Berserk (1997 TV series)

Berserk
First DVD cover, featuring Guts
剣風伝奇ベルセルク
(Kenpū Denki Beruseruku)
Genre
Anime television series
Directed byNaohito Takahashi
Produced by
  • Mitsuru Ōshima
  • Yoshiko Nagasaki
  • Toshio Nakatani
  • Toshiaki Okuno
  • Shūkichi Kanda
Written byYasuhiro Imagawa
Music bySusumu Hirasawa
StudioOLM Team Iguchi
Licensed by
Original networkNippon TV
Original run October 8, 1997 April 1, 1998
Episodes25 (List of episodes)
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Berserk, also known in Japan as Kenpū Denki Berserk,[a] is a Japanese anime television series based on Kentaro Miura's manga series of the same name. The series was produced by Nippon Television and VAP, animated by Oriental Light and Magic and directed by Naohito Takahashi. It was broadcast for 25 episodes on Nippon TV from October 1997 to April 1998. Berserk was formerly licensed for English release in North America by Media Blasters, and later acquired by Discotek Media. Berserk has been well-received, with critics praising its storytelling, characters, setting, and soundtrack by Susumu Hirasawa.

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