Berserk
剣風伝奇ベルセルク
Action
Dark Fantasy
Drama
Horror
Details & Synopsis
Born from a hanging corpse and raised on the battlefield, Guts is a wandering mercenary who wields a sword larger than a grown man. His life of aimless violence changes when he meets Griffith, the charismatic and fiercely ambitious leader of the Band of the Hawk. What starts as a gritty medieval war story slowly descends into one of the most harrowing and legendary dark fantasies in fiction.
The 1997 adaptation of Kentaro Miura's masterpiece captures the Golden Age arc with a raw, hand-drawn aesthetic that modern CGI reboots have never been able to replicate. The soundtrack by Susumu Hirasawa, featuring the iconic, jarringly upbeat opening "Tell Me Why" and the sweeping battle anthem "Forces", is etched into anime history. 25 episodes. It culminates in the Eclipse, a finale so traumatizing it changed the medium forever. Read the manga afterward.
The 1997 adaptation of Kentaro Miura's masterpiece captures the Golden Age arc with a raw, hand-drawn aesthetic that modern CGI reboots have never been able to replicate. The soundtrack by Susumu Hirasawa, featuring the iconic, jarringly upbeat opening "Tell Me Why" and the sweeping battle anthem "Forces", is etched into anime history. 25 episodes. It culminates in the Eclipse, a finale so traumatizing it changed the medium forever. Read the manga afterward.
Alt Title
剣風伝奇ベルセルク
Studio
OLM
Network
Nippon TV
Aired
1997 - 1998
Episodes
25
Genre
Action, Dark Fantasy, Drama, Horror
Status
Completed
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