BERSERK: THE SWORD WIND ROMANCE Review – OLM’s 1997 Anime Masterpiece
Japanimation Station S5E12
Welcome to Season 5 of Japanimation Station, our Grand Tour through the wide and wonderful world of anime! You can subscribe on all platforms at JapanimationStation.Com.
Our Grand Tour finally arrives at one of the most-requested shows in the history of Japanimation Station: the 1997 adaptation of Miura Kentaro’s seminal manga masterpiece, Berserk! Created by OLM – best known for their decades of work on the Pokémon anime – this 25-episode series adapts the Golden Age arc of Miura’s manga, brilliantly employing a ‘limited animation’ style reminiscent of the works of Dezaki Osamu. With outstanding scripts, inspired direction, and some of the best voice acting we’ve ever had the pleasure to discuss, the series is a truly remarkable feat of adaptation, doing Miura’s work justice in so many ways.
Enjoy, and come back next week for the final installment of our Grand Tour, as we come full circle back to the world of Toriyama Akira for this year’s incredible DRAGON BALL DAIMA!
Time Chart:
Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:15
Intro and History: 0:01:15 – 1:52:44
Eyecatch Break: 1:52:44 – 1:53:28
Berserk Review: 1:53:28 – 3:51:09
End Theme: 3:51:09 – 3:52:39
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