Berserk is a popular anime television series, first broadcast in 1997. However, the second edition of the anime, released in 2016, gained global recognition and quickly became one of the most popular anime series of all time.

If you’re not familiar with this dark fantasy anime, here’s a quick summary of the plotline;

The anime follows a character called Guts as the ‘Black Swordsman’. As a former mercenary, Guts was seen wandering around with a mercenary group known as the Band of the Hawk. The leader of the group, Griffith, sacrificed all of his followers, including the member of the group. Only Guts, and Casca, his lover, managed to escape the sacrifice ritual. Unfortunately, Casca lost her sanity and memory due to everything that happened with the group leader.

Now, this would be just the introduction to all the vengeance adventures that unfold in the anime. It is truly a masterpiece, both in animation and storyline, so it is quite worthy of watching.

Of course, those of you who are already familiar with the anime know that there’re loads of interesting symbolism, characters, and signs that one can use for awesome tattoo inspiration. So, if you’re not sure what kind of Berserk tattoo you should get, well, this is the right place to start. In the following paragraphs, we’ll talk about some of the best design options, explain the meaning behind them, and hopefully inspire you to get a new Berserk tattoo. Therefore, without further ado, let’s get right into this!

The Best Berserk Tattoo Designs

Guts Tattoo

As we mentioned in the introduction, Guts is the main character, renowned as the ‘Black Swordsmith’. As a former mercenary and a branded wanderer (Brand of Sacrifice), he now wanders the world trying to find the end to all his suffering. He is a cynical man with a generally bleak outlook on life. However, with each new episode of the series, we get to discover how compassionate and easygoing Guts is under all the guarded exterior.