All the more expected that the rights holders would act, then. I don't really follow social network chatter but they must have been pretty brazen to push Hakusensha to release a statement.
Berserk: The Black Swordsman by studio ECLYPSE
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All the more expected that the rights holders would act, then. I don't really follow social network chatter but they must have been pretty brazen to push Hakusensha to release a statement.
To me it's like they basically tried to not advertise the project as fan made to gather as many fans as possible. I swear, under everything they post you can find hundreds of comments calling this an official anime. Now, will the people at Studio Eclypse acknowledge what's happening and clear everything up, or will they just stop the production? I don't know, but being called out like this is not something you can easily dismiss.
Dark Knight
I’ll gnaw right through your arteries!
There was some discussion about the state of the project on a YouTube video I was watching about that Hakusensha Twitter post. See the image posted below.
I don't use social media, so I cannot verify the validity of what is being said, but I see no reason to doubt it. It seems like the project was already dead in the water before Hakusensha even said anything.
I don't use social media, so I cannot verify the validity of what is being said, but I see no reason to doubt it. It seems like the project was already dead in the water before Hakusensha even said anything.
I've seen other comments similar to the one on the top elsewhere, so I guess it's true, though I don't know the VA's name.
It did seem like a grift right from the start so this makes sense. And now they can even pretend it's Hakusensha's fault that their project went nowhere, to redirect people's anger away from them. It's kind of a lucky break!
Parkus
Keep pushing no matter what
The VA for Guts went on a full 20+ minute breakdown, apparently the money from the patreon was supposed to go towards hiring people, they had atleast 100 people funding it and they had a $280 tier that two people bought. But as he explained it was only him and someone else that continued to work on it, so nobody knows where that money went. The director would keep him and a few others in the dark about storyboards so when he was given something to do it would basically be out of nowhere which would lead to a lot of problems for him and others, hence why the trailer itself was delayed.
You could say all of this was pretty much a pyramid scheme and he's urging the director to take down the patreon before more problems arise.
It's convenient for them to play on people's strong desire to get an adaptation of their favorite series so they can post a short "high quality" (questionable) trailer, especially if they segment it to look as if many different parts are made, like show some scene from the start of the Arc, then show a Beherit and make some scene depicting the Count's Ritual, to make it seem more plausible, as if they are really busy working all the important parts and details.
So if these people who tried to help with support out of their pockets get scammed, no wonder many are skeptical these days. In my belief, whatever Miura had wanted to happen with his manga in this scenario, he has given so much, and has made so many stories (even the little ones) filled with life messages and meanings, that i'd rather have his work not sullied by half-a**ed attempts or outright scams of other media proclaiming to be "Berserk". Triggers me so much that everything now coming out from whatever cave is outright named "Berserk", as if it's the original project.
I do apologize if I offended someone who was/is a fan or related to the project, i am merely stating my opinion, and opinion of many judging by the hundreds of similar comments on few different platforms.
So if these people who tried to help with support out of their pockets get scammed, no wonder many are skeptical these days. In my belief, whatever Miura had wanted to happen with his manga in this scenario, he has given so much, and has made so many stories (even the little ones) filled with life messages and meanings, that i'd rather have his work not sullied by half-a**ed attempts or outright scams of other media proclaiming to be "Berserk". Triggers me so much that everything now coming out from whatever cave is outright named "Berserk", as if it's the original project.
I do apologize if I offended someone who was/is a fan or related to the project, i am merely stating my opinion, and opinion of many judging by the hundreds of similar comments on few different platforms.
It’s weird that he says it was only him and someone else making for the project when it was me and a bunch of other people working on the music. So definitely more than just 2. Also I don’t think that Patreon money went towards getting any of us on since I know I didn’t get paid.
They were struggling long before that, weren't they? Seems to me they're using this as an easy way out.
That's a shame. I wasn't following their process too closely or anything, but it's a real pity that a far more legitimate fan project is being scrapped (possibly) because of these grifters.
I gave up believing Studio Taka's motion comic would get anywhere near finishing The Black Swordsman Arc around a year and a half ago due to the years-long waits between episodes, but this still disappoints me. Most Berserk fan projects don't satisfy me due to them either being amateur or missing the point. However, the motion comic was one of the few that pleased me to the point that I followed its progress. I would like to think that it is due to the Hakusensha situation that they canceled the project, but as others have said, they have been struggling with it for years. It's very possible that they're using Hakusencha as an excuse to put an end to a project that they lost their drive to finish. Still, I'm going to miss it.
Having worked with some of their team for voice actor work on Redux, I can say they were all passionate and in good faith. The ambition and standards for their motion comic were always quite high. It's an achievement what they were able to pull off with volunteer efforts.
Idk if you already read it, but anyway. A guy from the AoT fandom called @thelogicknight on Twitter made a tread explaining that Berserk’s anime by Studio Eclypse always be a Ponzi scam. The guy showcase a lot of screenshots of the former Studio Eclypse discord (when they called themselves “Shingeki no Kyoyin no Requiem”), exposing a bad direction on the project.
The big deal is a screenshot to a head member explaining many things about copyright laws and that they should rebrand the studio as “Eclypse”, “starts again” and make a side project to gain profit via patreon destined to the production of AoT Requiem anime adaptation. He used as a example of this scheme a fan animation of Chainsaw Man, but they later posted a poll about many future productions, and well, Berserk Black Swordsman Arc won. They intended don’t receive any donations or any profit directly from the AoT project, so they started that “side Berserk project” for this.
The big deal is a screenshot to a head member explaining many things about copyright laws and that they should rebrand the studio as “Eclypse”, “starts again” and make a side project to gain profit via patreon destined to the production of AoT Requiem anime adaptation. He used as a example of this scheme a fan animation of Chainsaw Man, but they later posted a poll about many future productions, and well, Berserk Black Swordsman Arc won. They intended don’t receive any donations or any profit directly from the AoT project, so they started that “side Berserk project” for this.
This is a great thread exposing what happened with this. Sounds like greedy, dishonest scumbags at the top.
Seems like they made the Berserk teaser just to generate cash for their other projects. They picked Berserk based on it's popularity from a poll and they animated only enough to make the trailer. Sounds like a lot of dissent and compartmentalization from within.
Long story short, they had no intention to ever make a Berserk adaptation. They were trying to get around a 'not-for-profit' pledge they had used for their 'Attack on Titan' project, by making fake projects to fund it. The 'cease and desist' from Hakusensha must have been a godsend for them to get out of delivering a Berserk episode.
It seems like they pretty much scammed people for no reason. They could’ve just been a more honest Screen Culture but for Anime and I don’t people would be as upset.
New statement from Studio Eclypse. I guess that they're trying to pretend that they're figuring out things with "the IP holders" so that they can become an official studio, while also deleting any trace of their "anime". I hope the people at Hakusensha see this and give them a true cease and desist.
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En ese tweet, un chico preguntó sobre el famoso comentario en Youtube y el VA de Guts respondió que sus comentarios estaban fuera de contexto. Que yo sepa, durante los días del reclamo de Hakusensha, un animador del proyecto respondió a este comentario que hablaría sobre eso con el VA de Guts. Entonces, ahora dijo lo contrario de lo que supuestamente dijo antes.
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