Berserk Announces Plan to Open a Special Cafe

By Evan Valentine

Berserk has earned its reputation as a dark anime fable that isn't afraid to dive into the ultra-violence throughout both its manga and anime adaptations. With the printed story continuing following the passing of creator Kentaro Miura, fans continue to demand more Band of the Hawk and it appears that Guts and company will be entering a new landscape thanks to a Berserk café swinging open its doors in Japan later this month. Now joining a number of franchises with their own eateries, this event marks Berserk's first attempt at creating a café.

Berserk currently doesn't have a new anime adaptation in the works, as far as we know, but the dark franchise is returning to the airwaves this October in Japan thanks to Berserk: Memorial Edition. Rather than creating an entirely new series, the upcoming show will re-cut and re-edit footage from the trilogy of films that examined the Golden Age Arc. To sweeten the pot on this footage, the Memorial Edition will include never before seen footage, granting viewers more of an incentive to revisit the story that introduced us once again to the likes of Guts, Griffith, Casca, and the terrifying Apostles led by the Godhand.

The Berserk Cafe opened a new Twitter Account to promote the dark eatery that will be swinging open its doors beginning on October 7th and will allow patrons to buy items based on the story of the Band of the Hawk until the cafe closes on November 20th later this fall:

As Berserk fans, and anime fans in general, know, the creator, Kentaro Miura, tragically passed away last year, with many believing that the story of Guts would remain unfinished. Luckily, friends of Miura, Kouji Mori, and the artists at Studio Gaga have taken the opportunity to continue Berserk thanks to notes and discussions that gave them an understanding of how the journey of the Band of the Hawk would come to an end. With the latest chapters seeing Elfhelm go through some serious changes, the manga is ramping up the action and the despair.

Would you love to see a Berserk cafe open its doors in North America? Feel free to let us know in the comments or hit me up directly on Twitter @EVComedy to talk all things comics, anime, and the world of the Band of the Hawk. 

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