List of Berserk (1997 TV series) episodes

Last updated

The 2003 Box of War contains all 25 episodes of Berserk Berserk - Box of War.jpg
The 2003 Box of War contains all 25 episodes of Berserk

The 1997 Berserk anime series is based on the manga series of the same name by Kentaro Miura. The episodes are directed by Naohito Takahashi and animated by Oriental Light and Magic. The first thirteen volumes of the manga are covered. [1] [2] The series' twenty-five episodes aired between October 8, 1997 and April 1, 1998 in Japan on Nippon TV. [3] [lower-alpha 1]

Contents

The series focuses on the life of Guts, an orphaned mercenary warrior who calls himself "The Black Swordsman", as he looks upon his days serving as a member of a group of mercenaries, the Band of the Hawk. Led by an ambitious, ruthless, yet intelligent and graceful man named Griffith, together they battle their way into the royal court, and are forced into a fate that may change their entire lives. Each episode uses two pieces of theme music, one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme is "Tell Me Why" by Penpals. The ending theme is "Waiting So Long" by Silver Fins.

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date  [3] [lower-alpha 1]
1"The Black Swordsman"
Transliteration: "Kuroi Kenshi" (Japanese: 黒い剣士)		 Kazuya Tsurumaki Atsuhiro Tomioka October 8, 1997 (1997-10-08)
A girl is being assaulted in a bar when Guts walks in. He kills all the assailants but one and orders him to tell his master, the Baron, that the Black Swordsman is coming. Guts later finds and kills the Baron, and removes a demonic relic called a Behelit from around his neck. Soon after, Guts remembers the events in his past of when he fought the knight Bazuso.
2"The Band of the Hawk"
Transliteration: "Taka no Dan" (Japanese: 鷹の団)		Masakazu AmiyaYukiyoshi ŌhashiOctober 15, 1997 (1997-10-15)
In a flashback, Guts remembers when as a mercenary he killed the knight Bazuso. Later he encounters the group who would change his destiny: the Band of the Hawk. Corkus attempts to rob Guts and Griffith sends Casca to help him, but Guts defeats her. Guts then challenges Griffith, who grievously wounds him. Griffith orders Casca to lie with Guts during his convalescence. When Guts recovers days later, Griffith asks the swordsman to join his group but again he challenges Griffith to a sword fight.
3"First Battle"
Transliteration: "Uijin" (Japanese: 初陣)		Kazuhisa ŌnoMakoto ItakuraOctober 22, 1997 (1997-10-22)
Griffith defeats Guts, and makes him a member of the Band of the Hawk – an alliance between the philosopher and the berserker. The Hawks go on a midnight raid and Griffith chooses Guts for the most important position of rear guard; Guts succeeds and the band hails him as a hero.
4"The Hand of God"
Transliteration: "Kami no Te" (Japanese: 神の手)		Yasuhiro Geshi Shōji Yonemura October 29, 1997 (1997-10-29)
Guts settles in with the Band of the Hawk, and Griffith shows him his Behelit. Guts remembers his childhood, being raised by his adoptive father and mentor Gambino. The young Guts was forced to kill Gambino when he tried to kill the boy he blamed for his wife's death. Three years pass and the Band of the Hawk grow in power and numbers.
5"Sword and the Wind"
Transliteration: "Kenpū" (Japanese: 剣風)		Mihiro YamaguchiShinzō FujitaNovember 5, 1997 (1997-11-05)
Guts is now a commander in Griffith's army. Guts is taking risks in battle, and although he succeeds, Casca takes him to task for it. Eventually, Griffith is knighted as a viscount in the Midland court to the nobles' dismay. Guts saves the Hawks in battle, to Casca's chagrin.
6"Zodd the Immortal"
Transliteration: "Fushi no Zoddo" (Japanese: 不死のゾッド)		Yasuhiro MatsumuraAtsuhiro TomiokaNovember 12, 1997 (1997-11-12)
Guts leads his men to raid a castle under Chuder occupation, but his men are wiped out by Nosferatu Zodd the Immortal, a fearsome giant warrior. Guts enters the castle keep and engages Zodd in battle. When Guts manages to stab him, Zodd transforms into his 300-year-old demon form. Zodd nearly kills Guts before Griffith and a group of Hawks comes to his aid, but they are ineffective. When Zodd is about to kill Griffith he sees the Behelit and ceases his attack. He then sprouts wings and flies off, telling Guts that should Griffith's dream die, it will be his doom.
7"The Sword Master"
Transliteration: "Tsurugi no Aruji" (Japanese: 剣の主)		Masakazu AmiyaYukiyoshi ŌhashiNovember 19, 1997 (1997-11-19)
Though he and Guts are still injured from their encounter with Nosferatu Zodd, Griffith uses it to get closer to the King and his daughter Charlotte. Guts and some of the Hawks feel that Griffith is pulling away from them.
8"Conspiracy"
Transliteration: "Inbō" (Japanese: 陰謀)		Kōji YoshikawaMakoto ItakuraNovember 26, 1997 (1997-11-26)
Griffith and Guts continue to have success in battle and Griffith is made a count. The king's brother, General Julius, is furious about this as he and Minister Foss plot Griffith's murder with a poison arrow during an upcoming hunt.
9"Assassination"
Transliteration: "Ansatsu" (Japanese: 暗殺)		Yukina HiiroShōji YonemuraDecember 3, 1997 (1997-12-03)
During the hunt, Griffith and Charlotte grow close before the former is shot in the chest with a poisoned arrow. Luckily, Griffith's Behelit takes the arrow and he survives unscathed. Griffith deduces Julius to be the culprit and recruits Guts to secretly kill the noble.
10"Nobleman"
Transliteration: "Tōtoki Mono" (Japanese: 貴きもの)		Yukio OkazakiShinzō FujitaDecember 10, 1997 (1997-12-10)
Guts assassinates Julius, but is emotionally scarred when forced to kill Julius' son Adonis to conceal the deed. Later, he hears Griffith tell Charlotte that he would consider a true friend to be his equal, someone with his own dreams and who follows his own path. Guts realises that although he is close to Griffith, he is not his friend.
11"Battle Engagement"
Transliteration: "Kassen" (Japanese: 合戦)		Yasuhiro MatsumuraAtsuhiro TomiokaDecember 17, 1997 (1997-12-17)
Griffith and the Hawks lead the march into battle against the Blue Whale Knights. Casca has a fever, and after fighting with Adon Coborlwitz she falls unconscious off a cliff, Guts goes after her. They are washed downriver, and Guts finds a cave where he must keep Casca warm with his body.
12"Two People"
Transliteration: "Futari" (Japanese: ふたり)		Masakazu AmiyaYukiyoshi ŌhashiDecember 24, 1997 (1997-12-24)
Guts tends to Casca but she still resents him. She tells her story of how Griffith helped her save herself from being raped, and give her a choice in life so she followed him. She watched him pragmatically go with a pederast lord to earn money to create his army and fulfill his dream. When Guts came, she knew that she would not be Griffith's chosen friend.
13"Suicidal Act"
Transliteration: "Kesshikō" (Japanese: 決死行)		Mihiro YamaguchiMakoto ItakuraJanuary 7, 1998 (1998-01-07)
Adon Coborlwitz and his Blue Whale Knights find Guts and Casca. Though completely outnumbered, Guts tells Casca to run and stays to fight. Some men go after Casca, catching her and holding her down in order to rape her. Guts continues fighting.
14"Campfire of Dreams"
Transliteration: "Yume no Kagaribi" (Japanese: 夢のかがり火)		Kōji YoshikawaShōji YonemuraJanuary 14, 1998 (1998-01-14)
Casca defeats her attackers, and she and Guts end up back at the camp. Guts and Casca share a tender moment, where Guts explains that everyone in the camp has a dream but all he has is his sword, causing Casca to think he's leaving.
15"The Decisive Battle"
Transliteration: "Kessen" (Japanese: 決戦)		Yukio OkazakiShinzō FujitaJanuary 21, 1998 (1998-01-21)
Griffith volunteers the Hawks to reclaim the impregnable Fortress of Doldrey from a Chuder governor named Gennon and the Purple Rhino Knights in his service. Guts learns that Griffith's unsavory history was with Gennon when he was a noble. The Hawks begin their assault before pulling back. Their boats are burned and there is nowhere to retreat to as the Chuder army leaves the fortress in pursuit.
16"The Conqueror"
Transliteration: "Shōrisha" (Japanese: 勝利者)		Yukina HiiroAtsuhiro TomiokaJanuary 28, 1998 (1998-01-28)
The retreat was a ruse and Casca takes the fortress, defeating Adon and the few remaining guards. Guts fights with the Rhino Knights' command Boscogn before his sword breaks, only to gain a sword that was provided by Zodd from a great distance. Guts uses the sword to kill Boscogn while Griffith kills a wounded Gennon to assure the Hawks' victory.
17"Moment of Glory"
Transliteration: "Eikō no Shunkan" (Japanese: 栄光の瞬間)		Yasuhiro MatsumuraYukiyoshi ŌhashiFebruary 4, 1998 (1998-02-04)
The Hawks' reclaiming of Doldrey marks the end of the Hundred-Year War between Midland and Chuder. The King holds a ball for the mercenaries in their honor. The Queen, Charlotte's stepmother and Julius's secret lover, hatches a scheme with Foss to poison Griffith during the banquet. However, before the event, Foss receives a disturbing letter. During the toast, Griffith falls to the floor.
18"Tombstone of Flames"
Transliteration: "Honoo no Bohyō" (Japanese: 炎の墓標)		Masakazu AmiyaMakoto ItakuraFebruary 11, 1998 (1998-02-11)
The Queen and the conspirators believe they succeeded in poisoning Griffith and that he is dead. However, while they are celebrating, their room is locked and the tower is engulfed in flames. Griffith is still alive and watches them burn, having forced Foss to aid him by kidnapping his daughter. Griffith has again used Guts to remove his competition. Guts decides to leave and tells a pleading Casca that he does not want to be caught up in Griffith's dream anymore.
19"Parting"
Transliteration: "Wakare" (Japanese: 別れ)		Mihiro YamaguchiShōji YonemuraFebruary 18, 1998 (1998-02-18)
As Guts leaves, he is challenged by Griffith and manages to defeat him and earn his freedom. However, Guts' departure affects Griffith psychologically and he spends a night of passion with Charlotte in a lapse of judgement. When Griffith leaves the next morning, he is apprehended and arrested by the guards.
20"The Spark"
Transliteration: "Hibana" (Japanese: 火花)		Kōji YoshikawaShinzō FujitaFebruary 25, 1998 (1998-02-25)
A year has passed and Guts is living with Godo, a swordsmith, and his granddaughter Erica. Guts learns that the Band of the Hawk are now wanted outlaws and Casca is their captain. Guts goes to them and finds them battling foreign mercenaries.
21"Confession"
Transliteration: "Kokuhaku" (Japanese: 告白)		Yukio OkazakiShinzō FujitaMarch 4, 1998 (1998-03-04)
Guts helps the Hawks drive off the mercenaries. Casca has a plan to rescue Griffith from the Tower of Rebirth where he is being held. Casca blames Guts for Griffith's problems, but realizes it is not his fault. They make love and Guts asks her to go away with him after the rescue.
22"The Infiltration"
Transliteration: "Sennyū" (Japanese: 潜入)		Yukina HiiroMakoto ItakuraMarch 11, 1998 (1998-03-11)
Casca and Guts go into the dungeon under the Tower of Rebirth to rescue Griffith, finding him mute, crippled and horribly disfigured from a year of seemingly endless torture. Meanwhile, the members of the Hawk are slaughtered at their camp by monsters led by a green fairy.
23"Eve of the Feast"
Transliteration: "Zenyasai" (Japanese: 前夜祭)		Kōji FukazawaShōji YonemuraMarch 18, 1998 (1998-03-18)
Back at the camp, everyone is forlorn because of Griffith's terrible condition. The Raiders ask Guts to take them along with him. Casca feels she must take care of Griffith, and tells Guts to leave. Delirious and horrified at what he has been reduced to, Griffith takes off in a wagon and crashes into the river. He finds his Behelit and unintentionally activates it, taking everyone present to the Astral Realm.
24"Eclipse"
Transliteration: "Shoku" (Japanese: 蝕)		Masakazu AmiyaYukiyoshi ŌhashiMarch 25, 1998 (1998-03-25)
The four archdemons of the God Hand awake and inform Griffith that he has been chosen to be their final member. For his baptism, Griffith must offer his friends as a sacrifice to the God Hand's Apostles. Griffith is shown visions of his past to convince him that the lives of his men are trivial in regard to the fulfillment of his dream. Guts climbs a mountain of flesh to try and stop Griffith from becoming a demon, but Griffith accepts the God Hand's offer. The entire Band of Hawk are branded as sacrificial offerings for the unborn child of darkness, Griffith.
25"Perpetual Time"
Transliteration: "Eien no Toki" (Japanese: 永遠の刻)		Naohito TakahashiShinzō FujitaApril 1, 1998 (1998-04-01)
The Apostles assume their true forms and commence the Eclipse feasting by devouring those branded as offerings. Griffith is reborn as the fifth God Hand, Femto, and rapes Casca in front of Guts. Guts is forced to cut off his left forearm to stop his former friend while his right eye is gouged out. A post-credits scene shows Guts in the physical world with his wounds healed as he leaves Godo's house to exact his revenge on Griffith and the Apostles ending the series on a cliffhanger.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Berserk aired on Nippon TV on Tuesday midnight, effectively Wednesday at 1:45 a.m. JST. [4]

Related Research Articles

<i>Magic Knight Rayearth</i> Japanese manga series by Clamp and its adaptations

Magic Knight Rayearth is a Japanese manga series created by CLAMP. Appearing as a serial in the manga magazine Nakayoshi from the November 1993 issue to the February 1995 issue, the chapters of Magic Knight Rayearth were collected into three bound volumes by Kodansha. They were published from July 1994 to March 1995. A sequel was serialized in the same manga magazine from the March 1995 issue to the April 1996 issue. It was published by Kodansha in three bound volumes from July 1995 to April 1996.

<i>Berserk</i> (manga) Japanese manga series by Kentaro Miura

Berserk is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kentaro Miura. Set in a medieval Europe-inspired dark fantasy world, the story centers on the characters of Guts, a lone swordsman, and Griffith, the leader of a mercenary band called the "Band of the Hawk". The series follows Guts' journey seeking revenge on Griffith, who betrayed him and sacrificed his comrades to become a powerful demonic being.

<i>Berserk</i> (1997 TV series) 1997 Japanese anime series

Berserk, also known in Japan as Kenpū Denki Berserk, is a Japanese anime television series based on Kentaro Miura's manga series of the same name. The series was produced by Nippon Television and VAP, animated by Oriental Light and Magic and directed by Naohito Takahashi. It was broadcast for 25 episodes on Nippon TV from October 1997 to April 1998. Berserk was formerly licensed for English release in North America by Media Blasters, and later acquired by Discotek Media. Berserk has been well-received, with critics praising its storytelling, characters, setting, and soundtrack by Susumu Hirasawa.

<i>D.N.Angel</i> Japanese manga and anime series

D.N.Angel is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukiru Sugisaki. The manga premiered in Japan in the Kadokawa Shoten shōjo magazine Monthly Asuka in November 1997. After two extended hiatuses the series concluded in 2021. Kadokawa Shoten has collected the individual chapters and published them in 15 tankōbon and 5 e-books. The manga series is licensed for English language release in North America and the United Kingdom by Tokyopop, which has released 13 volumes of the series as of 2011.

<i>Blood+</i> 2005 Japanese anime series

Blood+ is a Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G and Aniplex and directed and written by Junichi Fujisaku. The series was broadcast on MBS and TBS from October 2005 to September 2006. Blood+ is licensed for international distribution in several regions through Sony Pictures' international arm, Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI).

<i>Claymore</i> (manga) Japanese dark fantasy manga by Norihiro Yagi and its adaptations

Claymore is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Norihiro Yagi. It debuted in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Jump in June 2001, where it continued until the magazine was shut down in June 2007. The series was transferred to the newly launched Jump Square, serialized from November 2007 to October 2014. Its chapters were collected in 27 tankōbon volumes.

<i>Sōten Kōro</i> Japanese manga series

Sōten Kōro (蒼天航路), also known as Beyond the Heavens, is a Japanese manga series by Hagin Yi and King Gonta. It started in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Morning in 1994. Following Hagin Yi's death in 1998, King Gonta continued the manga alone, until its conclusion in 2005. Its chapters were collected in thirty-six tankōbon volumes.

<i>Hellsing</i> Japanese manga series

Hellsing is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano. It was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's seinen manga magazine Young King OURs from April 1997 to September 2008, with its chapters collected in ten tankōbon volumes. The series chronicles the efforts of the mysterious and secret Hellsing Organization as it combats vampires, ghouls, and other supernatural foes who threaten England. The series was licensed for English language release in North America by Dark Horse Comics. From 2002 to 2006, Hirano released a six-chapter prequel series, Hellsing: The Dawn, in Young King OURs Zōkan.

<i>Astro Boy</i> (1963 TV series) Japanese anime television series

Astro Boy is a Japanese television series that premiered on Fuji TV on New Year's Day, 1963, and is the first popular animated Japanese television series that embodied the aesthetic that later became familiar worldwide as anime. It originated as a manga of the same name in 1952 by Osamu Tezuka, revered in Japan as the "God of Manga". It lasted for four seasons, with a total of 193 episodes, the final episode presented on a Saturday, New Year's Eve 1966.

<i>Case Closed</i> (season 4) Season of television series

The fourth season of the Case Closed anime was directed by Kenji Kodama and produced by TMS Entertainment and Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation. The series is based on Gosho Aoyama's Case Closed manga series. In Japan, the series is titled Detective Conan but was changed due to legal issues with the title Detective Conan. The episodes' plot continues Jimmy Kudo's life as a young child named Conan Edogawa.

<i>Drifters</i> (manga) Japanese manga series

Drifters is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano. It started serialization in Shōnen Gahosha's magazine Young King Ours in April 2009. The series focuses on various historical figures summoned to an unknown world where their skills and techniques are needed by magicians in order to save their world from total destruction. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation aired between October and December 2016; three additional original video animation (OVA) episodes were released from December 2017 to November 2018.

<i>Berserk: The Golden Age Arc</i> Japanese dark fantasy anime films

Berserk: The Golden Age Arc is a Japanese anime film trilogy, which adapts Kentaro Miura's Berserk manga series's Golden Age arc, and was produced by Studio 4°C. The first two films, The Egg of the King and The Battle for Doldrey, were released in Japan in February and June 2012, and the third film, The Advent, was released in February 2013. In North America, Viz Media has licensed the trilogy for English home video release. A remastered edited version for television with new scenes, labeled as "Memorial Edition", was broadcast for 13 episodes from October to December 2022.

<i>Mob Psycho 100</i> Japanese manga series and franchise

Mob Psycho 100 is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by One. It was serialized on Shogakukan's Ura Sunday website from April 2012 to December 2017. It has been also available online on Shogakukan's mobile app MangaONE since December 2014. Shogakukan compiled its chapters in 16 tankōbon volumes. The story follows Shigeo Kageyama, nicknamed Mob, a boy who has strong psychic powers, and his struggles to find the simple happiness he is looking for.

<i>Berserk</i> (2016 TV series) 2016 anime television series

Berserk is a 2016 anime television series based on Kentaro Miura's manga series of the same name and an acting sequel to the Golden Age Arc film trilogy. This is the second television series adaptation of the manga after the 1997 anime of the same name, covering the Conviction arc from the manga. A second season, covering the first half of the Hawk of the Millennium Empire arc, aired in 2017.

<i>The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!</i> Japanese manga series

The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Wakame Konbu. It has been serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Gangan Joker since August 2017, and its chapters have been collected into ten tankōbon volumes. In North America, the manga is licensed by Square Enix.

<i>Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor</i> Season of television series

Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor is a Japanese anime television series, based on Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji, the first part of the manga series Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. Produced by Nippon Television, D.N. Dream Partners, VAP and Madhouse, the series was directed by Yuzo Sato, with Hideo Takayashiki handling series composition, Haruhito Takada designing the characters and Hideki Taniuchi composing the music. The story centers on Kaiji Itō, an impoverished young man, and his misadventures around gambling.

<i>Kaiji: Against All Rules</i> Season of television series

Kaiji: Against All Rules is Japanese anime television series, based on Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji, the second part of the manga series Kaiji, written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. Produced by Nippon Television, VAP and Madhouse, the series was directed by Yuzo Sato, with Hideo Takayashiki handling series composition, Haruhito Takada designing the characters and Hideki Taniuchi composing the music.

References

  1. ↑ Oppliger, John (March 1, 2005). "Ask John: Will There Be More Berserk Anime?". AnimeNation . Archived from the original on April 4, 2005. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Berserk Volume 13 TPB". Dark Horse Comics. Archived from the original on January 10, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2021. Beginning with volume 13, the Dark Horse editions of Berserk contain material never-before-adapted to anime!
  3. 1 2 剣風伝説ベルセルク. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on May 23, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Remote Access (September–November 1997)". ex.org. Archived from the original on December 5, 1998. SWORD WIND ROMANCE BERSERK (KENFU DENKI BERUSERUKU) Debut: 7 October 1997 (Tuesday), 25:45, Nippon TV [8 October 1997 (Wednesday), 01:45, Nippon TV
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.