Anime at the 26th Leeds International Film Festival

Let’s be honest, by now some of you may at least have heard the name “Berserk” thrown out there in some way, shape or form, and considering the series is nearing 23 years old (15 year old in terms of anime), that’s to be expected. The main question here is: can this film be enjoyed … Continued

DAY 1 Transcription of the Q&A session at Scotland Loves Anime with Berserk’s Character Designer and Chief Animation Director Naoyuki Onda as well as one of the producers, Fuko Noda. [Text in square brackets was inserted by transcriber for clarity, or to reflect audience behaviour.] With the exception of the people directly on stage or … Continued

After a quick set of flashbacks to remind you of the events from the first film, The Battle of Doldrey wastes no time in getting straight back into the action. Flying heads are everywhere as you’d expect (I lost count this time after about 12), battles are all extremely well set up and choreographed to boot … Continued

Eagle-eyed AUKN users have sent us information about anime on the Sony Movie Channel. Next week Tuesday, September 10th sees the channel show Berserk – Battle of Doldrey at 00:55 and 01:55. Synopsis The saga follows Guts a strong mercenary with a huge sword and little direction in life. All of that changes after he … Continued

I had a lot of concerns going into the final film of this trilogy, most of which came from my fear of there being missing content everywhere from the manga, a concern I found dissipated quite swiftly as the film progressed. I was pleasantly surprised by it all, I will say. I feel I should note too … Continued