One of the biggest manga and anime franchises is Furiouswork of Kentaro Miura created at the beginning of the 20th century and thanks to its old and new audiences it continued to lose validity and continues to be a manga broadcast along with multiple anime adaptations. But it was a sector of the fandom Furious who decided to take a chance and invest all their efforts to create a work in homage to their favorite series, unfortunately through a statement via X/Twitter, the group called Taka Studio announced that the fanmade saga has been officially canceled.
Studio Taka cancels one of Berserk's most ambitious projects
A group of anonymous fans immediately became heroes of the otaku community when they announced that they would make a fanmade of one of the seinen franchises and animes that marked many generations almost from scratch. The project by fans and for fans of “Furious"would symbolize a tribute to its official creator from the mid-eighties, Kentaro Miuraand something that the fans truly deserved, as the founding of “Studio Taka” had the sole purpose of creating the content that they and the community deserved.
Taka Studio who have now definitively cancelled the fan-made Furious They were making chapters that closely followed the anime and manga with almost no deviations, with an almost perfect adaptation, even better than those of anime seasons and movies in general. But legal problems were not long in coming and other studies such as Eclipse They demanded the cancellation of the project on the grounds that adaptations and animes of this style do not have legal authorization to be carried out, Taka Studio He had no choice but to cancel his work and take other radical measures to protect it.
Through this nostalgic and not at all hopeful statement, the main exponents, representatives and developers of the “Berserk” fan mentioned that Gaga Studios, holders of the rights to Furious They started taking sides in all projects without prior authorization. The fanmade of Taka Studio did not have any authorization from Gaga Studio and continuing with the project could lead to even more serious legal problems.
The statement of Taka Studio also reports that many possible alternatives were explored to continue this fanmade, but after considering it, they decided to cancel it permanently due to the potential legal risks involved in continuing the fanmade. Furious so they prefer to respect the intellectual property of Gaga and Hakusensha Studios. They also thank all the fans who supported their project, mentioning that this fanmade symbolized something big for their lives, but that the positive comments meant a lot to them.
Finally, they mention that the purpose of the fanmade is Furious was to honor the memory of the great Kentaro Miuratheir enormous legacy and their enormous work, in addition to attracting new fans to this franchise and motivating them to read the manga through their videos. However, the fanmades, regardless of the noble intentions underlying them, have no legal consideration, they say goodbye definitively in their statement, reiterating their gratitude to those who supported them during this phase that lasted for many years.
This cancellation due to legal issues with Gaga Studios caused only anger, rage and frustration not only among those who followed the fanmade and among fans of Furiousbut in the otaku community in general, the reactions to a good Berserk animation” “What happened was a shame, but what had to happen happened” “This series was amazing, rest in peace”
Among the radical measures that the Taka Studio took after making his post via X/Twitter, was to close the social networks that included his link.
