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Berserk (Japanese: ベルセルク, Hepburn: Beruseruku) is a Japanese manga series created by Kentaro Miura. Set in a medieval Europe–inspired dark fantasy world, the story centers on the swordsman Guts, and Griffith, the leader of a mercenary group called the Band of the Hawk. The series follows Guts' journey seeking revenge on Griffith, who betrayed him and the rest of their comrades.

Miura premiered a prototype of Berserk in 1988. The series began publication the following year in Hakusensha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Animal House, which was changed to the semimonthly magazine Young Animal in 1992, where Berserk has since continued its publication. Following Miura's death in May 2021, the final chapter that he worked on was published posthumously in September of the same year; the series resumed in June 2022, under the supervision of Miura's fellow manga artist and childhood friend Kouji Mori and Miura's group of assistants and apprentices from Studio Gaga. As of August 2025, the Berserk chapters have been collected in 43 tankōbon volumes.

Berserk was adapted into a 25-episode anime television series by OLM, which covered the Golden Age story arc, and was broadcast from October 1997 to April 1998. The Golden Age arc was also adapted into a trilogy of theatrical anime films; the first two films premiered in 2012 and the third film premiered in 2013. A second 24-episode anime television series adaptation was broadcast for two seasons in 2016 and 2017.

Berserk has been widely acclaimed, particularly for its dark setting, storytelling, characters, and Miura's detailed artwork. By August 2025, the manga had over 70 million copies in circulation worldwide, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. It received the Award for Excellence at the sixth annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2002.