With Crunchyroll having the home video and streaming rights for the spring 2017 anime series Berserk, the home video release plans for it have been set with it following the same path as the first. The twelve episode series is getting released by NBC Universal Japan and they’ve put together two box sets for it with an even split of episodes. The artwork for the second box set has arrived and it’s definitely pretty appealing with the style and design used for it. Both are priced at 22,500 yen with the first landing on July 21st, 2017 and the second on September 21st, 2017 with Blu-ray only sets.
The series was directed by shin Itagaki based on the series composition from Makoto Fukami and Takashi Yamashita. Hisashi Abe worked on the character designs while LIDENFILMS handled 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 and 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.
Second Season Artwork:
First Season Artwork:
[Source: Berserk]
