally as well as the kindness and the fact that he is attracted to her. Casca idolizes and is in love with griffith which angers guts as she repeatedly throws herself at griffith only for him to turn her away as again griffith is gay. Guts left as with no more battles to fight he has no way to become equal with griffith as violence is all guts has ever known and he needs to find himself as his own person rather then languishing with no purpose in somewhere where he feels he does not belong. Griffith trying to fill the hole that losing guts has caused in him accelerates his plan to sleep with the princess resulting in his capture and torture. griffith probably knew guts was not attracted to him in that way which is why he kept him close being satisfied that guts is nearby as long as guts wasn't with someone else.
      You could even theorize that what set him off might have been him somehow finding out about guts and cascas relationship thus some of the events of the eclipse.

    • @MsAbixxx
      @MsAbixxx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      bookcoda
      I personally don't view Griffith as gay, but if the theory was true and he did indeed care for Guts in a romantic way then I would be okay with that.
      I just think that his emotional attachment to Guts is the most emotion he has ever felt about anyone ever. Two guys can love each other as friends, it doesn't have to be romantic. He just has so little experience with it that he doesn't know what it is and how to act on it. Plus, he feels that emotional attachments could make himself seem weak. Which is why he never lets his anger or disgust show when he whored himself out to that gross lord. The cracks in his facade showed a little, but ultimately he suppressed it like he does everything else.
      Love comes in many forms, it isn't always romantic, I can see the logic that Griffith might be in love with Guts, but personally I think Guts is the person Griffith let come closest to him. A true friend he never realised he already had and destroyed that bond himself.

    • @Orsonfoe
      @Orsonfoe 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I dont think grifith would see guts as an equal unless he left. grifith said is equal would be some one who fights for the own dream sake not any one elses. as long as guts was fighting for grifith he wouldnt be able to fight for his own dream, or even fidn it.

    • @MsAbixxx
      @MsAbixxx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Orsonfoe
      A very good point.
      Griffith likes being depended on, he likes being the leader and he likes being the source of admiration for people. The thought of one of his own soldiers leaving him to peruse their own dreams is inconceivable to him.
      Guts leaving him is probably the first time he has ever been rejected. That, coupled with the fact that he unknowingly cares for Guts and doesn’t want him to leave, sends Griffith into a downward spiral.
      Because his soldiers “belong” to him, none of them could be his equal. If they tried to be then he would not allow himself to be rejected.
      Guts is the only one to ever do so.

    • @Orsonfoe
      @Orsonfoe 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      MsAbixxx. I think it's more to do with guts than an ordinary soldiers. But guts did flat out beat him to move on. Grifith is not usr to losing and he already by ghost as huged stress to win non stop.

  • @maxpops8427
    @maxpops8427 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    RIP Kentro Miura

  • @alexanderstilianov
    @alexanderstilianov 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's funny that young Guts almost butchered Corkus.

  • @RabbitHole20
    @RabbitHole20 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    11:07 Hi Eggman from Sonic X, never expected you to be here in Berserk?

  • @smjaiteh
    @smjaiteh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The best way to watch the series is to start at Episode 2 and watch Episode 1 right after the ending. Perfectly circular and self contained.

  • @linked2dio377
    @linked2dio377 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The 2016 CGI is garbage. Though the movies were alright

  • @alexhansen8937
    @alexhansen8937 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m not going to say he is wrong but the show was trying to follow the manga not an independent show

  • @ClintonArledge3283
    @ClintonArledge3283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gr8 story. But the manga is so much better, still ongoing.

  • @Inlelendri
    @Inlelendri 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I appreciate the consideration of spoilers, I honestly and truly do. Now if only everybody else in the anime community had had the same courtesy and consideration. But thank you for it regardless! :D

  • @NovelPilot01
    @NovelPilot01 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    how they could have handled the first episode was make it the last episode

  • @thezenitsufan1249
    @thezenitsufan1249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I miss Gabe on the show. What happened to him?

  • @djsharky3822
    @djsharky3822 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    How did Gabe get his eye back?😈

    • @TheBattlesword
      @TheBattlesword 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      DJ SHARKY this was before his Ghost in the Shell 2 review

    • @LION0410
      @LION0410 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He Sacrificed *

  • @Vorteksio3
    @Vorteksio3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    22:23 you have cut off a bit of audio there. What were you going to say?

  • @scaryshait1492
    @scaryshait1492 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's a 90's anime... What do you expect?