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Berserk (TV 2017)

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Alternative title:
ベルセルク (Japanese)
Genres: fantasy, horror
Themes: medieval, swordplay
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Spurred by the flame raging in his heart, the Black Swordsman Guts continues his seemingly endless quest for revenge. Standing in his path are heinous outlaws, delusional evil spirits, and a devout child of god. Even as it chips away at his life, Guts continues to fight his enemies, who wield repulsive and inhumane power, with nary but his body and sword—his strength as a human.
User Ratings: 229 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 12 votes (sub:10, dub:2)
 Excellent: 27 votes (sub:18, dub:4, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:3
1 Polish subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Very good: 51 votes (sub:42, dub:6, ?:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 74 votes (sub:62, dub:9, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Decent: 32 votes (sub:27, dub:3, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:11, dub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 358 users, rank: #2670 (of 9508)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.035 (Good), std. dev.: 1.6973, rank: #3528 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 7.029 (Good), rank: #3392 (of 9647) (seen all: 7.08 / seen some: 6.00 / won't finish: 2.41)
Bayesian estimate: 7.055 (Good), rank: #3125 (of 7268)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 14
Vintage: 2017-04-07
Opening Theme:
"Sacrifice" (サクリファイス) by 9mm Parabellum Bullet
Ending Theme:
"Issai wa Monogatari" (一切は物語; Everything is the Story) by Yoshino Nanjō ft. Nagi Yanagi
Insert song:
"Ash Crow" by Susumu Hirasawa
Official website:
Reviews: Show:
Berserk ‒ Episode 24 (Jun 24, 2017)
Berserk ‒ Episode 23 (Jun 18, 2017)
Berserk ‒ Episode 22 (Jun 10, 2017)
Berserk ‒ Episode 21 (May 27, 2017)
Berserk ‒ Episode 20 (May 20, 2017)
Berserk ‒ Episode 19 (May 13, 2017)
Berserk ‒ Episode 18 (May 6, 2017)
Berserk ‒ Episode 17 (Apr 30, 2017)
Berserk ‒ Episode 16 (Apr 22, 2017)
Berserk ‒ Episode 15 (Apr 16, 2017)
Berserk (Jul 17, 2016)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Berserk - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) 2020-01-07 (from $46.31)
    Berserk - The Complete Series [Essentials] (Blu-ray) 2022-02-15 (from $39.49)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Berserk - Season 2 (BD+DVD) 2018-06-12 (from $69.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Shin Itagaki
Series Composition: Makoto Fukami
Script:
Kenzen (ep 20)
Makoto Fukami (6 episodes
eps 13-14, 17-19, 24
)

Takashi Yamashita (5 episodes
eps 15-16, 21-23
)

Storyboard: Shin Itagaki (eps 13-24)
Music: Shirō Sagisu
Original creator: Kentarou Miura
Character Design: Hisashi Abe
Art Director: Hiroshi Itō (Kusanagi)
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Director of Photography: Mitsunobu Yoshida
Art Setting: Naomi Ogura (Kusanagi)
CG Line Producer: Satoshi Iijima
Color Coordination: Shin'ichirō Haketa
Composite Lead: Takamasa Hatakeyama
Editing: Yuri Tamura
Effects Lead: Rei Hagiwara
Insert Song Arrangement: Susumu Hirasawa
Insert Song Composition: Susumu Hirasawa
Insert Song Lyrics: Susumu Hirasawa
Insert Song Performance: Susumu Hirasawa
Lead Animator: Keisuke Kobayashi (小林圭介)
Lead Background Modeler:
Kotarō Arai
Shunta Imai
Lead CG Modeler: Mayumi Kamada (Domerica)
Lead Character Modeler: Narumi Igarashi
Line Producer: Yu Harima
Series Composition Cooperation: Takashi Yamashita
Set-Up Lead: Hiroki Satō (佐藤宏樹)
Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
Supervision: Kentarou Miura
Technical Director: Keita Mizuhashi
Theme Song Arrangement: Mito (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Mito (ED)
Yoshimitsu Taki (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Nagi Yanagi (ED)
Takuro Sugawara (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Nagi Yanagi (ED)
Nine Millimeter Parabellum Bullet (as 9mm Parabellum Bullet)
Yoshino Nanjō (ED)
Visual Director: Toru Shinozaki
Hiroaki Iwanaga as Guts

Akio Ōtsuka as Skull Knight
Chiwa Saito as Schierke
Hiro Shimono as Isidro
Kaoru Mizuhara as Puck
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Serpico
Kenta Miyake as Zodd
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Grunbeld Arcbeast
Masashi Nogawa as Rakshas
Mitsuki Saiga as Mühle Wolflame
Satomi Arai as Ivalera
Shougo Nakamura as Locus
Sumi Shimamoto as Flora
Takahiro Sakurai as Griffith
Toa Yukinari as Casca
Yōko Hikasa as Farnese
Yoshino Nanjō as Sonia
Yūichi Nakamura as Silat

Aya Saitō as Boy (ep 13)
Ayana Taketatsu as Erica
Chisa Suganuma as
Hannah (eps 17, 20)
Villager (ep 18)
Daisuke Takahashi as Enoch Priest
Hikari Kubota as Toma (ep 13)
Hōchū Ohtsuka as Laban
Katsuya Miyamoto as
Gatekeeper (ep 15)
Thief (ep 14)
Kenta Sasa as
Enemy General (ep 15)
Noble (ep 14)
Slave Trader (ep 24)
Villager (eps 18-19)
Kōji Ishii as Tapasa
Kosuke Onishi as
Horace (ep 17)
Slave Trader (ep 24)
Soul Soldier (ep 15)
Lynn as Serpico (young; ep 14)
Mahiro Nishijima as Nico (ep 13)
Makoto Tamura as Noble (ep 14)
Manta Yamamoto as Morgan
Mari Kiyohara as Serpico's Mother (ep 14)
Masaaki Ihara as
Enemy Soldier (ep 15)
Slave Trader (ep 24)
Soldier (ep 13)
Masashi Nogawa as
Slave Trader (ep 24)
Villager (eps 17-19)
Mii Miki as Villager (eps 18, 20)
Minako Kotobuki as Rickert
Misao Kobayashi as Old Man (ep 16)
Misuzu Togashi as Boy (ep 15)
Riki Kagami as
Beard Skeleton (ep 24)
Kushan's Adjutant General (ep 15)
Noble (ep 14)
Soldier (ep 13)
Villager (eps 18-19)
Saori Takamiya as Villager (ep 20)
Saori Terai as Woman (ep 15)
Sara Matsumoto as Boy (ep 13)
Satomi Kobashi as Boy (ep 13)
Shougo Nakamura as
Gatekeeper (ep 24)
General Kushan (ep 13)
Noble (ep 14)
Villager (eps 17-19)
Tatsuya Kobayashi as Village Elder
Unshō Ishizuka as Narrator
Yuka Maruyama as Mother (ep 15)
Zenki Kitajima as Federico de Vandimion (ep 14)
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Elissa Sato
Sriram Gurunathan (Aniplus Asia)
ADR Script: Jalen K. Cassell
Executive producer:
Kun Gao
Sae Whan Song
Producer:
Bryan Ingram (Subtitles)
Eric P. Sherman

Assistant producer: Mio Moroe
Associate producer: Heather Becker
Blu-Ray Authoring:
Christine Bertolino (FUNimation)
Trace Furniss (FUNimation)
Blu-Ray Compression: Duncan Yan (FUNimation)
Blu-Ray Editor: Jeremy Jimenez (FUNimation)
Blu-Ray Menu Audio: Austin Black (FUNimation)
Blu-Ray Producer:
Clarine Harp (FUNimation)
Susie Nixon (FUNimation)
Blu-Ray Quality Control:
Jarrod Greene (FUNimation)
Jonathan Allen (FUNimation)
Sharon Randall (FUNimation)
Co-Producer: Mami Okada
Graphics: Luke Stone
Post-Production Manager: Pamela Holcomb
Production Coordination:
AJ Gam
Rayner Tham
Risa Koitabashi
Production manager: Cheri Crisostomo
Quality Check: Megan Denton (Subtitles)
Re-Recording Mixing: Benjamin Harrington
Sound Supervision: Patrick Rodman
Special Thanks To:
Adam Lensenmayer
Gregory Lanson
Spotting: Emily Nicolas
Subtitle Editor: Laura Wyrick
Subtitle Timing:
Bryan Ingram
Krzysztof Kunc (Aniplus Asia)
Subtitling:
Alyssa Tieman (FUNimation)
Ashley Hayward (FUNimation)
Ben Phillips (FUNimation)
Emily Walker (FUNimation)
Freddie Arnold (FUNimation)
Hailey Tran (FUNimation)
Jonathan Castleman (FUNimation)
Paul Bisnette (FUNimation)
Sara Bachmeyer (FUNimation)
Supervising Producer: Joshua Lopez
Technical Quality Control: James McAuliffe
Translation Check: Michelle Tymon
Video Loop Editor: Walter Parenton (FUNimation)
Video Technical Director: Troy Williams
Video Technician: Victor Sgroi
Voice Direction: Kathy Pilon
Kaiji Tang as Guts

Allegra Clark as Slan
D. C. Douglas as Locus
Erica Lindbeck as Farnese
Erik Scott Kimerer as Isidoro
Frank Todaro as Rakshas
Griffin Burns as Mule Wolflame
Imari Williams as Zodd
Karen Strassman as Casca
Max Mittelman as Serpico
Mela Lee as Schierke
Paul St. Peter as Grunbeld
Philece Sampler as Flora
Skyler Davenport as Sonia
Steve Cannon as Griffith
Tara Sands as Ivalera
Taylor Henry as Skull Knight

Brad Venable as Federico de Vandimion (ep 14)
D. C. Douglas as Enoch Priest
Erica Mendez as Rickert
Frank Todaro as Bonebeard
Jake Eberle as
Narrator
Slave Merchant
Jane Alan as
Serpico's Mother (ep 14)
Villager
Joe Hernandez as
Soldier
Villager
Julie Ann Taylor as Hannah (eps 17, 20)
Kellen Goff as Kushan Leader (ep 14)
Kyle McCarley as Horace (ep 17)
Laura Stahl as Serpico (young; ep 14)
Lex Lang as
Demon
Silat
Rebecca Davis as Toma (ep 13)
Sam Mann as Morgan

English companies
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Blu-ray Menu Design: Shiny Side Up Creative (FUNimation)
Broadcaster: Aniplus Asia
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Crunchyroll
HBO Max
Licensed by: Crunchyroll
French cast
French staff
Translation: Benjamin Moro (Crunchyroll)
(none)
French companies
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Italian cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Brazil)
Licensed by: Crunchyroll (Brazil and Portugal)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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