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Berserk TV Anime's Trailer Posted With English Subtitles

Media distribution service Crunchyroll began streaming the latest trailer for the new Berserk television anime series with English subtitles. The video debuted in Japan without English subtitles earlier this month, and it previews 9mm Parabellum Bullet's opening theme song "Inferno."

The series will premiere on WOWOW on Friday, July 1 at 10:30 p.m. The anime will also air on MBS, TBS, and CBC starting on July 8, and on BS-TBS starting on July 9. Crunchyroll will stream the series as it airs in Japan. The streaming will launch on Friday, July 1 at 10:30 a.m. EDT, and will be available worldwide except for Asia, New Zealand, and Australia.

The anime's previously revealed cast includes:

The rest of the cast includes:

• Hiroki Yasumoto as Azan
• Toa Yukinari as Casca
• Takahiro Sakurai as Griffith
• Akio Ohtsuka as Skull Knight
• Unshou Ishizuka as Narrator
• Miyuki Sawashiro as Luca
• Natsumi Takamori as Nina
• Daisuke Hirakawa as Jerome
• Ayana Taketatsu as Erica
• Minako Kotobuki as Rickert
• Takashi Inagaki as Godot
• Yūichi Nakamura as Silat
• Kouji Ishii as Tapasa
• Rikiya Koyama as Mozgus

The anime adapts Kentarou Miura's dark fantasy manga of the same name. Miura himself is serving as executive supervisor for the series. Shin Itagaki (Basquash!, Ben-To, Teekyū) is directing the anime. Makoto Fukami (Psycho-Pass, Ōsama-tachi no Viking, Yuruyuri San Hai!) is supervising the series scripts in collaboration with Takashi Yamashita (Cencoroll). Hisashi Abe (Pet Shop of Horrors, Gunslinger Girl, Chobits) is designing the characters. Shiro Sagisu (Berserk films, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Megazone 23) is composing the music. Liden Films is credited for production, while Gemba and Millepensee are credited for animation production.

Susumu HIrasawa is composing an insert song title "Hai yo" (Oh Ashes), and Nagi Yanagi will perform the anime's ending theme song "Meimoku no Kanata" (Beyond Closed Eyes).