History Trivia / Berserk2016

** The director chosen for the ''Berserk'' project was Shin Itagaki, who was more well-known for directing lighter fare such as the RapidFireComedy WidgetSeries ''Manga/{{Teekyuu}}''. He had at least directed ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'' (2007), so he wasn't a complete stranger to bloody, demon-slaying action. Nevertheless, he had never directed a 3D anime before, and his determination to replicate the unique and highly detailed aesthetic of the original manga held up the start of production, since his vision ran up against the limited capabilities of Studio GEMBA. Production began in the spring of 2015, when they created the first teaser, but it was not until the project was formally announced in December of that year that Itagaki and the staff actually reached a compromise about what the show would look like. Because he wasn't satisfied with the more realistic first version and wanted to get more of a stylized 2D look, they had to scrap all of the assets they had created for the trailer, and in January 2016 they started making 150 new character models from scratch. They started animating in March--just four months before the show was set to air--and things got worse. It turned out that their hardware couldn't handle rendering the highly detailed character models they had created, and since they didn't have time to work out a better solution, their only choice was to simplify the models. They also had to scrap their plans to use a system called Global Illumination to enhance the 3D backgrounds.

* TalkingToHimself: Creator/ToaYukinari voices both Casca and her demon child, leading to at least one instance where she's playing both sides of the ([[CuteMute admittedly, nonverbal]]) "conversation".

** Ultimately, says May, the overly ambitious proposal combined with Itagaki's perfectionism and the lack of time to work out the technical issues turned the anime into a production nightmare, and the visuals suffered as a result.

* TheOriginalDarrin: Shinji Ogawa, who voiced Void in ''Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc'', passed away in 2015. As a result, the role of Void returned to Unshou Ishizuka.

* TheOtherDarrin: The English dub went for a new cast done by Creator/BangZoomEntertainment instead of the original cast from Creator/NYAVPost. It's unknown why but the only cast members to return to voice the same characters from any of the previous dubs in any form was Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith as the king of Midland, and Gina Bowes as Charlotte, who had voiced the role in the second and third movies.

* TheOtherDarrin: The English dub went for a new cast done by Creator/BangZoomEntertainment instead of the original cast from Creator/NYAVPost. It's unknown why but the only cast members to return to voice the same characters from any of the previous dubs in any form was Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith as the king of Midland, and Gina Bowes, who had voiced Charlotte in the second and third movies.

* TheOtherDarrin: The English dub went for a new cast done by Creator/BangZoomEntertainment instead of the original cast from Creator/NYAVPost. It's unknown why but the only cast member to return to voice the same character from any of the previous dubs in any form was Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith as the king of Midland.

* TheOtherDarrin: The English dub went for a new cast done by Creator/BangZoomEntertainment instead of the original cast from Creator/NYAVPost. So far the only cast member who ever voiced their character before is Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith as the king of Midland.

* RoleReprisal: In addition to replacing Shinji Ogawa as the voice of Void, Creator/UnshoIshizuka comes back to voice TheNarrator.

* TheOtherDarrin:
** Shinji Ogawa, who voiced Void in ''Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc'', passed away in 2015. As a result, the role of Void returned to Unshou Ishizuka.
** The English dub went for a new cast done by Creator/BangZoomEntertainment instead of the original cast from Creator/NYAVPost. So far the only cast member who ever voiced their character before is Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith as the king of Midland.
* RoleReprisal: Because of Shinji Ogawa's death, Creator/UnshoIshizuka comes back to reprise the roles of Void and TheNarrator that he performed in ''Anime/Berserk1997''.

* CastingGag: Schierke is voiced by Creator/MelaLee, who already voiced another CuteWitch named Eva in ''Anime/TweenyWitches''.

* SequelGap: The first anime adaptation to continue the story past the ''Golden Age Arc'' since 1998, making for a gap of about 18 years! Even if you count the video games, it still comes some 12 years after 2004's ''VideoGames/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho''.