Berserk (2016 TV series)

Berserk
Key visual for the second season, featuring characters from the Hawk of the Millennium Empire arc
ベルセルク
(Beruseruku)
GenreDark fantasy[1]
Anime television series
Directed byShin Itagaki
Written byMakoto Fukami
Music byShirō Sagisu
Studio
Licensed by
Original networkWowow, MBS, TBS, CBC, BS-TBS
English network
Original run 1 July 2016 23 June 2017
Episodes24 (List of episodes)
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Berserk (Japanese: ベルセルク, Hepburn: Beruseruku) is a 2016 Japanese anime television series based on Kentaro Miura's manga series of the same name and an acting sequel to the Golden Age Arc film trilogy. This is the second television series adaptation of the manga after the 1997 anime of the same name, covering the Conviction arc from the manga. A second season, covering the first half of the Hawk of the Millennium Empire arc, aired in 2017.[5]

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