re: Anime Fans - Recommendations in OP **Awesomeness Edition**

There are a lot of Berserks to pick from... The three movie series. The original series which I have actually never seen, but I have read tells roughly the same story as the movies. Then the new series that just started coming out a year ago, but should definitely be watched after at least one of the other two.

Berserk definitely fits the bill as dark and violent. It probably couldn't be much more so.

BTW, on a side note I got some extra cash and just went ahead and bought all of the issues of the Berserk manga recently. Better than buying them as I go and running into the next issue being out of stock when I get to it. I had been greatly slowed by that for a while. I'm currently on issue 11 with Wyald showing up. I'm guessing that the eclipse is coming soon. There's lots of little details that give a lot more depth to the story than in the anime.