History Creator / KentaroMiura

Kentaro Miura (三浦 建太郎 ''Miura Kentarō'') is a Japanese ''mangaka'' born in 1966 in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture. His parents had married while they were students at Musashino Arts School: his father did storyboards for commercials, and his mother taught an art class. He credits the artistic environment he was raised in for inspiring him to draw. His first manga, ''Miuranger'', was created and published for his classmates in a school publication in 1976 when he was 10 years old. His second manga, ''Ken E No Michi'' (The Way to the Sword) was the first time that Miura would use India ink, and when he went to middle school, his drawing technique would improve greatly as he started using professional drawing techniques, with a {{doujin}} being produced with the help of his friends in 1982. It was in high school that he got serious about becoming a manga artist, and he was close friends with fellow aspiring mangaka Mori Kouji, who would go on to write ''Manga/SuicideIsland''.

Kentaro Miura (三浦 建太郎 ''Miura Kentarō'') is a Japanese ''mangaka'' born in 1966 in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture. His parents had married while they were students at Musashino Arts School: his father did storyboards for commercials, and his mother taught an art class. He credits the artistic environment he was raised in for inspiring him to draw. His first manga, ''Miuranger'', was created and published for his classmates in a school publication in 1976 when he was 10 years old. His second manga, ''Ken E No Michi'' (The Way to the Sword) was the first time that Miura would use India ink, and when he went to middle school, his drawing technique would improve greatly as he started using professional drawing techniques, with a {{doujin}} being produced with the help of his friends in 1982. It was in high school that he got serious about becoming a manga artist, and he was close friends with Mori Kouji, who would go on to write ''Manga/SuicideIsland''.

The first volume of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' was published in 1990, though it met with little success, and *Animal House*--the magazine it was serialized in--was in the process of going under. The series would not really take off until it was serialized in *Young Animal* in 1992 with the publication of the Golden Age arc. Miura's epic tale of friendship, romance, betrayal, horror, vengeance and supreme demon asskicking is still ongoing today, with 38+ volumes and some 40 million copies in circulation. Over time it's been adapted into the anime ''Anime/Berserk1997'', the 1999 Dramcast game ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheBerserkGutsRage''), the UsefulNotes/{{PS2}} game ''VideoGame/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho'', the 2012-13 anime film trilogy ''Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc'', the sequel anime ''Anime/Berserk2016'', and the 2016 video game ''VideoGame/BerserkAndTheBandOfTheHawk''. In 2002 he recieved second place in the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize of Excellence for ''Berserk''.

Kentaro Miura (三浦 建太郎 ''Miura Kentarō'') is a Japanese ''mangaka'' born in 1966 in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture. His parents had married while they were students at Musashino Arts School: his father did storyboards for commercials, and his mother taught an art class. He credits the artistic environment he was raised in for inspiring him to draw. His first manga, ''Miuranger'', was created and published for his classmates in a school publication in 1976 when he was 10 years old. His second manga, ''Ken E No Michi'' (The Way to the Sword) was the first time that Miura would use India ink, and when he went to middle school, his drawing technique would improve greatly as he started using professional drawing techniques, with a {{doujin}} being produced with the help of his friends in 1982. It was in high school that he got serious about becoming a manga artist, and

Kentaro Miura (三浦 建太郎 ''Miura Kentarō'') is a Japanese ''mangaka'' born in 1966 in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture. He first began drawing manga when he was ten years old. His first manga, ''Miuranger'', was created and published for his classmates in a school publication. His second manga, ''Ken E No Michi'' (The Way to the Sword) was the first time that Miura would use India ink, and when he went to middle school, his drawing technique would improve greatly as he started using professional drawing techniques, with a {{doujin}} being produced with the help of his friends in 1982.

The first volume of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' was published in 1990, though it met with little success. The series would not really take off until it was serialized in Young Animal in 1992 with the publication of the Golden Age arc. Miura's epic tale of friendship, romance, betrayal, horror, vengeance and supreme demon asskicking is still ongoing today, with 38+ volumes and some 40 million copies in circulation. Over time it's been adapted into the anime ''Anime/Berserk1997'', the 1999 Dramcast game ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheBerserkGutsRage''), the UsefulNotes/{{PS2}} game ''VideoGame/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho'', the 2012-13 anime film trilogy ''Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc'', the sequel anime ''Anime/Berserk2016'', and the 2016 video game ''VideoGame/BerserkAndTheBandOfTheHawk''. In 2002 he recieved second place in the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize of Excellence for ''Berserk''.

* IllBoy: It's been rumored that the stress he gets from writing and drawing for ''Berserk'' can take such a toll on his health that he would have to take hospital breaks in order to recover.

* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: "Lately I’ve come to trust in my own carelessness. In my experience things often pop nicely into place even without having been planned ahead much. I do think it probably wouldn’t go very smoothly if I were to work with stuff that isn’t me, stuff that I’ve borrowed from elsewhere and simply stuck in, but there’s hardly any of that. Even when I do bring in something from elsewhere, I run it through myself and quality test it before using it."

After receiving his doctorate degree in 1989, he entered into a collaboration with Yoshiyuki Okamura, better known as {{Buronson}}, for a manga by the name of ''Ouro'' (The King of Wolves), with Buronson providing the script and Miura providing the art. 1990 saw the publication of ''Ouro Den'' (Legend of the Wolf King), the sequel to this manga. In 1992, Miura would do one last collaboration with Buronson, creating the manga ''Japan'', again with Miura providing the art to Buronson's story.

Miura is left-handed, and has done most of his art with traditional techniques such as the g-pen, Maru pen, and brushes. Since, the 90s he has had 3-4 assistants helping him, and his current group called Studio Gaga consists of about four or five assistants; they come and go every couple of years. One of them, [[Manga/OokamiNoKuchiWolfsmund Mitsuhisa Kuji]], became a mangaka in his own right. Miura keeps vampire hours and puts in 16 hour workdays with no breaks or holidays while he's working on a deadline. Fans speculate about the cause of his increasingly frequent hiatuses, which have made the pace of new releases slow to a crawl, but because he is somewhat reclusive the reason remains a mystery. Since 2016 his fans have been speculating about whether he's started to use digital painting techniques.

Miura is left-handed, and has done most of his art with traditional techniques such as the g-pen, Maru pen, and brushes. Miura works with Studio Gaga, consisting of about four or five assistants. In 2010 his assistants were Yoshihiro Kurosaki, Akio Miyaji, Nobuhiro Hirai, Naohide Nagashima, and Chigusa Amagasaki. One assistant, [[Mitsuhisa Kuji Manga/OokamiNoKuchiWolfsmund]], became a mangaka in his own right. Miura keeps vampire hours and puts in 16 hour workdays with no breaks or holidays while he's working on a deadline. Fans speculate about the cause of his increasingly frequent hiatuses, which have made the pace of new releases slow to a crawl, but because he is somewhat reclusive the reason remains a mystery. Since 2016 his fans have been speculating about whether he's started to use digital painting techniques.

The first volume of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' was published in 1990, though it met with little success. The series would not really take off until it was serialized in Young Animal in 1992 with the publication of the Golden Age arc. Miura's epic tale of friendship, romance, betrayal, horror, vengeance and supreme demon asskicking is still ongoing today, with 38+ volumes and some 40 million copies in circulation. Over time it's been adapted into the anime ''Anime/Berserk1997'', the 1999 Dramcast game ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheBerserkGutsRage''), the UsefulNotes/{{PS2}} game ''VideoGame/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho'', the 2012-13 anime film trilogy ''Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc'', the sequel anime ''Anime/Berserk2016'', and the 2016 video game ''VideoGame/BerserkAndTheBandOfTheHawk''.

Miura works with Studio Gaga, consisting of about four or five assistants. In 2010 his assistants were Yoshihiro Kurosaki, Akio Miyaji, Nobuhiro Hirai, Naohide Nagashima, and Chigusa Amagasaki. One assistant, He keeps vampire hours and puts in 16 hour workdays with no breaks or holidays while he's working on a deadline. Fans speculate about the cause of his increasingly frequent hiatuses, which have made the pace of new releases slow to a crawl, but because he is somewhat reclusive the reason remains a mystery.

Kentaro Miura is a Japanese ''mangaka'' born in 1966 in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture. He first began drawing manga when he was ten years old. His first manga, ''Miuranger'', was created and published for his classmates in a school publication. His second manga, ''Ken E No Michi'' (The Way to the Sword) was the first time that Miura would use India ink, and when he went to middle school, his drawing technique would improve greatly as he started using professional drawing techniques, with a {{doujin}} being produced with the help of his friends in 1982.

Born in 1966 in Chiba City of Japan's Chiba Prefecture, Kentaro Miura first began drawing manga when he was ten years old. His first manga, ''Miuranger'', was created and published for his classmates in a school publication. His second manga, ''Ken E No Michi'' (The Way to the Sword) was the first time that Miura would use India ink, and when he went to middle school, his drawing technique would improve greatly as he started using professional drawing techniques, with a {{doujin}} being produced with the help of his friends in 1982.

The first volume of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' was published in 1990, though it met with little success. The series would not really take off until it was serialized in Young Animal in 1992 with the publication of the Golden Age arc. Miura's epic tale of friendship, romance, betrayal, horror, vengeance and supreme demon asskicking is still ongoing today, with 38 volumes and counting. There's also been a 25-episode 1997-98 anime series that covers the Golden Age arc of the manga, one video game each for the Sega Dreamcast (''VideoGame/SwordOfTheBerserkGutsRage'') and the UsefulNotes/{{PS2}} (''VideoGame/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho''), a 2012-13 theatrical Golden Age movie trilogy, a [[Anime/Berserk2016 second TV anime]] of 24 episodes beginning July 2016, and a newly announced ''Dynasty Warriors'' game.

He keeps vampire hours and puts in 16 hour workdays with no breaks or holidays while he's working on a deadline. Fans speculate about the cause of his increasingly frequent hiatuses, which have made the pace of new releases slow to a crawl, but because he is somewhat reclusive the reason remains a mystery.

In addition to Berserk, Kentaro Miura has also created Kamui Gakupo, a Music/{{Vocaloid}} whose design is based on Japanese VisualKei artist Creator/{{Gackt}}. He is also a fan of Website/NicoNicoDouga and ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'', though contrary to a popular rumor he plays other games besides ''Idolmaster'' and is not obsessed to the point of neglecting his work.

* IllBoy: It's been said that the stress he gets from writing and drawing for ''Berserk'' can take such a toll on his health that he would have to take hospital breaks in order to recover.

* RealMenWearPink: While he is (in)famous for some rather dark work (and in hilarious contrast to a...rather vocal [[TrueArtIsAngsty section of the fandom]]) he is an open fanboy of ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster''.

In addition to Berserk, Kentaro Miura has also created Kamui Gakupo, a Music/{{Vocaloid}} whose design is based on Japanese VisualKei artist Creator/{{Gackt}}. He is also a fan of Website/NicoNicoDouga and VideoGame/TheIdolmaster, though contrary to a popular rumor he plays other games besides ''Idolmaster'' and is not obsessed to the point of neglecting his work.

* DarkerAndEdgier: His stories tend to contain themes of tragedy and horror, and ''Berserk'' is pretty much a TropeCodifier for DarkerAndEdgier manga.

* {{Workaholic}}: Contrary to memes that claim he wastes his time playing VideoGame/TheIdolmaster, Miura spends almost all of his time on ''Berserk''. In 2009 he told the members of Skullknight.net, "I start working at 2:00 PM and I finish at 7:00 AM. Of course, the time I spend eating is included. I work 15-16 hours everyday, without holidays."
* RealMenWearPink: While he is (in)famous for some rather dark work (and in hilarious contrast to a...rather vocal [[TrueArtIsAngsty section of the fandom]]) he is an open fanboy of VideoGame/TheIdolmaster.

* {{Workaholic}}: Contrary to memes that claim he wastes his time playing VideoGame/TheIdolmaster, Miura spends almost all of his time on ''Berserk''. In 2009 he told the members of Skullknight.net, "I start working at 2:00 PM and I finish at 7:00 AM. Of course, the time I spend eating is included. I work 15-16 hours everyday, without holidays."

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The first volume of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' was published in 1990, though it met with little success. The series would not really take off until it was serialized in Young Animal in 1992 with the publication of the Golden Age arc. Miura's epic tale of friendship, romance, betrayal, horror, vengeance and supreme demon asskicking is still ongoing today, with 37 volumes and counting, a 25-episode anime series that covers the Golden Age arc of the manga, two video games for the Sega Dreamcast (''VideoGame/SwordOfTheBerserkGutsRage'') and the UsefulNotes/{{PS2}} (''Berserk: Millennium Falcon Arc - Chapter of the Holy Demon War''), and a new animated movie series that is intended to fully adapt the story of the manga. Due to Miura's notoriously irregular schedule and the incredible detail of his art, particularly when rendering Guts' incredibly bloody battles and the horrible demonic creatures that he regularly fights, new tankobon volumes of the manga often come out ''twice a year'' at best when Miura is not on hiatus.

Miura's primary influence comes from works in different media, with his primary inspiration being Kaoru Kurimoto's long-running ''LightNovel/GuinSaga'' fantasy series, and additional influence being drawn from Creator/GoNagai's two darkest and most violent mangas, ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' and ''Manga/ViolenceJack''. Miura's style is at times quite beautiful and emotional, but at other times, he comes up with and draws some ''[[NightmareFuel truly messed up and frightening shit]]''.

In addition to Berserk, Kentaro Miura has also created Kamui Gakupo, a Music/{{Vocaloid}} whose design is based on Japanese VisualKei artist Creator/{{Gackt}}. He is also a big fan of Website/NicoNicoDouga and VideoGame/TheIdolmaster, the latter to the point where it is starting to worry fans of his work.

The first volume of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' was published in 1990, though it met with little success. The series would not really take off until it was serialized in Young Animal in 1992 with the publication of the Golden Age arc. Miura's epic tale of friendship, romance, betrayal, horror, vengeance and supreme demon asskicking is still ongoing today, with 37 volumes and counting, a 25-episode anime series that covers the Golden Age arc of the manga, two video games for the Sega Dreamcast (''VideoGame/SwordOfTheBerserkGutsRage'') and the {{PS2}} (''Berserk: Millennium Falcon Arc - Chapter of the Holy Demon War''), and a new animated movie series that is intended to fully adapt the story of the manga. Due to Miura's notoriously irregular schedule and the incredible detail of his art, particularly when rendering Guts' incredibly bloody battles and the horrible demonic creatures that he regularly fights, new tankobon volumes of the manga often come out ''twice a year'' at best when Miura is not on hiatus.

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* ''Futanabi''One of his cyberpunk works (yes, really)

* ''Futanabi''
* ''Noa''

The first volume of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' was published in 1990, though it met with little success. The series would not really take off until it was serialized in Young Animal in 1992 with the publication of the Golden Age arc. Miura's epic tale of friendship, romance, betrayal, horror, vengeance and supreme demon asskicking is still ongoing today, with 37 volumes and counting, a 25-episode anime series that covers the Golden Age arc of the manga, two video games for the Sega Dreamcast (''Sword of the Berserk'') and the {{PS2}} (''Berserk: Millennium Falcon Arc - Chapter of the Holy Demon War''), and a new animated movie series that is intended to fully adapt the story of the manga. Due to Miura's notoriously irregular schedule and the incredible detail of his art, particularly when rendering Guts' incredibly bloody battles and the horrible demonic creatures that he regularly fights, new tankobon volumes of the manga often come out ''twice a year'' at best when Miura is not on hiatus.

In 1988, three years after ''Noa'', Miura created the foundation for what would be his masterpiece in the ''Berserk Prototype'', which would win him a prize from the Comi Manga School. The story had Guts, who would soon become the main protagonist of the series, as a somewhat less cold character with an eyepatch (which he gives up before the prototype's end) who had elements of a DeadpanSnarker and took up DemonSlaying after his mother was killed by one. The BigBad was to be a single demon lord by the name of Vana (instead of the five archdemons known as the Godhand that take up the role in the series proper). Lastly, the prototype was intended to be a {{Shonen}} story, but it was changed to its now-familiar {{Seinen}} form because the story was too dark.

Miura's primary influence comes from works in different media, with his primary inspiration being Kaoru Kurimoto's long-running ''LightNovel/GuinSaga'' fantasy series, and additional influence being drawn from Creator/GoNagai's two darkest and most violent mangas, ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' and ''Manga/ViolenceJack''. Miura's style is at times quite beautiful and emotional, but at other times, he comes up with and draws some ''truly messed up and frightening shit''.