Berserk Saga Project News

Griffith

With the streak of a tear, Like morning dew
I'm really impressed by the new still images, particularly Charlotte and the King. They look spot on, and what the backgrounds lack in accuracy they make up for with beauty at least, especially the shot of Griffith holding Guts' sword.
 

Aazealh

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Bramwell said:
Am i the only person who has never been able to get onto berserkfilm? I live in the uk and other japanese websites work fine.

What prevents you from visiting the website exactly? Do you have Adobe Flash installed? Have you tried using different browsers?
 
Aazealh said:
What prevents you from visiting the website exactly? Do you have Adobe Flash installed? Have you tried using different browsers?

Ive tried with firefox and IE. It just says the connection timed out. Yeh i have flash :???:
Boo hoo
 
New images off Clara's Twitter

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ShinHell9

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Aazealh said:
http://www.berserkfilm.com/news/?p=191

There's a "Berserk public commemorative display" that will take place at a festival held in Tokyo (in the Kichijoji PARCO mall to be precise) from October 1st to October 10th. Their life-size replica of the Dragon Slayer will be there.

Do you know if there's gonna be any other berserk things on display there, or will it just be the Dragon Slayer replica?
 

Aazealh

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Eddie said:
Do you know if there's gonna be any other berserk things on display there, or will it just be the Dragon Slayer replica?

I'm pretty sure there'll be other things. How about you go and take some pictures for us? :slan:

EDIT: New pictures from Clara:

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ShinHell9

I started on here when I was like 14...
Aazealh said:
I'm pretty sure there'll be other things. How about you go and take some pictures for us? :slan:

If I go, I totally will. I'm supposed to go to the mountains though next weekend, but we'll see if that falls through, if so I'll share some pictures here.
 
Actually came back to SK to get a better feel for what was going on with the project. I have to say I'm still very much looking forward to it. I see (not just from SK) some small disinterests/disappointment in 4c's direction/cgi usage, but meh, I feel grateful this is even happening, plus the chance of getting it in a theater is awesome, though I gather it'll be as limited as those Evangelion 2.0/Knockin On Heaven's Door screenings.

I know another thread was discussing dubbing, and isn't WB somehow involved? I doubt mediablasters gets picks this time, and I'm hoping we get some great voice acting out of it. Not much of a fan of watching it in its "native" language anymore than a Leone's Spaghetti Westerns. Speaking of...westernization,

Most..interestingly, this seems to be the guy they're leaving all their "Swordwork" up to,
http://www.meetup.com/TokyoStitchandBitch/members/13419745/
/yeahhhhhhhhhh

And in general, I doubt localization will happen anytime soon. I doubt they are shooting out films 1-2-3 back to back (could be wrong?), and judging by the rebooted Eva's pace, it could be a long wait. I suppose I'm hoping too much to get my hands on any black swordsman arcs (pending they happen) before 2020?
Need my rocking chair.
 

Walter

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Blues said:
the chance of getting it in a theater is awesome, though I gather it'll be as limited as those Evangelion 2.0/Knockin On Heaven's Door screenings.
Not necessarily. These are two completely different projects, and Berserk's has the backing of a major distributor: Warner Bros.

I know another thread was discussing dubbing,
Yep, there is another thread, and it'd be best for discussion if you'd relegate dubbing/voice acting posts to that thread in the future. Thanks!

Most..interestingly, this seems to be the guy they're leaving all their "Swordwork" up to,
http://www.meetup.com/TokyoStitchandBitch/members/13419745/
/yeahhhhhhhhhh
That is a pretty funny-looking site, but I won't prejudge the guy's ability based on it. I'm sure he has some cred if they went out of their way to contract him for the project. BTW, where'd you find out that this was their guy?

I doubt they are shooting out films 1-2-3 back to back (could be wrong?), and judging by the rebooted Eva's pace, it could be a long wait. I suppose I'm hoping too much to get my hands on any black swordsman arcs (pending they happen) before 2020?
Again, these are two different projects by two different companies. Their production schedules don't have to mirror each other. For all we know, the full Golden Age section of Berserk is being animated now, and they'll split up some post-production stuff over the next year or two. No dates or hints about subsequent releases have been announced. Part 2 could come in 6 months, or in 2 years. We just don't have any way of knowing at this point.
 
Walter said:
That is a pretty funny-looking site, but I won't prejudge the guy's ability based on it. I'm sure he has some cred if they went out of their way to contract him for the project. BTW, where'd you find out that this was their guy?

I assume this might be the source for the guy

Western Swordsmanship Coach: Jay Noyes (Final Fantasy XII)
 
Blues said:
Most..interestingly, this seems to be the guy they're leaving all their "Swordwork" up to,
http://www.meetup.com/TokyoStitchandBitch/members/13419745/
/yeahhhhhhhhhh
I agree with Walter, don't judge a book by its cover :guts:. I searched his name in Youtube, and this video showed up. I have no idea if it's actually the guy we are talking about. Anyway here is the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu_hArXPT5Q
 
His sword skills look pretty solid. Anyway they're probably using him for motion capture for CG knights in the background, not for the main character actions.
 

Walter

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CCS said:
His sword skills look pretty solid. Anyway they're probably using him for motion capture for CG knights in the background, not for the main character actions.
The fact that they even bothered to contract a weapon specialist is encouraging. That really wasn't a necessary step for an anime adaptation. But seeing as how Miura has largely based his equipment and weapon designs on real-life counterparts, it's a show of good faith.
 
Walter, the "dub" comment was just thrown in to avoid reviving an entire two month old topic over something that actually did fit in with what I was going for (localization process in general, vs something that didn't even start out as a discussion on the new VAs?...) but what have you.

Regarding Jay, I think a lot of people read too much into my statement at the end, being more directed at his website/title/..knitting profession than say, a knock on his actual contribution to the film which up until the clips I had no concept to comment on.
A clip was posted earlier showing free play, but I prefer this one as its actually some insight into what you -might- see reflected in the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoG2m_Pe-6c&feature=related
All in all I'm sure they'll get some accuracy out of the deal. One interesting thing about western vs Japanese swordsmanship (beyond "western armor/swords") is how they were taught. Western swordsmanship is pretty much left up to open interpretations of old manuals that have to basically be retranslated/reworked (you see Jay holding one in a free play session) I had a different video attached, but I feel this better shows my experience with ARMA/medieval sf. guilds,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTVC25hYJaY&feature=related
That's pretty much all you have to go by.
And if anyone's curious, Poleaxe>all. There's seldom a (melee) medieval weapon that is so versatile as that thing.

Anyways, an area I'm ironically far more familiar with, Japanese swordsmanship tends to be passed down via the Koryu, which is a transmission from Soke to Soke, some make revisions, but it kind of goes in the polar opposite of the scholar-concept in play in most ARMA and western swordsmanship guilds today.

Ironically? There's quite a lot of case where I felt "same thing". There are definite similarities in certain stances, kata/parries/repostes and even footwork from time to time. Maybe there's only so many ways you can kill a man with a weapon?
 

Walter

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Blues said:
Walter, the "dub" comment was just thrown in to avoid reviving an entire two month old topic over something that actually did fit in with what I was going for (localization process in general, vs something that didn't even start out as a discussion on the new VAs?...) but what have you.
By all means, please don't revive an older thread just because you have something really small to contribute. But by that same token, don't mix in that stuff in the News thread just because you don't feel like elaborating your feelings into a more meaningful post. I'd rather this topic regarding new information discussion not become a repository for stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else.

Regarding Jay, I think a lot of people read too much into my statement at the end, being more directed at his website/title/..knitting profession than say, a knock on his actual contribution to the film which up until the clips I had no concept to comment on.
Well, then it would probably have been better for you to elaborate a little more about what you meant in your post instead of leaving it with "yeahhhhhhhhhh". :iva:

Blues said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoG2m_Pe-6c&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTVC25hYJaY&feature=related
Cool, thanks for sharing these. The guy seems to know his stuff, and also be integrated into Japan already. A good way to market yourself :serpico:

Anyways, an area I'm ironically far more familiar with, Japanese swordsmanship tends to be passed down via the Koryu, which is a transmission from Soke to Soke, some make revisions, but it kind of goes in the polar opposite of the scholar-concept in play in most ARMA and western swordsmanship guilds today.
Neat, but again the distinction here isn't that important. That they're even bothering to incorporate an "expert" opinion, regardless of the method of his own education, shows that they care about accuracy.
 
Blues said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoG2m_Pe-6c&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTVC25hYJaY&feature=related
These are very good, thanks for sharing. I like how they both bow in front of the sword before they start practicing.
 
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