Kentaro Miura

"Hate is a place where a man who can't stand sadness goes."

Kentaro Miura became renowned for his manga work. This hugely talented Japanese artist was known in particular for his dark fantasy series, Berserk, which is one of the bestselling manga series of all time with more than 50 million copies sold.

Miura’s influence over the manga genre, as well as on films and anime, cannot be understated. His series inspired the monsters in the Dark Souls series, as well as characters and styles in numerous other works.

Meet Kentaro Miura

Kentaro Miura was born in Chiba, Japan. He loved manga as a child, and created his own at just 10 years old. He continued drawing and creating throughout his teen years, and eventually enrolled in art classes and began publishing his works in school booklets.

While attending college at Nihon University, Kentaro debuted a 48-page manga known as Berserk Prototype, an introduction to the current Beserk fantasy world. It went on to win Miura a prize from the Comi Manga School. In 1989, after receiving a doctorate degree, Kentarou started a project titled King of Wolves based on a script by Buronson, writer of Hokuto no Ken (Fist Of The North Star).

In 1990, the first volume Berserk was released with a relatively limited success. Miura again collaborated with Buronson on manga entitled Japan. Miura's fame grew after Berserk began "The Golden Age" story arc and the huge success of this masterpiece made of him one of the most prominent contemporary manga artists today.

In 1997, Miura supervised the production of 25 anime episodes of Berserk that aired in the same year on NTV.

The series has also spawned a whole host of merchandise, both official and fan made, ranging from statues and action figures, to key rings, video games, and a trading card game.

In 2002, Kentaro Miura received the second place in the Tezuka Osamu (Astro Boy) Cultural Prize of Excellence for Berserk.

Sadly, Miura passed away in 2021 from an aortic dissection. He was just 54, but made a huge impact on the manga industry as we know it today, especially as new readers discover the Beserk series and world for the first time.

Kentaro Miura

"Hate is a place where a man who can't stand sadness goes."

Popular Books By Kentaro Miura

Berserk, Vol. 25

Berserk

Berserk: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1

Berserk

Berserk: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 2

Berserk

Berserk: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 3

Berserk

Berserk: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 4

Berserk

Berserk: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 5

Berserk

Berserk: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 6

Berserk

Berserk: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 7

Berserk

Berserk: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 8

Berserk

Berserk: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 9

Berserk

Kentaro Miura's Top Series

Berserk Manga

Berserk, Vol. 13

Berserk

Berserk, Vol. 1

Berserk

Berserk, Vol. 31

Berserk

Berserk, Vol. 32

Berserk

Berserk, Vol. 14

Berserk

Berserk, Vol. 15

Berserk

Berserk : Volume 3

Berserk

Berserk, Vol. 4

Berserk

Berserk, Vol. 16

Berserk

Berserk, Vol. 30

Berserk

Berserk, Vol. 34

Berserk

Berserk, Vol. 24

Berserk

Berserk, Vol. 5

Berserk

Berserk, Vol. 7

Berserk (Graphic Novels)

Berserk, Volume 21

Berserk

Berserk, Vol. 2

Berserk

Berserk, Vol. 40

Berserk

Berserk, Volume 41

Berserk (Graphic Novels)

Berserk, Vol. 11

Berserk

Berserk, Vol. 19

Berserk

Berserk, Vol. 35

Berserk

Berserk, Vol. 28

Berserk

Berserk, Vol. 29

Berserk

Berserk. Vol. 33

Berserk

Berserk Official Guidebook

Berserk, Vol. 39

Berserk

Berserk, Vol. 38

Berserk

Berserk, Vol. 36

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