FAQ

Berserk tells of a young mercenary named Guts who is starting to find his place in the world alongside a band of mercenaries led by the charismatic man Griffith.

Berserk is based on a Japanese comic series (manga) written by Kentaro Miura. It was first published in 1989 and it's still on going.

Those who watched the series since the first episode know that something happened after the end of episode 25, since episode 01 works more like a sequel to episode 25. However in the actual Berserk timeline (following the manga series) there's a lot of story which takes place after episode 25 and before episode 01 and they are only shown in the manga series.

During the pre-production of the series the original idea was to adapt the entire berserk manga series from start to finish (even though the manga story was still on going), however, there was not enough budget to make an adaptation of the first manga chapters, so the only way was to try to sum it up in only one episode, which wasn't the pilot that the producers where expecting. During the production, there weren't enough manga chapters to make a second season after the first 25 episodes, so the studio decided to create only one season with an ending connecting the beginning of the series. Even with the series having a good success with its 25 episodes some fans where disappointed with adaptation of the first volumes to the pilot.

Berserk is published in the USA by Dark Horse Comics.