The new Berserk anime series is set to hit this summer in Japan and it looks like there’s plenty of movement underway on the acquisition side. The first piece of non-Japanese news to hit is that Universal Pictures in Germany has secured the rights there and it seems like it might be a twenty-four episode series. With their involvement in that region, that means it’s also pretty likely that we’ll see a UK confirm at some point as well as Universal has been pulling things its involved with closer to handle themselves.
The series will be directed by shin Itagaki based on series composition from Makoto Fukami and Takashi Yamashita. Hisashi Abe is on board for character designed while LIDENFILMS will be handling production with studios GEMBA nad Millepensee. The cast has the main characters largely returning from the theatrical films and includes:
- Hiroaki Iwanaga as Guts
- Kaoru Mizuhara as Puck
- Yoko Hikasa as Farnese
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Serpico
- Hiro Shimono as Isidro
- Hiroki Yasumoto as Azan
- Toa Yukinari as Casca
- Takahiro Sakurai as Griffith
- Akio Ootsuka as The Skull Knight
- Unshou Ishizuka as the Narrator
A TV series was produced back in 1997, which was released by Media Blasters in North America, and a trilogy of films recounting much of the material from that arrived in the last few years as released by Viz Media.
Property concept: A brave young warrior named Guts fights for his fortune as a mercenary on the front lines. A fated encounter unites Guts with the charismatic and deadly young man named Griffith. Leading the rogue soldiers known as the Band of the Hawk, Griffith wields his formidable force like no other. Driven by a quest for status, the Hawks exert military and social prowess the likes of which have never been seen before. The armies of Midland will quake with fear as Griffith and Guts set off on a path that will bring the world to its knees.
[Source: Berserk (2016)]
