The manga vs. the TV series

Post by **Darnoc** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 11:24 am

I'll have to say the manga, though it was the anime that got me hooked in Berserk. I use the anime to convert people
in the Berserk-religion and after they've seen it I tell them that there's a manga of this too and it has even more blood
and nudity and story and everything! So far I've managed to convert 5 people but only one of them reads the manga
besides me. My older brother also thinks that the manga is better but he doesn't read it because he hates reading right-to-left.

Post by **ucrzymofo87** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:45 pm

Luck- wrote:Hmmm... I've never seen the outtakes. Is it on the last dvd. Gotta know which one so i can go out and rent it.

the outtakes are on all the dvds. they correspond by episode. they're in one of the special scenes or extras menu.

Post by **TheDrizzit** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:38 pm

The outtakes are hilarious...although I think the guy from American Idol is Griffth (the guy with the fro). Neeneeneeneenee Batman!! ^_^

Brings to mind an omake I should make but I'll let someone else do it. In the manga when Griffith has been rescued and Guts is fighting the one monkey apostle (W--something) (the apostle Zodd comes down and kills) and he's sitting in the cave and he reaches for his sword and drops it. Waawaawaaaaa (just like in a cartoon ^_^)

Post by **Necromancer** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:31 pm

TheDrizzit wrote:In the manga when Griffith has been rescued and Guts is fighting the one monkey apostle (W--something) (the apostle Zodd comes down and kills) and he's sitting in the cave and he reaches for his sword and drops it. Waawaawaaaaa (just like in a cartoon ^_^)

Wyald or how he is spelled, he should be in the top ten of most perverted apostles in the manga.

Post by **TheDrizzit** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 11:44 pm

Sha that guy was indeed a monster. Raping then killing then raping again then dismembering then raping again. geez...

Post by **evilester_me** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:10 am

you forgot raping...again

Post by **xephon** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:41 am

ok, this is kinda off topic, and kinda not.

But since there is the horrid min post count to start a topic, i have to ask it here.

What is the japanese word for black swordsman? I hear it quite a bit in the first ep, and later on as well.

Post by **Fuji Nagase** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:08 am

well, the thing is, yes, the outtakes are funny, but, but the over all anime, i actually really liked. for many of us, it was our first introduction into berserk, and therefore holds some kind of meaning. however, the parts such as when he is away for a year with goto and stuff, that animation was so terrible!

but of course, the ending made up for that horrible display of anime(maybe). more like the ending was like , "WHAT THE FUCK????!! WHYYYY!??!??!?!?!?!*0*"...which eventually got me into the manga. initially, i liked the manga more, because of the left out characters and the fact that i actually understood the plot. (and wasn't screaming HOLY FUCK, WHAT THE HELL??!?! whenever the word berserk was mentioned) but int he end, with ALL of the mangas compared to the anime( as i said before) i do prefer the manga. Even though, the anime does give some things the manga cant.

MANGA

-i think balck swordsman uh, "kuro kenkaku". ( unless kuro is a na adj., but i dont think it is.) not sure if they used another phrase in the anime tho.

Post by **xephon** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:43 am

it sounded like kroiken, or some such

Post by **TheDrizzit** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:03 am

hmmm....I know for sure that it has kenshin or a form of that word in it because it means sword and the Cobra Commander guy says it...not sure of the whole thing though

Post by **Necromancer** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:03 pm

xephon wrote:ok, this is kinda off topic, and kinda not.

But since there is the horrid min post count to start a topic, i have to ask it here.

What is the japanese word for black swordsman? I hear it quite a bit in the first ep, and later on as well.

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Post by **Starnum** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:26 am

xephon wrote:ok, this is kinda off topic, and kinda not.

But since there is the horrid min post count to start a topic, i have to ask it here.

What is the japanese word for black swordsman? I hear it quite a bit in the first ep, and later on as well.

Kuroi Kenshi

Post by **TheDrizzit** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:03 am

Good Good...I was at work and I couldn't stop thinking if I got it right or not. ^_^ One letter off but hey...bite me!

Website · Post by **BasouKazuma** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:53 am

Further explanation:
Kuroi=Black
Kenshi=Swordsman

Post by **Fuji Nagase** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:56 am

well, i think whats funny is, kenshin generally means, samurai, right? but berserk supposedly taking place in a european place. but since its japanese, and the culture adapted to using the word more liberally, and thus, since it is anime/manga, he is... kenshi..

Post by **Starnum** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:45 am

What the fuck are you talking about. Kenshin is the name of the main character of "Rurouni Kenshin", who is a samurai. It doesn't mean samurai, or anything else really. If it meant anything, it would be "true sword". Samurai is a Japanese word, so there would be no need to have another Japanese word to mean samurai. Kenshi is the Japanese word for "swordsman". The main difference is that samurai were bound to the emperor, while kenshi were just swordsmen.

Post by **Fuji Nagase** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:11 am

yea, yea, sorry for the extra letter. but yes, i was saying that kenshi generally means taught in the way of the japanese sword. and guts wasnt and had no bounds to the japan in any way. but due to the modern culture of japan, that distinction is gone, maybe?

Post by **Starnum** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:15 am

Not really, it just means swordsman, so it applies. Kenshi didn't only use katana. It's just like us calling him a swordsman, only they're speaking Japanese.

Post by **Fuji Nagase** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:12 am

i see.

fuck, i feel so stupid when i dont even know my own culture!

Post by **Starnum** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 10:31 am

Eh? You live in Nippon?

Post by **Fuji Nagase** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:59 am

no, i m half japanese. so my mother kinda makes me feel like i am. ive gone a few times though.

Post by **Luck-** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:09 pm

One thing the manga has is the khusan army. The fight with silat didn't exist in the anime that sucked. I just read the manga again and the sex scenes are better ( Griffith vs Charlotte, Gutts vs Casca).

Post by **Sandman** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:41 pm

This is a duh quetion, the only people who would like the anime more than the manga are lazy people who dont want to read or people who are squeamish about blood and guts(literally) and people who dont know any better.

Post by **Khelegond** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:56 pm

Luck- wrote:One thing the manga has is the khusan army. The fight with silat didn't exist in the anime that sucked. I just read the manga again and the sex scenes are better ( Griffith vs Charlotte, Gutts vs Casca).

Funny you should mention Griffith VS them

Charlotte didn't complained, after all

But yeah - come to think of it, Griffith can't have a normal sex, can he? Lol

Post by **Luck-** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:34 am

This is a duh quetion, the only people who would like the anime more than the manga are lazy people who dont want to read or people who are squeamish about blood and guts(literally) and people who dont know any better.

I agree with you about the people who don't like to read it. My friend just picks up the manga and look at pictures and think he knows everythin... Well i like it cuz it contains more info then the anime. Things are more explained like how Gutts grew up. Showed how he was picked off the ground.

come to think of it, Griffith can't have a normal sex, can he? Lol

Your right... even when he was getting it on with charlotte he was thinkin about how he lost Gutts... and at the eclipse as he rapes Casca he's just doing to piss off Gutts.

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The manga vs. the TV series

Berserk manga or Berserk animation?

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