Berserk Writer Shares New Years Update on The Series’ Return

The Black Swordsman’s New Year

When last we left Guts, the Black Swordsman was dealing with quite a scenario within the foreign nation of Kushan. The Eastern Empire previously managed to survive an assault from Griffith and his newly forged, demonic Band of the Hawk, but this fact doesn’t mean that they looked at Guts like an ally. While the protagonist’s allies were welcomed with open arms, Guts’ brand has the leaders of Kushan believing him to be a potential mole for the Apostles. Deciding to exile Guts to a mysterious cave, readers have yet to see what the dark locale has in store for the one-eyed swordsman, though it seems highly likely that we’ll get a better idea this year.

As for a potential Berserk anime adaptation, there is only bad news on that front. Since the release of Berserk: Memorial Edition, the compilation series that cut up the Golden Age Arc trilogy into a television series, no anime studio has announced that they will be tackling the dark epic. Even though Berserk has had multiple anime adaptations, there remain years worth of manga stories that have yet to be adapted. Major battles created by Kentaro Miura haven’t been animated, despite the 2016 Berserk anime series depicting new material beyond the original 1997 adaptation. While Devil May Cry showrunner Adi Shankar has hinted at the idea of creating a new take on the Berserk franchise for Netflix, nothing has materialized as of yet when it comes to reimagining the lives of Guts, Griffith, and Casca.

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