Berserk Collection (Standard Edition) [Blu-ray]

Includes the whole thing. Enjoyed.

Out of all the animated Blurays I have, this one really stands out in terms of picture quality. The image is sharp, authentic, and high resolution. There's no ugly upscaling, or anything along those lines. No noticeable compression, artifacts, or banding. Genuinely excellent.

I've been hearing for years about how great the 1997 anime Berserk is. It's just one of those things that has passed me by for so long that I simply forgot about it. It was recommended recently after purchasing Death Note, so I thought I would take the gamble. My experience was a good one.The television show Berserk is based on the Kentaro Miura's mango of the same name. It was directed by Naohito Takahashi, was animated by Oriental Light And Magic and was produced by Nippon Television and Vap inc. There are twenty five episodes in total, all of which are around twenty five minutes in length. This bluray edition comes in a standard blue case and is spread out over three discs.The main character is a brute called Guts. He's a lone wanderer with a sword larger than the average man. He finds himself involved with the mercenary group, The Band of the Hawk after having a confrontation with their mysterious leader Griffith. Guts slowly climbs the groups ranks and bares witness to Griffith playing politics, which in turn leads to all the twists and turns found through out the series.I found the show to be quite enjoyable and easy to follow. Each character has their own distinct look, personality traits and voice acting. The actual story development is a little slow, especially by modern standards. But I liked the fact it took the time to develop the characters properly and by the end, you really don't want anything to happen to them. There's lots of good backstory, most of which get drip fed to you slowly. By the time we find out the full truth, I was fully immersed and sucked into the world.The transfer of the show is quite good, I thought. The colours are strong and there is plenty of detail. You can see some odd dirt marks etc here and there, but nothing out of the ordinary for older animated films. The sound is also spot on. I liked the Japanese voice over but preferred the more consistent English audio track. The sound track was also quite memorable and sounded quite magnificent through my home theatre. I particularly loved the track Forces.Unfortunately for the series, the story was left a little unfinished, I assume due to budgetary reasons. The ending is quite something and appears to be a hit or miss with people. It had come so far and evolved into an impressive beast by the time the last episode ended. I personality didn't mind it much but it would have been great to see the show continue and resolve the arc. Also, some of the voice acting for the side characters range from decent to awful. It's nothing unusual for anime shows but can be quite distracting.Berserk is definitely a show I'll never forget. It was quite unique in a lot of ways and I'm glad I bought it. I'm not sure who to recommend it too as it's a bit more mature than a lot of things you find these days. But for those wanting something darker more mysterious with lots of little political twists etc, this is definitely a show worth picking up.

If your a fan of the dark souls games then you'll love Beserk, you can see where from software got their inspiration for the series. The animation style of beserk is more of a comic style but the voice acting and story are amazingly good.

very happy with the bru ray and highly recommend this anime. but beware this is the standard edition not collector edition who ever put the pictures up of the Collector Edition in the reviews shame on you ...... !!!!!!!

I'd never seen Berserk before purchasing, but as a committed Dark Souls fan, this was a must. You can really see the inspiration for Dark Souls in it. A must for any Dark Souls fan, or any fan of quality anime.

Started it off with Berserk and haven't stopped since, the older appearance might be off putting at first to new comers but I assure you the quality, writing are worth your time even the animation becomes great in motion when action hits the fan.Re watched many times a classic for sure , give it a try at best you'll love it at worst you wont regret it.

Great show intros and outros and credits are a pain though