This sword is the proof that I have lived.
Guts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.
Oct 8, 1997 - 24m
A blacksmith is forging an enormous sword while a dark man with only one eye and one arm stands back and watches.
Oct 15, 1997 - 24m
There is a great battle taking place at a fort. The attackers are doing well, except one thing stands in their way - a grey knight and he states that none shall pass him.
Oct 22, 1997 - 24m
Guts and Griffith begin their sword fight.
Oct 29, 1997 - 24m
Guts reminisces about his childhood.
Nov 5, 1997 - 24m
Guts is now a commander of Griffith's army, taking many risks in battle, Casca takes him to task for it. Griffith is knighted in the Midland court much to the nobles' dismay.
Nov 12, 1997 - 24m
In another raid, Guts and Griffith come across a demon known as Nosferatu Zodd.
Nov 19, 1997 - 24m
Princess Charlotte of Midland strikes up a friendship with Griffith.
Nov 26, 1997 - 22m
Griffith and Guts continue their success in battle and Griffith is made a Count.
Dec 3, 1997 - 24m
Griffith saves Charlotte when her horse bolts during a fox hunt. Yurius, the king's younger brother, attempts to have him assassinated.
Dec 10, 1997 - 24m
Guts, sent by Griffith, assassinates Yurius and his son Adonis. Griffith gets closer to Charlotte. The Hawks depart for yet another mission.
Dec 17, 1997 - 24m
On a stormy battlefield, Casca, Griffith's second in command, is wounded while fighting the leader of an enemy army. Guts runs to her rescue but when she passes out at the edge of a cliff, he cannot catch her in time and they both fall into the river below.
Dec 24, 1997 - 24m
Casca is still unconscious, so Guts shelters them in a cave while the rain pours down. She comes to and tells Guts about her past and about Griffith's.
Jan 7, 1998 - 24m
Guts and Casca try to fight their way back to the Hawks while the enemy army they were fighting from before try to stop them.
Jan 14, 1998 - 24m
Casca finds Judeau's division of Hawks and leads them back to where Guts was fighting alone. Although injured, he defeated all the enemy soldiers by himself. They return to the Hawks' camp and Casca tends to Guts' wounds.
Jan 21, 1998 - 24m
The King of Midland and his various generals confer about Doldrey Castle, long since captured by the Chudan Empire. Griffith plans an attack and the King agrees despite the protests of his other officers. Only one other general supports Griffith's actions. The Hawks attack Doldrey.
Jan 28, 1998 - 24m
With the help of Nosferatu Zodd, Guts defeats the defender of Doldrey Castle.
Feb 4, 1998 - 24m
With the victory at Doldrey, Griffith is promoted to White Phoenix General, an aristocratic title. The Queen of Midland and other court conspirators try to poison Griffith.
Feb 11, 1998 - 24m
Griffith has his revenge by having the Queen's castle burned down.
Feb 18, 1998 - 24m
Griffith will not let Guts simply leave. He says that Guts belongs to him.
Feb 25, 1998 - 24m
Guts arrives at the home of Godo the swordsmith and stays there for a while while Godo crafts a new sword for him. Guts practices more on his sword techniques with the help of Godo's little daughter Erika.
Mar 4, 1998 - 24m
Guts returns in time to save the remaining Hawks from annihilation.
Mar 11, 1998 - 24m
With Guts help, Casca and the Hawks hope to rescue Griffith.
Mar 18, 1998 - 24m
Breaking away from the King's pursuing armies, the few Hawks left contemplate their future. Guts comforts Casca, who is despondent over Griffith's condition. Griffith begins to dream.
Mar 25, 1998 - 24m
Seduced by the promises of demons and his dreams from his childhood, Griffith agrees to fulfill his destiny and become one of the God Hand demons.
Apr 1, 1998 - 23m
Griffith's men are sacrificed to the demon's appetites. Guts fights on, at first to save Griffith, then to save himself from the result of Griffith's ambition.
