History Anime / Berserk2016

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''Berserk (2016)'' is a TV anime adaptation of the popular and [[PrintLongRunners long-running]] DarkFantasy manga ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' by Creator/KentaroMiura, which focuses on the grim AntiHero Guts as he quests for {{Revenge}} against his treacherous former best friend Griffith and TheLegionsOfHell that he commands. The two previous animated adaptations, the Creator/OLMIncorporated 1997-98 TV anime ''Kenpuu Denki Berserk'' and the 2012-13 movie trilogy ''Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc'' by Creator/Studio4C, both focused on the manga's famous "Golden Age Arc". Unless you count the [[VideoGame/SwordOfTheBerserkGutsRage 1999]] and [[VideoGame/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho 2004]] licensed games by Yuke's, this is the first adaptation that depicts Guts as the Black Swordsman and serves as a sequel to the Golden Age Arc. '''Warning: This description contains {{Late Arrival Spoiler}}s for those who haven't read the Golden Age Arc!'''

Directed by Shin Itagaki and produced by LIDEN Films, it is animated by studios GEMBA and Millepensee in a hybrid of 2D and 3D animation. Miura himself was the show's executive supervisor involved in all aspects of production, including writing an original scenario for episode 3. Most of the voice actors from the movie trilogy return to their characters, joined by additional voices for newly introduced characters, and Creator/UnshoIshizuka reprises his 1997 anime role as TheNarrator. The music includes an OST by movie trilogy composer Shiro Sagisu, opening song ''Inferno'' performed by 9mm Parabellum Bullet, insert song ''Hai Yo'' (''Oh Ashes'') performed by 1997 anime composer Music/SusumuHirasawa, and ending theme ''Meimoku no Kanata'' (''Behind Closed Eyes'') performed by Nagi Yanagi. An English dub will be provided by Creator/BangZoomEntertainment, and the whole show is legally available [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/berserk here]] on Website/{{Crunchyroll}}.

* AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga, Casca has black hair and fairly dark skin, while the anime depicts her with reddish brown hair and lighter skin.

* BarbieDollAnatomy: Zigzagged in the broadcast version. Female characters such as Farnese and Luca who have nude scenes are drawn or rendered without visible nipples because of TV censorship regulations. However, there are some exceptions. In episode 3, Farnese's nipples do appear in her hand-drawn frames, though they're flesh-colored and hard to notice, and she's shown to have pubic hair. The unnamed female Apostle is even drawn with proper nipples in episode 4. The entire trope will be averted for the uncensored BluRay release.

* CensorShadow: Carefully-placed shadows are used to hide the X-rated bits in the image of Femto raping Casca in the opening credits sequence. Portions of the screen are blacked out in a more heavy-handed manner for certain sexual and gory shots in the TV broadcast, but these will be removed in the BluRay release.

* EnhancedOnDVD: The Blu-ray release of season 1 removed the BarbieDollAnatomy and {{Censor Shadow}}s that had accompanied the TV version, and besides improving the original 2D cuts it also redid some 3D shots in 2D. However, what 3D they didn't replace altogether was largely unchanged.

* EnhancedForDVD: The Blu-ray release of season 1 removed the BarbieDollAnatomy and {{Censor Shadow}}s that had accompanied the TV version, and besides improving the original 2D cuts it also redid some 3D shots in 2D. However, what 3D they didn't replace altogether was largely unchanged.

* AdaptedOut: The Moonlight Child is not introduced in Episode 23, and Schierke frees Guts from the Beast of Darkness' control all by herself.

** The Moonlight Child does not appear during Episode 23, and it is Schierke who frees Guts from the Beast of Darkness' control.

** Episode 21 features a shot of Guts walking where his head and mouth are moving but his body is stiff as a statue from the neck down, and he's just being wobbled around across the screen to give the impression of walking.

* TheStinger: Each episode has a short scene after the end credits roll, usually to set up a cliffhanger for the next episode.
** After the episode 1 end credits roll but before OnTheNext, Guts is briefly show walking through the woods and running into Farnese and her knights, setting up the conflict of episode 2.

* YouAllLookFamiliar: A fair number of CG extras are exact duplicates of each other, particularly the animated corpses and the possessed cultists in the Great Goat Head's cave.

** In episode 23, the camera looks at Isidro from inside a crocodile's mouth at a moment when it looks like he's about to get eaten.

* MouthCam: Episode eleven shows the demon child from the inside of the Egg of the Perfect World's mouth as the Egg prepares to eat him.

Directed by Shin Itagaki and produced by LIDEN Films, it is animated by studios GEMBA and Millepensee in a hybrid of 2D and 3D animation. Miura himself was the show's executive supervisor involved in all aspects of production, including writing an original scenario for episode 3. Most of the voice actors from the movie trilogy return to their characters, joined by additional voices for newly introduced characters, and Creator/UnshoIshizuka reprises his 1997 anime role as TheNarrator. The music includes an OST by movie trilogy composer Shiro Sagisu, opening song ''Inferno'' performed by 9mm Parabellum Bullet, insert song ''Hai Yo'' (''Oh Ashes'') performed by 1997 anime composer Music/SusumuHirasawa, and ending theme ''Meimoku no Kanata'' (''Behind Closed Eyes'') performed by Nagi Yanagi. An English dub will be provided by Creator/BangZoomEntertainment.

* LimitedAnimation: There are some scenes in both 2D and 3D where hardly anything besides the camera is actually moving. Episode 21 is a particularly severe example of limited 3D animation.

* ClipShow: Episode 12.5, released before episode 13, recaps the entire first season in clips with some voiceover by Farnese.

* LimitedAnimation: There are some scenes in both 2D and 3D where hardly anything besides the camera is actually moving.

%%** After receiving a wound on his soul from Slan of the Godhand, Guts is forced to wear the Berserker Armor, a cursed suit of dwarf-made armor that once belonged to the Skull Knight. While it greatly amplifies his already-superhuman physical abilities when active, the downside is that it slowly kills its wearer by piercing their body to suture the wounds sustained by wearing it. Worse, it's indwelled by the Beast of Darkness, which actively seeks to take over Guts and reduce him to a rage-driven monster, and as such functions as a SuperpoweredEvilSide.

The first season aired in 12 episodes from July 1st to September 16th, 2016; watch the season 1 trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAkl2uJEuA4 here]]. The second season is set to premiere on April 7th, 2017; Watch the season 2 trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsyQV7Z57Kc here]].

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Directed by Shin Itagaki and produced by LIDEN Films, it is animated by studios GEMBA and Millepensee in a hybrid of 2D and 3D animation. Miura himself was the show's executive supervisor involved in all aspects of production, including writing an original scenario for episode 3. Most of the voice actors from the movie trilogy return to their characters, joined by additional voices for newly introduced characters, and Creator/UnshoIshizuka reprises his 1997 anime role as TheNarrator. The music includes an OST by movie trilogy composer Shiro Sagisu, opening song ''Inferno'' performed by 9mm Parabellum Bullet, insert song ''Hai Yo'' (''Oh Ashes'') performed by 1997 anime composer Music/SusumuHirasawa, and ending theme ''Meimoku no Kanata'' (''Behind Closed Eyes'') performed by Nagi Yanagi. An English dub will be provided by BangZoomEntertainment.

* ArtEvolution: In Season 2, Guts' CGI model looks noticeably closer to his 2D/manga renditions.

* ArtEvolution: In Season 2, Guts' 3D model looks noticeably closer to his 2D/manga renditions.