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Viz to Release 1st Berserk Film on BD/DVD on November 27
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Warner Home Video announced in a newsletter on Tuesday that Viz Media will release the Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I – The Egg of the King film on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on November 27. The Blu-ray Disc of the film will retail for US$24.98, and the DVD will retail for US$19.98. The film will also premiere this fall on the Neon Alley service on the PlayStation 3.
Viz Media had announced in April that it had licensed the Berserk: The Golden Age Arc film trilogy, and that it would release the first film this fall.
The film trilogy is Studio 4°C's theatrical adaptation of Kentarō Miura's Berserk manga. The trilogy stars Hiroaki Iwanaga (Tomica Hero Rescue Force, Moyashimon, Kamen Rider OOO) as Guts, Takahiro Sakurai (Toriko, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, anohana) as Griffith, and Toa Yukinari (Grey's Anatomy dubbing, Naruto Shippūden) as Casca. Toshiyuki Kubooka (Batman: Gotham Knight episode 5) is directing the films and Ichirō Ōkouchi (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion) is handling the screenplay.
The second film in the trilogy opened in Japan on June 23.
