Should I watch the anime?

[Meursault]

I enjoy Dark Souls, and heard it was inspired by Berserk. I love Musou and am probably gonna buy this game. Should I watch the anime first?

[ChristianEcoterrorst]

read the manga. the anime renditions are iffy. Also there is a lot of uncessary gore and rape. but berserk has an unusually high level of literary quality.

[Ozzina Arcane]

The anime is a weird topic. The original anime from the 90s ends on a cliffhanger. Haven't watched the movies yet and the newer anime is entirely CGI.

Any way you look at it though, the only way to get the complete story is the manga. There is so much of the series that just does not exist in anime form.

[Zero Koneko]

Like the saga of the lost children.
Then again i understand that is not politically correct for anime in the 2017 to show Guts slaying monsters that turn into piles of small kids, all dismembered, entrails fliying around and all, even while being a superb subarc...

[Mblades]

Originally posted by Big Ounce:

I enjoy Dark Souls, and heard it was inspired by Berserk. I love Musou and am probably gonna buy this game. Should I watch the anime first?

if you can handle gutz sword sounding like a frying pan everytime it hits something then watch the recent beserk ( from last year i think ).

[KneeCompany]

No one should recommend *watching* something before *reading* it. Berserk is no exception.

[Mblades]

Originally posted by KneeCompany:

No one should recommend *watching* something before *reading* it. Berserk is no exception.

to be fair he did ask "anime" if he sand "manga" then i would say yeah read that first.

not to mention not everyone wants to "read" something before "watching" something. even though i do agree reading it is for the most part is generally better BUT just like with movies/tv shows some people rather watch it instead of reading said source material of it

[flamedance58]

If you want to watch the anime the ones -I- will recommend are the Golden Age Arc series. I believe there's a normal anime series and the OVAs.

Also the newest one is nice too if you don't mind the 3D they use on characters and creatures. It's kinda funny as everyone has major hate for the style even though A LOT of animes use the same style lol

[Burusagi]

Just be aware that the source material is very very violent, and very very rapey.

So much rapey, much wow.

[MaskedDragonM]

The manga is the definitive way to experience the series but the movie trilogy of the first chronological story arc is really good. It omits a bunch of manga content but I would argue maintains a tighter focus on the central story arc by doing so. There's also some awkward CGI especially in the first movie.
A lot of people praise the older TV anime but it has super limited animation and inconsistencies with the manga. The newer TV series is a continuation of the movies, but is the animation is really wonky at times and it once again omits content that was in the manga.

[PFC Demigo [29th ID]]

Manga > Anime
Manga (Full Uncensorship) > Anime (Has minor Censorship)

[eg0n]

1. Manga
2. Anime (1995)

If you decide to just watch the anime, you might end up reading the manga afterwards as it continues the story. At least that's the way it happened to me.

[DingPifu]

the manga is one of the greatests of all time

[Mhmmm]

Manga
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Anime 1997
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Movie Trilogy
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literal ♥♥♥♥
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Anime 2016

[エメベアー]

well, if you play the game first, at least you won't get spoilers. Worst part is that you could end up building up characters that will die or get unplayable later. Main Character is guaranteed to stay though, also the story mode shouldn't be finished, so it will end up in the open

[justAEA]

Manga is your best choice but 97 anime is awesome as well. You can start with that then read the manga (that's how I did it).