Twitter Translations 11 [OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT]

So yeah, looks like everything was true from the leaked Newtype announcement. We also got an approximate release date !

[拡散希望]２０１１年　ベルセルク劇場版アニメ化決定です！！　ベルセルクのすべての物語を映像化いたします！！　壮大なベルセルクサーガプロジェクトスタートです。なお、劇場公開は、２０１１年中を目標としています！！　これは、公式発表です！！

[Diffusion Hope] Berserk 2011 will be a movie version anime !! The whole story of Berserk will be adapted !! Epic Berserk saga project; start. Furthermore, the movie release is aimed at half of 2011!! This is an official announcement !!  

First, not sure what [拡散希望] means, so just wrote its literal meaning. That aside, it looks like they decided to announce the news earlier since they're still on the 7th in Japan right now. Might be related to the leak, or maybe we'll get another announcement on the 8th, but I doubt it. Also if everything goes well, the movie should be released near June according to that.

ベルセルクという長い物語をすべて映像化するプロジェクトですので、数年というスパンの計画ではありません。なので、たとえば１０年後とかは映画という形ではないかもしれませんが、映像化計画は本気です！！

Since the aim of the project is to adapt the long story of Berserk, it is not the plan to span the project over several years. So, for example, there may not be any movies 10 years later, this adaptation is serious !!

Ok, I really need to start taking Japanese classes again; while I think the first sentence is correct, I can't seem to be able to make any sense out of the second one. Though in general, I think they mean that this is going to be one big production that we will remember. 

キャスト・製作・構成は、正式決定次第、随時報告いたします。まさに「誰も見たことのないベルセルク」です！！　テンションあがってきました！！

Cast/Production/Organisation will be reported upon official decision at any time. Surely [Daremo mitakotononai Beruseruku]!! The tension has increased !! 


Again, not to sure about that part : 「誰も見たことのないベルセルク」; I'm pretty sure he's referring to the commercial and how highly likely that the ones involved in them will be part of the project. And by the "ones" I mean Gackt who did the naration ('tomo the tomo" was also  behind the music, but it's way to soon to include such a small scale artist in speculations). 


Personally I was rather pleased with Kanna Nobutoshi's performance in the original series and wouldn't mind him returning at all, although as things are right now, it seems rather likely that Gackt will take his place, which I don't necessarily approve of, but still don't mind on the other hand. 


However, and I think I speak for many Berserk fans out there when I say that I want to see Hirasawa Susumu's name somewhere in the musical production. Although it doesn't mean a lot,  since the project announcement, I've been stalking Hirasawa's Twitter, but hasn't found anything closely related to Berserk.


 I guess we're going to have to wait a little to know more about the cast/production team, but hey, we're all used to waiting for Berserk, right ? 

UPDATE : 


Here's some official English tweets that pretty much sum up what said before : 

BERSERK will be made into animated movie! This movie is a first part of BERSERK SAGA PROJECT.

The original work is a long serialized story which carries onfor more thantwenty years.

The aim of the project is to makethe movies faithful to the original.We try to release the first movie within the year!