Guts, having spent a year training to become a better swordsman, is warned by a mysterious being (dubbed the "Skull Knight") that his actions have instigated an "Eclipse". He seduces Charlotte, resulting in his arrest and torture, and the Hawks are declared criminals by the Midland army.
When Guts prevails and leaves to find his own dream, Griffith becomes emotionally distraught and reckless. Griffith refuses Guts' departure and, believing he has no equal, challenges him to single combat. When Guts overhears Griffith confessing to Charlotte that he only considers someone with their own dream to be a friend, Guts decides to leave the group once Midland has won its war. The Behelit is instrumental when they are spared by Nosferatu Zodd, a monstrous immortal who leaves Guts with a cryptic warning of a painful demise for being Griffith's friend.Īs Griffith begins to mingle with Midland nobility and acquaint himself with the king's daughter Charlotte, Guts begins developing feelings for his fellow commander Casca, the Hawks' only female member. Guts learns of Griffith's desire to rule a kingdom of his own and his mysterious pendant known as a Behelit. The Band is hired by the kingdom of Midland to help in its century-long war against the Chuder Empire. Griffith forces Guts to join the group after defeating him in battle, with Guts becoming his best fighter and main confidante. His fearsome reputation catches the attention of Griffith, the charismatic leader of a mercenary group known as the Band of the Hawk. Guts flees his mercenary group and becomes a wandering sellsword. One night, Gambino stumbles into Guts' tent armed and drunk, forcing Guts to kill him in self-defense. As a child, Guts is trained by Gambino with adult-sized broadswords, causing him to develop a preference for oversized two-handed swords. Guts is a lone warrior who was born from a hanged corpse and raised as a mercenary by his abusive adoptive father Gambino. Berserk has been widely acclaimed, particularly for its dark setting, storytelling, characters, and Miura's detailed artwork. It received the Award for Excellence at the 6th installment of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2002.
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A second 24-episode anime television series adaptation was broadcast for two seasons in 20.Īs of May 2021, the Berserk manga had over 50 million copies in circulation, including digital versions, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. The Golden Age arc was also adapted into a trilogy of theatrical anime films the first two films premiered in 2012 and the third film premiered in 2013.
Following Miura's death in May 2021, the final chapter that he wrote and illustrated was published posthumously in September of the same year the series resumed in June 2022, under supervision of Miura's fellow manga artist and childhood friend Kouji Mori and Miura's group of assistants and apprentices from Studio Gaga.īerserk was adapted into a 25-episode anime television series by OLM, which covered the Golden Age story arc, and was broadcast from October 1997 to March 1998. The series began the following year in the Hakusensha's now-defunct magazine Monthly Animal House, which was replaced in 1992 by the semimonthly magazine Young Animal, where Berserk has continued its publication. Miura premiered a prototype of Berserk in 1988. Set in a medieval Europe-inspired dark fantasy world, the story centers on the characters of Guts, a lone swordsman, and Griffith, the leader of a mercenary band called the "Band of the Hawk". Berserk ( Japanese: ベルセルク, Hepburn: Beruseruku) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kentaro Miura.
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