Studio Eclypse has dropped its debut anime trailer in English dub form for the highly-anticipated fan project titled Berserk: The Black Swordsman ahead of its 2025 release window. The new video has impressed many viewers with its improved cuts from Eclypse’s initial Japanese-language trailer in May.
Via X (formerly Twitter) and YouTube, Studio Eclypse has released the first trailer for Berserk: The Black Swordsman in English dubbed, seen below. Notably, the new version features changes from the trailer first released on May 17, 2024, with Eclypse adding, “Thanks to the feedback received and our supporters, we have upgraded a number of cuts, added more in-between cels, and revamped some of the animation in hopes to make the experience more enjoyable, thank you for the support strugglers.”
Berserk: The Black Swordsman’s First English Dub Trailer Features New & Improved Animation
The full English-language voice cast was also announced, crediting Justin Parker (@TruRequiemVA on X) as Guts and the series’ voice director @MilaVA as Casca. Rounding out the credits are @HeliosVA as a Soldier, Grant Corvin as the narrator and a Soldier, @weirdsimon_va as Snake Lord, @coinbear2021 as Lord Mayor and Lucia Lobosvilla as Puck. Berserk: The Black Swordsman will be released as a series starting in the summer of 2025. Despite the widespread positive reception to the first trailer release, there was some concern over its high levels of detail that may have come at the cost of animation fluidity, which the trailer attempts to address in its latest version.
Berserk Continues to Mesmerize Fans Worldwide With New Official & Fan Releases
As seen by one of the more ambitious fan anime projects in recent memory, the Berserk franchise’s popularity continues to endure worldwide. Berserk was one of just three manga to make The New York Times’ bestsellers list for Graphic Books and Manga in June. The franchise also continues to receive new cosplay, merchandise releases like the Good Smile Company’s new Guts figure release and even an upcoming board game by award-winning designer Monolith.
Dark Horse Comics licenses Berserk in North America, describing the manga series: “His name is Guts, the Black Swordsman, a feared warrior spoken of only in whispers. Bearer of a gigantic sword, an iron hand, and the scars of countless battles and tortures, his flesh is also indelibly marked with The Brand, an unholy symbol that draws the forces of darkness to him and dooms him as their sacrifice. But Guts won’t take his fate lying down; he’ll cut a crimson swath of carnage through the ranks of the damned – and anyone else foolish enough to oppose him! Accompanied by Puck the Elf, more an annoyance than a companion, Guts relentlessly follows a dark, bloodstained path that leads only to death…or vengeance.”
