Guts, an immensely strong sword-for-hire, has little direction in his life, simply fighting one battle after the next. However, this all changes suddenly when he meets and is bested by Griffith, a beautiful and charismatic young man who leads the Band of the Hawk mercenary army. After Guts joins the Band and the relationship between the two men begins to blossom, Casca, the tough, lone swordswoman in the Band of the Hawk, struggles to accept Guts and the influence he has on the world around her. While the two men begin to fight together, Griffith continues to rise to power, all seemingly in order to reach his mysterious, prophesied goals. What lengths will Guts and Griffith go to in order to reach these goals, and where will fate take the two men?
Directed by Toshiyuki Kubooka
mercenary
sorcery
gore
sword fight
based on manga
demon
dark fantasy
seinen
anime
adventure
Rank
#85 in 2012·#4234 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.6 / 5
Cast
Hiroaki Iwanaga
Guts (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai
Griffith (voice)
Yuki Kaji
Judeau (voice)
Takahiro Fujiwara
Pippin (voice)
Toa Yukinari
Casca (voice)
Yoshiro Matsumoto
Corkus (voice)
Minako Kotobuki
Rickert (voice)
Kazuki Yao
Gaston (voice)
Aki Toyosaki
Charlotte (voice)
Kenta Miyake
Nosferatu Zodd (voice)
Nobuyuki Katsube
Midland King (voice)
Rikiya Koyama
Adon Coborlwitz (voice)
Crew
Toshiyuki Kubooka
Director
Ichiro Okouchi
Writer
Shiro Sagisu
Original Music Composer
Eiichi Kamagata
Producer
Eiko Tanaka
Executive Producer
Hiro Nagasuna
Background Designer
Kentaro Miura
Comic Book
Popular Reviews
137 reviews
yuna
5.0★ · 01/18/26
"walter white couldnt have done it without me"
"walter white couldnt have done it without me"
Amira Star
8.0★ · 12/27/25
Majestic dude owns beefy guy
Majestic dude owns beefy guy
Lara
6.0★ · 12/06/25
griffith is so breedable, bear my child please
griffith is so breedable, bear my child please
Jc Du Plessis
7.0★ · 10/17/25
I'm not that into anime but I wanted to check out berserk and I couldn't find the 97 series. As an introduction I feel it's good and it made me want learn more from the world. Berserk the golden age arc 1 has an interesting story with great dynamics between guts and Griffith. The friendship is done very well and it's definitely my favorite part of the movie. The action is cool. The animation looks nice as well and like the style. My favorite fight was the nosferatu zodd one. The downside is the story. The has me very engaged and I want to where the story goes. The problem here is that the story feels rushed and like they cut out some things that could have been much better. The preview for the next movie looks great though. In the end I quite liked it and I'm sure when I finish the trilogy it might up but right now a solid 3.5 for a great intro to a fascinating new world.
I'm not that into anime but I wanted to check out berserk and I couldn't find the 97 series. As an introduction I feel it's good and it made me want learn more from the world. Berserk the golden age arc 1 has an interesting story with great dynamics between guts and Griffith. The friendship is done very well and it's definitely my favorite part of the movie. The action is cool. The animation looks nice as well and like the style. My favorite fight was the nosferatu zodd one. The downside is the story. The has me very engaged and I want to where the story goes. The problem here is that the story feels rushed and like they cut out some things that could have been much better. The preview for the next movie looks great though. In the end I quite liked it and I'm sure when I finish the trilogy it might up but right now a solid 3.5 for a great intro to a fascinating new world.
Matthew
8.0★ · 09/08/25
PLS DEAR GOD GIVE US A PROPER BERSERK ANIME ADAPTATION
PLS DEAR GOD GIVE US A PROPER BERSERK ANIME ADAPTATION
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