2017-Berserk-Anime---Promotional-Video-Teaser

2017 Berserk Anime – Promotional Video Teaser

A teaser promotional video has been aired on WOWOW for the upcoming 2017 continuation of Kentaro Miura’s Berserk 2016 anime. The short video briefly previews scenes from the upcoming season and teases what is to come in the  Falcon of the Millennium Empire arc.

The Berserk TV anime will air its first episode on Friday, April 7 at 10:00pm JST on WOWOW, with the remaining episodes airing at 10:30pm JST.

Here is the announcement video for the Spring 2017 season:

And the 15 second teaser video:

The 2017 anime will continue off where the previous anime finished, where it will . The visual itself is teasing the next arc, Falcon of the Millennium Empire, with Guts donning the Berserk armour.

The main cast of the anime includes:

  • Hiroaki Iwanaga (Guts in Berserk: The Golden Age Arc) will be back to voice Guts

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  • Kaoru Mizuhara (Shirushiru from gdgd Fairies) will voice Puck

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  • Yoko Hikasa (Mio Akiyama in K-ON!) as Farnese

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  • Kazuyuki Okitsu (Jonathan Joestar in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) is voicing as Serpico

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  • Hiro Shimono (Keima Katsuragi in The World God Only Knows) voices Isidro

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The supporting cast includes:

  • Hiroki Yasumoto (Germany from Hetalia) is going to voice Azan
  • Toa Yukinari (Casca from Berserk: The Golden Age Arc) as Casca
  • Takahiro Sakurai (Suzaku Kururugi from Code Geass) voices Griffith
  • Akio Ohtsuka (Batou in Ghost in the Shell) is voicing Skull Knight
  • Unshou Ishizuka (Jet Black in Cowboy Bebop) will be voicing the Narrator

The leading members of the anime’s production staff includes:

  • Director: Shin Itagaki (TeekyuuDevil May Cry)
  • Series Composers: Makoto Fukami (Psycho-Pass, Yuruyuri San Hai!) and Takashi Yamashita (Cencoroll)
  • Anime Character Designer: Hisashi Abe (Gunslinger Girl, Chobits)
  • Music Composer: Shiro Sagisu (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Magi)
  • Animation Studio: Liden Films (Miss Monochrome, Terra Formars)

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Here is the synopsis of the first anime on MAL:

A brave young warrior named Guts fights for his fortune as a mercenary on the front lines. A fated encounter unites Guts with the charismatic and deadly young man named Griffith. Leading the rogue soldiers known as the Band of the Hawk, Griffith wields his formidable force like no other. Driven by a quest for status, the Hawks exert military and social prowess the likes of which have never been seen before. The armies of Midland will quake with fear as Griffith and Guts set off on a path that will bring the world to its knees.

You can visit the project’s website here: http://berserk-anime.com/
And follow the Twitter: @berserk_anime