SciFi Japan - BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC II - THE BATTLE FOR DOLDREY Comes to America

: 15 April 2013

BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC II - THE BATTLE FOR DOLDREY Japanese trailer, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. © Kentaro Miura (Studio Gaga), Hakuensha/ Berserk Film Partners.

Second Chapter of Anime Film Trilogy to Screen on May 11th Source: Warner Bros. Pictures Japan, VIZ Media Official Site: berserkfilm.com (Japan), facebook.com/BerserkFilm (US) Special Thanks to Jane Lui This is a tale of lustful men...

On May 11, 2013, BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC II - THE BATTLE FOR DOLDREY (????? ?????? ???????, Berserk Oogon Jidai-Hen II: Doldrey Kooryaku, 2012) will have its North American theatrical premiere at NEW PEOPLE Cinema in San Francisco, courtesy of VIZ Media. That same day, the movie will air on the 24-hour, subscription-based anime channel, Neon Alley. Additional screenings and events will follow, leading up THE BATTLE FOR DOLDREY`s release on DVD and Blu-ray. The BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC (????? ?????) anime film trilogy was produced in Japan by Studio 4ºC and is based on the Berserk manga by Kentarou Miura, serialized in Hakusensha`s Young Animal since 1989. The manga has been published in North America and the UK, as well as in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, and Latin America, selling more than 30 million copies worldwide. BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC is set in a foreboding, medieval European-inspired world, where a hundred year war rages on. THE BATTLE FOR DOLDREY takes place three years after the events of BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC I – THE EGG OF THE KING (????? ?????? ????, Berserk Oogon Jidai-Hen I: Haoo no Tamago, 2012). The mercenary Guts, a master swordsman who wields a sword longer than he is tall, has long believed that his destiny is to fight for Griffith, leader of the Band of the Hawk. Their victories on the battlefield have strengthened the bond between Griffith and Guts, but Guts eventually realizes that -- in order to become Griffith’s equal and truly be called his friend -- he will have to leave the Band of the Hawk and follow his own dreams. 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!

CREDITS Japanese Release Date: June 23, 2012 Running Time: 93 minutes Screen Size: 2.35:1

CREW Original Work: Kentarou Miura /Studio Gaga Screenplay: Ichiro Ohkouchi Director: Toshiyuki Kubooka Character Design, Animation Director: Naoyuki Onda Animation Supervisor: Satoshi Iwataki Theme Song: Susumu Hirasawa Music: Shiro Sagisu Art Directors: Hideki Nakamura, Yusuke Takeda CGI Directors: Takayuki Kusaki, Yusuke Hirota Color Stylist: Kumiko Naruke Editor: Kengo Shigemura Sound Director: Koji Kasamatsu JAPANESE CAST Guts: Hiroaki Iwanaga Griffith: Takahiro Sakurai Casca: Toa Yukinari Judeau: Yuki Kaji Rickert: Minako Kotobuki Pippin: Takahiro Fujiwara Gaston: Kazuki Yao Charlotte: Aki Toyosaki Adon Coborlwitz: Rikiya Koyama Nosferatu Zodd: Kenta Miyake ENGLISH CAST Guts: Marc Diraison Griffith: Kevin T. Collins Casca: Carolyn Keranen Judeau: Christopher Kromer Rickert: Michelle Newman Pippin: Patrick Seitz Gaston: Sean Schemmel Charlotte: Rachael Lillis Animation Production: Studio 4°C Production: Berserk Film Partners (Lucent Pictures Entertainment, VAP, Hakusensha, Beyond C., KDDI, MOVIC, Yahoo! Japan, Good Smile Company) Theatrical Distribution: Warner Bros. Pictures Japan

BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC II - THE BATTLE FOR DOLDREY English language trailer, courtesy of VIZ Media. © Kentaro Miura (Studio Gaga), Hakuensha/ Berserk Film Partners.

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