Anime · TV series · 1997

Berserk

剣風伝奇ベルセルク

A mercenary with an oversized sword falls in with the Band of the Hawk and, through them, into the orbit of their commander. The 1997 series adapts the Golden Age arc of Kentaro Miura’s manga and stops where that arc stops. The animation is limited and never pretends otherwise: it spends what it has on held compositions, heavy ink shadow and painted backgrounds.

The adaptation most viewers still start with, and the one that decides whether the rest of Berserk is for you.

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01 — The record

Format: TV series
Status: Completed
Episodes: 25 · about 25 min each
Broadcast: October 7, 1997 – March 31, 1998
Studio: OLM
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Season: Fall 1997

03 — Elsewhere

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04 — Who made it

Characters and credits

Characters

GutsMainVoice (JP): Nobutoshi Kanna
CascaMainVoice (JP): Yuuko Miyamura
GriffithMainVoice (JP): Toshiyuki Morikawa
JudeauSupportingVoice (JP): Akira Ishida
PippinSupportingVoice (JP): Masuo Amada
RickertSupportingVoice (JP): Akiko Yajima
CorkusSupportingVoice (JP): Tomohiro Nishimura
ZoddSupportingVoice (JP): Kenji Utsumi

Production

ADR Director (English) Michael Sinterniklaas
Original Creator Kentarou Miura
Key Animation (ep 23) Keiji Gotou
Series Concept Advisor Yasuhiro Imagawa
Storyboard (ep 1) Masamitsu Hidaka
Music Susumu Hirasawa

05 — Related records

Other versions and continuations

Separate works that share this story. They are listed rather than merged, because a sequel, a recap film and a remake are three different things and only one of them is this page.