61 References of Berserk in Dark Souls (Including Elden Ring)

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The amount of inspiration/connections between Berserk and Dark Souls is crazy, so lets check them all out, enjoy!
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00:00 - Boss :0
00:14 - Identical Black Smiths Twice
00:43 - ooohhh Elden Ring
01:00 - Nameless King
01:14 - Even more Bosses
02:05 - Many Parts of Gael
02:35 - Gut's Sword
2:51 - Identical
3:11 - The Disciples (it just doesn't end)
04:07 - Mozgus
04:35 - ahhh wheel people
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05:56 - Pot Bois of Bloodborne
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06:48 - Hello Irvine
06:52 - Siegmeyer of Catarina
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08:35 - Gut's Armor
08:44 - Wolf and Guts
09:26 - cmon these are basically the same
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It's crazy how Kentaro Miura's Berserk inspired so many aspects of Dark Souls I mean he managed to add multiple references in Demon's Souls, Dark Souls 1, Dark Souls 2, Dark Souls 3, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and somehow even Elden Ring.

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@bercerus 2 жыл бұрын

THE only thing i want from Elden Ring is to have "In loving memory of Miura Kentaro" line in the credits.

@TOUGE27 2 жыл бұрын

@blueripper1558 2 жыл бұрын

I mean after years of inspiration to his work it the right thing to do

@KingNachos4 2 жыл бұрын

I'm willing to put everything in the line betting that there will be a quest where he'll be present in the game itself

@TOUGE27 2 жыл бұрын

Bro, tell me when miyazaki said in any interview that his games were inspired by berserk? The only references you can say are berserk is the blacksmith with the same name as the rickert and artorias. These speculations have gotten out of control that in a little while they will say that elden ring is the berserk game, miyazaki takes references from a lot of things about dark fantasy coincidentally where Miura did too and that's why people think it has similarities... Search about the interviews him and show me when he says berserk was the biggest influence on his games.

@griffithdidnothingwrong8119 2 жыл бұрын

@@TOUGE27 you could've literally just looked it up instead of ranting? There are quite a few direct references along with many many things that look the exact same, like artorias and gael using guts moves or behelit and cracked red eye orbs looking the same.

@jotarokujo3603 2 жыл бұрын

Miyazaki outright saying that he's a huge Beserk fan and referenced it a bunch in his games is a pretty big link too.

@tigerfestivals5137 2 жыл бұрын

When did he say he was a fan of Berserk?

@yurisokolov9131 2 жыл бұрын

@@tigerfestivals5137 He never says that, but if you read some interview (found it at resetera elden ring omnipotent tread) about ds 1, you can found that him at least read berserk and first concept armor of catarina really looks like bazuso armor, how said concept artist in inteview

@chunkvader473 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know his second name was miyazaki so I thought you where talking about studios ghiblis miyazaki

@blessanabey8386 2 жыл бұрын

Then what the hell did the Game of thrones creator did for Elden Ring anyway.

@user-mh6ju3pg8c 2 жыл бұрын

Wait....which Miyazaki are you taking about, Jotaro?

@canadianidiot1220 2 жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly, the greatsword in Elden ring is a direct reference to the Dragon slayer. It’s description mentions a coarse iron lump and that’s it’s perfect for killing Inhumane foes. Not lonely that, it also states that to Handle it, one must have reached Inhuman levels of strength

@FuzzyDlop Жыл бұрын

That was a confirmed inclusion and homage to Berserk, Miyazaki even hinted at it himself to reassure people who wanted to play as Guts. The sword is found in the area copied from the Red Eclipse and it's in the caravan whose surrounding very much resembles both the caravan scene in the Black Swordsmen arc and the Eclipse itself when Griffith crashes in the caravan.

@pbabiesinspace6112 Жыл бұрын

The Greatsword in Darks 1, 2, 3, and Elden Ring is Gut's sword before the Eclipse. The Crypt Sword in Dark Souls 2 is the closest sword to the Dragonslayer unless you count the Burning Battle mod for DS3 which is literally called 'The Dragonslayer' and is the sword. And it has the Berserk armour. And yes I know, the description is a nod to how the manga describes the Dragonslayer.

@RedFloyd469 18 күн бұрын

The greatsword in demons souls is described pretty much word for word as " a hideous hunk of metal, more than a sword, requiring inhumane strength" or something along those lines. Yes, the greatsword being a berserk reference isn't something vague. It's literally an addition to every single game as a very obvious and intentional homage.

@FakeHeroFang 23 минут бұрын

@@pbabiesinspace6112 The one in DS1 could be pre-eclipse, but from 2 onwards, the weapon called 'Greatsword' pretty explicitly looks like the dragonslayer.

@OoooMaGaaawd 11 ай бұрын

There is also that Elden ring Prisoner starting class that have a Helmet Very similar to the griffith one when he was rescued

@Kuromajin 9 ай бұрын

They also made a replica of the Tree with hanging corpses in the Albinauric Village

@bigmangaming6307 8 ай бұрын

3 musketeers 'man with the iron mask'

@Aviao-voador 6 ай бұрын

Someone didn't see the end of the video😂

@vozcosmos7987 2 жыл бұрын

In Bloodborne, Ludwig the Accursed/Holy Blade looks awfully similar to a certain horse in Berserk.

@unfathomable3434 2 жыл бұрын

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO DONT GIVE THE RULE 34 ARTISTS MORE INSPIRATION

@abysschef5078 2 жыл бұрын

Worst part is that it probably was inspired by “that” design wise… it looks way too similar, hard to believe it was a coincidence lol.

@mauser98kar 2 жыл бұрын

LOOK AT R**E HORSE, R**E HORSE IS AMAZIING!

@insertedgynamehere 2 жыл бұрын

NO! None of that. Shame on you.

@thexrealxtobi5361 2 жыл бұрын

@@unfathomable3434 they don't need inspiration, they need God lol

@yokaismiley 2 жыл бұрын

the Dragon Slayer armor in DS3 is essentially the PERFECT blend of Dark Souls original design and Berserk inspiration. it has the same theme and is visually similar to Ornstein's classic set with the detailing of the berserker armor AND the head shape of Moonlight Knight Locus

@aramkaizer7903 2 жыл бұрын

It looks more like the Berserker armor than anything.

@totalgarbage2053 2 жыл бұрын

The Ruin Knights from Ds2 look an awful lot like Locus tbh

@vaya2959 2 жыл бұрын

@BloodyDIMISIS55 2 жыл бұрын

i like to add the "Broken straight Sword" is guts broken sword in the Apocalypse, it description is "Only the completely Hollowed would even consider using this as a weapon." PLUS the most important thing about it is you need it to make ARTORIAS Greatsword!.

@trustymccoolgal 2 жыл бұрын

Or it's just a broken sword?

@islandboy9381 2 жыл бұрын

@@trustymccoolgal The description gives it away considering Guts still used it when he was branded and basically set to die

@trustymccoolgal 2 жыл бұрын

@@islandboy9381 My point is just that people are calling every possible similarity a berserk reference, even though berserk influence isn't rearly as big as people make it out to be. I personally don't see how that description makes it related to berserk at all. The description basically says: "only an idiot would use a broken sword as a weapon" which wouldn't be something exclusive to Guts.

@eduardoledesma5568 2 жыл бұрын

Holy freaking shit I never knew that. When I played Dark Souls I never read item descriptions nor did I had the pleasure to play DarkS1's DLC.

@islandboy9381 2 жыл бұрын

@@trustymccoolgal Fair enough, but Berserk was a big influence regardless, that still lingers even in Elden Ring

@dragonflyer4656 Жыл бұрын

I feel Ranni and Blaidd are a reference to Schierke and Guts in his berserker armor and now I absolutely love them more than I already did.

@cyanidekicks 2 жыл бұрын

The most obvious reference in Elden Ring was the Wolf howling in the trailer

@grimnir8872 2 жыл бұрын

You mean the literal wolf knight, who sits exactly in the Berserker armor pose?

@asta8153 2 жыл бұрын

@@grimnir8872 and many other incoming

@Alvigger 2 жыл бұрын

Don’t know if this was really inspired by berserk, but the massive golden tree (erdtree?) in elden ring looks similar to berserk’s world spiral tree. I thought that was the most obvious reference.

@Karma-cj1wu 2 жыл бұрын

@@grimnir8872 probably just a coincidence....

@doombot54 2 жыл бұрын

Or maybe it was the giant tree made outta light

@sirmr6597 2 жыл бұрын

As a huge berserk and souls fan, I feel like some of these were likely coincidences, subconscious inspirations for Miyazaki, or just real things irrelevant to berserk. For example the count’s tongue and the makiri counter comparisons are stretches. Some Of the armor details are likely also just motifs.

@dawson3776 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly I think Berserk just has an influence on Miyazaki, not so much directly inspired but the themes ans aesthetic is clearly from someone in the same or similar wavelength to Miura.

@grimnir8872 2 жыл бұрын

The Souls series is not afraid to have direct references, and indirect references: for example, the Balder knight said was directly confirmed to be based on gut's armor.

@vigneshwaran1161 2 жыл бұрын

@@NiCoNiCoNiCola yeah makes sence a 32 year old manga stole from a 10 year old game

@NiCoNiCoNiCola 2 жыл бұрын

@@vigneshwaran1161 the flow of time is convoluted

@jotarokujo3603 2 жыл бұрын

Miyazaki has outright said himself that he is a huge Beserk fan and was heavily inspired.

@solaros7952 2 жыл бұрын

3:35 this weapon is called - man catcher/catchpole. It was used IRL back in the 16th-18th centuries.

@ThePiprian 2 жыл бұрын

Apparently the chinese police still use those.

@erops7933 Жыл бұрын

Of course but nobody has this knowledge except thanks to berserk

@edgar7456 Жыл бұрын

@@erops7933 I knew that weapon way before reading berserk

@erops7933 Жыл бұрын

@@edgar7456 I don't care

@edgar7456 Жыл бұрын

@@erops7933 your first statement was just plain wrong. You lacking knowledge doesn't mean everyone is as low as you are

@Boyzby 2 жыл бұрын

I feel the vast majority of these are just reaches or historical things. When you said the tree was inspired by Berserk, when Miura was very likely inspired by Yggdrasil, I started reading comments while it kept going. I never thought about the similarities between Wolf and Guts though.

@HavocHounds1988 2 жыл бұрын

In Tolkien's work there also is a golden glowing tree, so that could also be an inspiration.

@jbe0 2 жыл бұрын

I think the spirit tree in berserk was inspired by Yggdrasil, for sure. But the bright glowing tree in the far distance with branches going across the sky. It’s very very reminiscent of Berserk. Though both are likely a reference to the World Tree

@abhorrentabsconder 2 жыл бұрын

Clearly still inspired design-wise, smartass.

@niko-ef8hq 2 жыл бұрын

@@abhorrentabsconder Why are you angry lmao

@Pepe-pq3om 2 жыл бұрын

@@jbe0 more reminiscent of Tolkien's Middle Earth. This particular tree literally is the fount of light of the world during some specific period

@soulsbornefanboy7833 2 жыл бұрын

The "Greenpath" OST in Hollow Knight is amazing, appreciate you for using it.

@simonio6655 2 жыл бұрын

A thing you may have not noticed is that at the beginning of Golden age Guts gets shot in the arm when he's running away for this old group, the pose he stands in with the limp arm is very similar to artorious's pose, also the phrase 'Dark souls' is mentioned in one of the first chapters of berserk when we first see the godhand, speaking of which, 4 godhand with one final more important one, 4 major bosses in each dark souls game and a final one (not fully including ds2 because of the multiple bosses in the final room)

@bloodangel19 2 жыл бұрын

Let's include ds2 and say the major 4 were the Old Iron King, the Ivory King, Aldia and Vendrik. Makes it better imo

@kornelobajdin5889 Жыл бұрын

That Dark Souls reference in the manga. I realized that right away. Even the panel explaining dark souls. And just the panel itself where its all drawn a spiral of souls like disappearing into nothingness. Like white in color. Pretty much how any enemy npc dies in game and withers into like white dust. The quote: "Like a drop of water, youll simply dissolve. Becoming no more than another swell in an ocean of dark souls." Man as soon as I read that I was hooked on the manga.

@lassim3111 2 жыл бұрын

Some of the "references" are possibly inspired by real things. Such as the catching pole, that was likely inspired by a thing used in 18th century. And the winged knight helmet was clearly inspired by early 16th century grotesque visors.

@Wiseman108 2 жыл бұрын

Well Berserk probably took inspiration from those as well, most things are inspired by something. "Good artists borrow, Great artists steal" ~ Many great artist from the past.

@aringsinukuan769 2 жыл бұрын

The Logarius Wheel, though I believe is more possibly inspired by Berserk than most things in here, seems awfully similar ti a form of execution known as the Breaking Wheel in the Middle Ages.

@lassim3111 2 жыл бұрын

@@aringsinukuan769 i can see it. One of mozgus minions used a wheel as a weapon

@fuegoeterno3607 Жыл бұрын

The wheel was a real torture device in the middle ages, it is depicted in a lot of the paintings and drawings of that era. Its called Breaking wheel.

@eyn85 Жыл бұрын

And who said berserk wasn't inspired by historical things?? One inspired the other and it went on

@BREAKocean Жыл бұрын

One big reference is Miyazaki is also Japanese as is Berserk

@mllrrp Жыл бұрын

bro this is an insane reference!!! even the design is similar. thank you Miyazaki for giving us the best berserk game!!

@Avielse7en 2 жыл бұрын

What this shows is that both creators have been influenced by the same genre, that being dark medieval fantasy.

@SnowyJop 2 жыл бұрын

The souls series is intensely inspired by Berserk specifically though

@Avielse7en 2 жыл бұрын

@@SnowyJop agreed, but they also diverge in many areas as well. Regardless, both IPs are incredible and story rich.

@BlueAsterismSolstice 2 жыл бұрын

Historic item, design, or entity: *exists* Community: it's Berserk!

@LeonardGMN 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Solar eclipses were invented by Berserk!

@nightrain1121 2 жыл бұрын

The world tree is prominent in many pagan beliefs, considering al lot of Elden rings inspiration comes from that I don’t think it’s a berserk reference, in fact, berserk was probably taking inspiration from those mythologies.

@mant4_r0chen91 2 жыл бұрын

you are right and berserk most definitely took inspiration for the tree, but I think he means the visual simalarities in the manga and the game

@cody3335 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Considering George RR Martin came up with elden rings story/lore.

@HavocHounds1988 2 жыл бұрын

@@mant4_r0chen91 In Tolkien's works there are two glowing trees that are very similar to the one in Elden Ring.

@HarbingerOfTruth1 2 жыл бұрын

@@HavocHounds1988 All these massive trees are usually just inspired by Yggdrasil and usually straight up copy pasting the name

@HavocHounds1988 2 жыл бұрын

@@HarbingerOfTruth1 I don't doubt that, I was just mentioning that Tolkien had glowing trees in his world... For a while at least, until a giant spider creature ate them.

@mr.nickname9172 2 жыл бұрын

Watching the 1997 berserk anime with my dad and then playing Dark Souls right after, it was fun seeing all the similarities.

@WaryObserver 2 жыл бұрын

While I agree on most of those, I say most are convenient simply, I mean a lot is dark fantasy in general you can say. While Berserk is most iconic within those references, other media had similar things before, mostly Armor design and such or certain areas. With certain genres or designs it tends to be similar simply, like a knights and castles in medieval settings and so on. And yes a lot is confirmed of course, just saying not everything needs to be a reference, and it is just similar due well inspired from the start, so mind goes to such design choices. It is like saying any racing game is inspired by Need for Speed as a dumb example.

@hiimhunter7649 2 жыл бұрын

also we tend to alter or even borrow the things that have inspired us in the past even unknowingly so it could be he maybe was borrowing something he seen from it but did so unknowingly

@lightbrand_ Жыл бұрын

@@hiimhunter7649 i mean yeah but there’s also stuff that’s pretty blatant, alvina is a thousand times more reminiscent of the Cat of Sheshire than it is anything in berserk

@SF-ks9tg Жыл бұрын

And berserk has it's fair share of influences too. The Tree in berserk is most likely inspired by the tree in J.R.R. Tolkiens silmarilion

@MemeLordCrusader Жыл бұрын

@@SF-ks9tgironic

@jonathandoe2316 10 ай бұрын

That's what I'm saying some, but not every other thing.

@fuisfelipe 2 жыл бұрын

source: the voices in my head

@sauce8767 2 жыл бұрын

3:38 that weapon is called a man catcher and it was used in the 18th century, most likely not a reference to berserk

@midgetmechanic7977 Жыл бұрын

About 20%of these are inspired but most of them seem like a large stretch

@mllrrp Жыл бұрын

exactly

@Harry-the-Hat 2 жыл бұрын

While there is undeniably a lot of Berserk inspiration in the Souls series, some of the connections are likely that they pull from the same source of inspiration from history. After all, they're both dark fantasies.

@dynamicflashy 2 жыл бұрын

Good video. Whether coincidences or references, any video that references Berserk is a plus for me.

@ecanoya 2 жыл бұрын

The wheels at 4:40 in both DS and Berserk are inspired by "breaking wheels" which was an actual torture method from medieval times. A good chunk of these can likely be attributed to the fact that both DS and Berserk pull from generic Dark Fantasy and actual medieval history for a lot of their dark and gruesome imagery. The whole section on the disciples is honestly the weakest, since most of those could be a toss up between history inspired and Berserk inspired. The Mozgus connection is somewhat plausible though. Some of the armor comparisons are also pretty weak. The Taurus Demon and Capra Demon could just as likely be references to the Minotaur and Baphomet (the Goat Demon most people confuse for Satan). The Goat Demon in berserk is definitely inspried by Baphomet, since it looks so much like many depictions of him. I can't believe you threw in the Iron Maidens though.... they're literally just iron maidens......

@fortnight5677 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah he threw them in and then he literally said "they are probably just iron maidens but it's cool." Showing that he is not making connections out of blue.

@fortnight5677 2 жыл бұрын

Miyazaki saying he is a Berserk fan just makes it clear that there are loads of references to Berserk in Souls games. Yeah, Berserk draws from Dark Fantasy and actual medieval history so if you draw from Berserk you also draw from Dark Fantasy and actual medieval history... So what's the argument here and why do people try to gatekeep Berserk by implying that "these are very stretched findings?" Yeah, Capra Demon could be reference to Minotaur and Baphomet but there are different ways to design or add them into the game. What makes these a Berserk reference is how they are used and how they are designed. Not to mention the concept arts being a direct "port," from manga drawings.

@fortnight5677 2 жыл бұрын

The reference comes from the design and how it was used in the game. And there isn't a clear line between Berserk reference & dark fantasy / medieval reference. Something very obviously a Berserk reference to you could just be Miyazaki drawing from Dark Fantasy / Medieval stuff and something very obviously a Dark Fantasy / Medieval reference could be just Miyazaki seeing it in Berserk and adding it into the game.

@shivangsingh5956 2 жыл бұрын

Not method but dead souls with spining wheel coming to kill guts was what inspired ds by berserk

@ilmischino3255 2 жыл бұрын

That's right, also the blacksmith, they're just blacksmiths, the medieval European Smith are not a reference to berserk

@lolibear 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, that was a lot of work to get all those connections im sure, great job

@andreeliaspscheidt4032 2 жыл бұрын

There is a repeat crossbow in one of the Ds2 DLC, it looks more like guts crossbow

@syntheticfever9411 2 жыл бұрын

Even tho Gael fight style is similar to guts I think his design was inspired by lord yupa from nausica of the valley of the wind, I'd love to see you make a similar video between dark souls and the movie since I think hidetaka miyazaki take inspirations from hayao miyazaki's movies.

@El_Fonz0 2 жыл бұрын

Gael is even called LordYupa in the game files, funnily enough

@abigcupofwater 2 жыл бұрын

The only one I disagree with is the mikiri counter, stepping on an opponent's sword is a trope in kung fu movies and the like

@HavocHounds1988 2 жыл бұрын

It's an actual Ninjutsu technique as well.

@-MONTEZUMA 9 ай бұрын

And people say Berserk dont have a good game yet 😂

@Lifhtban Жыл бұрын

The Taurus demon is based of the Minotaur

@ProOrLooser 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like not all of these are consciously made references to berserk, more of a by-product of the huge influence that berserk has had on the dark fantasy genre in general.

@SF-ks9tg Жыл бұрын

And Berserk in turn is heavily influenced by other fantasy (like J.R.R Tolkien)

@Grothgerek Жыл бұрын

"more of a by-product of the huge influence that berserk has had on the dark fantasy genre in general." I don't want to say that Berserk doesn't have any influence. But most of these things are very standard. It might have a big influence on the japanese view of dark fantasy. But for europeans thats just... well technically its history.

@vattgholu Жыл бұрын

as a huge fan of Dark Souls, Elden Ring and Berserk, you pointed out a lot of new references that had never crossed my mind or aren’t talked about often online… great vid!

@OtepRalloma 2 жыл бұрын

9:40 as an additional note, the Usurpation of Fire ending looks a LOT like Griffith taking the Behelit as the Eclipse struck. And you even sacrifice someone to do that ending!

@leatheryfoot6354 2 жыл бұрын

The Great Goat at 2:00 reminds me a lot of the Ghru in Dark Souls 3.

@NiCoNiCoNiCola 2 жыл бұрын

Dragon form

@yusukeelric 2 жыл бұрын

the losing of an arm is a very common trait in samurai movies. It's also common in Metal gear solid for characters to lose one arm. im suprised Solid Snake didn't, guess ocelot took the slash for him, because every other main character lost his arm. Im saying this because in guts case it was more severe. it was torn apart by a beast and he was left one eyed.

@arumaru3433 2 жыл бұрын

Guts cut his own arm off, it wasn't torn off by a beast

@yusukeelric 2 жыл бұрын

@@arumaru3433 oh yeah i forgot. He was being held down from the arm by a beast and in desperation he cut it off

@jefflanong8361 Жыл бұрын

@@yusukeelrica horrible beasr

@sheevismycity4789 2 жыл бұрын

Some of these are big stretches, and alot seem more inspired by the a refrance to. But this was a really cool video! The Artorius pose conection in particular Is an awesome refrance.

@BasicallyGoblin Жыл бұрын

The Erdtree actually draws inspiration from the trees of Valinor, from the Silmarillion. You can thank GRR Martin for that

@kirowaterlaw9432 Жыл бұрын

>Silmarillion >GRRM What

@BasicallyGoblin Жыл бұрын

@@kirowaterlaw9432 GRRM is George R. R. Martin. the Silmarillion is the 10 thousand year history book that Tolkein made for the Lord of the Rings. Featuring things like the giant golden tree Laurelin, that filled the world with Golden light. Morgoth, the most powerful of the godlike Valar, who turned traitor and tried to take the light of the Gold and Silver trees, and keep them for himself. and the Numenorians; a race of greater men, which come from a land across the sea. Martin ripped off these, and many more to make Morgott, the Numen, and the Erdtree. Not saying that Elden Ring's story is made worse by this, if you're gonna rip something off, rip off the best story you can, but it does mean Martin himself is a fucking hack who's as original as my original character Johnic the Hedgehog, donut steal.

@mikec5400 Жыл бұрын

@@kirowaterlaw9432 Yes GRRM was a gigantic tolkien fan and GRRM is responsible for the world building in this game. So all these "berserk" references are actually not

@mikec5400 Жыл бұрын

@@BasicallyGoblin Berserk fans cant handle when you prove them wrong

@SaragossiDeer 9 ай бұрын

Uuuhmmm Norse mythology always had the yggdrasil--

@moreanimebro8542 11 ай бұрын

It is soo great to see this and to know that all of Bandai Namco, Fromsoftware, Miyazaki are all die hard Berserk fans. It litreally all make sense as to why they would put soo many refrences in their games, like its truly a love letter to Berserk fans. This is how pay a homage to arguably the best series of all time Berserk. Thing is it's crazy how Berserk have inspired, and influenced soo many and I mean like MANY anime, manga, games even to this day. Give you a crystal clear idea of how much of a masterpiece series it is. Berserk is timeless, it was, it is, and it will always be true work of art.

@puncherofbread 2 жыл бұрын

I hope some day From Software get to straight up make a Berserk Souls game. Considerring how much love the have shown for the material.

@Wiseman108 2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah looking forward to that day.

@muhamadirfanisamily7663 2 жыл бұрын

Sekiro=drororo Dark Souls and elden rings=berserk Anime love 😎😎😎😎😎😎🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

@AaronHernandezSupporter Жыл бұрын

@@muhamadirfanisamily7663 no

@chandlerstlouis8110 Жыл бұрын

i just started reading berserk about a month ago, been getting the deluxe editions and currently about 150 pages into the third deluxe edition. all of the references you showed in the video that are parts ive seen in the manga so far actually kind of blow me away, and ive also watched the movies and anime and the references in those also blow my mind. its crazy seeing how much berserk inspired the soulsborne series, and while some of them may be a stretch, theres still a massive amount of references that you almost cant even debate. really enjoying berserk so far, my first manga so far and even though everything ive read so far is stuff ive watched, there is a certain feeling i cant put my finger on that is portrayed so much better in the mangas than on the screen. i really cant wait until i get to the part the anime ends at currently, where the berserker armor is first being introduced. gonna be so exciting to read :D

@princelorian 2 жыл бұрын

awesome video i hope you make a pt 2 as i feel you could keep showing references for another 3 or more videos lol

@CanalGian2012 2 жыл бұрын

You guys think that Kentaro Miura invented all basic tropes of medieval fantasy, many of these “references to Berserk” are not references to Berserk at all, or at least, you wouldn’t be able to tell if it references Berserk or another older and more common source. For example, the tree could very well be a reference to Yggdrasil, or the “World Tree” from real life norse mythology. The “Farnese helmet” of Elden Ring’s Valkyrie is also a classic norse fantasy element, not a design that Kentaro invented. I love Berserk, but I think that pointing at anything remotely familiar and claiming it a reference is rather childish. I believe that Kentaro truly made a masterpiece, and Miyazaki clearly took many inspirations from that, he even said so in the Design Works, but I think we are overdoing it.

@mant4_r0chen91 2 жыл бұрын

I think he means the visuall simalarities of the tree in the manga an the game but yeah some things are out of the blue

@hiimhunter7649 2 жыл бұрын

@@mant4_r0chen91 i don't really feel the elden ring one and beserk are really that similar like at all other then they are both big which is what a world tree is meant to be

@hiimhunter7649 2 жыл бұрын

100% this, there are some obvious inspirations in places like the pontiff beast I'd def say are 100% heavily inspired by beserk along with wheel skeletons but i do think people go waaaay to far with assuming things are, there could be a case of he learned some things from beserk or they are just in his mind as the type of style he is drawn to and takes inspiration unknowingly and implements but def isn't him just doing it to nod at it 24/7

@senpai7101 Жыл бұрын

There’s nothing wrong with inspiration, I’m not sure why people are so split on this video.

@pandacozumelable 2 жыл бұрын

Great work! awesome compilation

@himikalka 2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff. Thank you for the awesome vid!

@danielwolf6477 2 жыл бұрын

Dunno if it was mentioned here but in one of the souls games, demon souls actually, the big sword from the dragon, called dragon smasher or something like that... Its description is 1:1 a berserk easter egg or whatever you wanna call it, if i remember it correctly, it says something like "its not a sword big slab or so"... wich kinda refers to berserks line, its too big to be called a sword blabla... its a hunk of steel.

@sirkelendor5429 2 жыл бұрын

Your thinking of the greatsword from ds3's description, the dragon bone smashers is "A bladeless, thick mass of iron used for smashing. According to the ancestors of Stonefang's excavators, it's said this weapon was created to face dragons, and is imbued with magic to protect the wielder from fire." Nowhere close

@tomconnolly1609 2 жыл бұрын

@@sirkelendor5429 It's pretty dang similar. Paraphrasing from Berserk: "It could hardly be called a sword, more like a thick slab of iron. It is said to have been created for the purpose of slaying dragons"

@robhudson370 2 жыл бұрын

The mercenary armour (minus the helm) in DS3 is a dead ringer for Guts’ armour.

@S1873 2 жыл бұрын

Props for using Greenpath theme, most beautiful piece of music I’ve heard in a video Game.

@bourne. 2 жыл бұрын

maliketh is a walking berserk reference

@oyc7946 Ай бұрын

Berserk fans really go around thinking that Miura came up with everything lol. While some like the Hunter's Mark are very clear references a lot of these are massive stretches

@Aseser-8 21 күн бұрын

🥱

@ninurak3543 2 жыл бұрын

Having played Elden Ring now, Radhan's armour is a lot closer to King Gaiserik than Nameless King.

@jeremiaha5167 2 жыл бұрын

My, man. That was quite a ride you took me on. I was geeking the fuck out. Thank You

@Voltia21 9 ай бұрын

I love that this series has brought so many new fans to this Anime/Manga. I always felt like it was so under appreciated.

@_LeMonLoaf 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, berserk and dark souls have a special spot in my heart and it’s amazing seeing the connections. Still discovering more and more each day. Keep up the great work!!

@benjamincousins6680 2 жыл бұрын

Artorias’ left arm is disabled similar to guts. They are also both consumed by darkness and go mad.

@eleven9286 8 ай бұрын

Missed the cerulean crystal tears being a reference. They look exactly like griffiths crystslized tear during the eclipse

@xenopere7807 2 жыл бұрын

lots of these i wouldn’t say are a a direct reference like the people people strewn up in a wheel is actually a real life medieval torture method and the tree in elden ring could also be a reference to the world tree in norse mythos, but great video nonetheless

@SlipySama Жыл бұрын

if you notice carefully the characters in dark souls have two arms and two legs just like in berserk

@SoulRippster Жыл бұрын

I'm sure this has been told before, but at least for the Tree, Tolkien's Silmarillion (the two shining trees of Valinor) is probably the main inspiration for Elden and Berserk both.

@alittledeath2817 Жыл бұрын

Big part of Tolkien’s world is inspired by norse mythology. It’s funny how far it reaches.

@papafrita3645 Жыл бұрын

Artorias spin attack move is a blatant reference to the attack used by guts vs grunbeld

@jakestone_ 2 жыл бұрын

Yo that intro was so trippy lmao well done 🔥

@chubbysolaireeaterofpussy3192 2 жыл бұрын

2:02 this one im iffy on just because of how deeply rooted the monk herself is in japanese culture

@thechristopherous789 Жыл бұрын

A lot of these a definitely references but some feel like a bit of a stretch. World trees are pretty common in fantasy and probably not something taken directly from Berserk. I think its good to remember that Berserk took inspiration from the real world, particularly when looking at suits of armour. Or even techniques like Mikiri counter Also the nameless King I really don't see it.

@stormhawkdude 2 жыл бұрын

Something I couldn't find a comment on and noticed wasn't in the video; The Abyss Walker's Armor Set. While more blue than black in color; it comes with a scarf hanging off the back, a more polished left arm, and the helmet is very cone-shaped(albeit vertically aimed than horizontally. Even with what little I knew of from Berserk back when Dark Souls 3 came out; that set combined with the Colossal Great Sword was an obvious nod to Guts's Black Swordsman armor.

@TH3EM702 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing work man

@wolcamophone4783 2 жыл бұрын

Reading Berserk’s storytelling on the human spirit compared to Dark Souls’ non-existent narration leaves you one extra layer out of the loop. It goes from a game shrouded in atmospheric mystery back down to a cool dark fantasy game engine that Miazaki wanted to use to make Berserk real.

@soysauce3551 2 жыл бұрын

Just goes to show how iconic Berserk is to the game culture. The appeal and tones of the manga fit well with any dark medieval game genre.

@Strength_Build_Fun 25 күн бұрын

Just like Artorias. The Fume Knight is a Berserk reference with his cool armor and his Fume Ultra Greatsword both looking very similar to the Berserker Armor and Guts’s huge Dragonslayer sword.

@ashenone_jp3001 2 жыл бұрын

Good video , subscribed 👍👍 love to see berserk and souls games and hollow knight ost in one video

@duwude 2 жыл бұрын

Life is a Berserk reference if you think about it

@dute6944 2 жыл бұрын

What about artorias' greatsword's attacks being the same as Gut's while in the berserker armor?

@leonardocastro6330 2 жыл бұрын

Loved the transition in the begning!

@xDBlackie 2 жыл бұрын

ELDEN RING's Blaidd npc is just Guts with his wolf-helm armor always active. Blaidd even wields a massive greatsword

@samswinemar8529 2 жыл бұрын

Furry guts

@NK-fp9zs 2 жыл бұрын

So Berserk invented: -armor -weapons -demons -Norse Mythology -stepping on swords -hats -prosthetics -witches -lizzards Jokes aside some of the references are pretty obvious, while others are just something that you would expect to see in medieval fantasy setting. Also you missed the field of swords in Elden Ring with one big sword in the middle. Might be a Berserk reference.

@judahboyd2107 2 жыл бұрын

Apparently one of the fields of swords references a lone warrior fighting for vengeance, only to fall to the HAND OF GODrick.

@owenc.q8514 2 жыл бұрын

@@judahboyd2107 Yeah but we can agree that Miyazaki was inspired from Bersek while creating the whole dark souls games and elden ring?

@judahboyd2107 2 жыл бұрын

@@owenc.q8514 The atmosphere of his games are always very similar, yes. A common theme of struggling against decay, and pushing on despite not really knowing what's going on.

@Parkergag50 2 жыл бұрын

This video is just berserk has images of snakes, here are images of snakes in dark souls games. This is a reference to berserk because there is both snakes. Obviously the sword is a reference, but the executioner hood is not something thay Miura made up such.

@rodorigork 6 ай бұрын

the editing in this video is super creative

@PhinZozo Жыл бұрын

Alot more references in Elden Ring, this vid needs a part 2

@conebear9291 2 жыл бұрын

Also you can see characters breathing which is also Guts does!!!! Totally a reference and not just something everyone does.

@Rifqiethehero 2 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@unnero1 2 жыл бұрын

You mentined the Eclipse and showed the Soul of Cinder fight and forgot to mention how that entire boss area is just the Hill of Swords where Guts fights Zodd :P

@justsomeguyontheinternet2677 2 жыл бұрын

A battlefield strewn with swords. How original! Not like that’s a trope or anything, must be a beserk reference.

@nicodetonado 2 жыл бұрын

@@justsomeguyontheinternet2677 considering that the eclipse reference is right above it and the connections between both, I wouldn't bet on it being a coincidence

@kunibertrandolf1886 2 жыл бұрын

@@nicodetonado The sun getting blocked by another object, must be a berserk reference

@froot... 2 жыл бұрын

@@kunibertrandolf1886 everything in the game is a Berserk Reference

@poreba1153 2 жыл бұрын

it's almost identical design

@OrgBrent 2 жыл бұрын

"With the only difference being the lack of pants" is my new favorite sentence.

@Zimidiah Жыл бұрын

That intro edit from the Dark Souls screen to the gameplay was 👌🏼

@Visigothicwarrior 2 жыл бұрын

0:56 why do people insist on calling it a Valkyrie... imagine if Asterix was considered part of the Norse mythos... Winged helmet are iconic features in all European cultures... Celtic (example: Vercingetorix), Greek (ex: Hermes) or Roman (ex: Mercury)

@aagh8714 2 жыл бұрын

yeah i'll never understand the valkyrie fetish, the only half-important one is brunhild and she's just a regular person basically lmao

@jimmylim5015 2 жыл бұрын

Those "wheel people" are in reference to the medieval torture of the "breaking wheel" which actually happened to victims

@arnar230 8 ай бұрын

Seath must be inspired by Grunbeld. The crystal dragon thing is quite unique despite Grunbeld obviously not being able to fly he is still called a dragon

@angergamess1302 2 жыл бұрын

Listen I’m not saying that he isn’t a fan but making connections on something so minuscule on the fact that there’s wings and ridges or a helmet, like come on ever heard of a Valkyrie.

@literallyalois2966 2 жыл бұрын

"even their designs are similar" yeah, one's big, the other is small, dang.

@HandsomeGamerGuy 5 ай бұрын

Yeah that was quite annoying, same for the Riccard Smith "Even there Design are similiar" Bro one's locked away in some ancient Ruins with Ghosts and Hollows....

@AnthonnyAG 2 жыл бұрын

There are some things clearly inspired on Berserk, but having stuff similar to Berserk, does not mean it is inspired in Berserk. Many designs of Kentaro Miura are inspired of real stuff from the Inquisition and I think most of the stuff from Dark Souls are inspired from the Inquisition, and that's the similarities.

@Dasqal 2 жыл бұрын

Yup. There also happens to be big trees in Mythology, not exactly something Kentaro Miura thought of first, lol.

@hiimhunter7649 2 жыл бұрын

@@Dasqal also pretty sure the world tree has stuff to do with alchemy in general and elden ring is said to rely or imply the use of alchemy

@williamshakemilk2192 Жыл бұрын

nah bruh we gotta hit that 10-min mark

@JayDaftAJ 2 ай бұрын

You can tell the creators of Dark Soul and Elder Rings favorite Anime was Berserk! And it truly made me feel like they miss the Creator Of Berserk! 😞 Rest in Peace Miura Kentaro you will never be forgotten your Legacy will now live on! 😭😭😭🐺🕊️

@roger2599 2 жыл бұрын

how Miyazaki referenced tons from berserk while still having originallity to his works despite being referenced very closely is proof that he is a genius

@alittledeath2817 Жыл бұрын

Taking something and changing couple of things doesn’t make one a genius

@roger2599 Жыл бұрын

@@alittledeath2817 being able innovate off of something to a quality as high as the original and still being fresh is Genius dude, because taking something and just changing a couple of things doesn't make it as great as the original

@mllrrp Жыл бұрын

bro oxygen in demon's souls is another fucking reference to berserk, oxygen existis in berserk too, this is INSANE, THANK YOU MIYAZAKI

@christianjuarez8179 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video Bro!

@DrDolan2000 Жыл бұрын

Clearly, Miyazaki knew the Conviction Arc is the best one

@philyoutuber7270 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love that Dark Souls is just Berserk the video game

@hush7359 2 жыл бұрын

looks depressing enough

@z4br4k98 2 жыл бұрын

as much as i like berserk, most of these are reaches. they are more likely inspired by mythology or real history

@jjescobar4140 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video, just finished watching the 97 anime last night. You should make a part 2 with connections solely from Elden Ring, I noticed quite a few myself watching the anime alone.

@sloth9159 2 жыл бұрын

A dark souls vid about berserk references while the background music references HK, 3amazing works of art in 1, awesome upload

@EggieBoi1284 2 жыл бұрын

The soul of cinder arena is the hill of swords from berserk. Though that was a pretty on the nose one, and it was pretty nice that the final boss's room was a reference to berserk too

@ecanoya 2 жыл бұрын

The hill of swords isn't *just* a berserk thing. It's a trope called Field of Blades, and it's in a lot of things.