If one more lame wapanese otaku filth claims this is a ripoff....
....of Vampire Hunter D or Van Helsing, I'm going to kick them in the stomachs.
sharePeople are saying that? If anything the similarities are much akin to Berserk. Staggeringly infact, it was the thing I drew comparisons with when I watched Kane earlier today.
shareI thought it was like a dark van helsing type thing. VH rip off? certainly not! (where were the classic b-movie monsters?) but i'd say SK doffed it's puritan quaker's broad-brimmer to VH in terms of SK's monster/demon slayer style & darkly reluctant "anti-hero" almost. never have heard of this "berserk". any good?
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"never have heard of this "berserk". any good?"
Berserk is an awesome anime/manga series. Its one of my all time favorite stories (including books, movies, tv, comics, etc...) IMO its even better than Cowboy Bebop or Macross Plus (these are my 3 favorite anime series).
Berserk takes place in a medieval European type of setting. It chronicles the trials and tribulations of a band of mercenaries called the Band of the Hawk (especially its 3 best warriors Griffith, Guts & Casca). They're all commoners, but they have the grand goal of someday, somehow becoming nobles w/ their leader, Griffith, having the greater goal of someday becoming a king w/ his own kingdom to rule. Its a very dark, grim & gritty story w/ deep characterizations. Its not played for laughs like many anime/manga stories. Its filled with swords, knights, nobles, corpse-filled battlefields, assassinations, political intrigue, some rape (or rape attempts) and even some demons & other supernatural elements.
Be warned: the anime ends on a huge cliffhanger (its 25 eps). To find out the rest of the story you'll either have to do some web research or read the manga. But even still, I'd suggest buying or renting the anime 1st, (as the manga spoils a huge revelation early on) and then reading the manga if you want more.
PS - I thought Solomon Kane looked kinda cool, but w/ the Berserk comparison I'm now a little more interested. BTW I still say Van Hellsing heavily "borrowed" from Vampire Hunter D/VHD:Bloodlust (which itself "borrowed" the automatic crossbow idea from Berserk). Van Hellsing is nothing like the old Universal monster movies.
I didn't see any resemblance to Berserk other than the somber setting (but then again I saw very little Solomon Kane in it either).
For all that have not yet made aquaintance with Berserk I urge you to do it. Both the anime and the manga are great - the manga is far better though if I am to choose one (and the best manga out there as far as the mangas I have read). As for the anime goes, it's the second best anime ever made in my opinion (Ginga Nagareboshi Gin being #1).