Kentaro Miura

Kentaro Miura
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Native name
三浦 建太郎
Born(1966-07-11)July 11, 1966
Chiba, Japan
DiedMay 6, 2021(2021-05-06) (aged 54)
OccupationManga artist
LanguageJapanese
NationalityJapanese
GenreDark fantasy
Notable worksBerserk
Notable awards
Years active1985–2021

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 acclaimed dark fantasy series Berserk, which began serialization in 1989 and continued until his death. As of 2021, Berserk had more than 50 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. In 2002, Miura received the Award for Excellence at the 6th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes.

Early life and education

Miura was born on July 11, 1966, in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.[1] In 1976, at the age of 10, he created his first manga, entitled Miuranger, which was published for his classmates in a school publication; the series ended up spanning 40 volumes.[2] In 1977, Miura created his second manga, Ken e no Michi (剣への道, "The Way to the Sword"), in which he used India ink for the first time. When he was in middle school in 1979, his drawing techniques improved greatly as he started using professional drawing techniques.[3]

While in high school in 1982, Miura enrolled in an artistic curriculum, where he and his classmates started publishing their works in school booklets.[3] There, he befriended his later fellow manga artist Kōji Mori [ja]. They both co-authored a science fiction doujinshi which was sent to Weekly Shōnen Sunday, but was shot down in the last round of selections.[4] 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.[5][6] By then, Miura had a dark warrior with a gigantic sword already illustrated in his portfolio.[7][8]

Career

In 1985, Miura applied for entrance 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 Shōnen Magazine.[2] Miura's next work, NOA, was published in Fresh Magazine in the same year,[9][2] but it was not successful.[10] In 1988, while working for Buronson on a project titled King of Wolves (王狼, Ōrō),[5] Miura published a prototype of Berserk in Hakusensha's Monthly ComiComi;[1][11] the 48-page prototype placed second in ComiComi's 7th Manga School competition.[12] The full serialization of Berserk, which would become Miura's most famous and successful work, began in Hakusensha's Monthly Animal House in 1989.[3] In 1990, a sequel to King of Wolves, entitled Ōrō Den (王狼伝, "Legend of the King of Wolves"), was published in the same magazine.[13] In 1992, Monthly Animal House was renamed 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.[14]

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 Excellence at the 6th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes for Berserk.[12][15] Starting in 2006, Berserk went on frequent and often extended hiatuses,[16] and alternated between monthly and irregular serialization. As of 2018, Berserk was collected into 40 tankōbon volumes in Japan, and as of May 2021 it had more than 50 million copies in circulation worldwide, including digital versions.[17] 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 supplemental materials by Miura based on Berserk were also released.

In 2013, Miura released the short standalone manga Giganto Maxia, published in English-speaking territories by Dark Horse in 2016.[18] Duranki, a short manga produced by Miura's personal manga studio Studio Gaga, was serialized in Young Animal Zero in 2019.[19]

Influences

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).[20] Miura also cited influences from Go Nagai's Violence Jack (1973 debut), the Japanese fantasy novel series Guin Saga (1979 debut), Paul Verhoeven films, the Hellraiser series (1987 debut), shōjo manga, Disney films, and the works of Hieronymous Bosch, M. C. Escher, Gustave Doré, and Pieter Bruegel.[21]

Death

On May 6, 2021, Miura died due to an acute aortic dissection, at the age of 54. His death was announced on May 20, 2021.[22][23] A private ceremony was held by his family.[13]

Reactions

Various manga artists offered condolences, including Kōji Mori, Miura's high school friend;[24] George Morikawa, who shared stories of their friendship;[8] Ken Akamatsu;[8] Yasuhisa Hara;[25] Rei Hiroe;[8] Yoshihiko Inui;[24] Yuji Kaku;[25] Mizuho Kusanagi;[25] Hiro Mashima;[8] Kyoichi Nanatsuki;[24] Nico Nicholson;[24] Yasuo Ohtagaki.[24] Hiroya Oku;[26] Atsushi Ōkubo;[8] Shun Saeki;[24] Umi Sakurai;[24] Yuusaku Shibata;[24] Masahito Soda;[24] Kazutoshi Soyama;[24] Yana Toboso;[24] Chica Umino;[8] Shin Yamamoto;[24] Makoto Yukimura;[8] and Hebi-Zou.[8] People who worked on the Berserk anime adaptations also paid tribute to Miura, including Susumu Hirasawa, composer for the 1997 series;[8] Nobutoshi Canna and Yūko Miyamura, who voiced Guts and Casca, respectively, in the 1997 series;[27] Hiroaki Iwanaga, the voice actor for Guts since the 2012–13 film trilogy;[27] and singer Yoshino Nanjō, who voiced Sonia and performed the ending theme for the 2016 series' second season with Nagi Yanagi.[8] Other people who offered their condolences were illustrator Meiji;[25] writer Ryōgo Narita;[28] video game producer Yoshinori Ono;[25] video game director Yoko Taro; [29] video game director Hideki Kamiya;[30] video game director Yasumi Matsuno[31], Final Fantasy XIV video game director & producer Naoki Yoshida[32] American director Adam Deats;[25] and American illustrator Dave Rapoza.[25] Thousands of online players gathered together in Final Fantasy XIV to mourn Miura, with many playing as the Dark Knight class, which itself was heavily inspired by Berserk's protagonist.[33]

Legacy

Established as one of the best-selling manga of all time,[17] Miura's series Berserk impacted the manga medium and beyond, with journalist Jade King stating: "[It] is difficult to overstate the tremendous impact his work has had on the world of games, manga, film, anime, and even 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.[33][34] Video game director Hideaki Itsuno and producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi are fans of Berserk, and the role-playing hack and slash game Dragon's Dogma included armor based off Guts and Griffith's.[35][36] During a GDC talk in 2019, Itsuno stated that the tone and style of Devil May Cry 5 was inspired from Berserk.[37]

Many authors have cited Miura and Berserk as influences, including Blue Exorcist author, Kazue Kato,[38] Baccano! and Durarara!! author, Ryōgo Narita,[28] Black Butler author, Yana Toboso,[24] Black Clover author, Yūki Tabata,[39] and Attack on Titan author, Hajime Isayama, who called it "tremendous, just magnificent [...] I got the impression that it was very well organized like a movie".[40] Yoko Taro stated that the protagonist of his Drakengard series, Caim, was inspired by Berserk's protagonist Guts.[41]

Works

  • Futatabi (再び) (1985) — One-shot. Published in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine.[42]
  • NOA (1985) — One-shot. Published in Kodansha's Fresh Magazine.[9]
  • Berserk: The Prototype (ベルセルク, Beruseruku) (1988) — One-shot. Published in Hakusensha's Monthly ComiComi.[13]
  • King of Wolves (王狼, Ōrō) (1989) — Written by Buronson, illustrated by Miura. Serialized in Hakusensha's Monthly Animal House.[43]
  • Berserk (ベルセルク, Beruseruku) (1989–2021) — Serialized in Hakusensha's Monthly Animal House (1989–1992) and Young Animal (1992–2021).[13]
  • Ōrō Den (王狼伝) (1990) — Written by Buronson, illustrated by Miura. Serialized in Hakusensha's Monthly Animal House.[43]
  • Japan (ジャパン) (1992) — Written by Buronson, illustrated by Miura. Serialized in Hakusensha's Young Animal.[43]
  • Giganto Maxia (ギガントマキア, Gigantomakia) (2013–2014) — Serialized in Hakusensha's Young Animal.[13]
  • Duranki (ドゥルアンキ) (2019–2021) — Serialized in Hakusensha's Young Animal Zero.[13]

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