Berserk (TV 2016)
Alternative title:
ベルセルク (Japanese)
베르세르크 (Korean)
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:
366 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
half hour per episode
Number of episodes:
12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2016-07-01
Opening Theme:
"Inferno" by 9mm Parabellum Bullet
Ending Theme:
"Meimoku no Kanata" (瞑目の彼方; Beyond Closed Eyes) by Nagi Yanagi

#1: "Meimoku no Kanata" (瞑目の彼方; Beyond Closed Eyes) by Nagi Yanagi (eps 1-7, 10-11)
#2: "Meimoku no Kanata -English ver.-" (瞑目の彼方 <English ver.>; Beyond Closed Eyes -English version-) by Nagi Yanagi (eps 8-9)
#3: "Ash Crow" by Susumu Hirasawa (ep 12)
Insert song:
"Hai yo" (灰よ; Ash) by Susumu Hirasawa
Official website:
アニメ「ベルセルク」公式サイト (Japanese)
https://twitter.com/berserk_anime (Japanese)

Reviews:
Berserk (2016) BD/DVD (Mar 7, 2018)
Berserk ‒ Episode 12 (Sep 20, 2016)
Berserk ‒ Episode 11 (Sep 11, 2016)
Berserk ‒ Episode 10 (Sep 3, 2016)
Berserk ‒ Episode 9 (Aug 30, 2016)
Berserk ‒ Episode 8 (Aug 21, 2016)
Berserk ‒ Episode 7 (Aug 17, 2016)
Berserk ‒ Episode 6 (Aug 6, 2016)
Berserk ‒ Episodes 4-5 (Jul 31, 2016)
Berserk ‒ Episodes 1-3 (Jul 17, 2016)
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Blu-ray (Region A) |
Berserk - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) 2020-01-07 (from $53.84) |
Berserk - The Complete Series [Essentials] (Blu-ray) 2022-02-15 (from $39.62) |
Blu-ray + DVD combo |
Berserk - Season 1 (BD+DVD) 2018-01-16 (from $69.00) |
Berserk - Season 1 [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2018-01-16 (from $65.00) |
Director: Shin Itagaki Series Composition: Makoto Fukami Unit Director: Shin Itagaki (OP/ED) Music: Shirō Sagisu Original creator: Kentarō Miura Character Design: Hisashi Abe Art Director: Hiroshi Itō (Kusanagi) Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami Producer: Dai Kawai Hiroaki Takeuchi Koutarou Hirugawa Reo Kurosu Shigeki Hosoda Shigeki Yamada Toshihiro Maeda Yutaka Endō Animation: Eita Toyoshima (Millepensee; eps 2-5) Hiromi Kimura (Millepensee; OP/ED; eps 1-5) Kaoru Yasuda (Millepensee; OP; eps 1-5) Keiko Miyano (Millepensee; eps 1-5) Kentaro Ishikawa (Millepensee; OP/ED; eps 1-5) Kōhei Kawakatsu (Millepensee; ep 2) Miyuki Sugawara (Millepensee; OP; eps 1-2) Naohiro Tamura (Millepensee; OP/ED; eps 2-5) Nobuhide Hayashi (Millepensee; OP; eps 2-5) Rakuto Nakajima (Millepensee; eps 2-5) Ryōta Mori (Millepensee; eps 3-5) Ryūgo Takahashi (Millepensee; eps 2-5) Sayaka Sugiyama (Millepensee; eps 2, 5) Shōta Tanaka (Millepensee; ep 4) Shotaro Namekata (Millepensee; OP/ED; eps 2-5) Tomohiro Yoshida (Millepensee; OP; eps 2-5) Wakana Nagumo (Millepensee; eps 3-5) Wataru Kamoda (Millepensee; OP; eps 1-5) Art Setting: Naomi Ogura Asset Coordinator: Masaki Murata (GEMBA; eps 2-3) Rika Ohara (GEMBA; eps 2-3) Shunki Yamaguchi (GEMBA; eps 1-3) Assistant Episode Director: Shingo Tanabe (eps 3-6) Background Art: Ayano Okamoto (Kusanagi; OP; ep 5) Hiroshi Itō (Kusanagi; OP/ED) Tsutomu Uchida (Kusanagi; ep 5) Background Art Advancement: Hiroaki Hirata (Kusanagi; OP/ED; eps 1-5) Background Art Assistant: Anh Tram (Nam Hai; ep 3) Asuka Komiyama (OP; ep 4) Hai Duc (Nam Hai; eps 3-5) Hieu Nguyet (Nam Hai; ep 5) Huong Ngoc (Nam Hai; ep 3) Nguyen Nguyet (Nam Hai; ep 3) Nhi Luu (Nam Hai; eps 3-5) Quoc Nguyen (Nam Hai; eps 3-5) Tai Vu (Nam Hai; ep 3) Thao Nhu (Nam Hai; eps 3-5) Trang Diem (Nam Hai; eps 3-5) Trinh Diem (Nam Hai; eps 3-5) Vu Thai (Nam Hai; ep 3) Yasutaka Kondō (eps 3-4) CG Animation: Airi Kobayashi (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Akihiro Ogasawara (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Hiroshi Nagashio (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Iku Masubuchi (GEMBA; eps 1-3) Moe Nishimura (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Naoto Kino (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Shudai Baba (GEMBA; ep 5) Shunsuke Kosuge (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Takumi Gamou (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Tatsuya Nakai (GEMBA; eps 2-5) CG Animation Director: Ten Hirota (GEMBA; eps 1-5) CG Animation Lead: Keisuke Kobayashi (小林圭介; eps 1-5) CG Background Modeling: Ya Ting Zhuang (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Yakumo Ichihashi (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Yutaka Kawamata (GEMBA; eps 1-5) CG Character Modeling: Ken Takano (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Miki Okuya (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Ryō Watanabe (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Shuta Yamaoka (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Tomoaki Takeno (GEMBA; eps 1-5) CG Cooperation: Akihiro Kawasaki (SUBARU; eps 2, 4) Akira Tada (Meus; ep 2) Chikage Yamakita (Clock Dance; eps 2, 5) Chiyu Sugiyama (TERABYTE Inc.; ep 5) Fan Li (Clock Dance; ep 2) Hideki Nakamura (Meus; ep 2) Hirohiko Sugamura (Think; ep 4) Hiroki Ebisawa (exsa; eps 1-2) Hiroki Iwashita (KEYWEST; eps 1-2) Hiroki Motooka (exsa; ep 2) Hiroshi Fukushi (Kids; ep 3) Hisato Tokumaru (exsa; ep 2) Hitomi Matsuura (uzupiyo graphics; eps 1-2) Hitoshi Fukuda (Soeisha; eps 1-2, 5) Junya Sato (SUBARU; ep 4) Kanako Hirata (SUBARU; ep 4) Kaori Okabe (Meus; ep 2) Katsuaki Hasegawa (Meus; ep 2) Katsuya Imaizumi (KEYWEST; ep 2) Kazuki Endou (Kotobuki Works; ep 5) Keiji Osumi (TERABYTE Inc.; ep 5) Kenta Ikeda (exsa; ep 1) Kentarō Takano (TERABYTE Inc.; ep 5) Kentarou Takaano (TERABYTE Inc.; ep 5) ![]() Koji Isoya (TERABYTE Inc.; ep 5) Kōtarō Nakamura (KEYWEST; ep 2) Kyōya Taira (Meus; ep 2) Makoto Kuwabara (Crome co., ltd.; eps 2-3) Mao Ueki (SUBARU; eps 2-3) Masahiro Takizawa (Meus; ep 2) Masakatsu Kozuru (Sotsu Entertainment; ep 5) Mats Andren (Clock Dance; eps 2, 5) Miki Sazawa (TERABYTE Inc.; ep 5) Mikio Ichikawa (Meus; ep 2) Naoto Nakajima (Clock Dance; eps 2, 5) Nayu Hatakeyama (ep 1) Noriyuki Itō (uzupiyo graphics; eps 1-2) Riki Nomoto (voxelman studio; ep 5) Ryō Kunoki (Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment; eps 2, 4) Ryō Sasaki (exsa; ep 2) Ryo Yasuda (TERABYTE Inc.; ep 5) Ryōji Ihara (Think; ep 4) Ryota Ozaki (KEYWEST; eps 1-2) Shingo Kono (Meus; ep 2) Shūhei Yokoyama (TERABYTE Inc.; ep 5) Shunsuke Miyazawa (TERABYTE Inc.; ep 5) Takaaki Kanno (Shiitake Digital; ep 5) Takahito Uchida (exsa; ep 2) Takayuki Itahashi (TERABYTE Inc.; ep 5) Takuya Hasegawa (Clock Dance; ep 5) Takuya Kimura (Clock Dance; ep 5) Tatsuya Nakayama (Shiitake Digital; ep 5) Tetsutaro Iwata (Meus; ep 2) Tomoe Iwata (TERABYTE Inc.; ep 5) Tomohiko Kan (SUBARU; eps 3-4) Tomohiro Muranaka (SUBARU; ep 4) Tomoko Kasahara (Think; ep 4) Tomomi Satō (uzupiyo graphics; eps 1-2) Tsukasa Tominaga (Crome co., ltd.; eps 2-3) Ylagan Mark Andrei Carpio (TERABYTE Inc.; ep 5) Yūichi Ishii (Kids; eps 2-3) Yuichi Negishi (ep 1) Yūji Ikeguchi (exsa; ep 1) Yuka Hirono (uzupiyo graphics; ep 2) Yukihiro Nishigaki (KEYWEST; ep 2) Yukiho Nishimoto (TERABYTE Inc.; ep 5) Yūma Chiba (Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment; eps 2, 4) Yūta Saitō (Shiitake Digital; ep 5) Yuuki Furuno (TERABYTE Inc.; ep 5) CG Episode Director: Atsushi Satō (eps 1, 5-6, 11) Hisashi Egawa (6 episodes eps 2-4, 9-10, 12 )Kōjirō Tsuruoka (eps 7, 12) Tetsuya Nakano (eps 8, 11) CG Line Producer: Satoshi Iijima CG Modeling Supervisor: Taiki Mitsuishi (GEMBA) CG Technical Advisor: Aya Ichikawa (Domerica; eps 1-5) Character Modeling Lead: Mayumi Kamada (Domerica; eps 1-5) Color Design Assistant: Junko Nagaoka Composite: Bui Minh Nguyen (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Hayato Takanashi (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Hitoshi Minamino (GEMBA; eps 2-3) Kazuhiro Uchida (GEMBA; eps 3-5) Kazuya Otsuki (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Shinya Suzuki (eps 4-5) Tomoya Nakamura (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Editing: Yuri Tamura Effects Lead: Rei Hagiwara (GEMBA) Finish Animation: Kaoru Yasuda (Millepensee; eps 1, 3) Keiko Miyano (Millepensee; eps 1-5) Rakuto Nakajima (Millepensee; eps 1, 3-5) Ryōta Mori (Millepensee; eps 3-5) Sayaka Sugiyama (Millepensee; eps 2, 4-5) Shōta Tanaka (Millepensee; ep 5) Wataru Kamoda (Millepensee; eps 1, 3) Finish Assistant: Hironoshin Takata (Asahi Production; eps 4-5) Masaki Onishi (Asahi Production; eps 4-5) Takayoshi Nagai (Asahi Production; eps 4-5) In-between Animation Assistant: Hironoshin Takata (Asahi Production; eps 4-5) Masaki Onishi (Asahi Production; eps 4-5) Takayoshi Nagai (Asahi Production; eps 4-5) Insert Song Arrangement: Susumu Hirasawa Insert Song Composition: Susumu Hirasawa Insert Song Lyrics: Susumu Hirasawa Insert Song Performance: Susumu Hirasawa Key Animation: Akira Miyamura (eps 3-5) Hisashi Abe (OP; eps 1-5) Maiko Miyake (OP; eps 1, 3-5) Miyuki Sugawara (OP; eps 3-5) Shin Itagaki (OP; eps 1-5) Line Producer: Yu Harima Orchestra Conductor: Masamichi Amano Photography: Ryōta Morikawa (TMS Photo; OP/ED) Tatsuo Noguchi (TMS Photo; OP/ED) Toshihiro Kawada (TMS Photo; OP/ED) Photography Assistant: Kenichi Ikeda (Asura Film; eps 2, 4-5) Kentaro Kashiwagi (Asura Film; eps 2, 4-5) Masato Makino (Light Foot; ep 4) Naoto Takahashi (Light Foot; ep 4) Ryōta Morikawa (TMS Photo; eps 4-5) Satoshi Ohtsubo (TMS Photo; eps 4-5) Satoshi Okano (Asura FIlm; eps 2, 4-5) Seiichi Sugiura (Light Foot; ep 4) Tatsuo Noguchi (TMS Photo; ep 5) Tōru Takahashi (Light Foot; ep 4) Toshihiro Kawada (TMS Photo; eps 4-5) Yusuke Hara (Asura Film; eps 2, 4-5) Production manager: Hitomi Kimura (eps 1-5) Kōhei Yonekura (eps 1-2) Mizuki Kitada (eps 1-5) Noriaki Matsumoto (eps 1-5) Takahiro Tamura (eps 1-5) Series Composition Cooperation: Takashi Yamashita Set-Up Lead: Hiroki Satō (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Setup: Asami Meguro (GEMBA; eps 2-5) Minako Kitada (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Rie Murakami (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Takuya Hirai (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Yasushi Mori (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Setup Management: Tetsuya Nakano (GEMBA; eps 1-5) Technical Director: Keita Mizuhashi Theme Song Performance: Nagi Yanagi (ED) Nine Millimeter Parabellum Bullet (as 9mm Parabellum Bullet) Susumu Hirasawa Visual Director: Toru Shinozaki | Hiroaki Iwanaga as Akio Ōtsuka as Chiwa Saitō as Daisuke Hirakawa as Hiro Shimono as Hiroki Yasumoto as Kaoru Mizuhara as Kazuyuki Okitsu as Miyuki Sawashiro as Natsumi Takamori as Rikiya Koyama as Takahiro Sakurai as Toa Yukinari as Yōko Hikasa as Yūichi Nakamura as Aki Toyosaki as Ayako Takeuchi as Ayana Taketatsu as Chiaki Mori as Daigo Fujimaki as Daisuke Takahashi as Hiroyuki Yoshino as Hōchū Ōtsuka as Kenta Sasa as Kōji Ishii as Mari Kiyohara as Minako Kotobuki as Nana Hamasaki as Nobuaki Fukuda as Nobuo Tobita as Nobuyuki Katsube as Riki Kagami as Sayaka Kitahara as Shōgo Nakamura as Shuhei Matsuda as Takashi Inagaki as Takehiro Hasu as Toa Yukinari as Tomomichi Nishimura as Unshō Ishizuka as Yoshirou Matsumoto as Yūki Kaji as | |||
Animation: Millepensee Art Direction: Kusanagi Background Art: Kusanagi (OP; ED) Broadcaster: BS-TBS Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd. Mainichi Broadcasting System Tokyo Broadcasting System WOWOW Color Check: TMS Photo Color Key: TMS Photo Internet Streaming: Docomo Anime Store Paint: Millepensee Photography: TMS Photo (OP; ED) Photography Direction: TMS Photo (OP) Production: Docomo Anime Store Hakusensha Koei Tecmo Games Co., Ltd. LIDEN FILMS Lucent Pictures Entertainment Mainichi Broadcasting System NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan Ultra Super Pictures WOWOW Video Editing: Q-Tec | ||||
ADR Director: Michael McConnohie ADR Script: Jalen K. Cassell Assistant producer: Mio Moroe Blu-Ray Compression: Duncan Yan (FUNimation) Blu-Ray Editor: Jeremy Jimenez (FUNimation) Blu-Ray Menu Audio: Austin Black (FUNimation) Blu-ray Production Assistant: Sarah Alys Lindholm (FUNimation) Blu-Ray Quality Control: Jonathan Allen (FUNimation) Rochelle Grimsmo (FUNimation) Sharon Randall (FUNimation) Casting Director: Mami Okada Co-Producer: Mami Okada Graphics: Luke Stone Post-Production Manager: Pamela Holcomb Production manager: AJ Gam Quality Check: Megan Denton Re-Recording Mixing: Benjamin Harrington Recording engineer: Benjamin Harrington Eddie Correra Eric Raichelson Erika Escamez James Scullion Jun Umeda Kenneth Thompson Phil Brewster Ricardo Watson Sound Supervision: Patrick Rodman Special Thanks To: Gregory Lanson Spotting: Emily Nicolas Subtitle Editor: Laura Wyrick Subtitling: Alyssa Tieman (FUNimation) Ashley Hayward (FUNimation) Ben Phillips (FUNimation) Emily Walker (FUNimation) Freddie Arnold (FUNimation) Hailey Ard (FUNimation) Jacklyn Svatek (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 | Kaiji Tang as Erica Lindbeck as Erik Scott Kimerer as Karen Strassman as Lex Lang as Max Mittelman as Mela Lee as Ray Chase as Richard Epcar as Ryan Bartley as Sarah Anne Williams as Steve Cannon as Taylor Henry as Todd Haberkorn as Wendee Lee as Abbot Kefford as Brianna Knickerbocker as Chris Hackney as Christopher Smith as Deborah Gatton as Derek Stephen Prince as Dorothy Fahn as Doug Stone as Erica Mendez as Gina Bowes as Grant George as Jake Eberle as Jalen K. Cassell as Julie Ann Taylor as Kirk Thornton as Kyle Hebert as Kyle McCarley as Michael McConnohie as Steve Kramer as Tony Oliver as | |||
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