Berserk (1997)

Name: Berserk
Released: 1997
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Nobutoshi Canna, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Yuko Miyamura, Tomohiro Nishimura, Unsho Ishizuka

TV-MA 23m 7.3/10 IMDb

Action & Adventure Sci-Fi & Fantasy Animation

Guts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.

Cast: Nobutoshi Canna, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Yuko Miyamura, Tomohiro Nishimura, Unsho Ishizuka

Content Warnings

Mental Health & Emotional

Death of a child Grief / bereavement (major focus)

Other

Genocide / ethnic cleansing Kidnapping / abduction War / combat

Phobias & Sensory

Blood / medical gore Body horror

Sexual Content

Age-gap relationships (predatory) Explicit sexual content / nudity Sex trafficking Sexual coercion / non-consensual situations

Violence & Physical Harm

Child abuse / harm to children Domestic violence / intimate partner abuse Gore / graphic violence Self-harm / suicide (depicted) Sexual assault / rape Slavery / forced labor Torture

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Does It Get Worse?

Unknown Not enough data to determine a trend.

16 series-wide warnings apply across all seasons.

Season 1 13 warnings

Avg severity:(4.2)

Grief / bereavement (major focus)Kidnapping / abductionWar / combatBody horrorAge-gap relationships (predatory)Explicit sexual content / nuditySex traffickingSexual coercion / non-consensual situationsChild abuse / harm to childrenGore / graphic violenceSexual assault / rapeSlavery / forced laborTorture