Berserk - Devil's Advocate (Epi. 14-17)
Judeau and the Hawks arrive just in time to rescue Caska from Chuder  soldiers--and find Guts surrounded by the bodies of 100 mercenaries he  killed. The impregnable Castle of Doldrey is the key to the century-long war  between Midland and Chuder; Griffith and the Hawks gamble on a daring  strategy to seize it. The animation of the battle is minimal, despite its  significance, with held drawings substituting for action in many places. When  Guts's trademark two-handed sword shatters in combat with the Chuder general,  a demonlike creature throws him a new one. It departs, muttering ominously  that "the time of the great eclipse draws near," obviously foreshadowing the  next adventure Guts will pursue. He wants to leave Hawks, and the plot the  Queen and court nobles have hatched against Griffith will give him the  opportunity to move on. (Rated 16 and older: graphic violence, profanity,  sexual situations)--Charles Solomon