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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's 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 that 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 first adapted into anime format as a 25-episode television series produced by OLM and covering the manga's Golden Age story arc, aired from October 1997 to April 1998. A trilogy of theatrical anime films, produced by Studio 4°C and also covering the Golden Age arc, was released between 2012 and 2013. A second 24-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by Liden Films and animated by GEMBA and Millepensee, was broadcast in 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.