Berserk Manga Creator

'Berserk' Creator Kentaro Miura Dies At 54 Miura was one of the most influential manga artists in the field; his signature series, Berserk, ran for over 30 years and melded sword fights, supernatural elements and knotty moral dilemmas.

Across the globe have taken to social media to mourn the celebrated Japanese manga artist Kentaro Miura, whose aesthetic and commercial impact on the genre was substantial. His defining serial, the 30-year, 40-volume saga

Is known for both its sophisticated artwork and a story that infuses sword fights and supernatural encounters with poignant emotionalism, knotty moral dilemmas and complex themes.

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's thousands upon thousands of pages began, Dark Horse manga editor Carl Horn wrote in a remembrance released by the publisher last week.

Miura ... fill[ed] those pages with an epic of boldness, elegance, horror, adventure, love, redemption, perseverance, friendship, humor — an epic of contradictions: beautiful, grotesque, whimsical, cosmic.

. Though its protagonist, Guts, is a big guy with an even bigger sword – all too common a sight in manga aimed at a male readership – he's no mere jock. Guts is a survivor of horrific sexual assault, [which] defines his early characterization more than anything else, points out Kotaku's Patrick Marlborough.

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Is also distinguished by the quality of Miura's pen-and-ink artwork, which is far more intricate and detailed than is typical for its genre. Manga are usually created through an assembly-line process, with a bevy of assistants filling in backgrounds and putting other finishing touches on the head

Himself. His style was distinguished by an almost obsessive use of minute crosshatching and other textural details. His diverse sources of inspiration included the Guin Saga, a bestselling Japanese fantasy series in continuous publication since 1979, as well as several Western influences: M.C. Escher, Gustave Doré, Hieronymus Bosch, and Disney and Paul Verhoeven films.

Born on July 11, 1966 to artist parents, Miura began drawing at age 10. While still a teenager, he won a New Artist Award from the leading manga magazine

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Appear in print shortly after he graduated in 1989. He would draw thousands of pages of the series over the course of his career.

Miura's style was influenced by the Japanese series Guin Saga, and Western artists like Hieronymus Bosch. © 2021 Kentaro Miura All rights reserved hide caption

At the time of his death, Miura enjoyed both bestselling status and a considerable critical reputation. Selling more than 50 million copies worldwide,

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Inspired two TV series, a film trilogy and two video games. It also contributed to manga's growing popularity in the U.S. — Dark Horse reported in 2018 that

Features a genderless protagonist exploring a world inspired by ancient mythology. In 2019 he told Otaquest.com's Jacob Parker-Dalton that he'd ... always been fascinated by the aesthetic of the myths of ancient Greece and Mesopotamia.. particularly when it comes to gender and body image. (As Parker-Dalton notes,

's Yana Toboso. His style is evident in video games such as Dark Souls and Final Fantasy XIV and in TV shows like Netflix's

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Unfinished, adding to the anguish of fans who've followed the series for decades. Still, Dark Horse's Horn concluded his memorial on a resilient note that was welcome in the wake of a year of COVID deaths. By the millions he touched lives, inspired lives — put life into people, sometimes when we truly needed it, Horn writes. You who are his fans knew that already; some of Miura-sensei's life is in you now. You are already carrying the story forward.Ktaro Miura (Japanese: 三浦 建太郎 , Hepburn: Miura Ktarō , July 11, 1966 – May 6, 2021) was a Japanese manga artist. He was best known for his acclaimed dark fantasy series Berserk, which began serialization in 1989 and continued until his death. By 2023, Berserk had over 60 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. In 2002, Miura received the Award for Excellce at the sixth Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

In 1976, at the age of 10, he created his first manga, titled Miuranger, which was published for his classmates in a school publication; the series ded up spanning 40 volumes.

In 1977, Miura created his second manga, K e no Michi (剣への道 , The Way to the Sword), in which he used India ink for the first time. Wh he was in middle school in 1979, his drawing techniques improved greatly as he started using professional drawing techniques.

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While in high school in 1982, Miura rolled in an artistic curriculum, where he and his classmates started publishing their works in school booklets.

There, he befrided his later fellow manga artist Kouji Mori [ja]. They both co-authored a scice fiction doujinshi which was st to Weekly Shōn Sunday, but was shot down in the last round of selections.

At age 18, Miura briefly worked as an assistant to George Morikawa, of Hajime no Ippo fame. Morikawa quickly acknowledged Miura's high artistic level and dismissed him, saying there was nothing he could teach that Miura did not already know.

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In 1985, Miura applied for trance to the art college of Nihon University. He submitted a short project, Futatabi (再び , Once More), for examination and was granted admission. The project later earned him the 34th Newcomer Manga Award from Weekly Shōn Magazine.

The full serialization of Berserk, which would become Miura's most famous and successful work, began in Hakussha's Monthly Animal House in 1989.

In 1990, a sequel to King of Wolves, titled Ōrō D (王狼伝 , Legd of the King of Wolves), was published in the same magazine.

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In 1992, Monthly Animal House was ramed Young Animal, where Berserk continued serialization. In the same year, Miura collaborated with Buronson on the manga Japan, which was also published in Young Animal.

In 1997, Miura supervised the production of a 25-episode anime adaptation of Berserk produced by OLM, Inc., which aired in the same year on NTV. He also supervised the 1999 Dreamcast video game Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage. In 2002, Miura received the Award for Excellce at the sixth Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes for Berserk.

And alternated betwe monthly and irregular serialization. By 2023, Berserk was collected into 42 tankōbon volumes in Japan, and by September 2023, it had over 60 million copies in circulation worldwide, including digital versions.

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The series also spawned a host of merchandise, both official and fan-made, ranging from statues, action figures to key rings, video games, and a trading card game. Various art books and supplemtal materials by Miura based on Berserk were also released.

Miura stated that the work that had the biggest impact on his own was Buronson and Tetsuo Hara's manga Fist of the North Star (1983 debut).

Miura also cited influces from Go Nagai's Violce Jack (1973 debut), the Japanese fantasy novel series Guin Saga (1979 debut), Paul Verhoev films, the Hellraiser series (1987 debut), shōjo manga, Disney films, and the works of Hieronymous Bosch, M. C. Escher, Gustave Doré, and Pieter Bruegel.

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On May 6, 2021, Miura died due to acute aortic dissection, at the age of 54. His death was publicly announced on May 20, 2021.

Miura's series Berserk impacted the manga medium and beyond, with journalist Jade King stating: [It] is difficult to overstate the tremdous impact his work has had on the world of games, manga, film, anime, and ev literature. The image of Guts and his massive sword is attributed to inspiring characters like Cloud Strife of Final Fantasy VII and Dante from the Devil May Cry series, with the overall aesthetic of Berserk inspiring the monsters and world of the Dark Souls series.

Video game director Hideaki Itsuno and producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi are fans of Berserk, and the role-playing hack and slash game Dragon's Dogma includes armor based on Guts and Griffith's.

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During a GDC talk in 2019, Itsuno stated that the tone and style of Devil May Cry 5 was inspired from Berserk.

And Attack on Titan author Hajime Isayama, who called it tremdous, just magnifict [...] I got the impression that it was very well organized like a movie.

A memorial Young Animal issue dedicated to Miura was released on September 10, 2021. Besides the inclusion of the posthumous chapter 364 of Berserk, the issue featured a special Messages to Ktarou Miura booklet and a poster of famous sces from the manga.

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In the issue, manga artist Kouji Mori, Miura's long-time frid, published a one-shot titled Mori-chan K-chan, which tells the story of Mori's fridship with Miura.

On June 7, 2022, Hakussha and Kouji Mori announced that Berserk would continue publication, using plans and thoughts that were relayed to Mori by Miura himself, as well as memorandums and character designs that Miura left behind.

As the only person who knows the ding Miura intded, Mori agreed to continue the series and promised: I will only write the episodes that Miura talked to me about. I will not flesh it out. I will not write episodes that I don't remember clearly. I will only write the lines and stories that Miura described to me.

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