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Berserk

Name: Berserk
Genre: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation
Released: 1997-10-08
Rating: 8.491

★ 8,5 /10 (823 Votes)

1997 JA 1 Seasons

Overview

Guts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.

Stream

First air date

08/10/1997

Votes

823

Popularity

15.8

This sword is the proof that I have lived.

Genres

Action & Adventure Sci-Fi & Fantasy Animation

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Networks

Nippon TV

Original title

剣風伝奇ベルセルク

Language

Last air date

1998-04-01

Episodes

Episode runtime

23 min

Website

www.vap.co.jp

Season 1

25 episodes • 1997 • ⭐ 7,3

The Black Swordsman has flash backs to years past and his trials and tribulations in the Band of the Hawk.

Nobutoshi Canna

Guts (voice)

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Griffith (voice)

Yuko Miyamura

Casca (voice)

Tomohiro Nishimura

Corkus (voice)

Unsho Ishizuka

Narrator (voice)

Original Soundtrack

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Seriously underrated in the wider anime community, this is a wonderful story told very well. The character of Guts is utterly compelling, and his development is just flawless, which makes the emotional stakes and the gut punch moments all the more impactful. Casca as well is a great character, one of the truly great anime women of the 90s. The production is dated but still very enjoyable, I like the art style and the fight direction even though it is mostly static. It must be said that the music is godly, several iconic tracks. The acting in English, Japanese and Russian (Which I've heard snip…

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