Berserk (1997; anime)

Berserk (1997; anime)
a.k.a Kenpū Denki Berserk/Kenpuu Denki Berserk
Director: Naohito Takahashi
== Plot Synopsis ==
Guts (Nobutoshi Canna/Marc Diraison) is a skilled swordsman who joins forces with a mercenary group named 'The Band of the Hawk', lead by the charismatic Griffith (Toshiyuki Morikawa/Kevin T. Collins), and fights with them as they battle their way into the royal court.
== Male Deaths ==
* Masuo Amada [Pippin] (Japanese Voice)
* Dick Bunting [Julius] (English Dub)
* Akira Ishida [Judeau] (Japanese Voice)
* Masahito Kawanago [Gaston] (Japanese Voice)
* Robert Krakovski [Gambino] (English Dub)
* Steve Kramer [Lord Gennon] (English Dub)
* Christopher Kromer [Judeau] (English Dub)
* Ryūji Mizuno [Julius] (Japanese Voice)
* Tomohiro Nishimura [Corkus] (Japanese Voice)
* Shoji Oki [Lord Gennon] (Japanese Voice)
*Ikuya Sawaki [Bazuso & Boscogn] (Japanese Voice)
* Sean Schemmel [Gaston] (English Dub)
* Marc Sebastian [Corkus] (English Dub)
* Kan Tokumaru [Snake Baron] (Japanese Voice)
* Norio Wakamoto [Gambino] (Japanese Voice)
* Jeff Ward [Pippin] (English Dub)
* Lex Woutas [Snake Baron] (English Dub)
== Female Deaths ==
* Suzanne Gilad [Queen of Midland] (English Dub)
* Toshiko Sawada [Queen of Midland] (Japanese Voice)
== Unisex Death ==
* Mayumi Asano [Adonis] (Japanese Voice)
== Trivia ==
# The series was going to be aired on Sci-Fi channel and Adult Swim but media blasters claimed the violence and sexual content would require too many edits.
# The manga that the anime is based on had a big influence on the Dark Souls (2011) video game series.
# Guts' sword weighs in at approximately 400lb and is 6'6 long- the longest sword to have ever been used in combat in the real world was 7' long but weighed only 14lb.
# When Guts' massive sword is unsheathed from his back the sheath often looks similar to a devil's tail. This is most likely a reference to the numerous times Guts or those he encounters are said to have "The Devil's own luck".
# The anime continued in the form of a Dreamcast and a later PlayStation 2 game. The composer, the Japanese Voice Actors and the manga's original writer all returned.
# Guts' appearance is said to be based on Rutger Hauer.
# The North America DVDs from Media Blasters come in red DVD cases - to resemble blood.
Category:1997 TV series debuts
Category:1998 TV series endings
Category:Japanese Tv Series
Category:Animation
Category:Anime TV Series
Category:Action
Category:Adventure
Category:Drama
Category:Fantasy
Category:Horror
Category:TV series based on published works
Category:Seinen Anime
Category:Cult Classics