Just wanted to introduce myself since it seems this forum has been around a long time.
I found Berserk completely by accident as a random anime recommendation from a youtube video. I don't normally watch anime or read manga at all and dislike a lot of anime recommendations i've been given in the past.
I went in pretty skeptical but binged the Berserk '97 series a month ago in just 4 days and couldn't put it down. The hypnotic soundtrack by Susumu and the intriguing dialogue was incredible even if the animation was crude. I then jumped to the manga and marathoned through that as well. Unfortunately, I travel for work to various asian countries where the paper english manga translation is completely unavailable so I had to download it.
After plowing through the entire series up until the most recent I am dying for more. I've always been a big fan of comics in general. I rank Alan Moore and Grant Morrison as my all time favorite writers but Muira is right up there in that pantheon now too.
I've also been working my way through the skullknight podcast when at work and i've already binged through most episodes! Very informative and detailed. Great job guys there's a lot of stuff you guys talk about that I didn't really notice.
I did however realize that Miura based many elements of Berserk off Flesh + Blood the Verhoeven film! I was quite surprised when you guys mentioned that too in your podcast since I thought that was a very obscure film nerd thing that few people would bring up.
Anyhow happy to find this forum.
I found Berserk completely by accident as a random anime recommendation from a youtube video. I don't normally watch anime or read manga at all and dislike a lot of anime recommendations i've been given in the past.
I went in pretty skeptical but binged the Berserk '97 series a month ago in just 4 days and couldn't put it down. The hypnotic soundtrack by Susumu and the intriguing dialogue was incredible even if the animation was crude. I then jumped to the manga and marathoned through that as well. Unfortunately, I travel for work to various asian countries where the paper english manga translation is completely unavailable so I had to download it.
After plowing through the entire series up until the most recent I am dying for more. I've always been a big fan of comics in general. I rank Alan Moore and Grant Morrison as my all time favorite writers but Muira is right up there in that pantheon now too.
I've also been working my way through the skullknight podcast when at work and i've already binged through most episodes! Very informative and detailed. Great job guys there's a lot of stuff you guys talk about that I didn't really notice.
I did however realize that Miura based many elements of Berserk off Flesh + Blood the Verhoeven film! I was quite surprised when you guys mentioned that too in your podcast since I thought that was a very obscure film nerd thing that few people would bring up.
Anyhow happy to find this forum.