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Not to be confused with the classic arcade game, ''[[Berserk]]'' -- also known as ''Kenpuu Denki'' (Sword Wind Chronicle) ''Berserk'' in Japan -- is an ongoing manga series by Kentaro Miura set in [[The Dung Ages]] country of Midland. After three volumes establishing the setting, Guts, and [[Big Bad]] [[Cosmic Horror]] the Godhand, the story goes into an ''eleven-volumes-long'' flashback which reveals the details of Guts' horrific childhood and how he was conscripted into the Band of the Hawk, a mercenary band led by the [[The Messiah|charismatic idealist]] Griffith. The group eventually becomes the most successful and celebrated force in Midland -- but since this series is far on the "cynical" end of the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|Sliding Scale]], the success doesn't last.
Aside from Griffith, the Band of the Hawk arc sets up the other major characters of the series: Casca, an [[Go Mad
When Guts and Griffith's luck finally turns, the Band of the Hawk arc ends messily, and the series returns to the present day to show the deep-rooted effects of everything that happened in the previous arc. In later arcs Guts calms down somewhat, encounters non-demonic supernatural creatures and gathers a new, smaller group of companions; at the same time, Griffith slowly spreads his influence across the world.
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The series was adapted into a twenty-five episode anime that covered the opening and Band of the Hawk arcs -- which means that the anime ends at the single most depressing point of the manga thus far. The manga is still running in Japan (as well as America and every other country where it's allowed).
In 2011, a new anime film trilogy based on the manga and produced by [[Studio 4°C]] was announced -- and it is the first part of a project that intends to fully adapt the manga's story. The first of the three movies, ''Berserk Golden Age Arc I: Egg of the Supreme Ruler'', was released on February 4th, 2012.
There's also [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104090643/http://berserk.chaosforge.org/ a fangame] created by the maker of ''[[Doom the Roguelike]]''. Notably, despite technically being a [[Roguelike]], it plays more like an arcade game than ''[[Nethack]]'', having special moves and being an [[Endless Game]] where you fight a neverending series of enemies.
''Berserk'' is '''[[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?|definitely]]''' [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?|not for children]]; it is one of the most violent ''[[Seinen]]'' series ever drawn, and it often verges on being pornography ([[Fan Disservice|God help if you actually get aroused by it]]). Any given reader could be left wondering what the unholy fuck is going on inside of Kentaro Miura's head.
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