History Trivia / Berserk

* DiedDuringProduction: Kentaro Miura suffered a fatal aortic dissection on May 6th, 2021, which left the manga's future uncertain. The September 10, 2021 issue of ''Young Animal'' magazine featured Episode 364, completed by Miura's assistants from the last manuscript he was working on when he died. This episode was accompanied by an official statement from the Editorial Department of YA magazine, saying there was unfortunately no information to share about the future of ''Berserk'' at that date.

* FanNickname:
** Guts and Casca's child isn't yet named in the story and is usually called simply "The Child" or "The Moonchild" since he only appears in human form when the moon is full. Others call him "Gusca" since he looks like a perfect cross between them.
** The Beast of Darkness is also called the "Hellhound" for its appearance.
** "Skully" and "Skull Bro" are popular nicknames for the Skull Knight.
** Farnese is known as "Farnie" to some fans. This is also what Puck usually calls her.
** Serpico is also affectionately known as "Serp" or "Serpie".
** "Rape Horse" for the demonically possessed horse that tries to rape Farnese. It's often used as a symbol for how over-the-top the depictions of rape and depravity can get, and he is the unofficial mascot of r/berserklejerk.
** "Schnoz" is the nickname fans have bestowed upon a certain creature from Qliphoth that looks like a WaddlingHead with a GagNose.
** Roderick is called "Broderick" for being a "bro", i.e. a chill and selfless wingman for Guts.
** Judeau is "Jubro" for the same reason.
** For better or for worse, Guts' post-Golden Age adventuring group has been labelled the "J/RPG Party".

* CharacterSpecificPages:
** [[Characters/BerserkGuts Guts]]
** [[Characters/BerserkGriffithFemto Griffith / Femto]]
** [[Characters/BerserkCasca Casca]]

* ImageSource:
** TheBerserker (''Anime/Berserk1997'')
** BFS.AnimeAndManga (Manga)
** FeudalOverlord (Manga)
** TheFundamentalist (Manga)
** LiteralManeater (Manga)
** NobleMaleRoguishMale (''Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc'')
** NowThatsUsingYourTeeth (''Anime/Berserk1997'')
** OneHandedZweihander (''VideoGame/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho'')
** PayingForTheActionScene (Manga)
** TheseTropesAreMadeForWalking (''Anime/Berserk1997'')

** RudeHeroNiceSidekick (Manga)

*** Fairy knight Gawain from ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': A giant of a (wo)man: check. Associated with black dogs: check. A Main/SuperPoweredEvilSide: check. Armoured knight: white but check. Favours Brute force: check. Main/BFS: check. Literality Fated to die a violent death: check.

** AnimeAndManga.{{BFS}} (Manga)

** AnimeAndManga.BFS (Manga)

* WordOfGod: Miura gives interviews in which he sometimes reveals his intention behind events that fans found to be open to interpretation:

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* CashCowFranchise: ''Berserk'' has made it a long way for what many used to consider a niche DarkFantasy {{seinen}} franchise, with a manga that's been ongoing since 1990 with 39+ volumes and finally hit 40 million volumes in circulation in February 2016. Adaptations include ''Anime/Berserk1997'' by Creator/OLMIncorporated; two video game adaptations by Yuke's, ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheBerserkGutsRage'' (Dreamcast, 1999) and ''VideoGame/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho'' ([=PS2=], 2004); The ''Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc'' theatrical anime film trilogy (2012-2013) by Creator/Studio4C, which produced [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/guts_and_griffith_selling_fast_food.jpg this]] amusing fast food cross-promotion; ''Anime/Berserk2016'', a TV anime by GEMBA and Millepensee which picks up after the movies; the video game ''VideoGame/BerserkAndTheBandOfTheHawk'' (Fall 2016) developed by Omega Force; a light novel, ''The Flame Dragon Knight''; and an Official Guide Book. Fans can spend hundreds of dollars on high quality figurines of Guts, Griffith, or Casca, and all of the animated versions are available in deluxe UsefulNotes/BluRay box sets. Japanese fans can also buy ''Berserk'' keychains, pillows, and even underwear!

** EyeRemember (Manga)

* DiedDuringProduction: Kentaro Miura suffered a fatal aortic dissection on May 6th, 2021, which left the manga's future uncertain. The September 10th, 2021 issue of Young Animal will feature episode 364, a posthumous release based on Miura's last manuscript and completed by his assistants. An official statement that will be included with this episode has already been leaked, in which the artists who completed the chapter will clarify that they currently have no information to share with readers regarding a potential continuation of the manga.

* OutlivedItsCreator: With the upcoming publication of Episode 364, ''Berserk'' has outlasted its creator.

* SeriesHiatus: Creator/KentaroMiura was about as infamous as Yoshihiro Togashi for his long breaks in the publishing of ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'', so much that the fact that Guts and his companions were on a boat for years in real time became a meme. There were all sorts of rumors as to why, but no one really knew the reason. Miura was more open about some of the reasons for the later hiatuses, [[https://www.otaquest.com/kentaro-miura-interview-duranki-berserk/ such as his struggle to transition into a fully digital workflow to make it easier to work on the series]], [[https://www.facebook.com/1813962368827954/posts/2886373004920213 as well as trying to pace himself so as to not compromise his health]]. And with his untimely death on May 2021, the series may be on permanent hiatus.

* DiedDuringProduction: Kentaro Miura suffered a fatal aortic dissection on May 6th, 2021, which left the manga's future uncertain. However, the manga will continue to be produced by his assistants, starting with a new chapter slated for a September 10th release.
* ExtremelyLengthyCreation: Rather famously so among manga fans. [[DiedDuringProduction To the point it ended up outlasting its creator]].

* ExtremelyLengthyCreation: Rather famously so among manga fans. [[DiedDuringProduction To the point it ended up outlasting it’s creator]].

* CashCowFranchise: ''Berserk'' has made it a long way for what many used to consider a niche DarkFantasy {{seinen}} franchise, with a manga that's been ongoing since 1990 with 39+ volumes and finally hit 40 million volumes in circulation in February 2016. Adaptations include ''Anime/Berserk1997'' by Creator/OLMIncorporated; two videogame adaptations by Yuke's, ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheBerserkGutsRage'' (Dreamcast, 1999) and ''VideoGame/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho'' ([=PS2=], 2004); The ''Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc'' theatrical anime film trilogy (2012-2013) by Creator/Studio4C, which produced [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/guts_and_griffith_selling_fast_food.jpg this]] amusing fast food cross-promotion; ''Anime/Berserk2016'', a TV anime by GEMBA and Millepensee which picks up after the movies; the videogame ''VideoGame/BerserkAndTheBandOfTheHawk'' (Fall 2016) developed by Omega Force; a light novel, ''The Flame Dragon Knight''; and an Official Guide Book. Fans can spend hundreds of dollars on high quality figurines of Guts, Griffith, or Casca, and all of the animated versions are available in deluxe UsefulNotes/BluRay box sets. Japanese fans can also buy ''Berserk'' keychains, pillows, and even underwear!

*** Davion from WesternAnimation/DOTADragonsBlood has armor, wields a Dragonslayer Sword, Has a burning hatred of dragons, and has a SuperpoweredEvilSide in the form of Slyrak. He even spend his childhood in a military setting, similar to Guts' own.
*** Fairy knight Gawain from VideoGame/FateGrandOrder: A giant of a (wo)man: check. Associated with black dogs: check. A Main/SuperPoweredEvilSide: check. Armoured knight: white but check. Favours Brute force: check. Main/BFS: check. Literality Fated to die a violent death: check.

** Tying into the above, many people are under the impression that Miura has been putting off working on Berserk due to him becoming addicted to VideoGame/TheIdolmaster. This is a very large extrapolation of comments made by Miura commenting on him playing the games a few times and commenting about internet videos of it with friends, propagated by a few websites pushing the angle of him being some addict who can barely work on the series anymore due to this.

*** Davion [{WesternAnimation/DOTADragonsBlood]] has armor, wields a Dragonslayer Sword, Has a burning hatred of dragons, and has [SuperpoweredEvilSide] in the form of Slyrak.

** As mentioned on [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness previous]] pages, ''Berserk'' could have ended up being a particularly gory yet frequently lighthearted {{Shonen}} manga rather than the grim {{seinen}} story we're familiar with. In ''The Prototype'', Guts is a snarky vagabond on a quest [[YouKilledMyFather to avenge the death of his mother]] and possibly fight the UltimateEvil, Varna. For more info, go to the ''The Prototype'' stub [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/BerserkOther here.]]

* DiedDuringProduction: Kentaro Miura suffered a fatal aortic dissection on May 6th, 2021, which left the manga's future uncertain. However, the manga will continue to be published with a new chapter slated for a September 10th release.

** As mentioned on [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness previous]] pages, ''Berserk'' could have ended up being a particularly gory yet frequently lighthearted {{Shonen}} manga rather than the grim {{seinen}} story we're familiar with. In ''The Prototype'', Guts is a snarky vagabond on a quest [[YouKilledMyFather to avenge the death of his mother]] and possibly fight the UltimateEvil, Varna, For more info, go to the ''The Prototype'' stub [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/BerserkOther here.]]

* DiedDuringProduction: Kentaro Miura suffered a fatal aortic dissection on May 6th, 2021, leaving the manga's future uncertain.

* InspirationForTheWork: Series creator Kentaro Miura cited the Middle Ages, ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'', ''Literature/TheNameOfTheRose'', Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, ''Manga/ViolenceJack'', ''Manga/GuinSaga'' and other Western and Japanese works as the influences behind ''Berserk''.

* LateExportForYou: Despite being in publication for over a decade, the manga wasn't given an official English translation until 2003 to concede with the release of the dubbed version of the [[Anime/Berserk1997 1997 anime adaptation]].

* RoleReprise: While the voice cast for the Japanese anime was [[TheOtherDarrin Darrin'd]] out, the main cast of the English dub returned. VocalEvolution ensues as Creator/MarcDiraison, Kevin T. Collins, and Creator/CarrieKeranen, the respective voice actors of Guts, Griffith, and Casca, have gotten at least a decades worth of additional voice acting experience under their belt.