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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 2779497" data-attributes="member: 151">I understand that, I just disagree.  How does Guts escape the event?  What happens to Caska?  Why aren't they consumed?  Where did the dragonslayer come from?  Who was Roshinu, and  why even bother showing her in the anime?  What happens to Rickerts?  Manga readers know.  Followers of the anime don't.  That's not a different story, that's just sloppy work, IMHO.  Miura has already gone on record as saying that he worked much closer with the video game producers for the Dreamcast game than for the anime series.  Hence the inclusion of the Skull Knight, Puck and other characters.   I'm not arguing that the anime wasn't well done.  I think it was fantastic.  I think the ending was a major failure, though.  As for the name, you're right: supposedly Miura has said he meant it to be Guts...I just think of it that way because of the way it was translated in the old fansubs back in the day.Back on topic...I can't believe I forgot to mention Escaflowne.  Auru Battler Dunbine is an excellent show in the same vein.  There was an older anime with giant robot armies in a fantasy society, where the main character's robot was a centaur, as I recall...but I can't remember it's name for the life of me.</blockquote>