The new "Berserk" anime is already in production. In fact, its first promotional video has already been released online. The thing that has been intriguing in this new project is the anime format, which is still kept under wraps up to this time.
Anime News Network reports that "Berserk" manga's official website has started streaming the 1st official trailer of the anime adaptation. It is noted, though, that the PV is the same trailer that premiered at "NBC Universal's winter Comic Market 89 booth, which runs from December 29 to December 31."
ANN also states that "Berserk" anime is already listed in 2016 release. However, the announcement of the official website made no mention of the format of the anime.
Manga creator Kentarou Miura in an interview with Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine said that "Berserk" anime will portray the life of Guts as "Black Swordsman." It is noted that Guts' life was only narrated in parcel in the manga series, even in the 1997 anime adaptation.
Speaking of the previous anime adaptation of "Berserk," report states that said anime series will have a new Blu-ray disc release. It will come in 2012 HD remaster, and will be available in the market on April 20. It will be sold for 18,000 yen or about US$148.
Kotaku reiterates that "Berserk" manga has already been adapted in several anime series and movie since it was first premiered in 1989.
Blastr on the other hand says that "Berserk" PV has already debuted Japanese television via Comiket 89. Below is the official synopsis of the manga:
"His name is Guts, the Black Swordsman, a feared warrior spoken of only in whispers. Bearer of a gigantic sword, an iron hand, and the scars of countless battles and tortures, his flesh is also indelibly marked with The Brand, an unholy symbol that draws the forces of darkness to him and dooms him as their sacrifice. But Guts won't take his fate lying down; he'll cut a crimson swath of carnage through the ranks of the damned -- and anyone else foolish enough to oppose him! Accompanied by Puck the Elf, more an annoyance than a companion, Guts relentlessly follows a dark, bloodstained path that leads only to death...or vengeance."
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