8.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Berserk (1997)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.6
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Female Combat: Yes
Christianity: Negative
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film explores universal themes of ambition, war, and individual struggle against a brutal world, critiquing various forms of power and oppression without explicitly endorsing a specific political ideology or offering a clear political solution. Its focus remains on the human condition and individual agency within a chaotic existence.
The movie features character designs typical of Japanese animation, without explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative offers a nuanced critique of power and ambition, often embodied by male figures, but DEI themes are not explicitly central to the story.
Secondary
The show features Casca, a highly skilled swordswoman and commander, who repeatedly engages in and wins close-quarters physical fights against multiple male soldiers using her sword in various battles throughout the Golden Age arc.
The film depicts the 'Holy See,' a fictional religious institution heavily analogous to medieval Christianity. It is consistently portrayed as corrupt, dogmatic, and oppressive, using fanaticism, torture, and holy wars to maintain power and persecute those deemed heretics. The narrative condemns the institution's hypocrisy and the atrocities committed in its name.
The series 'Berserk' does not feature identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. While some relationships and instances of sexual violence may be interpreted ambiguously, there are no explicit depictions of queer identity, relationships, or experiences that align with the rubric's criteria for positive, negative, or neutral portrayal.
The 1997-1998 'Berserk' anime faithfully adapts the manga's characters, maintaining their established genders. No major or recurring characters who were canonically male or female in the source material are portrayed as a different gender in this adaptation.
The 1997-1998 'Berserk' anime faithfully adapts the character designs and implied racial characteristics from its manga source material. No established characters were portrayed as a different race than their original depiction.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.7
8.5
Critic Ratings
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