Berserk: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In this world, is the destiny of mankind controlled by some transcendental entity or law? Is it like the hand of God hovering above? At least it is true and man has no control, even over his own will. In medieval times war raged throughout the countryside. Feudal lords would give large sums of money to mercenaries who could rid them of their enemies. One such mercenary is Guts. He wields a sword almost larger than he is and holds tremendous strength and courage. When he joins a band of mercenaries known as the Band of the Hawk, he finds a purpose to fight for other than money and helps the Hawks to become the most feared enemy on the battlefield. This anime is adapted from the manga of the same name created by Kentaro Miura. Warning: This show is not suitable for persons under the age of 18 due to extreme violence, gore, nudity, course language and mature content.

Series details

• Title: Berserk
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Action, Anime, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2012-02-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-06-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: WOWOW
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 15357
• IMDb ID: tt5847454
• TVDB ID: 307111

Cast and credited roles

• Hiroaki Iwanaga — Guts
• Kaoru Mizuhara — Puck
• Yōko Hikasa — Farnese
• Akio Ohtsuka — The Skull Knight
• Takahiro Sakurai — Griffith
• Toa Yukinari — Casca
• Hiroki Yasumoto — Azan
• Hiro Shimono — Isidro
• Kazuyuki Okitsu — Serpico
• Chiwa Saito — Schierke
• Daisuke Hirakawa — Jerome
• Miyuki Sawashiro — Luca

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-02-03; final listed air date 2016-09-16; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 2017-04-07; final listed air date 2017-06-23; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Berserk on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.