News culture These fans wanted to adapt Berserk into an anime: the rights holders fell on it, the project is in danger!
Published on 09/15/2024 at 07:40
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Despite the tragic death of its creator, Berserk continues to stimulate the imagination of fans… sometimes going against the wishes of the rights holders.
A classic that is under-exploited?
In May 2021, Berserk lost its creator Kentaro Miura. Born in July 1966 in the city of Chiba, the man created Berserk in 1989 and his manga quickly became a monumental success, to the point of becoming a classic of Japanese comics. Following Miura’s death, the work was continued by Koji Mori, aided by the original author’s assistants, gathered within Studio Gaga. It was to Mori that Kentaro Miura confided all his plans concerning his manga. dark fantasymaking the mangaka the most suitable person to succeed him.
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However, even with global success, Berserk has relatively few adaptations, especially in animea step that has become almost essential for any successful manga. Indeed, Berserk has only had three adaptations in total (counting the animated film trilogy as a single fragmented work), the most recent of which was heavily criticized for its sometimes mediocre animation. A fact that is clearly not about to change.
No fan allowed
In fact, with the agreement of the studio set up by Miura, The manga publisher has decided to clarify the situation surrounding a fan-produced anime project : it turns out that the rights holders are not for it. It must be said that faced with the lack of animated adaptations, some fans preferred to take matters into their own hands by proposing their own version. The Eclypse studio, composed of artists who previously worked on a fan animation of Attack on Titan, then revealed his version of an anime adaptation of Berserk which they have been working on since 2023.
While the Japanese publisher’s tweet does not mention any legal action at this time,fans are concerned that the project may be canceled due to pressure from Hakusensha. Although the fan studio correctly states that this is an unofficial project, it seems that the publisher remains unsatisfied. While the rights holders have not taken any legal action as of yet, It is not impossible that both parties will make contact to clarify the situation..
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