Berserk

Berserk is a manga program scrivened and illustrated by Kentaro Miura. Set in a nonmodern Europe-inspired imaginativeness reality, the story centers on the characters of Guts, an unparented moneymaking, and Griffith, the slicker of a moneymaking strip called the Streak of the Warmonger (Taka no Dan). Themes of solitariness, camaraderie, and the ask of whether humanity is fundamentally serious or devilish diffuse the account, as it explores both the best and poorest of human nature. Both the manga and anime are noted for their sullen hostility.

Miura premiered a prototype of Berserk in 1988. The first volume of the manga was published on November 26, 1990 by Hakusensha in its Jets Comics collection. In 1992, after the publication of three more volumes, Berserk was serialized in Young Animal. The series was adapted into a twenty-five episode anime series covering the series' first story arc by Oriental Light and Magic from October 7, 1997 to March 31, 1998. A series of films were released, beginning with Berserk Golden Age Arc I: The Egg of the King on February 4, 2012, as part of an effort to adapt the entire manga series.

Guts (ガッツ Gattsu), accompanied by his elf companion, hunts demon similar creatures titled Apostles. Apostles are humans who hump prefab a understanding with demons known as The God Transfer and in interchange for their desire they moldiness free someone or something fill to them.

The story shifts to a backstory. After his troubled childhood under his adopted father, Guts joins a mercenary group under the charismatic leader Griffith. Griffith, Guts and their mercenary group play a pivotal role in ending the long war that has ravaged the country. Griffith however, is captured and horribly tortured for having sex with the King's daughter. With his body horribly mutilated, Griffith's dreams of becoming a king seem to be ended, but Griffith sacrifices his friends and mercenary group to the God Hand to continue his dream.

After scrap statesman Apostles, Guts then tries to feat his eff Casca who has wandered off. She had been confiscate to a Form where she would be cooked as a witch. Rescuing her coincides with Griffith state revitalised. During this quantify, their land is invaded by a unnaturalized state. Escaping the entrance, Guts and Casca move towards Elfhelm, to contact uninjured port and a heal for Casca. Griffith and his forces fighting and disentangled Inland.

Guts' iron arm, in his original character concept, is very similar to Götz von Berlichingen's iron arm, which is kept in the Nürnberg Museum. Berlichigen was a German knight and leader of a band of mercenary soldiers, with a reputation as a Robin Hood figure. In 1504, his right arm was struck off by enemy cannon fire and a prosthetic iron arm was developed to replace it. Miura stated in an interview that he created Guts independently and did not learn about von Berlichingen until after several volumes of the manga had been published.

Miura ordinal premiered Norse in 1988 with a 48-page paradigm, which won a award at the Comi Manga Down he was registered in at the dimension. On Nov 26, 1990, the honours volume of the manga was publicised by Hakusensha in its Jets Comics group. Terzetto solon volumes appeared until Berserk was serialized by Vernal Beast (Hakusensha) in 1992 and new episodes are ease existence released in the biweekly publication (every wares and quarter Fri of the month). Volumes consisting of between 8-11 episodes are still published biannually in Archipelago by Hakusensha (Jets Comics accumulation). As of September 2011, 36 containerful?bon of the manga bonk been publicized in Japan.In America, Canada, and the United Kingdom, the manga is translated and co-published between Dark Horse Comics and Digital Manga Publishing, which has released 36 volumes so far, the first on October 22, 2003. As with other Dark Horse manga releases like Hellsing or Trigun Maximum, the Japanese reading format, from right to left, is preserved in the English release (sound effects are untranslated in earlier releases, though this started with volume 12) at the author's request.

The series has been published in Mexico by Grupo Editorial Vid.

In Europe, the manga was introduced hind in 1996, forward in France (by Samourai Editions) and then in Italy a few months after (by Grammarian Comics, freshman under the imprints React Manga and then Planet Manga). After Samourai Editions' bankruptcy, the funny playoff has been published in Author by both Dynamic Visions (since 2002) and Glénat (since 2004), the latter edition being a large separate. Since 2001, the manga has also been translated and free in Deutschland (Syntactician Comics/Planet Manga) and Spain (MangaLine Ediciones). In the Netherlands, Glénat has been translating and business the manga since 2008. Among the separate markets that Scandinavian has been publicised in are Southeastern Choson, where it has been published by Dai Won since 1999, and Brazil, where Panini Comics has publicized the program in a demi-sized (120 pages) edition since 2005.

As of November 2010, the manga has sold 24 million volumes in Japan and 7 million overseas. The manga has published on an irregular schedule since late 2006.

Anime

Produced by OLM, the 25-episode TV anime series adaptation Berserk: Kenpū Denki (剣風伝奇ベルセルク Kenpū Denki Beruseruku, lit., "Berserk: Legendary Wind Sword") first aired in a post-midnight slot from October 7, 1997 to March 31, 1998. The series begins with the 'Black Swordsman' arc, continuing through the 'Golden Age' arc (Golden Age). Though the manga storyline remains largely intact, many changes were made, with the modification or elimination of characters (one notable example being Puck), some of the series' most violent and brutal scenes, and material that would have extended the storyline beyond the planned run of the anime series. Themes of friendship and ambition are more developed and emphasized than those of causality and the supernatural, all of which were made with the approval of series creator Kentarō Miura.

In Asia, Vap Video has released thirteen VHS and twelve VCD including two episodes each (a single one in the last VHS and three in the last VCD) from 1998 to 1999 in Japan. The seven discs "DVD-BOX", using Audio-CD cases, was released in Japan in 2001, with the seven volumes being re-released later in individual DVD regular cases in 2003.

Legendary Wind Sword BERSERK Original Soundtrack

1. "BEHELIT"  Susumu Hirasawa 1:55

2. "Ghosts" Susumu Hirasawa 1:41

3. "Ball" Susumu Hirasawa 1:08

4. "Gats" Susumu Hirasawa  3:35

5. "Murder" Susumu Hirasawa 9:29

6. "Fear" Susumu Hirasawa 3:26

7. "Monster" Susumu Hirasawa 4:03

8. "EARTH"  Susumu Hirasawa  4:23

9. "BERSERK ~Forces~ (TV Version)"  Susumu Hirasawa 1:56

10. "TELL ME WHY (TV Version)" PENPALS 1:15

11. "Waiting so long (TV Version)" Silver Fins 1:22

Film series

In September 2010, a wraparound jacket band on volume 35 of the Berserk manga announced a new anime project, which was later revealed to be a series of films intended to adapt the entire manga series. The first two films, Berserk Golden Age Arc I: The Egg of the King and Berserk Golden Age Arc II: The Battle for Doldrey, were released in Japan in February and June 2012. Berserk: Golden Age Arc III: The Descent was released on February 1, 2013 in Japan.

The voice cast features Hiroaki Iwanaga as Guts (replacing Nobutoshi Canna from the original anime), Takahiro Sakurai as Griffith (replacing Toshiyuki Morikawa), and Toa Yukinari as Casca (replacing Yuko Miyamura). The English voice cast features Marc Diraison as Guts, Kevin T. Collins as Griffith, and Carrie Keranen as Casca, all reprising their roles from the original anime. 

Video games

Two video games based on Berserk have been released: Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage and Berserk Millennium Falcon Arc: Chapter of the Record of the Holy Demon War. The former takes place during the Hawk of the Millennium Empire arc (despite being released during the publication of the preceding arc) and was released in America before the manga or anime (hence the changed title), while the latter is set between volumes 22 and 27 (though it was not released in America).