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Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King

2012 · 76 min

A grim, sword-swinging epic that pulls you into a world of brutal battles and uneasy alliances, with a constant undercurrent of dread.

Directed by
Toshiyuki Kubooka
Genres
Animation, Action, Adventure
Starring
Hiroaki Iwanaga, Takahiro Sakurai, Yuki Kaji
Tagline
He trusts no one, only his sword.
Overview
Guts, an immensely strong sword-for-hire, has little direction in his life, simply fighting one battle after the next. However, this all changes suddenly when he meets and is bested by Griffith, a beautiful and charismatic young man who leads the Band of the Hawk mercenary army. After Guts joins the Band and the relationship between the two men begins to blossom, Casca, the tough, lone swordswoman in the Band of the Hawk, struggles to accept Guts and the influence he has on the world around her. While the two men begin to fight together, Griffith continues to rise to power, all seemingly in order to reach his mysterious, prophesied goals. What lengths will Guts and Griffith go to in order to reach these goals, and where will fate take the two men?

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Directed by
Toshiyuki Kubooka
Genres
Animation, Action, Adventure
Starring
Hiroaki Iwanaga, Takahiro Sakurai, Yuki Kaji
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • power
  • loyalty
  • betrayal
  • violence
Places
  • military
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8
Horror5
Humour2
Realism4
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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76 min
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Japan
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