Berserk is the 1st anime adaption of the long-running manga by Kentarou Miura. It's Seinen with themes of action and adventure.
Berserk is about the protagonist Guts who recently has joined the Band of the Hawk. He becomes successful, travelling with them and matures throughout. It's 25 episodes and there were no problems with pacing. The story had a melancholy and dark feel to it. Griffith the leader of the band of the hawks was embodied this quite well. He was very comforing to his soldiers. Griffith was a perfect leader until he lost his edge. Then the show tranformed to dreamlike for the last 5 episodes. Indivisualism and reaching your goals were important to this anime. The fiighing in this gorey anime expressed meesages and emotions such as loneliness, determination and resillence. Gut swung his sword with incredible anger to kill his enemies. Guts presence increased uncertainty and ambition. His physical and mental strength brought power to The Band of the Hawk. Casca was the most realistic character, she had practicality and became more assertive and becomes a great leader. Griffith and Guts become her love interest and it is quite generic.
Berserk is animated by OLM. The animation is great and gory. The fights contain a lot of gore and sword fighting. The character designs are quite medival and the designs are great. The expressions were great.
I watched the Sub and it was ok. The voice acting was quite average and it relied on the animation to be expressive. The OP was great, I wish more OP's were only 1 minute long instead of 1 and a half. I didn't mind that it was in English. The ED was also great and the simple animation during it enhanced its quality. The soundtrack overall was good.
In conclusion, I thought this anime was great. I would recommend this to older teenagers and adults that like violence and great main characters.
