At 3/13/07 12:10 PM, JackOfShadows wrote:
I've got a question about the anime Berserk.
Yes! Another Berserk fan!
I recently got the English dub and am wondering whether it was censored or not. On the one hand, there's still much gore. On the other, there's nothing to extraordinary. Also, people are drawn without genitals. Is this the case with the original Japanese version as well?
As far as I know, no it is not. You still get to view Casca's breasts and I think a shot of someones penis and a whole lot of Griffith and Guts ass but that's about it nudity wise. Gore and blood are the main points that stand out. Although a lot of the most brutal parts of the manga covered in the anime were removed a good deal of it is still in the anime. But yeah, not that I know of. You're getting it the way it was aired over in Japan.
You really REALLY should read the manga. The anime leaves so much out and is one episode short of twenty-six due to the studio ran out of funding for the last episode. It leaves you on a cliff hanger. Not to mention it leaves a key fight out with one of the apostles and head of the Mad Dog Unit. Not to mention the true reason why the King imprisoned Griffith. Plus it's just so fucking awesome. Anyone who calls themselves a fan of Berserk and have only seen the anime is really depriving themselves of an awesome series that goes much farther than the anime. Currently there are thirty one manga chapters and I believe the eighteenth or so was just released here in the states by Dark Horse Comics who thankfully have left most, if not all of the original manga intact. Nudity, blood, gore, foul language and all.
In all honesty if you love dark and violent anime/manga series I beg of you, on my knees BEG OF YOU to purchase the Berserk manga and read it. Never has there been such a man above alle verything else that screams 'I AM MAN' in one character before. I mean we are talking about a character who shouldn't even be alive after everything he's been through. Not to mention he won this years saiGAR contest.