Berserk - Kentaro Miura: The Manga and the Anime

B E R S E R K

KENTARO MIURA: THE MANGA AND THE ANIM-/p>

by Jeremy Mark Robinson

Color Edition

This is a study of the epic fantasy comic Berserk by Kentaro Miura, one of the greatest works of art in print form of any era. Berserk is a best-selling fantasy adventure manga in Japan and overseas. It has been published (in Young Animal Magazine from Hakusensha) since 1989 and is still not complete. 

Berserk, known as ''the Sistine Chapel of manga'', is notable for its truly outstanding artwork and its compelling storytelling, centred on its brooding swordsman, Guts. Berserk is an entire history of the action-adventure genre; it features every permutation of every scenario found in act