TV series
Berserk
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.
Details
- First air date
- 1997-10-08
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 25 episodes
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation
- Network
- Nippon TV
- Production
- OLM, VAP, Hakusensha, Nippon Television Network Corporation
- Country
- JP
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Nobutoshi Canna as Guts (voice)
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Griffith (voice)
- Yuko Miyamura as Casca (voice)
- Tomohiro Nishimura as Corkus (voice)
- Unsho Ishizuka as Narrator (voice)
- Akira Ishida as Judeau (voice)
- Akiko Yajima as Rickert (voice)
- Shouto Kashii as Soldier B (voice)
- Masahito Kawanago as Soldier (voice)
- Ryuji Mizuno as Julius (voice)
- Eiji Sekiguchi as Soldier A (voice)
- Toshiko Sawada as Queen (voice)
Creators and crew
- Naohito Takahashi - Director
- Yukina Hiiro - Director
- Yukio Okazaki - Director
- Mihiro Yamaguchi - Director
- Koji Yoshikawa - Director
- Yasuhiro Matsumura - Director
Episodes
Episode 1: The Black Swordsman
A blacksmith is forging an enormous sword while a dark man with only one eye and one arm stands back and watches.
Episode 2: Band of the Hawk
There is a great battle taking place at a fort. The attackers are doing well, except one thing stands in their way - a grey knight and he states that none shall pass him.
Episode 3: First Battle
Guts and Griffith begin their sword fight.
Episode 4: The Hand of God
Guts reminisces about his childhood.
Episode 5: A Wind of Swords
Guts is now a commander of Griffith's army, taking many risks in battle, Casca takes him to task for it. Griffith is knighted in the Midland court much to the nobles' dismay.
Episode 6: Zodd the Immortal
In another raid, Guts and Griffith come across a demon known as Nosferatu Zodd.
Episode 7: The Sword`s Owner
Princess Charlotte of Midland strikes up a friendship with Griffith.
Episode 8: Conspiracy
Griffith and Guts continue their success in battle and Griffith is made a Count.
Episode 9: Assassination
Griffith saves Charlotte when her horse bolts during a fox hunt. Yurius, the king's younger brother, attempts to have him assassinated.
Episode 10: Nobleman
Guts, sent by Griffith, assassinates Yurius and his son Adonis. Griffith gets closer to Charlotte. The Hawks depart for yet another mission.
Episode 11: The Battle
On a stormy battlefield, Casca, Griffith's second in command, is wounded while fighting the leader of an enemy army. Guts runs to her rescue but when she passes out at the edge of a cliff, he cannot catch her in time and they both fall into the river below.
Episode 12: Together
Casca is still unconscious, so Guts shelters them in a cave while the rain pours down. She comes to and tells Guts about her past and about Griffith's.
Episode 13: Prepared for Death
Guts and Casca try to fight their way back to the Hawks while the enemy army they were fighting from before try to stop them.
Episode 14: Bonfire of Dreams
Casca finds Judeau's division of Hawks and leads them back to where Guts was fighting alone. Although injured, he defeated all the enemy soldiers by himself. They return to the Hawks' camp and Casca tends to Guts' wounds.
Episode 15: The Decisive Battle
The King of Midland and his various generals confer about Doldrey Castle, long since captured by the Chudan Empire. Griffith plans an attack and the King agrees despite the protests of his other officers. Only one other general supports Griffith's actions. The Hawks attack Doldrey.
Episode 16: The Conqueror
With the help of Nosferatu Zodd, Guts defeats the defender of Doldrey Castle.
Episode 17: Moment of Glory
With the victory at Doldrey, Griffith is promoted to White Phoenix General, an aristocratic title. The Queen of Midland and other court conspirators try to poison Griffith.
Episode 18: Tombstone of Flames
Griffith has his revenge by having the Queen's castle burned down.
Episode 19: Separation
Griffith will not let Guts simply leave. He says that Guts belongs to him.
Episode 20: Sparks
Guts arrives at the home of Godo the swordsmith and stays there for a while while Godo crafts a new sword for him. Guts practices more on his sword techniques with the help of Godo's little daughter Erika.
Episode 21: Confession
Guts returns in time to save the remaining Hawks from annihilation.
Episode 22: Infiltration
With Guts help, Casca and the Hawks hope to rescue Griffith.
Episode 23: Eve of the Feast
Breaking away from the King's pursuing armies, the few Hawks left contemplate their future. Guts comforts Casca, who is despondent over Griffith's condition. Griffith begins to dream.
Episode 24: The Great Eclipse
Seduced by the promises of demons and his dreams from his childhood, Griffith agrees to fulfill his destiny and become one of the God Hand demons.
Episode 25: Time of Eternity
Griffith's men are sacrificed to the demon's appetites. Guts fights on, at first to save Griffith, then to save himself from the result of Griffith's ambition.
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