Kentaro Miura (三浦 建太郎, Miura Kentarō) (July 11, 1966 – May 6, 2021) was a Japanese manga artist. He was best known for his popular dark fantasy manga Berserk, which began serialization in 1989. He died of acute aortic dissection at age 54.
The lone mercenary Guts travels a land where a century-old war is raging. His ferocity and skill in battle attract the attention of Griffith, the leader of a group of mercenaries called the Band of the Hawk. Guts becomes Griffith’s closest ally and confidant, but despite all their victories, Guts begins to question why he fights for another man’s dream of ruling his own kingdom. Unknown to Guts, Griffith’s unyielding ambition is about to bestow a horrible fate on them both.
Release Date: 2022-10-02
Department: Writing
Job: Comic Book
Episode Count: 13
Vote Count: 92
Rei is a 17-year old professional shōgi player, who lives by himself, not having a real family, and has scarcely any friends. Among his acquaintances is a family, which consists of a young woman, Akari, and two young girls, Hinata and Momo, and who also keep a numerous number of cats.
Release Date: 2016-10-08
Department: Art
Job: Art Department Assistant
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 113
Spurred by the flame raging in his heart, the Black Swordsman Guts continues his seemingly endless quest for revenge. Standing in his path are heinous outlaws, delusional evil spirits, and a devout child of god. Even as it chips away at his life, Guts continues to fight his enemies, who wield repulsive and inhumane power, with nary but his body and sword—his strength as a human.
Release Date: 2016-07-01
Department: Writing
Job: Comic Book
Episode Count: 24
Vote Count: 245
A year has passed since Guts parted ways with the Band of the Hawks. Meanwhile, his former mercenary group is plotting a rescue mission to save an imprisoned Griffith.
Release Date: 2013-02-01
Department: Writing
Job: Comic Book
Vote Count: 363
The Band of the Hawk participates in the Midland war campaign. On the bloody battlefield, they conquer decisive victories that lead them to Doldrey, an old fortress that will decide the outcome of the war.
Release Date: 2012-06-23
Department: Writing
Job: Comic Book
Vote Count: 419
Guts, an immensely strong sword-for-hire, has little direction in his life, simply fighting one battle after the next. However, this all changes suddenly when he meets and is bested by Griffith, a beautiful and charismatic young man who leads the Band of the Hawk mercenary army. After Guts joins the Band and the relationship between the two men begins to blossom, Casca, the tough, lone swordswoman in the Band of the Hawk, struggles to accept Guts and the influence he has on the world around her. While the two men begin to fight together, Griffith continues to rise to power, all seemingly in order to reach his mysterious, prophesied goals. What lengths will Guts and Griffith go to in order to reach these goals, and where will fate take the two men?
Release Date: 2012-02-03
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 489
Guts, a man who calls himself "The Black Swordsman", looks back upon his days serving as a member of a group of mercenaries. Led by an ambitious, ruthless, and intelligent man named Griffith, together they battle their way into the royal court, and are forced into a fate that changes their lives.
Release Date: 1997-10-08
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
Episode Count: 25
Vote Count: 632