Kentaro Miura

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.

Works

Berserk

Guts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.

Release Date1997-10-08

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Episode Count25

Vote Count703

March Comes In Like a Lion

This is a gentle tale about people trying to regain something. And it is a tale of battle. Rei Kiriyama had lost his family in an accident when he was young. Now he is a 17-year-old pro shogi player who is burdened with deep loneliness. Rei lives alone in an old town in Tokyo, but after becoming acquainted with three sisters, Akari, Hinata and Momo, he begins to change little by little...

Release Date2016-10-08

DepartmentArt

JobArt Department Assistant

Episode Count1

Vote Count125

Berserk

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 Date2016-07-01

DepartmentWriting

JobComic Book

Episode Count24

Vote Count263

Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King

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 Date2012-02-04

DepartmentWriting

JobComic Book

Vote Count510

Berserk: The Golden Age Arc – Memorial Edition

A wandering warrior ends up joining a mercenary group led by a charismatic leader, in this remastered, episodic cut of the film trilogy.

Release Date2022-10-02

DepartmentWriting

JobComic Book

Episode Count13

Vote Count104

Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent

One year has passed since Guts left the Band of the Hawk and Griffith was imprisoned by the Kingdom of Midland for treason. In the dead of night, at a camping site where they hide, the Band of the Hawk is attacked by Bakiraka assassins led by Silat. When all seems lost, Guts returns from his journey. "You destroyed everything." Crying that Griffith is nothing without Guts, Casca and Guts are joined together body and soul. Griffith is imprisoned in the oldest building in Wyndham Catle, the Tower of Rebirth.

Release Date2013-02-01

DepartmentWriting

JobComic Book

Vote Count378

Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey

The Band of the Hawk and their enigmatic leader Griffith continue winning battle after battle as their prestige throughout the kingdom of Midland grows. But their latest task is one that has seen failure from everyone who has attempted it: the subjugation of the impenetrable fortress of Doldrey.

Release Date2012-06-23

DepartmentWriting

JobComic Book

Vote Count434

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