 Prolific manga author Kentarou Miura, best known for creating Berserk, died on May 6 at 2:48 p.m. due to an acute aortic dissection. He was 54 years old. "We would like to express our utmost respect and gratitude to Miura's works and pray for his soul.," reads a brief obituary posted by Hakusensha on Thursday. The publisher thanked the readers for enjoying his works. The funeral was held privately by his family.  Miura was born in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture in 1966. Both his parents were designers and supported his passion for drawing. At the early age of 10 in 1976, Miura created his first work Miuranger, which appeared in his school's publications and spanned 40 volumes. The following year, he created his second work Ken e no Michi (The Way to the Sword) using India ink. While still in junior high in 1979, Miura began training himself with professional drawing techniques.In 1982, Miura entered an artistic curriculum in high school, where he and his classmates began publishing their works in school leaflets. With their help, Miura published his first doujinshi in a fan-produced magazine that year. At the age of 18, he briefly worked as an assistant for Hajime no Ippo (Fighting Spirit) creator George Morikawa. Acknowledging his artistic talent, Morikawa promptly dismissed him, saying there was nothing he could teach that Miura did not already know. Miura applied for an art course at the Nihon University in 1985 and submitted a work titled Futatabi (Rewind) at the entrance examination, which granted him admission. The title subsequently earned him the Best New Author prize in Weekly Shounen Magazine. Miura's first serialized work, Noa, began in the same magazine later that year. However, the manga was stalled and eventually dropped due to Miura's difference of opinion with one of the editors. While attending college in 1988, Miura published a 48-page Berserk prototype in the November issue of Monthly Comicomi. He began his career in earnest after graduating the next year, simultaneously drawing Ourou (King Of Wolves)—based on a script by Buronson (born Okamura Yoshiyuki) (Hokuto no Ken)—and Berserk in Monthly Animal House. Young Animal, successor to the Monthly Animal House magazine, serialized Ourou's sequel Ourouden (Legend of the Wolf King) in 1990. Hakusensha published the first volume of Berserk in November that year with relatively limited success. Miura once again collaborated with Buronson on the manga Japan in 1992. Following the serialization of Berserk's Ougon Jidai-hen (Golden Age Arc) in the same year, Miura rose to popularity, becoming one of the most prominent contemporary manga creators due to its immense success. In 1997, Miura supervised the production of the 25-episode television anime adaptation of Berserk by animation studio OLM. Studio 4°C produced an anime film trilogy in 2012–2013. A second anime series, co-produced by Millepensee and Gemba, debuted in Summer 2016, followed by a second season in Spring 2017. Miura serialized a seven-chapter mini manga series Giganto Makhia (Giganto Maxia) in Young Animal in 2013–2014, originally planned as a 20th anniversary commemorative project of the magazine. The manga marked his first original title in 24 years since he began Berserk. Miura began a new manga titled Duranki in Young Animal Zero in September 2019, in collaboration with Studio Gaga—a manga production studio founded by him. Source: Oricon News |
VindstotMay 20, 2021 5:53 PM
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| May he rest peacefully and with contentment. |
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| I was waiting for berserk to finish before I start reading it ... Rest in peace :( |
| It's a great loss for the industry. May his soul rest in peace, and thank you for introducing the story of Berserk to us! |
#Anime4Life be my Life Motto! #PrayForKyoAni  |
 will forever be thankful for everything this man did, rest in peace |
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| Such tragic news. Although I never read Berserk, I had mad respect for this man and what he was able to give us during the time that we had him. Rest easy. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| Very sad news. His art will always be remembered and respected by millions. |
p r o f i l e 👀 |
| It's a damn shame that Berserk, of all things, is going to remain an incomplete manga. May his friends and family have strength in this time of loss. |
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| Rest in peace to a true legend. |
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| Damn, that's just plain sad. Rest in peace, you brilliant bastard, you more than deserve it. Terrible, terrible news to wake up to :( [F] I hope Berserk gets The Wheel of Time treatment. Assuming he has left some notes outlining how he'd wish Berserk to be wrapped up to his editor or relatives. |
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| Oh my, rest in peace for him, and hope someone would continue his work someday :( |
 (っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥ |
| Rip Kentaro Miura. You were a legend. |
Sakuta002766May 19, 2021 10:00 PM
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| The Greatest. Defined the industry and inspirated millions. RIP. |
 May the creator of Berserk, Kentarou Miura, Rest In Peace. |
| Sad it ended this way. RIP man... And thank you for all your work. |
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| RIP, absolutely bummed about this news. A legend has passed on. |
  ♡ Harder Daddy ♡ |
| The 1997 adaptation was one of the first animes I watched, and I absolutely loved the manga. RIP to the legend. |
| Way too early, man... way too early... |
 I'm watching anime since 2012. I also play games, sometimes. Don't bother me if you want to 'become friends' or things like that. It's tiresome. I know you just want to collect some meaningless numbers. Thought: How many people sparked H. Charlotta just for blue pot? |
| RIP not a fan of Berserk but its very popular fiction |
| Oh my god, that is so sad. And after all these years complaining about how little chapters he released off berserk. Like many, I am a huge Berserk fan and it saddens me that the series will msot likely be uncompleted forever.. Regardless, Thank you for all of your hard work during the years, Kentaro-sensei, and may you rest in piece. |
| How I love a game |
| Today is a really sad day. |
| Today's a sad day, :) |
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| Aortic dissection is a very dangerous condition with extremely high mortality. Even if patients with this condition get timely hospitalisation, chances of recovery is low. RIP to one of the best mangakas ever. |
| Unbelievable news, what's considered by many the greatest manga of all time won't be finished, rest in peace and thank you for everything ! |
| 2021 will be better... 2021: |
| fucking hell it's guin saga all over again at least guts got off the boat...time to finish the chapters that've been released the past 3 years |
 "For the sake of humankind, I forsake my humanity." - Cherry |
| RIP Miura. Legendary mangaka gone too soon.. My deepest condolences to his family. |
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| I love you, I will never stop being influenced by you. R.I.P you wonderful man. |
𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐫 - 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐜 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲  |
| This news hurt to hear. Rest in peace, you were a legend and a powerful, powerful influence for many people. |
| RIP Kentaro Miura. One of the greatest mangakas of all times. Berserk is one of the most amazing and beautiful pieces of art. Thank you, Miura-sensei. |
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| Miura's manga is the greatest example of '' it's the journey that matters. Not the end.'' Finished or not, berserk will always be hailed as one the finest manga ever. Rest in peace legend. |
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| Wow what the hell I can't believe it |
| WTF AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA |
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| That's just... sad oh my, this was sudden |
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| Unbelievable man. I did not know anything about Miura in terms of his health, so this was very unexpected for me. RIP |
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