Originally, Guts shouts to Casca to give him the keys.
Casca's immobility at the sight of Griffith's crippled body leads Judeau to take the keys from her and unlock the torture mask placed on their former leader himself.
Rickert's encounters with the Count, Rosine and Puck's circus troupe are written out of the story.
The Skull Knight's warning about the Eclipse happens shortly after Guts and Casca make love, instead of being the impetus for Guts to rejoin the Band of the Falcon.
The flashback to Guts' rape at Donovan's hand during his and Casca's first time making love does not occur, and he does not start to strangle Casca.
Instead, the film skips to Silat's ambush of the remaining members of the Band of the Falcon after their first year in exile.
Guts' first duel with Silat is not shown.
The film covers the end of Griffith's torture in the Tower of Rebirth to the aftermath of the Eclipse, with the following differences from the manga: Much to everyone's surprise, Guts returns to the Falcons, and the search for Griffith begins! Once praised as the saviors of the Midland, the Band of the Falcon has been on the run and is on the brink of breaking apart. It's been a year since Griffith's imprisonment by the Kingdom of Midland. In BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC III - THE ADVENT, the horrifying conclusion to the Golden Age unfolds in a magnificently violent nightmare, signifying the birth of a new era.
After Guts leaves the Band of the Falcon, he passes by a caravan with Puck lounging in a birdcage.
Farnese, Serpico, and Azan make a cameo during the King of Midland's speech the former two even notice Guts as he surveys the scene.
The Band of the Falcon members enjoy themselves during the victory celebration instead of being apprehensive, and appear much more adept at adopting noble lives Guts and Casca cheerfully dance with one another.
In fact, the second attempt on Griffith's life is completely written out of the film.
The Queen of Midland does not conspire with Minister Foss and the other nobles to assassinate Griffith.
Consequently, Zodd does not appear to throw his own sword from the cliff for the swordsman to use in the battle.
Guts' sword does not break in his battle against Boscogn.
Adon is captured by the Band of the Falcon, used by Casca's group to infiltrate Doldrey before he fights Casca.
Samson is not featured or mentioned during Guts' fight against a hundred of Adon's men.
The film covers the portion of the Golden Age Arc from the battle against Adon to Griffith's torture after Guts departs from the Band of the Falcon, with the following differences from the manga: The Band of the Falcon will face an army 30,000 strong! At the same time, a bloody battle to capture the impenetrable Fortress of Doldrey from the Empire of Tudor is about to begin. 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 Falcon. Instead, the following scene involves Guts cutting at the air in frustration and a recovering Griffith interrupting him.įor three years, Guts believed his mission was to pursue Griffith's dream together with him.
Guts never tries to visit Griffith after he wakes up from the battle with Zodd.
When both Griffith and Guts rush in for a joint attack on Zodd, Guts only damages his arm as opposed to severing it, skipping when Zodd demonstrates his ability to reattach severed limbs.
Guts' first battle as a member of the Band of the Falcon is not included.
This action appears to affect Griffith to some extent.
While Casca and Corkus discuss the flow of the battle, Guts takes a quick look in Griffith's direction before turning back to the battlefield.
Guts enters the castle through a siege tower and is shown quickly leaping ahead of the pack.
The film covers the portion of the Golden Age Arc from Guts' first encounter with the Band of the Falcon to Griffith telling Charlotte of his views on friendship, differing from the manga as follows: Meanwhile, a dark storm begins to gather on the horizon. An epic trilogy gets underway in this sweeping medieval adventure that finds lone-wolf fortune hunter Guts recruited into a mercenary group dubbed 'The Band of the Falcon', but questioning the impetus of the team's leader Griffith following a decisive victory on the battlefield.