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Berserk Gets New Anime Project Featuring Guts as 'Black Swordsman'
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Miura comments in the magazine that the anime project will depict Guts in his "Black Swordsman" appearance, which is only revealed in parts of the manga that go beyond any previously animated Berserk story, and is only briefly hinted at in the first and last episode of the 1997 television anime series.
The magazine also notes that the 1997 Berserk television anime series will get a newly priced Blu-ray Disc release with the 2012 HD remaster. The new boxset is slated for an April 20 release, and will cost 18,000 yen ($148).
In addition, Miura will put his Berserk manga on hiatus, with the next chapter coming in "around" summer next year. The manga will also then be published as an irregular series.
Miura had recently returned again in August, and went on hiatus again in September of last year.
Hakusensha has 27 million copies in print in Japan and 8 million copies in print overseas.
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