History Anime / Berserk2016

* {{Tagline}}: Advertised on Twitter and in the December 2015 trailer with the hook, "Sleepless nights shall begin", referring to the fact that with Guts branded he'll be facing nightly assaults by demons.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Many fans complained that the CG in the first PV looked terrible and jerky. When the thrid PV rolled around, it had reanimimated the scenes with smoother CG and more 2-D animation present. Many rejoyed, but just as many thought Gut's face now looked awful

* {{Tagline}}: Advertised on Twitter and in the December 2015 trailer with the hook, "Sleepless nights shall begin", referring to the fact that with Guts branded he'll be facing nightly assaults by demons.

-> "There's someone I [[RescueArc need to find]], [[{{Determinator}} no matter what]]. [[NominalHero I don't give a damn]] what [[WalkingDisasterArea happens]] to people who try to stop me."

* CompressedAdaptation: The first five episode titles suggest that The Black Swordsman Arc and the Chapter of Lost Children will be almost entirely cut, suggesting that a lot of exposition and backstory is going to be compressed into the first couple of episodes.

[[caption-width-right:350:Counterclockwise from center: [[AntiHero Guts]], [[FairyCompanion Puck]], [[TheOphelia Casca]], [[TheFundamentalist Mozgus]], [[ObfuscatingStupidity Serpico]], [[KnightTemplar Farnese]], [[ArtfulDodger Isidro]]. Mozgus' Torturers in top register.]]

-> [[{{Tagline}} Sleepless nights will begin.]]
-->-- December 2015 [=PV=]

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: The PV featuring "Hai Yo" emphasizes the focus on the corrupting effects of seeking revenge by actually quoting Nietzsche's "He who fights monsters" passage from ''Beyond Good and Evil'', in the original German no less!

This TV anime adaptation simply titled ''Berserk'', consisting of 24 episodes and mainly adapting the ''Conviction Arc'', will air as part of the Summer2016Anime season. The show launches on July 1 at 10:30 p.m. JST on the WOWOW satellite channel in Japan, with MBS, TBS, and CBC beginning their broadcast a week later on July 8th, followed by BS-TBS on July 9th. Crunchyroll is simulcasting the series starting [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/06/27/launch-date-and-regions-announced-for-berserk-anime-on-crunchyroll Friday, July 1 at 7:30am Pacific Time]]. This anime will be directed by Shin Itagaki and produced by LIDEN Films, with animation production by GEMBA and Millepensee. Miura himself will be the show's executive supervisor. The lead Japanese voice actors from the movie trilogy will return, and voices for additional characters including [[FairyCompanion Puck]], [[KnightTemplar Farnese]], [[BattleButler Serpico]], [[OldSoldier Azan]], and [[KidSamurai Isidro]] [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-22/new-berserk-tv-anime-cast-staff-july-premiere-unveiled/.100100 have been announced]]. It will have an original score by Shiro Sagisu, an opening song titled ''Inferno'' by the band 9mm Parabellum Bullet, and an insert song, ''Hai Yo'' (''Oh Ashes''), by Susumu Hirasawa. [[https://youtu.be/Ih2-9HwHlpw Watch the trailer here]].

[[caption-width-right:350:Counterclockwise from center: [[AntiHero Guts]], [[FairyCompanion Puck]], [[TheOphelia Casca]], [[TheFundamentalist Mozgus]], [[ObfuscatingStupidity Serpico]], [[KnightTemplar Farnese]], [[ArtfulDodger Isidro]]. ]]

In 1990, a young ''mangaka'' named Creator/KentaroMiura began the work that would define his career. ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' started as an obscure piece of DarkFantasy focused on a ruthless {{BFS}}-wielding ex-mercenary's quest for revenge against demonkind and his ArchNemesis Griffith, who [[WeUsedToBeFriends used to be his best friend]], but then in 1992 the story switched to ''Young Animal'' magazine and attracted readers with the quality of its ''Golden Age'' storyline. Since then the manga has grown to 38 volumes and counting, with some 40 million copies in circulation. The ''Golden Age Arc'' was adapted first in an anime by OLMIncorporated that aired from 1997–98, and again in 2013-13 by Creator/Studio4C as an animated theatrical film trilogy, but except for two {{Licensed Game}}s produced by Yuke's in [[VideoGame/SwordOfTheBerserkGutsRage 1999]] and [[VideoGame/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho 2004]], there has never been an animated adaptation that went beyond that point in the manga's story. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserk_(2016_TV_series) Until now]].

This TV anime adaptation simply titled ''Berserk'', consisting of 24 episodes and mainly adapting the ''Conviction Arc'', will broadcast in Japan on the WOWOW and MBS channels starting on July 1st, 2016. [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/03/25/crunchyroll-to-stream-berserk-anime-this-summer United States viewers will be able to watch it legally on Crunchyroll]]. This anime will be directed by Shin Itagaki and produced by LIDEN Films, with animation production by GEMBA and Millepensee. Miura himself will be the show's executive supervisor. The lead Japanese voice actors from the movie trilogy will return, and voices for additional characters including [[FairyCompanion Puck]], [[KnightTemplar Farnese]], [[BattleButler Serpico]], [[OldSoldier Azan]], and [[KidSamurai Isidro]] [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-22/new-berserk-tv-anime-cast-staff-july-premiere-unveiled/.100100 have been announced]]. It will have an original score by Shiro Sagisu, an opening song titled ''Inferno'' by the band 9mm Parabellum Bullet, and an insert song, ''Hai Yo'' (''Oh Ashes''), by Susumu Hirasawa. [[https://youtu.be/Ih2-9HwHlpw Watch the trailer here]].

* SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: The June PV ends with Guts swinging his sword at the camera, which on the moment of impact cuts to black with a resounding "THWONG!!!"

Guts, an antisocial mercenary with great fighting ability, used to be a captain in the famous mercenary company, the Band of the Hawk. The man he admired most was Griffith, their charismatic young leader who persuaded Guts to help him realize his dream of winning his own kingdom. There was also Casca, Griffith's dutiful female second-in-command, who resented Guts at first for eclipsing her as Griffith's favorite and for changing Griffith's personality enough that he would risk his dream for someone else. Guts and Casca went from rivals to FireForgedFriends, and grew to love each other even as Guts decided to leave Griffith's shadow so that one day he could stand beside him as an equal. Griffith interpreted this as betrayal, and at the end of a series of tragic mistakes orchestrated by the evil deities known as the God Hand, Griffith used an egg-shaped artifact called the Crimson Behelit to be reborn as the God Hand's fifth member by sacrificing Guts, Casca, and all their comrades in a hellish ceremony called the Eclipse. Guts escaped with Casca through the aid of an undead horseman called the Skull Knight, and they were sheltered by Godo the blacksmith, but Casca had lost her mind as a result of being put through absolute hell by the demons, and their ex-commander in particular, and remembered nothing of her former personality or relationship with Guts. And finally, they were both marked with the Brand of Sacrifice, ensuring that evil spirits would attack them every night until their souls were claimed. Unable to stay with Casca and face the pain of what he'd lost, Guts threw himself into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, girding on the giant [[{{BFS}} Dragon Slayer]] to hunt the God Hand and its Apostles wherever the brand's signals led him.

Guts, an antisocial mercenary with great fighting ability, used to be a captain in the famous mercenary company, the Band of the Hawk. The man he admired most was Griffith, their charismatic young leader who persuaded Guts to help him realize his dream of winning his own kingdom. There was also Casca, Griffith's dutiful female second-in-command, who resented Guts at first for eclipsing her as Griffith's favorite and for changing Griffith's personality enough that he would risk his dream for someone else. Guts and Casca went from rivals to FireForgedFriends, and grew to love each other even as Guts decided to leave Griffith's shadow so that one day he could stand beside him as an equal. Griffith interpreted this as betrayal, and at the end of a series of tragic mistakes orchestrated by the evil deities known as the God Hand, Griffith used an egg-shaped artifact called the Crimson Behelit to be reborn as a god-like being of evil by sacrificing Guts, Casca, and all their comrades in a hellish ceremony called the Eclipse. Guts escaped with Casca through the aid of an undead horseman called the Skull Knight, and they were sheltered by Godo the blacksmith, but Casca had lost her mind from the trauma, and remembered nothing of her former personality or relationship with Guts. And finally, they were both marked with the brand of sacrifice, ensuring that evil spirits would attack them every night until their souls were claimed. Unable to stay with Casca and face the pain of what he'd lost, Guts threw himself into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, girding on the giant [[{{BFS}} Dragon Slayer]] to hunt the God Hand and its Apostles wherever the brand's signals led him.

Guts, an antisocial mercenary with great fighting ability, used to be a captain in the famous mercenary company, the Band of the Hawk. The man he admired most was Griffith, their charismatic young leader who persuaded Guts to help him realize his dream of winning his own kingdom. There was also Casca, Griffith's dutiful female second-in-command, who resented Guts at first for eclipsing her as Griffith's favorite and for changing Griffith's personality enough that he would risk his dream for someone else. Guts and Casca went from rivals to FireForgedFriends, and grew to love each other even as Guts decided to leave Griffith's shadow so that one day he could stand beside him as an equal. Griffith interpreted this as betrayal, and at the end of a series of tragic mistakes orchestrated by the evil deities known as the God Hand, Griffith used an egg-shaped artifact called the Crimson Behelit to be reborn as a god-like being of evil by sacrificing Guts, Casca, and all their comrades in a hellish ceremony called the Eclipse. Guts escaped with Casca through the aid of an undead horseman called the Skull Knight, and they were sheltered by Godo the blacksmith, but Casca had lost her mind from the trauma, and remembered nothing of her former personality or relationship with Guts. And finally, they were both marked with the brand of sacrifice, ensuring that evil spirits would attack them every night until they claimed the souls. Unable to stay with Casca and face the pain of what he'd lost, Guts threw himself into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, girding on the giant [[{{BFS}} Dragon Slayer]] to hunt the God Hand and its Apostles wherever the brand's signals led him.

Guts, an antisocial mercenary with great fighting ability, used to be a captain in the famous mercenary company, the Band of the Hawk. The man he admired most was Griffith, their charismatic young leader who persuaded Guts to help him realize his dream of winning his own kingdom. There was also Casca, Griffith's dutiful female second-in-command, who resented Guts at first for eclipsing her as Griffith's favorite and for changing Griffith's personality enough that he would risk his dream for someone else. Guts and Casca went from rivals to FireForgedFriends, and grew to love each other even as Guts decided to leave Griffith's shadow so that one day he could stand beside him as an equal. Griffith interpreted this as betrayal, and at the end of a series of tragic mistakes orchestrated by the evil deities known as the God Hand, Griffith used an egg-shaped artifact called the Crimson Behelit to be reborn as a god-like being of evil by sacrificing Guts, Casca, and all their comrades in a hellish ceremony called the Eclipse. Guts escaped with Casca through the aid of an undead horseman called the Skull Knight, and they were sheltered by Godo the blacksmith, but Casca had lost her mind from the trauma, and remembered nothing of her personality or Guts. And finally, they were both marked with the brand of sacrifice, ensuring that evil spirits would attack them every night until they claimed the souls. Unable to stay with Casca and face the pain of what he'd lost, Guts threw himself into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, girding on the giant [[{{BFS}} Dragon Slayer]] to hunt the God Hand and its Apostles wherever the brand's signals led him.

Guts, an antisocial mercenary with great fighting ability, used to be a captain in the famous mercenary company, the Band of the Hawk. The man he admired most was Griffith, their charismatic young leader who persuaded Guts to help him realize his dream of winning his own kingdom. There was also Casca, Griffith's dutiful female second-in-command, who resented Guts at first for eclipsing her as Griffith's favorite and for changing Griffith's personality enough that he would risk his dream for someone else. Guts and Casca went from rivals to FireForgedFriends, and grew to love each other even as Guts decided to leave Griffith's shadow so that one day he could stand beside him as an equal. Griffith interpreted this as betrayal by both of them, and at the climax of a sequence of events orchestrated by the evil deities known as the God Hand that could only end in tragedy, Griffith used an egg-shaped artifact called the Crimson Behelit to be reborn as a god-like being of evil by sacrificing Guts, Casca, and all their comrades in a hellish ceremony called the Eclipse. Guts escaped with Casca through the aid of an undead horseman called the Skull Knight, and they were sheltered by Godo the blacksmith, but Casca had lost her mind from the trauma, and remembered nothing of her personality or Guts. And finally, they were both marked with the brand of sacrifice, ensuring that evil spirits would attack them every night until they claimed the souls. Unable to stay with Casca and face the pain of what he'd lost, Guts threw himself into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, girding on the giant [[{{BFS}} Dragon Slayer]] to hunt the God Hand and its Apostles wherever the brand's signals led him.

Guts, an antisocial mercenary with great fighting ability, used to be a captain in the famous mercenary company, the Band of the Hawk. The man he admired most was Griffith, their charismatic young leader who persuaded Guts to help him realize his dream of winning his own kingdom. There was also Casca, Griffith's dutiful female second-in-command, who resented Guts at first for eclipsing her as Griffith's favorite and for changing Griffith's personality enough that he would risk his dream for someone else. Guts and Casca went from rivals to FireForgedFriends, and grew to love each other even as Guts decided to leave Griffith's shadow so that one day he could stand beside him as an equal. Griffith interpreted this as betrayal by both of them, and through a tragic sequence of events orchestrated by the evil deities known as the God Hand, Griffith used an egg-shaped artifact called the Crimson Behelit to be reborn as a god-like being of evil by sacrificing Guts, Casca, and all their comrades in a hellish ceremony called the Eclipse. Guts escaped with Casca through the aid of an undead horseman called the Skull Knight, and they were sheltered by Godo the blacksmith, but Casca had lost her mind from the trauma, and remembered nothing of her personality or Guts. And finally, they were both marked with the brand of sacrifice, ensuring that evil spirits would attack them every night until they claimed the souls. Unable to stay with Casca and face the pain of what he'd lost, Guts threw himself into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, girding on the giant [[{{BFS}} Dragon Slayer]] to hunt the God Hand and its Apostles wherever the brand's signals led him.

Guts, an antisocial mercenary with great fighting ability, used to be a captain in the famous mercenary company, the Band of the Hawk. The man he admired most was Griffith, their charismatic young leader who convinced him to join his dream of winning his own kingdom. There was also Casca, Griffith's dutiful female second-in-command, who resented Guts at first for eclipsing her as Griffith's favorite and for changing Griffith's personality enough that he would risk his dream for someone else. Over time, Guts and Casca became FireForgedFriends and grew to love each other even as Guts decided to leave Griffith's shadow so that one day he could stand beside him as an equal. Griffith interpreted this as betrayal by both of them, and through a tragic sequence of events arranged by the evil deities known as the God Hand, Griffith used an egg-shaped artifact called the Crimson Behelit to be reborn as a god-like being of evil by sacrificing Guts, Casca, and all their comrades in a hellish ceremony called the Eclipse. Guts escaped with Casca through the aid of an undead horseman called the Skull Knight, and they were sheltered by Godo the blacksmith, but Casca had lost her mind from the trauma, and remembered nothing of her personality or Guts. And finally, they were both marked with the brand of sacrifice, ensuring that evil spirits would attack them every night until they claimed the souls. Unable to stay with Casca and face the pain of what he'd lost, Guts threw himself into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, girding on the giant [[{{BFS}} Dragon Slayer]] to hunt the God Hand and its Apostles wherever the brand's signals led him.

* ConspicuousCG: After the movie trilogy which made an attempt to integrate heavy amounts of 3D into a 2D animated series, this show seemingly decides to downplay the clash by using CelShading to produce 3D that is identifiable as such, but has its own aesthetic.

* ConspicuousCG: After the movie trilogy which made an attempt to integrate heavy amounts of 3D into a 2D animated series, this show seemingly decides to downplay the clash by making CG an overt part of the aesthetic.

* ConspicuousCG: After the movie trilogy which made an attempt to integrate heavy amounts of 3D into a 2D animated series, this show seemingly decides to downplay the clash by making it an overt part of the aesthetic.

* CelShading: The 3D characters and objects are filtered through a cel shader to look more like cartoons.

* CompressedAdaptation: The first five episode titles suggest that The Black Swordsman Arc and the Chapter of Lost Children will be almost entirely cut, suggesting that a lot of exposition and backstory is going to be compressed into the first couple of episodes.

In 1990, a young ''mangaka'' named Creator/KentaroMiura began the work that would define his career. ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' started as an obscure piece of DarkFantasy focused on a ruthless {{BFS}}-wielding ex-mercenary's quest for revenge against demonkind and his ArchNemesis Griffith, who [[WeUsedToBeFriends used to be his best friend]], but then in 1992 the story switched to ''Young Animal'' magazine and attracted readers with the quality of its ''Golden Age'' storyline. Since then the story has grown to 38 volumes with 40 million copies in circulation. The ''Golden Age Arc'' was adapted first in an anime by OLMIncorporated that aired from 1997–98, and again in 2013-13 by Creator/Studio4C as an animated theatrical film trilogy, but except for two {{Licensed Game}}s produced by Yuke's in [[VideoGame/SwordOfTheBerserkGutsRage 1999]] and [[VideoGame/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho 2004]], there has never been an animated adaptation that went beyond that point in the manga's story. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserk_(2016_TV_series) Until now]].

In 1990, a young ''mangaka'' named Creator/KentaroMiura began the work that would define his career. ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' started as an obscure piece of DarkFantasy focused on a ruthless {{BFS}}-wielding ex-mercenary's quest for revenge against demonkind and his ArchNemesis Griffith, who [[WeUsedToBeFriends used to be his best friend]], but then the story switched to ''Young Animal'' magazine and attracted readers with the quality of its ''Golden Age'' storyline. Since then the story has grown to 38 volumes with 40 million copies in circulation. The ''Golden Age Arc'' was adapted first in an anime by OLMIncorporated that aired from 1997–98, and again in 2013-13 by Creator/Studio4C as an animated theatrical film trilogy, but except for two {{Licensed Game}}s produced by Yuke's in [[VideoGame/SwordOfTheBerserkGutsRage 1999]] and [[VideoGame/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho 2004]], there has never been an animated adaptation that went beyond that point in the manga's story. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserk_(2016_TV_series) Until now]].

In 1990, a young ''mangaka'' named Creator/KentaroMiura began the work that would define his career. ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' started as an obscure piece of DarkFantasy focused on a ruthless {{BFS}}-wielding ex-mercenary's quest for revenge against demonkind and his ArchNemesis Griffith, who [[WeUsedToBeFriends used to be his best friend]], but then the story switched to ''Young Animal'' magazine and attracted readers with the quality of its ''Golden Age'' storyline. The ''Golden Age Arc'' was adapted first in an anime by OLMIncorporated that aired from 1997–98, and again in 2013-13 by Creator/Studio4C as an animated theatrical film trilogy, but except for two {{Licensed Game}}s produced by Yuke's in [[VideoGame/SwordOfTheBerserkGutsRage 1999]] and [[VideoGame/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho 2004]], there has never been an animated adaptation that went beyond that point in the story. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserk_(2016_TV_series) Until now]].

In 1990, a young ''mangaka'' named Creator/KentaroMiura began the work that would define his career. ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' started as an obscure work of DarkFantasy focused on a ruthless {{BFS}}-wielding ex-mercenary's quest for revenge against demonkind and his ArchNemesis Griffith, who [[WeUsedToBeFriends used to be his best friend]], but then the story switched to ''Young Animal'' magazine and attracted readers with the quality of its ''Golden Age'' storyline. The ''Golden Age Arc'' was adapted first in an anime by OLMIncorporated that aired from 1997–98, and again in 2013-13 by Creator/Studio4C as an animated theatrical film trilogy, but except for two {{Licensed Game}}s produced by Yuke's in [[VideoGame/SwordOfTheBerserkGutsRage 1999]] and [[VideoGame/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho 2004]], there has never been an animated adaptation that went beyond that point in the story. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserk_(2016_TV_series) Until now]].