History Trivia / Berserk2016

** The idea of making a 3D ''Berserk'' anime came from producer Tetsuro Satomi of LIDENFILMS. He reached out to Studio GEMBA, which was established in 2006 as a subsidiary of Digital Frontier. They had previously done supporting work on various shows, but they'd never handled principal animation production for a show before. The president and staff of GEMBA were concerned that Satomi's proposal was a very tall order, but ultimately they agreed to do it as a joint project, with LIDENFILMS producing and studio Millepensee creating the 2D.

* TroubledProduction: According to a July 7th 2017 [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2017-07-07/what-the-heck-happened-to-berserk/.117834 article]] by Callum May (''The Canipa Effect'') on Anime News Network, the show was plagued by behind-the-scenes production difficulties. May's English article is based on information from a Japanese article in the January 2017 [[https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B01IP5I24C/ issue]] of ''CG World'' Magazine which Kim Morissey (Frog-kun) [[https://twitter.com/frog_kun/status/883469670648471553 translated for him]]:
** The idea of making a 3D ''Berserk'' anime came from producer Tetsuro Satomi of LIDENFILMS. He reached out to Studio GEMBA, established in 2006 as a subsidiary of Digital Frontier, which had done supporting work but never handled principal animation production for a show. There were concerns from the president and animators of GEMBA that Satomi's proposal was a very tall order, but ultimately they agreed to do it with LIDENFILMS producing and Millepensee creating the 2D.
** They chose Shin Itagaki as director, who was better known for directing lighter fare such as the RapidFireComedy WidgetSeries ''Manga/{{Teekyuu}}'' (which he also scripted, edited, storyboarded, and even composed music for). ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'' (2007) was the most similar thing to ''Berserk'' he had ever directed; however he had not directed a 3D anime before, and his determination to replicate the particular and highly detailed aesthetic of the manga held up the start of production as 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 December that year when the project was formally announced 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 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 wasn't able to handle rendering the highly detailed character models they had created, forcing them to simplify the models since they didn't have the time to come up with a better solution, and they also had to scrap their plans to use a system called Global Illumination to enhance the 3D backgrounds.
** Itagaki's request for "touch-up lines" also created problems. The hatching texture was added in by Millepensee, and the lines were automatically tracked onto the models by Adobe After Effects, but they had to manually apply the texture to any metallic objects like swords and armor, which made up a considerable portion of the assets. The show's technical director Keita Mizuhashi was overburdened trying to troubleshoot many issues cropping up between staff members who weren't working under the same roof.

** They chose Shin Itagaki as director, who was better known for directing lighter fare such as the RapidFireComedy WidgetSeries ''Manga/Teekyuu'' (which he also scripted, edited, storyboarded, and even composed music for). ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'' (2007) was the most similar thing to ''Berserk'' he had ever directed; however he had not directed a 3D anime before, and his determination to replicate the particular and highly detailed aesthetic of the manga held up the start of production as 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 December that year when the project was formally announced 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 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 wasn't able to handle rendering the highly detailed character models they had created, forcing them to simplify the models since they didn't have the time to come up with a better solution, and they also had to scrap their plans to use a system called Global Illumination to enhance the 3D backgrounds.

** They chose Shin Itagaki as director, who was better known for directing lighter fare such as the RapidFireComedy WidgetSeries ''Anime/Teekyu'' (which he also scripted, edited, storyboarded, and even composed music for). ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'' (2007) was the most similar thing to ''Berserk'' he had ever directed; however he had not directed a 3D anime before, and his determination to replicate the particular and highly detailed aesthetic of the manga held up the start of production as 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 December that year when the project was formally announced 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 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 wasn't able to handle rendering the highly detailed character models they had created, forcing them to simplify the models since they didn't have the time to come up with a better solution, and they also had to scrap their plans to use a system called Global Illumination to enhance the 3D backgrounds.

** They chose Shin Itagaki as director, who was better known for directing lighter fare such as the RapidFireComedy WidgetSeries ''Manga/{{Teekyuu}}'' (which he also scripted, edited, storyboarded, and even composed music for). ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'' (2007) was the most similar thing to ''Berserk'' he had ever directed; however he had not directed a 3D anime before, and his determination to replicate the particular and highly detailed aesthetic of the manga held up the start of production as 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 December that year when the project was formally announced that Itagaki and the staff actually reached a compromise about what the show would look like. Because he wasn't satisfied with the first version they had to scrap all 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 wasn't able to handle rendering the highly detailed character models they had created, forcing them to simplify the models since they didn't have the time to come up with a better solution, and they also had to scrap their plans to use a system called Global Illumination to enhance the 3D backgrounds.

** They chose Shin Itagaki as director, who was better known for directing lighter fare such as the RapidFireComedy WidgetSeries ''Manga/{{Teekyu}}'' (which he also scripted, edited, storyboarded, and even composed music for). ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'' (2007) was the most similar thing to ''Berserk'' he had ever directed; however he had not directed a 3D anime before, and his determination to replicate the particular and highly detailed aesthetic of the manga held up the start of production as 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 December that year when the project was formally announced that Itagaki and the staff actually reached a compromise about what the show would look like. Because he wasn't satisfied with the first version they had to scrap all 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 wasn't able to handle rendering the highly detailed character models they had created, forcing them to simplify the models since they didn't have the time to come up with a better solution, and they also had to scrap their plans to use a system called Global Illumination to enhance the 3D backgrounds.

** They chose Shin Itagaki as director, who was better known for directing lighter fare such as the RapidFireComedy WidgetSeries ''Anime/{{Teekyu}}'' (which he also scripted, edited, storyboarded, and even composed music for). ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'' (2007) was the most similar thing to ''Berserk'' he had ever directed; however he had not directed a 3D anime before, and his determination to replicate the particular and highly detailed aesthetic of the manga held up the start of production as 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 December that year when the project was formally announced that Itagaki and the staff actually reached a compromise about what the show would look like. Because he wasn't satisfied with the first version they had to scrap all 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 wasn't able to handle rendering the highly detailed character models they had created, forcing them to simplify the models since they didn't have the time to come up with a better solution, and they also had to scrap their plans to use a system called Global Illumination to enhance the 3D backgrounds.

** They chose Shin Itagaki as director, who was better known for directing lighter fare such as the RapidFireComedy WidgetSeries ''Anime/Teekyu'' (which he also scripted, edited, storyboarded, and even composed music for). ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'' (2007) was the most similar thing to ''Berserk'' he had ever directed; however he had not directed a 3D anime before, and his determination to replicate the particular and highly detailed aesthetic of the manga held up the start of production as 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 December that year when the project was formally announced that Itagaki and the staff actually reached a compromise about what the show would look like. Because he wasn't satisfied with the first version they had to scrap all 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 wasn't able to handle rendering the highly detailed character models they had created, forcing them to simplify the models since they didn't have the time to come up with a better solution, and they also had to scrap their plans to use a system called Global Illumination to enhance the 3D backgrounds.

* TroubledProduction: According to a July 7th 2017 [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2017-07-07/what-the-heck-happened-to-berserk/.117834 article]] by Callum May (''The Canipa Effect'') on Anime News Network, show was plagued by behind-the-scenes production difficulties. May's English article is based on information from a Japanese article in the January 2017 [[https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B01IP5I24C/ issue]] of ''CG World'' Magazine which Kim Morissey (Frog-kun) [[https://twitter.com/frog_kun/status/883469670648471553 translated for him]]:

** 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.

* TroubledProduction: According to a July 7th 2017 [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2017-07-07/what-the-heck-happened-to-berserk/.117834 article]] by Callum May (''The Canipa Effect'') on Anime News Network, the show was plagued by behind-the-scenes production difficulties:

** They chose Shin Itagaki as director, who was better known for directing lighter fare such as the RapidFireComedy WidgetSeries ''Anime/Teekyu'' (which he also scripted, edited, storyboarded, and even composed music for). ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'' (2007) was the most similar thing to ''Berserk'' he had ever directed; however he had not directed a 3D anime before, and his determination to replicate the particular and highly detailed aesthetic of the manga held up the start of production even as 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 December that year when the project was formally announced that Itagaki and the staff actually reached a compromise about what the show would look like. Because he wasn't satisfied with the first version they had to scrap all 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 wasn't able to handle rendering the highly detailed character models they had created, forcing them to simplify the models since they didn't have the time to come up with a better solution, and they also had to scrap their plans to use a system called Global Illumination to enhance the 3D backgrounds.

* TroubledProduction: According to a July 7th 2017 [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2017-07-07/what-the-heck-happened-to-berserk/.117834 article]] by Callum May (''The Canipa Effect'') on Anime News Network, the show was plagued by behind-the-scenes production difficulties.
** The idea of making a 3D *Berserk* anime came from producer Tetsuro Satomi of LIDENFILMS. He reached out to Studio GEMBA, established in 2006 as a subsidiary of Digital Frontier, which had done supporting work but never handled principal animation production for a show. There were concerns from the president and animators of GEMBA that Satomi's proposal was a very tall order, but ultimately they agreed to do it with LIDENFILMS producing and Millepensee creating the 2D.
** They chose Shin Itagaki as director, who was better known for directing lighter fare such as the RapidFireComedy WidgetSeries ''Anime/Teekyu'' (which he also scripted, edited, storyboarded, and even composed music for). ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'' (2007) was the most similar thing to *Berserk* he had ever directed; however he had not directed a 3D anime before, and his determination to replicate the particular and highly detailed aesthetic of the manga held up the start of production even as 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 December that year when the project was formally announced that Itagaki and the staff actually reached a compromise about what the show would look like. Because he wasn't satisfied with the first version they had to scrap all 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 wasn't able to handle rendering the highly detailed character models they had created, forcing them to simplify the models since they didn't have the time to come up with a better solution, and they also had to scrap their plans to use a system called Global Illumination to enhance the 3D backgrounds.

** They chose Shin Itagaki as director, who was better known for directing lighter fare such as the RapidFireComedy WidgetSeries ''Anime/Teekyu'' (which he also scripted, edited, storyboarded and even composed the music for). ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'' (2007) was the most similar thing to *Berserk* he had ever directed; however he had not directed a 3D anime before, and his determination to replicate the particular and highly detailed aesthetic of the manga held up the start of production even as 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 December that year when the project was formally announced that Itagaki and the staff actually reached a compromise about what the show would look like. Because he wasn't satisfied with the first version they had to scrap all 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 wasn't able to handle rendering the highly detailed character models they had created, forcing them to simplify the models since they didn't have the time to come up with a better solution, and they also had to scrap their plans to use a system called Global Illumination to enhance the 3D backgrounds.

** They chose Shin Itagaki as director, who was better known for directing lighter fare such as the RapidFireComedy WidgetSeries ''Anime/Teekyu'' (which he also did the writing for). ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'' (2007) was the most similar thing to *Berserk* he had ever directed; however he had not directed a 3D anime before, and his determination to replicate the particular and highly detailed aesthetic of the manga held up the start of production even as 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 December that year when the project was formally announced that Itagaki and the staff actually reached a compromise about what the show would look like. Because he wasn't satisfied with the first version they had to scrap all 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 wasn't able to handle rendering the highly detailed character models they had created, forcing them to simplify the models since they didn't have the time to come up with a better solution, and they also had to scrap their plans to use a system called Global Illumination to enhance the 3D backgrounds.

* TroubledProduction: According to an Jul 7th 2017 [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2017-07-07/what-the-heck-happened-to-berserk/.117834 article]] by Callum May (''The Canipa Effect'') on Anime News Network, the show was plagued by behind-the-scenes production difficulties.

** The idea of making a 3D *Berserk* anime came from producer Tetsuro Satomi. He reached out to Studio GEMBA, established in 2006 as a subsidiary of Digital Frontier, which had done supporting work but never handled principal animation production for a show. There were concerns from the president and animators of GEMBA that Satomi's proposal was a very tall order, but ultimately they agreed to do it with LIDEN films producing and Millepensee doing the 2D.

* TroubledProduction: According to an [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2017-07-07/what-the-heck-happened-to-berserk/.117834 article]] by Callum May (''The Canipa Effect'') on Anime News Network, the show was plagued by behind-the-scenes production difficulties.

* TroubledProduction: According to an [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2017-07-07/what-the-heck-happened-to-berserk/.117834 article]] by Callum May (''The Canipa Effect'') on Anime News Network, the show was plagued by behind-the-scenes production difficulties. The idea of making a 3D *Berserk* anime came from producer Tetsuro Satomi. He reached out to Studio GEMBA, established in 2006 as a subsidiary of Digital Frontier, which had done supporting work but never handled principal animation production for a show. There were concerns from the president and animators of GEMBA that Satomi's proposal was a very tall order, but ultimately they agreed to do it with LIDEN films producing and Millepensee doing the 2D. They chose Shin Itagaki as director, who was better known for directing lighter fare such as the RapidFireComedy WidgetSeries ''Anime/Teekyu'' (which he also did the writing for). ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'' (2007) was the most similar thing to *Berserk* he had ever directed; however he had not directed a 3D anime before, and his determination to replicate the particular and highly detailed aesthetic of the manga held up the start of production even as 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 December that year when the project was formally announced that Itagaki and the staff actually reached a compromise about what the show would look like. Because he wasn't satisfied with the first version they had to scrap all 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 wasn't able to handle rendering the highly detailed character models they had created, forcing them to simplify the models since they didn't have the time to come up with a better solution, and they also had to scrap their plans to use a system called Global Illumination to enhance the 3D backgrounds. Itagaki's request for "touch-up lines" also created problems. The hatching texture was added in by Millepensee, and the lines were automatically tracked onto the models by Adobe After Effects, but they had to manually apply the texture to any metallic objects like swords and armor, which made up a considerable portion of the assets. The show's technical director Keita Mizuhashi was overburdened trying to troubleshoot many issues cropping up between staff members who weren't working under the same roof. 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.

* 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".

** The English dub went for a new cast done by Creator/BangZoomEntertainment instead of the original cast from Creator/NYAVPost.

** The English dub went for a new cast done by Creator/BangZoomEntertainment instead of the existing cast from Creator/NYAVPost

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

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

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

* TheOtherDarrin: Shinji Ogawa, who voiced Void in the ''Golden Age'' film trilogy, passed away in 2015, making it necessary to replace him.
* RoleReprisal: On account of Shinji Ogawa's death, Creator/UnshoIshizuka reprises his role as both Void and the show's narrator from the 1997 anime.
* SequelGap: The first anime adaptation to continue the story past the ''Golden Age Arc'' since 1998, making for a gap of about 18 years!

* SequelGap: The first anime adaptation to continue the story past the ''Golden Age Arc'' since 1998, making for a gap of about 18 years!

* RoleReprisal: Creator/UnshoIshizuka reprises his role as both Void and the show's narrator from the 1997 anime. It doubles as TheOtherDarrin in the case of the former, since Shinji Ogawa, who previously voiced him in the ''Golden Age'' film trilogy, passed away in 2015.