Kentaro Miura
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Kentaro Miura wanted Berserk readers to feel "even the layers of air," which explains those impossibly detailed pages
Reading Berserk, it is impossible not to marvel at the detailed artwork of Kentaro Miura, but it definitely wasn't healthy.
August 31, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Manga-ka Kentaro Miura wanted to work on historical manga after he finished Berserk
Though he never got to see Berserk finished, Kentaro Miura always wanted to work on a historical manga when it was done.
August 28, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Berserk's most iconic villain wasn't meant to be that important when he first showed up
Kentaro Miura started Berserk knowing Guts was furious... he just hadn't decided who he was furious at yet.
August 27, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Kentaro Miura didn't plan much of Berserk from the start... just Guts' desire for revenge and anger
When Berserk started, Kentaro Miura just wanted to see how angry he could make his main character.
August 26, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Kentaro Miura understood something important about trauma: Casca remembering wasn't the same as Casca healing
Recovering from something like Casca's trauma wouldn't be easy for anyone, so it couldn't be easy for her.
August 25, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Berserk creator Kentaro Miura drew every background character like they mattered: "They have souls, after all."
Kentaro Miura found himself struggling with Berserk Volume 39 as he tried to give countless tiny creatures individual expressions.
August 24, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Kentaro Miura knew the reason Berserk kept being delayed: his own perfectionism
The long delays between new Berserk chapters were almost always because Kentaro Miura couldn't trust anyone else to draw as well as he could.
August 20, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Berserk is basically a shoujo manga wrapped in Fist of the North Star, according to Kentaro Miura
Despite the depictions of blood and violence, Kentaro Miura thought there was a certain "fluffiness" to Berserk.
August 19, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Nearly 30 years into Berserk, Kentaro Miura basically said Guts and Casca were still in the talking stage
Berserk's Guts and Casca invented the 30-year situationship.
August 18, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Berserk's history isn't accurate, and Kentaro Miura had the perfect response: "Hey! Ninjas!"
Kentaro Miura didn't care if Berserk confused European readers... Japanese fans came first.
August 17, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Every creative person has both Guts and Griffith inside them, explains Berserk creator Kentaro Miura
Every creative person could go full villain at any given moment.
August 14, 2026
Trent Cannon
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The initial plot of Berserk comes from Kentaro Miura's insecurities with his childhood friends
Kentaro Miura saw himself as lagging behind all his friends, so he pushed himself to become one of the greatest manga artists of all time.
August 13, 2026
Trent Cannon
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The story behind Guts' absurdly huge sword in Berserk is surprisingly specific
Before he had his giant sword in Berserk, Guts had multiple designs.
August 12, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Berserk creator credits Frozen and Mad Max: Fury Road for changing young people's thoughts on gender
Young people are used to women with agency and Kentaro Miura wanted to explore exactly what that means outside of his work on Berserk
August 11, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Before Berserk became a masterpiece, it needed one outrageous idea... then Kentaro Miura thought of a huge friggin' sword
Inspired by Fist of the North Star, Kentaro Miura knew Berserk needed a strong visual gimmick to stand out, so Guts' giant sword was born.
August 04, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Kentaro Miura says one real person, a childhood friend of his, inspired both Guts and Griffith
Kentaro Miura apparently had one of the most wild childhood friends, who would go on to embody both Griffith and Guts in Berserk.
August 03, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Why Kentaro Miura believed Berserk’s giant sword could express human emotion
The Dragon Slayer is one of the most famous sword in pop culture and was a point of pride for the Berserk creator.
July 01, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Kentaro Miura didn't want Berserk to have a "grim" ending
Could Berserk have a happy ending? Kentaro Miura certainly thought so at once time.
June 11, 2026
Trent Cannon
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There's a controversial lost Berserk chapter that creator Kentarou Miura blocked from being collected, and its about God (and God being evil)
Why Berserk creator Kentaro Miura pulled Chapter 83 from future publications and what it says about the setting's God
April 08, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Berserk release schedule (Updated September 2026): Everything we know about when Berserk 387 will come out in Japan and the US
The incredible work of Kentaro Miura lives on as Berserk continues to have a sporadic and unpredictable release schedule.
March 04, 2026
Trent Cannon
Guides
How to watch Kentaro Miura's Berserk anime in order
Enter the Golden Age with your choice of Berserk anime
June 10, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Berserk publisher announces plans to resume series following death of creator Kentaro Miura
Kentaro Miura's co-workers, and a long-time friend, are chipping in to finish the Berserk saga
June 07, 2022
Chris Arrant