Berserk

Now branded for death and destined to be hunted by demons until the day he dies, Guts embarks on a journey to defy such a gruesome fate, as waves of beasts relentlessly pursue him. Steeling his resolve, he takes up the monstrous blade Dragonslayer and vows to exact vengeance on the one responsible, hunting down the very man he once looked up to and considered a friend.

Along the way, he encounters some unlikely allies, such as a small elf named Puck, and Isidro, a young thief looking to learn swordsmanship from the former mercenary. As the ragtag group slowly comes together after having decided to join Guts in his quest, they will face incredible danger unlike anything they have ever experienced before.

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Adaptation:	Berserk
Prequel:	Kenpuu Denki Berserk, Berserk: Ougon Jidai-hen III - Kourin
Sequel:	Berserk 2nd Season
Summary:	Berserk Recap

Okitsu, Kazuyuki
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Maeda, Toshihiro

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Satomi, Tetsurou

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Itagaki, Shin

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Iwanami, Yoshikazu

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"Inferno" by 9mm Parabellum Bullet

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"Meimoku no Kanata (瞑目の彼方)" by Nagi Yanagi

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Feb 13, 2022

ArkonBlade

Recommended

An Anime I put as a must see if you like a dark and brutal Anime. Berserk is not a happy anime in fact its rarely ever happy. This Anime focuses around three characters, Guts a loner warrior whose tough as nails, Kaska a warrior learning how to become a leader and romantic interest for Guts, and Griffith a Charismatic Leader that sees his destiny at the top and Leads a group called the Band of the Hawk to try and reach that goal.

Berserk pretty much all about these three characters journey to make Griffith relies his goal as Guts and Kaska believe Griffith ...

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Aug 7, 2023

MioSakomoto

Mixed Feelings

I really must say that while i like Berserk i am disapointed. Story follows the manga ok, maybe notin perfect way but still following it, however animation, even animation rom original series, first season if you want, which was from 1997 was far better then this from 2016. Its clear that they used CGI and not really quality one but cheap one. Music is weird but it actually is good for the setting. Characters, well they are not perfect either but they do follow the story and i do like some of the new characters. I cannot really say much against the show except that ...

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Aug 8, 2023

ThatAnimeSnobRE

Not Recommended

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Before this anime was out a lot of fools were defending it as amazing because of nostalgia, even though the trailer was nothing but bad CGI and the material it was adapting was nowhere as good as the one from the 90s. Boy, did they regretted being positive about it.

The 90s Berserk is the best dark fantasy anime of all times. The 2016 version on the other hand is yet another dark and edgy mediocrity with cancer CGI, awful directing, and terrible sound composition. You cannot watch 5 minutes without spotting a lazily made scene with bizarre camera angles and effortless lipsync. When Guts hits ... something, it makes a ridiculous metallic sound even when what he hits is not made of metal. And when he cuts someone in half, it looks like a plastic toy because the CGI is rendered cheaply. Berserk, the once best animated dark fantasy series of all times, degraded from a psychological drama to a horribly animated mindless gorefest. I mean, it always had splatter and violence, but at least the Golden Age arc was very focused on the relationship of the main trio. Each one of them had a completely different mindset which elevated the 90s anime to an exceptional character study. You could say it was edge done right.

The problem is, as soon as the Eclipse was over the story lost most of its appeal. Not only because the new anime is all in CGI and has terrible directing. It suffers from the exact same problem as the manga, which doesn’t look like shit. The character dynamics are gone, Griffith degrades to a heartless demon, Guts degrades to slaying mostly monsters instead of people which doesn’t have the same impact, and Caska degrades from a strong willed woman to a damsel in distress with the brain of a vegetable. Also, the newer cast is nowhere near as interesting. They are comic reliefs or background characters who are there just for the heck of it. Guts is the one doing all the work, he is so powerful compared to them that he doesn’t really need them. Yes, later on they help him not to be taken over by evil, it’s still doesn’t take away the issue of them being nothing more than support for the main character instead of having their own strong dynamics.

I also got tired of seeing Guts doing nothing but running after Griffith, as if I’m watching Naruto and Sasuke all over again. I was very patient with it, assuming all the shit that were happening in all these arcs is some sort of a buildup. They are not, the only thing that changes is Guts getting bigger swords and better equipment, stuff that do not count as character development. He just mutated from a man who can’t settle down to a mindless killing machine that wants nothing but revenge. How is that remotely interesting? The story is going nowhere for decades, it goes in circles as if I am watching Inuyasha all over again. The fact that Miura was more interested in playing Idolmaster than finishing the story was just salt on an open wound. He dragged the plot indefinitely so he can milk it with subpar videogame adaptations and then passed away after changing Berserk from an amazing dark fantasy with memorable characters into another edgelord throwaway series. What’s with this demonic invasion bullshit? It made things convoluted and took away the tragedy of death, since now it’s mostly about Guts butchering monsters. You don’t care about monsters, they are 1 dimensional spawns of evil. It’s still a fine spectacle if all you care about is goreporn, but it’s nowhere near as good as it was, and the CGI makes it unwatchable.

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