Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King
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Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King

He trusts no one, only his sword.

7.2 / 10 2012 1h 16mNR Japanese
AnimationActionAdventureFantasyDramaHorror

Storyline

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?

Cast & Crew

Hiroaki Iwanaga

Hiroaki Iwanaga

Guts (voice)

Lead
Takahiro Sakurai

Takahiro Sakurai

Griffith (voice)

Yuki Kaji

Yuki Kaji

Judeau (voice)

Takahiro Fujiwara

Takahiro Fujiwara

Pippin (voice)

Toa Yukinari

Toa Yukinari

Casca (voice)

Yoshiro Matsumoto

Yoshiro Matsumoto

Corkus (voice)

Minako Kotobuki

Minako Kotobuki

Rickert (voice)

Kazuki Yao

Kazuki Yao

Gaston (voice)

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Toshiyuki Kubooka's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker