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Artwork of Berserk interview - Page 4 part 3
This post is now available to Silver & Bronze tiers.Page 1: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Page 2: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Page 3: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Page 4: Part 1 | Part 2Interviewer: For drawing, are you aware of having made specific efforts?Miura: I’m sure most mangaka who are excellent at drawi...
Going to the Berserk exhibition in Sapporo
As you guys know, Grail, Gobolatula, Walter and I went to see the Great Berserk Exhibition in Sapporo, capital of Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan. Why this city? Because it was the first showing of the exhibition after the Japanese government finally reopened its borders. We went in Janua...
Bonus card included with German volume 41
Skullknight.net member Benoît recently registered only to spread the word that a rare illustration of Guts was included with the German version of volume 41, published by Panini. Of course I was intrigued and promptly ordered a copy myself.Note that it isn't never-seen-before, since it had been...
Artwork of Berserk interview - Page 4 part 2
This post is now available to Silver & Bronze tiers.Page 1: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Page 2: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Page 3: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Page 4: Part 1Interviewer: How do you divide the workload between what you draw yourself and what you entrust to your assistants?Miura: Basically, I pre...
Artwork of Berserk interview - Page 4 part 1
This post is now available to Silver & Bronze tiers.Page 1: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Page 2: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Page 3: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Page 4Guts’ armor, pleasant but painfulInterviewer: Then (for the next question), please tell us about your daily working schedule. They say you drew ...
YA showing off international editions of Berserk
In February 1997, Young Animal published a little showcase of various international editions of Berserk. Taiwan and Hong Kong are featured, as well as Spain, Thailand, France and Italy. It would be six more years until Dark Horse picked it up for release in the USA!
Fun drawing from a doujinshi cover
When we visited the Berserk exhibition earlier this month, we saw an original drawing (or more likely a copy of it) Miura had made for the cover of a doujinshi he released with his friends in late 2004. This reminded me that I had never posted that cover, so here it is.The one displayed in the exhib...
Podcast: The Great Berserk Exhibition, day 4
Grail, Gobolatula, Walter and Aazealh recently flew to the northernmost island of Japan – Hokkaidō – to attend the first installment of the Great Berserk Exhibition taking place since Japan reopened its border to foreign tourists.This podcast was recorded on our last day at the exhibition. Thes...
Podcast: The Great Berserk Exhibition, day 3
Grail, Gobolatula, Walter and Aazealh recently flew to the northernmost island of Japan – Hokkaidō – to attend the first installment of the Great Berserk Exhibition taking place since Japan reopened its border to foreign tourists.This podcast was recorded after our third day at the exhibition! ...
Podcast: The Great Berserk Exhibition, day 2
Grail, Gobolatula, Walter and Aazealh recently flew to the northernmost island of Japan – Hokkaidō – to attend the first installment of the Great Berserk Exhibition taking place since Japan reopened its border to foreign tourists.This podcast was recorded after our second visit to the exhibitio...
Podcast: The Great Berserk Exhibition, day 1
Grail, Gobolatula, Walter and Aazealh recently flew to the northernmost island of Japan – Hokkaidō – to attend the first installment of the Great Berserk Exhibition taking place since Japan reopened its border to foreign tourists.We went there four times, and recorded a podcast after each day t...
Learning Japanese with Berserk: Hydra
After Norse mythology, Greek mythology! In episode 356, other than the word Jötunn for giants, we learn about the word for "hydra" from Raban. One such creature had first been seen in episode 305, but not been named. Miura uses the kanji 多頭蛇 for it, alongside the furigana ヒドラ (H...
What sacrificial ceremonies are actually called in Berserk
The sacrificial ceremonies of the God Hand aren't without a name.While we usually just refer to it as "the apostle ceremony", Void uses a specific name when the Count gets his second chance in volume 3: 降魔の儀, pronounced こうま の ぎ (KOUMA NO GI). Notably, Miura added furiga...
Artwork of Berserk interview - Page 2 (part 3)
Now available to Silver & Bronze patronsPage 1: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Page 2: Part 1 | Part 2 | Interviewer: I see, you mean that with digital, it's impossible for something to be created unexpectedly.Miura: A part of analog work was about how to use accidents, andthat was also the case when p...
Learning Japanese with Berserk: Jötunn
Episode 356's title is 巨人 (normally pronounced きょじん, "KYOJIN"), which means "giants". Miura added the furigana ヨトゥン to indicate that it should be pronounced "YOTUN". It it a reference to Norse mythology, which features a type of beings called Jötunn (...
Ending the year with a "bang!"
What better way to celebrate the end of the year than with one of Miura-sensei's illustrations! This one is sadly very rare as it was only printed on a telephone card, and there aren't many going around. It's an homage to Akira, the legendary sci-fi manga by Katsuhiro Ōtomo, and the inc...
Learning Japanese with Berserk: Dwarf
We get a hint of dwarves or similar spirits in Berserk as early as volume 14, when the Skull Knight explains to Guts that elves (妖精) once dwelled in Godot's cave. But it's only at the end of volume 26, in episode 226, that Schierke drops the name when she explains how the Berserk's a...
Artwork of Berserk interview - Page 2 (part 2)
Now available to Bronze & Silver tiersPage 1: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Page 2: Part 1 | Interviewer: I’d like to know how you design your color manuscripts and through what process they’re created.Miura: It's not that complicated. Since the color illustrations of manga are supposed to be used...
Podcast #23: Shizuya Wazarai's tribute to Miura
Walter and Aazealh give their thoughts on Wazarai's heartfelt tribute (Part 1 | Part 2) to his friend, on how it differs from Mori's and reveals what kind of a man Miura was.Something I (Aaz) forgot to say while we recorded is that, much like Wazarai, I wish I had written to Miura more over ...
A look at Animal House #2, 1992
Here's another issue of "Monthly Animal House", the magazine that came before "Young Animal". This is the February 1992 issue, where the first segment of volume 5 was first published. I wanted to show the index page this time because it highlights the simple numbering system they...
Episode 371 translation
Fantasia arcElf island chapterLight going out on a narrow dark night [not sure about the first kanji, it's too small and blurry] Page 1 Roderick : Open up! Roderick: Guts!! Schierke : Guts… Page 3 Schierke: Memories of battles… Schierke: Of Guts… and the sword Page 4 Schierke: Guts...
Drinking the same tea that Miura once served to Nico Nicholson
Nico Nicholson told us in her tribute about the そば茶 (buckwheat tea) that Miura offered her when she visited his studio in 2010. Actually, even back then she had drawn him holding that tea during her coverage of Young Animal’s popular mangaka. At the time she had joked that she mistook him fo...
Learning Japanese with Berserk: Fantasia
Volume 34 ends with a bang: Ganishka explodes, unleashing the Great Wave of the Astral World. Once it's over, we see that the entire world has been profoundly transformed. That last episode of the volume is titled 幻造世界, with ファンタジア (FANTAJIA) as furigana to indicate how it sh...
Artwork of Berserk interview - Page 2 (part 1)
Now available to Bronze & Silver tiersFirst part | Second part | Third part Page 2Interviewer: By the way, what did you ask for this "Big Berserk exhibition"?Miura: I've entrusted all of the management and selection of drawings to the team. However, I can guarantee (the quality of) the c...
Learning Japanese with Berserk: Piskie
Puck's an elf (エルフ), but not just that! In volume 24, Ivalera drops the "shocking" revelation that he's a Piskie, like her, a subcategory of elves that are related to the wind elementals. It's written ピスキー (PISUKII) in Japanese, and refers to Celtic folklore.The wor...
Artwork of Berserk interview - Page 3 (part 3)
This post is now available to Silver & Bronze tiers.Page 1: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Page 2: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Page 3: Part 1 | Part 2 | Interviewer: Actions where we feel Guts’ weight are definitely exceptional compared to today’s fantasy.Miura: Regarding how Guts’ sword fights are diffe...
Podcast #22: The Splatter Platter 2
The Splatter Platter is back! Walter and Aazealh each choose three moments from Berserk and submit them to the other, who then has to give his thoughts on them without preparation. What will it be this time? Listen and find out!Want more of the podcast? Click here for the public episodes.
Artwork of Berserk interview - Page 3 (part 2)
This post is now available to Silver & Bronze tiers.Page 1: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Page 2: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Page 3: Part 1 | Interviewer: How do you work on dividing panels for your manuscripts or on the composition of your drawings? Especially, Guts' actions are divided in a way that gi...
Evolution of Dark Horse sales of Berserk volumes
Dark Horse's CEO, Mike Richardson, revealed in an interview published on November 10, 2022 that they've sold almost five million copies of Berserk to date. That prompted me to compile all the numbers they've given over the years to track the sales progression.Here is the result, which I ...
Learning Japanese with Berserk: Wise Man
In volume 18, Farnese goes to the chapel at the top of the Tower of Condemnation to have a talk with Mozgus. He tells her a story about a sage, said to have been imprisoned there by Gaizeric in the distant past. The word used in Japanese is 賢者, pronounced けんじゃ (KENJA). In English, its me...
