Berserk

About Berserk

Guts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.

Nippon TV's Berserk is an action-adventure, animation, and science fiction series. Its one season of 25 episodes was broadcast from October 1997 to April 1998.

The series is filed under gore, male friendship, sword fight, and sexual abuse. It is adapted from a manga. Nobutoshi Canna appears as Guts (voice), Toshiyuki Morikawa as Griffith (voice), Yuko Miyamura as Casca (voice), and Tomohiro Nishimura as Corkus (voice).

Tokyo Ghoul, Elfen Lied, and Vinland Saga make useful companions to Berserk, all filed under dark fantasy and based on manga. TMDB voters put it at 8.5 out of 10 across 874 votes and it carries a TV-MA rating.