Berserk: Ougon Jidai-hen I - Haou no Tamago


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

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Synonyms: Berserk Movie, Berserk Saga, Berserk: Golden Age Arc I - Egg of the Supreme Ruler, The Golden Age Arc I: The High King's Egg
Japanese: ベルセルク 黄金時代篇Ⅰ 覇王の卵
English: Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King
Spanish: Berserk: La Edad de Oro I. El Huevo del Rey Conquistador
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Information

Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Feb 4, 2012
Licensors: VIZ Media
Studios: Studio 4°C
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, AdventureAdventure, DramaDrama, FantasyFantasy, HorrorHorror
Themes: GoreGore, MilitaryMilitary, PsychologicalPsychological
Demographic: SeinenSeinen
Duration: 1 hr. 16 min.
Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

Statistics

Score: 7.711 (scored by 152876152,876 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #12592
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1095
Members: 238,133
Favorites: 1,046

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Synopsis

In the Kingdom of Midland, a mercenary named Guts wanders the land, preferring a life of conflict over a life of peace. Despite the odds never being in his favor, he is an unstoppable force that overcomes every opponent, wielding a massive sword larger than himself.

One day, Griffith, the mysterious leader of the mercenary group Band of the Hawk, witnesses the warrior's battle prowess and invites the wandering swordsman to join his squadron. Rejecting the offer, Guts challenges Griffith to a duel—and, much to the former's surprise, is subsequently defeated and forced to join.

Now, Guts must fight alongside Griffith and his crew to help Midland defeat the Empire of Chuder. However, Griffith seems to harbor ulterior motives, desiring something much larger than just settling the war...

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Characters & Voice Actors

Guts

Main
Iwanaga, Hiroaki
Japanese

Griffith

Main
Sakurai, Takahiro
Japanese

Casca

Main
Yukinari, Toa
Japanese

Judeau

Supporting
Kaji, Yuuki
Japanese

Nosferatu, Zodd

Supporting
Miyake, Kenta
Japanese

Pippin

Supporting
Fujiwara, Takahiro
Japanese

Rickert

Supporting
Kotobuki, Minako
Japanese

Corkus

Supporting
Matsumoto, Yoshirou
Japanese

Gaston

Supporting
Yao, Kazuki
Japanese

Bazuso

Supporting
Kobayashi, Kendou
Japanese

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"Aria" by Susumu Hirasawa
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Ending Theme

"Blood and Guts" by Shiro Sagisu
"Utsukushikumono" by Ai




Reviews

May 25, 2024
Let's keep this short. I have no problems with the audiovisual design or the voice acting. And it's Berserk's story and characters, which are great.
Would be 1 point higher if there was less cut content and it would be a 10 for me if on top of that it had Junketsu no Maria level of combat and armor realism.
Instead, it's even worse than in the manga. For example, what the hell was that scene with just hitting with like 10 overhead slashes in a row and the other guy just holding out the axe horizontally in the same position the whole time?
Why wear that ...
Feb 5, 2024
Mixed Feelings
This needs some explaining and this could get lengthy.
But it needs to be done really.
Quick note; I watched a American-English dubbed version instead of the original Japanese version. This could have been part of why it gives me mixed feelings as you will read. Often the English dubs are really cringe and makes a mess of the original. So please keep that in mind, it could be the case here as well.

Now I won't talk about the story directly so no spoilers are given away.
But I can talk about the story progression, which is all over the place.
You get a lot of snippets of the ...
Jan 23, 2021


A pretty bad adaptation of one of the greatest manga arcs of all time. I do think adapting this arc as a movie trilogy provides more positives than negatives. Although it would suffer from some cut content (which in turn would affect the characterization and thematic depth) due to not being able to adapt everything in comparison to a TV series that has more time, it would be able to reach the extremely high artistic standards of the manga.

Berserk has some of the greatest art in any comic book, which makes it one of the hardest manga to adapt properly (also in part because ...

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