Berserk: Ougon Jidai-hen I - Haou no Tamago

"He trusts no one, only his sword."

Apr 26 2012 TV-MA 1h 16m
Action, Adventure, Animation

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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Plot

This arc is a flashback showing Guts' youth and what led him to become the "Black Swordsman". Guts grows up as a young mercenary until his enrollment in the Band of the Hawk. He develops complex relationships with Casca and Griffith, the Band's charismatic leader and holder of the mystical artifact known as the Crimson Behelit, who leads the Band to its rise to prominence within the Midland army.

Written by

Kentaro Miura, Ichirô Ôkouchi

Directed by

Toshiyuki Kubooka

Cast

Hiroaki Iwanaga, Carrie Keranen, Takahiro Sakurai

Crew

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Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

VIZ Media, Studio 4°C, Beyond C., Warner Bros. Pictures, Graphinica

Languages

Awards

3 wins & 3 nominations

Trailers
Berserk [Egg of the King I] Theatrical Trailer 2 HD w/ English Subtitles
BERSERK | The Golden Age Arc I: The Egg of The King Trailer | Warner Bros. Entertainment
BERSERK The Golden Age Arc 1 - The Egg of the King DVD/BR TRAILER
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