Generally, the violence and mature nature of the original manga were toned down for the anime, although the story notably ends on a depressing note.

Various characters from the manga were cut entirely or had their roles combined in the story, such as Puck, Donovan, and the Skull Knight. Cutting out the Skull Knight infamously caused a bit of a plot hole or cliffhanger since it was never explained how Guts or Casca escaped from the Eclipse event. This version adapts the 'Black Swordsman' and 'Golden Age' arcs. The series revolves around Guts looking back at his days with the Band of the Hawk mercenary group, led by Griffith. I introduced both of my friends to Berserk with the films and they loved the ever living shit out of them.This first animated version of the series was worked on by Oriental Light and Magic with Naohito Takahashi working as a director. By the second movie most of the awkwardness with the cg is gone and by the third is nonexistent.ĭo you want the complete story with beautiful drawings? Read the manga.ĭo you want the second best thing story wise but not as gruesome or fucked up due to being on tv? Watch the anime and then finish off the arc with the manga.ĭo you want something that doesn't tell some of the side stories but is in hd blu ray, doesn't shy away from the mature or fucked up shit and has animated battles? Watch the films. Anime doesn't have sweet animated battles, film does even if they are cg it still looks sweet. The anime ends in a huge cliffhanger and the movie has production issues with the first film which are largely dealt with by movie 2.

They also don't include some cool little misadventures of guts but as a whole they tell you more than enough to get the ball rolling and maybe they could have gone more in depth with Griffiths past.

They just don't add certain sections which would have been nice but for a movie with a prequel arc it's not the end of the world if they don't include a dick monster who wants to, if I recall correctly,forcefully have sex with women. Movies are pretty great and no they don't gloss over important plot points that I recall though it has been a while. Correct order is to read manga over anything.

Will there be a berserk movie 4