Berserk Season 2 Artwork, Concept Sketches Released

Berserk is making a huge return this year. The second season of the anime is set to return this April and the manga by Kentaro Miura seems like it is going to resume this year as well.

Lucky for fans we get a sneak peak at the new season with in the newest Young Animal issue. We get a full sneak peak at the new anime as well as the newest chapter of the manga, chapter 348.

With many of the manga fans disappointed with first season of the 2016 anime, after the cliffhanger ending there’s still hope that the new season will be as amazing as the source material. The Bereserk manga was first serialized by Young Animal in 1992 and has been running since then (with some short breaks). The brutal and sometimes extreme manga has a has a huge fan base not only in Japan but also in the United States because of Dark Horse Comics translating it and releasing it in volumes.

The original anime adaptation first released in 1997 as 25-episodes. The first series began with the Black Swordsman arc, and went through the Golden Age arc. It mainly followed the storyline laid out in the manga, but there was modifications to some of the most violent and brutal scenes, and character deaths. In 2012 there were two films released in Japan, with the third being released in 2013. The movies essentially retold the 1997 TV series. The newest second series came out in 2016 and received flack for using animated CGI rather than traditional animated style. The 2016 series followed the Conviction story arc.

If you are unfamiliar with the storyline, Crunchyroll described the Berserk below:

“Spurred by the flame raging in his heart, the Black Swordsman Guts continues his seemingly endless quest for revenge. Standing in his path are heinous outlaws, delusional evil spirits, and a devout child of god.Even as it chips away at his life, Guts continues to fight his enemies, who wield repulsive and inhuman power, with nary but his body and sword—his strength as a human. What lies at the end of his travels? The answer is shrouded in the “night.” Strain your eyes and stare into the dark!”