Comments on: Ask John: How Many Anime Owe Their Structure to Greek Tragedy? http://www.animenation.net/blog/2008/08/29/ask-john-how-many-anime-owe-their-structure-to-greek-tragedy/ Anime News & More! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:08:26 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: demotivator http://www.animenation.net/blog/2008/08/29/ask-john-how-many-anime-owe-their-structure-to-greek-tragedy/comment-page-1/#comment-17190 demotivator Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:57:05 +0000 http://www.animenation.net/blog/?p=13370#comment-17190 <strong>demotivator...</strong> [...]AnimeNation Anime News Blog » Blog Archive » Ask John: How Many Anime Owe Their Structure to Greek Tragedy?[...]... demotivator…

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]]> By: PockyBox.com http://www.animenation.net/blog/2008/08/29/ask-john-how-many-anime-owe-their-structure-to-greek-tragedy/comment-page-1/#comment-749 PockyBox.com Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:13:21 +0000 http://www.animenation.net/blog/?p=13370#comment-749 I'm not sure I would every consider the Berserk anime anything but bleak. There's always an air for foreboding hanging around it, which culminates into the shocking "end." Every one of his allies end up suffering because of Grithith's ambitions, especially his desire to control Gatz, who himself outgrows the Hawks by the end of the series, which leads to Grithith's breakdown and downfall. The ending destoryed me for an entire day after watching it, something an anime has never done to me since. Sure, we know Gatz and Cassca get away in the end, but anyone who knows the slightest bit about Berserk knows neither of their lives afterwards can be considered cheerful. I’m not sure I would every consider the Berserk anime anything but bleak. There’s always an air for foreboding hanging around it, which culminates into the shocking “end.” Every one of his allies end up suffering because of Grithith’s ambitions, especially his desire to control Gatz, who himself outgrows the Hawks by the end of the series, which leads to Grithith’s breakdown and downfall.

The ending destoryed me for an entire day after watching it, something an anime has never done to me since. Sure, we know Gatz and Cassca get away in the end, but anyone who knows the slightest bit about Berserk knows neither of their lives afterwards can be considered cheerful.

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