Berserk: 5 Best Fights In The 90s Anime, Ranked

The Golden Age storyline is covered in Berserk’s 90s anime adaptation. The following are the five best bouts in this tale.

Berserk by Kentaro Miura is one of the best-known and longest-running manga series of all time. To date, three anime adaptations have been produced, the first of which aired in 1997 and covers the events of the Golden Age Arc. Guts, the series’ grizzled protagonist, travels with the Band of the Hawk, a band of mercenaries led by Griffith, the charismatic tactician.

The Hawks hurl themselves into the slaughter of medieval battlefields as they fight their way through a century-long war, changing the course of history with blood, sweat, and steel. Guts’ greatsword prowess is both terrifying and beautiful to behold, making Berserk’s fight sequences incredibly unforgettable.

During the eclipse, Guts fights multiple apostles, losing his eye and everything else.

The Eclipse, the concluding episode of the Berserk anime, is infamously gloomy and dismal. Griffith has worn a Behelit amulet throughout the entire series. He uses the Behelit to summon the Godhand and sends himself and all of the Hawks to a realm surrounded by numerous Apostles after enduring horrific torture. Griffith accepts the Godhand’s offer to become one of them in exchange for sacrificing all of the Hawks.

Griffith concurs, and the slaughter is merciless. Almost every character that the audience has grown to love is brutally gored to death and devoured. Guts fights with a dagger instead of his sword, murdering one Apostle after another. This is the fight in which he loses his eye and everything he owns. Guts’ survival is never depicted in the anime, though he does have a blacksmith create him the identical sword he used against the Snake Lord in the first episode. As the Black Swordsman, Guts sets out to seek vengeance.

Both Guts and Griffith are outmatched by Zodd the Immortal.

Guts meets an Apostle for the first time (chronologically speaking) in a fortress that the Hawks have taken. Fifty Hawks invaders enter and are slaughtered by a single man, whom Guts confronts alone. Guts comes face to face with the famous Apostle, Zodd the Immortal, who wields a curved greatsword and is far more powerful than anybody he has ever met.

Guts is thrown across the room with every strike Zodd parries. Zodd chuckles and changes into a gigantic horned monster when Guts finally lands a hit and pierces his opponent in the chest. The fight ends only when Griffith arrives to save Guts, and even then, only because Zodd chooses to go.

Guts Fights And Kills More Than A Hundred Enemies

When Guts and Casca are cut off from the Band of the Hawk and attacked along the road while attempting to return, one of the most brutal fights in the series occurs. The two leaders are pitted against Adon Coborlwitz’s mercenary troop. Guts assassinates their champion, as well as dozens of others, allowing Casca to flee.

He slashes through wave after wave of foes, no matter how hard they try to summon the resolve to fight back. When crossbowmen fire at him, Guts charges at them, slicing them to shreds. Casca finally reaches the Hawks and transports them to the battleground. Guts is leaning against a tree, surrounded by almost a hundred dead bodies, when she arrives.

The Siege Of Castle Doldrey Is Both High-Stakes And Deeply Personal

The siege of Castle Doldrey is the final conflict of the Hundred Years’ War between Midland and Chuder. Every aspect of this battle is both brutally high-stakes and extremely personal. General Boscogn, a man even stronger than Guts and every bit as strategically smart as Griffith, defends Doldrey.

Furthermore, Governor Gennon, the city’s governor, is a pederast who previously paid a much younger Griffith for sex. Casca, the Hawks’ second-in-command, infiltrates the city as the Hawks’ main forces struggle on the windswept sands outside Doldrey. As cavalrymen struggle all around them, Guts and Boscogn engage in single combat. The Hawks finally win this battle, and thus the war.

The Final Fight With Griffith Ends With Guts Leaving The Band Of The Hawk

Guts and Griffith have become great buddies years after their first duel. In fact, it’s hinted that Griffith is head over heels in love with him. Despite this, Guts is dissatisfied and decides to leave the Hawk Band.

Griffith, on the other hand, will not let him leave without a rematch, and is willing to kill his friend rather than lose him. This fight exemplifies how much has changed in the intervening years. Griffith’s sword is snapped by Guts in a single blow, yet he is spared.