Hanma_Baki said:
Oh snap, I didnt realize it was the guy from the merchandise section, he seemed like a cool dude...such a shame
ApostleBob said:
Very cool. Thanks for sharing. Despite my disappointment with many aspects of this project, some of the artwork really is beautiful. Would love to see more.
I might be more excited about a new Berserk(-inspired) artbook, on principle alone, than anything else about the project. BTW, what I find most interesting about those images is...
ZODDOII said:
I don't think we've seen such a detailed interpretation of that female apostle, particularly the lower backside. I say interpretation since we don't know how much input, if any, Miura had in these designs besides his artwork from the manga. Specifically, the film's version of the apostle has digitigrade legs (though seemingly with two sets of ankles, heels, and plantigrade feet strangely enough... but then it is an apostle) while Miura's original doesn't go beyond the impression of a plantigrade:
If Miura
was consulted and offered new/revised details, it would be a revelation ("it was all worth it!"), but practically speaking it's most probably just another arbitrary artistic liberty (and I certainly don't see room between Guts' legs for that isopygous pygidium/ovipositor

). In any case, it's fun to think about, so if nothing else the film project has given me that small pleasure (a sad and lonely tool? I think NOT). And that massively protruding spaghetti-spewing inverted butthole is an
interesting choice nonetheless. I definitely won't think of this image the same way again: www.skullknight.net/images/skullyspaghetti.gif
Julalien said:
Interestingly, there are several pages devoted to Rosine in her 'final' (or secondary) apostle form and none of her in her principle apostle state. She gets more pages in the book than the Count does in his apostle form. Which is surprising as he, I imagine, is actually present in the third film.
Just to be sure, you're not talking about the above images, are you (I'm not sure what you mean by her "seconday" or "principle" forms)? Either way, the design does borrow ideas from Rosine's transformations... which potentially foreshadows a truly calamitous possibility: What if they plan to replace/combine Rosine's role in the Lost Children chapter with
this apostle in a nightmarish sham of a Black Swordsman movie mashup?

As unthinkable as that may seem, it's the same way we wouldn't ever think of combining Skull Knight's introduction with Guts and Casca having sex. Furthermore, it would unfortunately make sense of her increased size and seemingly random showcase introduction in the third film, at least in Berserk movie logic. Speaking of which, what seems more or less likely from what we've seen thus far, the filmmakers doing a smaller, more sensible adaptation of one of the Black Swordsman stories? Or trying to jam pack as much as they can into as little time and space as possible? Now consider the way they're seemingly following precedent set by the changes in the first anime series and remember how it combined elements of several Black Swordsman stories in the first episode. I can just imagine the pitch, "Hey, Guts kills this sorta buggy apostle first thing, then a slug, and later kills another insect-themed one with all sorts of bug monsters he could fight, so it'd be smart if we just wrapped it all up into one ultimate Black Swordsman package, then we could get back to Guts vs. Griffith and that Golden Age drama in the next movie! Plus, if it's revenge on the one that killed fan favorite Carcus it'll all tie in better and be all the more meaningful than him fighting some random stupid little girl we already cut, it's a win/win for
OUR story!"
I take back what I said about the saga project giving me some pleasant food for thought here.