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Nationality
  
Japanese

Role
  
Occupation
  
manga artist

Known for
  
Years active
  
1976–present

Education
  
Name
  
Kentaro Miura


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Born
  
11 July 1966 (age 58) (
1966-07-11
)
Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture

Books
  
Oh-Roh, Berserk collection, Krol Wilkow, Berserk 9, Berserk: 1. 1, Berserk, Japan, OH-ROH 01.

Movies
  
Berserk: The Advent, Berserk Golden Age Arc I, Berserk Golden Age Arc II


Similar
  
Takehiko Inoue, Yoshihiro Togashi, Susumu Hirasawa

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Kentaro Miura (三浦 建太郎, Miura Kentarō, born 11 July 1966) is a Japanese manga artist best known for his popular dark fantasy manga Berserk.

Contents

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Career

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Kentaro Miura was born in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, in 1966. He is left-handed. In 1976, at the early age of 10, Miura made his first manga, entitled Miuranger, that was published for his classmates in a school publication; the manga ended up spanning 40 volumes. In 1977, Miura created his second manga called Ken e no michi (剣への道 The Way to the Sword), using India ink for the first time. When he was in middle school in 1979, Miura's drawing techniques improved greatly as he started using professional drawing techniques. His first dōjinshi was published, with the help of friends, in a magazine in 1982.

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That same year, in 1982, Miura enrolled in an artistic curriculum in high school, where he and his classmates started publishing their works in school booklets, as well as having his first dōjinshi published in a fan-produced magazine. In 1985, Miura applied for the entrance examination of an art college in Nihon University. He submitted Futanabi for examination and was granted admission. This project was later nominated Best New Author work in Weekly Shōnen Magazine. Another Miura manga Noa was published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine the very same year. Due to a disagreement with one of the editors, the manga was stalled and eventually dropped altogether. This is approximately where Miura's career hit a slump.

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In 1988, Miura bounced back with a 48-page manga known as Berserk Prototype, as an introduction to the current Berserk fantasy world. It went on to win Miura a prize from the Comi Manga School. In 1989 Miura started a project titled King of Wolves (王狼, ōrō) based on a script by Buronson, writer of Hokuto no Ken. It was published in the Japanese magazine Monthly Animal House in May and July of that year.

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In 1990, a sequel is made to Ourou entitled Ourou Den (王狼伝 ōrō den, The Legend of the Wolf King) that was published as a prequel to the original in Young Animal magazine. In the same year, the October issue of Animal House witnesses the first volume of the solo project Berserk was released with a relatively limited success. Miura again collaborated with Buronson on manga titled Japan, that was published in Young Animal from the 1st issue to the 8th of 1992, and was later released as a stand-alone tankōbon. Miura's fame grew after Berserk was serialized in Young Animal in 1992 with the release of "The Golden Age" story arc and ultimately the series became a huge success, making him one of the most prominent contemporary manga artists. At this time Miura dedicates himself solely to be working on Berserk. He has indicated, however, that he intends to publish more manga in the future.

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In 1997, Miura supervised the production of 25 anime episodes of Berserk that aired in the same year on NTV. Various art books and supplemental materials by Miura based on Berserk are also released. In 1999, Miura made minor contributions to the Dreamcast video game Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage. 2004 saw the release of yet another video game adaptation entitled Berserk Millennium Falcon Arc: Chapter of the Holy Demon War.

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Since that time, the Berserk manga has spanned 38 tankōbon with no end in sight. The series has also spawned a whole host of merchandise, both official and fan-made, ranging from statues, action figures to key rings, video games, and a trading card game. In 2002, Miura received the second place in the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize of Excellence for Berserk.

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Miura provided the design for the Vocaloid Kamui Gakupo, whose voice is taken from the Japanese singer and actor Gackt.

Influences

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Miura stated that the work that had the biggest impact on his own is Fist of the North Star. The manga artist Go Nagai had a key element in developing Miura's style. Miura has also cited Star Wars and Susumu Hirasawa's music as inspiration.

Works

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  • Miuranger (1976)
  • Ken e no Michi (1977)
  • Futatabi (1985)
  • Noa (1985)
  • Berserk Prototype (1988)
  • King of Wolves (1989)
  • Berserk (1989–present)
  • Ourou Den (1990)
  • Japan (1992)
  • Gigantomakhia (2013)
  • References

    Kentaro Miura Wikipedia


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