Berserk (2016 TV series)

Berserk

A promotional picture for the series, featuring the characters Guts and Puck.
ベルセルク
(Beruseruku)
Genre Dark fantasy,[1] Horror[2]
Anime television series
Directed by Shin Itagaki
Written by
  • Makoto Fukami
  • Takashi Yamashita
Music by Shirō Sagisu
Studio
Network WOWOW, MBS
Original run July 2016 – scheduled
Episodes 24

Berserk (Japanese: ベルセルク Hepburn: Beruseruku) is an upcoming 2016 anime television series based on Kentaro Miura's Berserk manga and a sequel to the Golden Age Arc film trilogy. This will be the second television adaptation of the manga, after the 1997 anime of the same name, and will cover the events of the original "Black Swordsman" arc not seen in that adaptation.

Plot

The story will follow Guts as the "Black Swordsman", an appearance which was briefly glimpsed in the first episode of the 1997 television series and briefly seen in the final scene of Golden Age Arc films.[3]

Guts was once a wandering mercenary taken in by the mercenary group known as the Band of the Hawk (鷹の団 Taka no Dan) and fought alongside them before their leader Griffith sacrificed his followers to become one of the God Hand to fulfill his dream of a kingdom of his own. Only Guts and his lover Casca, who lost her sanity from the horrors she saw and endured, escaped the "Eclipse" ritual though both are branded with marks that attract fell entities like restless spirits to them. Leaving Casca in the care of the blacksmith Godo and Rickert, the only member of the Hawks not sacrificed, Guts began to hunt down the God Hand's Apostles to find and kill Griffith. Years passed, and Guts is joined in his hunt by the elf Puck as events are starting to unfold.

Voice cast

Character Voice actor Ref.
Guts Hiroaki Iwanaga [4]
Puck Kaoru Mizuhara [4]
Farnese Yōko Hikasa [4]
Serpico Kazuyuki Okitsu [4]
Isidro Hiro Shimono [4]
Azan Hiroki Yasumoto [4]
Casca Toa Yukinari [4]
Griffith/Femto Takahiro Sakurai [4]
Skull Knight Akio Ōtsuka [4]
Narrator Unshō Ishizuka [4]

Production

A new Berserk anime was announced in December 2015 in Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine,[3][5] with a short preview trailer released at Comiket later the same month.[6][1] The anime's website announced in February 2016 that the project would be a television series.[7] A second trailer was streamed in March 2016.[8][9]

Kentaro Miura, the author of the original manga, will serve as executive supervisor for the anime.[10] The series will be directed by Shin Itagaki and written by Makoto Fukami and Takashi Yamashita. The character designs will be provided by Hisashi Abe. Animation studio Liden Films is producing the series in collaboration with GEMBA and Millepensee.[4][2] Shirō Sagisu will return from the Berserk: The Golden Age Arc films to compose the music for the series, while Susumu Hirasawa, composer for the 1997 series and the Golden Age Arc films, will return to produce an insert song for the series, titled "Hai yo" (灰よ, lit. "Oh Ashes").[4][8] The opening theme song will be performed by 9mm Parabellum Bullet.[8]

The primary voice cast will reprise their roles from the Golden Age Arc film trilogy.[2]

Broadcast and release

The 24-episode series[11] will premiere in July 2016,[7][12] and will be broadcast on WOWOW and on MBS's Animeism programming block.[7]

The series will be simulcast on Crunchyroll.[13][14]

References

  1. 1 2 Luster, Joseph (29 December 2015). "VIDEO: New "Berserk" Anime Project Teases Some Animated Violence". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Green, Scott (22 March 2016). "Staff and Cast Listed For Summer "Berserk" TV Anime". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Berserk Gets New Anime Project Featuring Guts as 'Black Swordsman'". Anime News Network. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "New Berserk TV Anime's Cast, Staff, July Premiere Unveiled". Anime News Network. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Green, Scott (21 December 2015). "New "Berserk" Anime Planned for 2016". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "New Berserk Anime's 1st Video Teases 2016 Date". Anime News Network. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 "New Berserk Anime is TV Series That Premieres in July". Anime News Network. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 "New Berserk Anime's Promo Features Susumu Hirasawa's Insert Song". Anime News Network. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  9. ↑ Green, Scott (26 March 2016). "Haunting "Berserk" 2016 TV Anime Teaser Accompanied By Theme Song News". Anime News Network. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "Berserk TV Anime's New Key Visual Revealed". Anime News Network. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  11. ↑ Green, Scott (24 March 2016). "German Site Lists 24 Episodes For Upcoming "Berserk" TV Anime". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  12. ↑ Green, Scott (4 February 2016). "2016 "Berserk" TV Anime Broadcast Plans Announced". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "Crunchyroll to Stream New Berserk Anime This Summer". Anime News Network. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  14. ↑ Luster, Joseph (25 March 2016). "Crunchyroll to Stream "Berserk" Anime This Summer". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 26 March 2016.

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