Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey (2012)

For three years, Guts believed his mission was to pursue Griffith's dream together with him. But in order to become Griffith's equal and truly be called his friend, Guts realizes he will ... See full summary »

Director:

Toshiyuki Kubooka

Writers:

Kentaro Miura (manga), Ichirô Ôkouchi (screenplay)

Stars:

Carrie Keranen, Orion Acaba, Chris Jai Alex

7 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Carrie Keranen	...	Casca (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Orion Acaba	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Chris Jai Alex	...	Additional Voices (voice)
G.K. Bowes	...	Charlotte (voice)
Kevin T. Collins	...	Griffith (voice)
Marc Diraison	...	Guts (voice)
Doug Erholtz	...	Corkus (voice)
Gene Freeman	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Takahiro Fujiwara	...	Pippin (voice)
Hiroaki Iwanaga	...	Guts (voice)
Yûki Kaji	...	Judeau (voice)
Minako Kotobuki	...	Rickert (voice)
Rikiya Koyama	...	Adon Coborlwitz (voice)
Steve Kramer	...	Gennon (voice)
Christopher Kromer	...	Judeau (voice)

Storyline

For three years, Guts believed his mission was to pursue Griffith's dream together with him. But in order to become Griffith's equal and truly be called his friend, Guts realizes he will have to leave the Band of the Hawk. At the same time, a bloody battle to capture the impenetrable Fortress of Doldrey from the Empire of Chuder is about to begin. The Band of the Hawk will face an army 30,000 strong!

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Plot Keywords:

ambush | arrest | attraction | bare breasts | battle | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Horror

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese English

Release Date:

23 June 2012 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey

Company Credits

Production Co:

Beyond C., Lucent Pictures Entertainment, Studio 4°C

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012)

User Reviews

Berserk fans out there...prepare to be disappointed

This review is written as a berserk fan so I can't help it if im biased against this second film installment.

Anyways firstly as a berserk fan I first saw the anime sometime in 2001 and then proceeded to move onto the manga which I've since read many times over and let it be known that berserk is probably one of the great works of art and dark fantasy out there. So when i first saw the movie remake I won't deny that I was excited. However after the first installment I was rather skeptical considering the super condensed story line and clunky 3d animation. However, I gave it the benefit of the doubt that being a first attempt, perhaps the second attempt would get it right...sadly I was very wrong.

Lets start with the one good point, the animation is great making the sword swinging, blood spilling and gratuitous boob grabbing all that more satisfying to watch. Seeing guts in smooth fluid animation is absolutely great, something that the original anime couldn't capture due to the low budget and superbly clunky animation. However, I couldn't help but feel that the original anime did a much better job of capturing the art style of the manga. Perhaps the ICONIC battle of the golden age arc (fans will know which one im talking about) was absolutely ruined by this film despite the fluid animation, so many of the scenes depicted in the manga were just outright skipped. Sure its nice to see guts swinging his sword around with the assistance of a bigger animation budget, but so much of the awesome stuff he does in the manga (not to mention the low budget anime) is just ignored and replaced by fluid and nice looking but ultimately empty animation.

This same 'glossing over' effect also goes for the story, no character development is allowed and many smaller but hugely valuable interactions and events are just skipped for the sake of cramming what is essentially hours of BERSERK into a condensed but ultimately tasteless 80 minutes. I also found it weird that so much time was spent on a particular sex scene which although important as a plot device didn't really warrant the amount of time and emphasis it did on screen.

But perhaps I'm blinded by my previous experiences and memories and perhaps the movie isn't really that bad. But I GUARANTEE that if you enjoy what you've seen in this movie but haven't been acquainted with the original manga...then do yourself a favor and go read it cause its a world of difference.

*Word of warning, if you do take my advice don't expect a conclusion to the berserk saga cause for all its beauty and genius, the series has definitely taken a dive and is unlikely to ever be concluded at the rate the author is going