The author lives in Tokyo, Japan.Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is manga mayhem to the extreme - violent, horrifying, and mercilessly funny - and the wellspring for the internationally popular anime series. In 2002, Kentaro Miura received the second place in the Tezuka Osamu ( Astro Boy) Cultural Prize of Excellence for Berserk. 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 1997, Miura supervised the production of 25 anime episodes of Berserk that aired in the same year on NTV. 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. Miura again collaborated with Buronson on manga entitled Japan. In 1990, the first volume Berserk was released with a relatively limited success. 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). It went on to win Miura a prize from the Comi Manga School. But Guts won't take his fate lying down he'll cut a crimson swath of carnage through the ranks of the damned - and anyone else foolish enough to oppose him! Accompanied by Puck the Elf, more an annoyance than a companion, Guts relentlessly follows a dark, bloodstained path that leads only to death.or vengeance.Ībout the Author While attending college at Nihon University, in 1988, Kentaro Miura debuted a 48-page manga known as Berserk Prototype, an introduction to the current Berserk fantasy world. Bearer of a gigantic sword, an iron hand, and the scars of countless battles and tortures, his flesh is also indelibly marked with The Brand, an unholy symbol that draws the forces of darkness to him and dooms him as their sacrifice. His name is Guts, the Black Swordsman, a feared warrior spoken of only in whispers. Not for the squeamish or the easily offended, Berserk asks for no quarter - and offers none!

About the Book The Black Swordsman Guts, who's marked with 'The Brand,' which draws demonic forces toward him, embarks on a quest for vengeance along with his companion Puck, an annoying elf.īook Synopsis Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is manga mayhem to the extreme - violent, horrifying, and mercilessly funny - and the wellspring for the internationally popular anime series.

Berserk, Vol. 1 by Kentaro Miura