Thursday, January 24, 2013

Berserk: Descent

As some of you may already know the final movie in the Golden Age trilogy, Berserk: Descent, will begin airing in Japan on the first of February (2013). Descent will take us through the events leading up to the Eclipse as well, starting with the rescue of Griffith and (most likely) ending around the same place that the original anime ended; which was the end of the Eclipse Festival. It is also possible that it could end as Gatts sets out on his epic journey of revenge, which would be a EPIC place to stop. The reason I think that it would end after Gatts kills the giant dragon thing is because that is technically the end of the Golden Age Arc, which just so happens to be the name of the trilogy. So it makes sense for the anime to end where the actual arc ended in the manga. And to be honest, I would be extremely disappointed if the anime ends without showing what happened to Casca, the birth of Gatts' child and Gatts fighting with Dragon Slayer (the huge ass sword that wrecks everything). If those things are left out it would be like a slap in the face to the manga fans. Without those scenes the Berserk story looses a major driving point that still persists in the current chapters of the manga: WHAT THE FUCK DOES GATTS DO WITH CASCA? This question basically becomes a arc of its own; so if the anime wants to do the story justice it needs to show Casca after the eclipse, as well as the birth of Casca and Gatts' child. These are key elements that persist throughout the story, so including them in the anime is a must. As to why  Dragon Slayer needs to be shown...ITS A GIANT SWORD NAMED DRAGON SLAYER  WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE IT? So yeah it doesn't really need to be included in Descent, but it would be epic if it was. Essentially what i'm trying to say is that Berserk: Descent can't end where the original anime ended. I suppose it's possible for the next movie to show the aftermath of the eclipse, but that would be really dumb because those scenes are part of the Golden Age arc, which just so happens to also be the name of the first trilogy. If it seems like I'm being harsh or like I have my expectations set far to high, its because I don't want this anime screwing up in the exact same place as the original anime. Also, since there are going to be more movies following Berserk: Descent, I want Descent to nicely wrap up the Golden Age Arc so the next anime can focus on Gatts as the Black Swordsman and not have to worry about tying together any loose strings. But before start to look down the road toward the future the Berserk anime, we need to focus on the anime that will make or break Berserk; well at least on the big screen. And it just so happens that Berserk: Descent is about to be released in Japan, until that happens all we can do is wait.


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