- Actors: Nobutoshi Kanna, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Yűko Miyamura, Masuo Amada, Toby Antony
- Directors: Naohito Takahashi
- Writers: Kentaro Miura
- Producers: Toshiaki Okuno, Toshio Nakatani
- Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Language: English, Japanese
- Subtitles: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Media Blasters
- Release Date: Mar 22 2011
- Run Time: 125 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0000639EP
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #51,775 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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This violent sword-and-sorcery adventure suggests a darker version of Record of Lodoss War. Guts (originally "Gatsu") is a brooding warrior, haunted by demons, who fights with an enormous two-handed sword. When he's defeated in hand-to-hand combat by the elegant Griffith, Guts joins the Band of the Hawk. They're supposed to be mercenaries, but Griffith's loyal corps behaves like a crack regiment in the century-long war between Midland and Chuder. Although he takes unnecessary personal risks for reasons rooted in past traumas, Guts quickly rises to a position of command. This vision of early medieval warfare is grittier and less sanitized than standard anime adventures. Fans of Kento Miura's original manga praise its depth of characterization, which isn't really apparent in these first five episodes. But its grim earthiness sets Berserk apart from run-of-the-mill chivalric tales. Rated 16 Up: Violence, nudity, sexual situations, profanity, grotesque imagery. --Charles Solomon
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4.0 out of 5 stars
From Guts to Glory,
By Robert evans (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: "Berserk, Vol. 1: War Cry (Full Screen) " (DVD)
Berserk is not your average anime series.It's a very dark and grity series. Thats why I love this series so much. The story is amazing. I love all the characters cause they all have there own thoughts and abilities of understanding. The character development is great! From watching the first five episodes I can tell this series is just gonna get more bloodier by the minute. This isn't a type of show to watch with your little ones. I'm not gonna say what the story is about cause theres enough reviews to read from to know what it's about. I think Berserk has it's own unique original story that keeps it in hold. Well duuuu. Of course! After finishing the 5 episodes I knew I had to watch the rest! This series is very addictive. These 5 episodes are fantastic! I can't wait to finish them so I can start reading the Manga. Be sure to get this one. It's absolutely amazing! Ps....The opening music theme is awesome. Later
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good enough to want more,
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This review is from: "Berserk, Vol. 1: War Cry (Full Screen) " (DVD)
This is my first real exposure to anime. The only other time I watched some of it was in Tarantino's "Kill Bill: Volume 1", but it is only in a few passages in the movie that anime is used. Since I enjoy epic fantasy, I thought a good way to start out in anime was in a series that used this genre. I found that I enjoyed the first five episodes of "Berserk", and even though at some points I found myself having trouble figuring out where the story was going, I was left looking forward to the next disc in the series.In the first episode, the Black Swordsman arrives in a town looking for a monster that has the habitants under his grip, living in a world of fear and misery. The Black Swordsman carries along a huge sword that is bigger than him, he is branded in one of his shoulders and is visited in his dreams by demons that claim to own him. At this point there is no clear plot in the story, but in the next four episodes the story goes back to our hero's youth and the viewer finds out that his name is Guts and he honors this name to the extreme. Guts meets with the Band of the Hawk, which is lead by Griffith, an effeminate but very skillful warrior. After some initial quarrels Guts joins the band of mercenaries and an interesting relationship develops between him, Griffith and Caska, who was until that moment the right hand of Griffith and apparently is in love with him. In episodes two through five there are three main points of interest intertwined in the story: the relationship between Guts and the other Band of Hawk members; the missions in which the band embarks gaining fame and respect; and the glimpses at Guts childhood, which helps the audience to make sense of some of his actions and attitudes. The series starts out a little slow, but through the episodes, it captures the viewers' attention and one starts to sympathize with the main character. I was left craving for more information about the characters' past and future and will definitely get the next installment.
5.0 out of 5 stars
BERSERK 1-5 MANGA AND BEYOND,
By NosfeartuX (Miami, FL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Berserk - Box Of War (Episodes 1-5 with Collectors Case) (DVD)
At one point in your life you come across something that's so great and breath taking that your forced to conclude that nothing else in existence could ever match it's equal. For me that something is the Berserk series. There are a few people who made bad reviews about Berserk; saying its boring and no good blah blah blah. That goes to show you that Berserk isn't for everyone. We all have our likes and dislikes, that's what makes us human. But if you look at all of the reviews; there are more people who enjoyed this anime then those who didn't. Those who gave bad reviews about Berserk weren't worthy to enjoy it. And there will be plenty more. So if your looking for Berserk to be some DBZ/POKIMON/Kiddy anime with little cute characters running around, BERSERK IS NOT FOR YOU! Other wise....BUY THIS ANIME! If you cant afford 1-5 buy the whole set on 3 cds by a group called FX. Just do a search on Google for Berserk FX sale and you will come across a few places with the whole serious for like 28 bucks. -Hardcore Berserk Fan NosferatuX[]xxxxx|::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::>
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