Kenpuu Denki Berserk


Berserk

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Berserk: The Chronicles of Wind Blades, Sword-Wind Chronicle Berserk
Japanese: 剣風伝奇ベルセルク
English: Berserk
German: Berserk
Spanish: Berserk
French: Berserk
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Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 25
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 8, 1997 to Apr 1, 1998
Premiered: Fall 1997
Broadcast: Wednesdays at 01:45 (JST)
Licensors: Discotek Media
Studios: OLM
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, AdventureAdventure, DramaDrama, FantasyFantasy, HorrorHorror
Themes: GoreGore, MilitaryMilitary
Demographic: SeinenSeinen
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

Statistics

Score: 8.591 (scored by 370543370,543 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #1002
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #310
Members: 690,750
Favorites: 28,838

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Episodes: /25

Synopsis

Guts, a man who will one day be known as the Black Swordsman, is a young traveling mercenary characterized by the large greatsword he carries. He accepts jobs that offer the most money, but he never stays with one group for long—until he encounters the Band of the Falcon. Ambushed after completing a job, Guts crushes many of its members in combat. Griffith, The Band of the Falcon's leader and founder, takes an interest in Guts and duels him. While the others are no match for Guts, Griffith defeats him in one blow.

Incapacitated and taken into the Band of the Falcon's camp to recover, Guts wakes up two days later. He confronts Griffith, and the two duel yet again, only this time with a condition: Guts will join the Band of the Falcon if he loses. Due to his fresh injuries, Guts loses the fight and is inducted by Griffith.

In three years' time, Guts has become one of the Band of the Falcon's commanders. On the battlefield, his combat prowess is second only to Griffith as he takes on large groups of enemies all on his own. With Guts' immense strength and Griffith's leadership, the Band of the Falcon dominate every battle they partake in. But something menacing lurks in the shadows, threatening to change Guts' life forever.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Kenpuu Denki Berserk adapts the first 12 volumes and a part of the 13th volume of the manga. While the story remains fairly loyal to the source material, heavy modifications were made to exclude some of the more graphic depictions of violence, as well as characters and other content that could not be covered within the length of the anime’s running time. These changes were approved by the series creator himself.

The series was released on DVD by Media Blasters in six volumes from May 28, 2002 to May 27, 2003. The company also released a complete collection on November 16, 2004; it was later remastered by AnimeWorks and published on March 10, 2009.

An art book—titled Berserk: Kenpuu Denki - Kanzen Kaiseki-sho—containing sketches and behind-the-scenes information on the anime was published by Hakusensha on December 9, 1998.

Characters & Voice Actors

Guts

Main
Canna, Nobutoshi
Japanese

Griffith

Main
Morikawa, Toshiyuki
Japanese

Casca

Main
Miyamura, Yuko
Japanese

Judeau

Supporting
Ishida, Akira
Japanese

Nosferatu, Zodd

Supporting
Utsumi, Kenji
Japanese

Pippin

Supporting
Amada, Masuo
Japanese

Rickert

Supporting
Uechi, Aki
Japanese

Slan

Supporting
Tanaka, Atsuko
Japanese

Void

Supporting
Ishizuka, Unshou
Japanese

Godo

Supporting
Nishikawa, Ikuo
Japanese

Staff

Takahashi, Naohito
Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Chief Animation Director, Key Animation
Tsurumaki, Kazuya
Episode Director


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"Tell Me Why" by PENPALS
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Ending Theme

"Waiting So Long" by Silver Fins




Reviews

Sep 4, 2010
I'm one of those guys who usually read the manga before watching the anime. You can imagine, then, what my sentiments were like when I began watching a 25-episode-anime of which I'd read 300+ chapters of manga. To clarify, I was preparing for a completely unripe anime-draft of a manga praised to the heavens that'd actually been worth it, and then some. To my pleasant surprise I discovered the anime adaptation of Berserk lost to its original version in nothing but length and detail.

But the main elements, the magic that made the epic manga what it is are all present in the animated version. Guts, ...
Mar 12, 2009
Mixed Feelings
As I write this review I realize that I may have been slightly too hung up on the thing I'm hung up on that results in me giving this anime a lower rating than it probably deserves. The thing is, Berserk is a good anime, I enjoyed it immensly with its shady animations and art that you just have to love yet you wonder if you should take it seriously. I loved the characters of this anime, they were all so tragic, almost too tragic on the verge of being funny, yet it never crossed the line over to funny, so they were tragic, really ...
Nov 24, 2013
Okay, first of all I must make it clear that Berserk is one of my all time favorite manga series and this review is only about the first anime series made of Berserk back in the 90's.

Where to begin... I have so many problems with this anime adaption of Berserk. The animation itself isn't THAT important since I wasn't expecting much from this but come on! I don't get why they couldn't at least give this anime a decent budget so it would've at least looked nice. The animation is awkward and lifeless. The colors are just flat and boring and the facial ...

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