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Berserk - Season One (The Complete Collection)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0631595600773
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Anime Works
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Anime Works
MPN: 6007
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Anime Works
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 18, 2003
Running Time: 623 minutes
Studio: Anime Works
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Editorial Review:
Based on a popular manga by Kentaro Muira, Berserk (1997) presents a dark, gritty vision of medieval warfare that sets it apart from run-of-the-mill chivalric tales. Guts is a brooding warrior, haunted by internal and external demons, who fights with an enormous two-handed sword. When he's defeated in hand-to-hand combat by the elegant Griffith, Guts joins The Band of the Hawk, his elite mercenary corps. Although he presents himself as a pure idealist, Griffith uses kidnapping, prostitution, and murder to advance his standing in the Kingdom of Midland during its protracted war with Chuder. But when Griffith rashly seduces Princess Charlotte of Midland, the King imprisons him and decimates the Hawks. After spending a year training with a master sword-smith, Guts rejoins the remaining White Hawks to rescue Griffith, but the torture master has mutilated him so horribly, he can no longer command his followers. When he finds the Egg of the King gem, all hell breaks loose--literally. Griffith chose a violent destiny that culminates in his transformation into a demon-prince, and the White Hawks are devoured by misshapen creatures from the nether world. The grisly ending doesn't fit the rest of the story: what began as a violent but powerful tale of loyalty and valor collapses into a bloody gore-fest that recalls Legend of the Overfiend. (Rated 16 and older, but unsuitable for viewers under 17: graphic violence, violence against women, grotesque imagery, profanity, nudity, sexual situations, rape, torture) --Charles Solomon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Another epic ruined by North American voice actors
OK, first of all, this's undoubtedly a great story. On the whole, the original manga is classified as fantasy genre. And I love the original one, too. Since this anime version doesn't go beyond the first season, you don't get to see the world of swords, magic and monsters except for the first, and a couple of episodes in the end. So it is more like a period drama of the protagonist's golden era of youth with his best friend and downfall. And it still works! Maybe even better for some people.
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Rating:  - Topnotch dark anime!
This is the kind of show that keeps me wanting to check out new anime! I can honestly say that I couldn't hardly stop watching the series until I went through all the disks! The cliff-hanger at the end of the series even got me reading english translated manga.
I must have more anime like this! Truly great stuff! Defiantly not for children though, this is for adults.
Rating: - One of The Best Anime
Berserk is one of the Best Animes around. The manga and the show. Keyword is "show" this is not a movie. Majority of people complain about the ending because they don't realize that its not a movie. Berserk series is a show. The ending is like the season finale of any other great show. Unfortunately Berserk was never renewed for a 2nd season (probably because some of the manga was cut for the show, and it would be difficult to continue without those scenes from the manga). The animation is good, ... Read More
Rating: - The true intent
I've noticed that a lot of people are complaining that this doesn't have an ending.
Well, you're right. The last episode leaves much to be desired, which may upset a lot of people, but what most of these people don't understand is that the anime was made for one purpose. It wasn't created to tell the story of Guts and the rise of Griffith. No, it was made with the intent to draw fans to the manga. It was nothing more than a tool, and the ending is perfect in that regard. Everyone who ... Read More
Rating: - One truely great anime.
Everyone always complains how anime always leaves off without a hard lined clean cut ending (I hear it from my wife every time I watch one), but instead makes you think usually about some philosophical point the story is trying to convey. Berserk is not wholely different in that aspect, but viewers have to realize when they are watching anime, that it is only a small part of a story. Berserk covers the first 13 books in a series that spans 32 books now (and is still growing), and is a character background ... Read More
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