Manga artist Kentaro Miura, best known for his dark fantasy manga Berserk, passed away at the age of 54 on May 6.
The news was announced through Beserk’s official Twitter account by the editorial department at Young Animal, the magazine that serialized Berserk from 1992.
【三浦建太郎先生 ご逝去の報】
『ベルセルク』の作者である三浦建太郎先生が、2021年5月6日、急性大動脈解離のため、ご逝去されました。三浦先生の画業に最大の敬意と感謝を表しますとともに、心よりご冥福をお祈りいたします。
2021年5月20日 株式会社白泉社 ヤングアニマル編集部 https://t.co/baBBo4J2kL”>pic.twitter.com/baBBo4J2kL— ベルセルク公式ツイッター (@berserk_project) https://twitter.com/berserk_project/status/1395212918040391680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>May 20, 2021
The official statement expresses the editorial department’s deep sadness for Miura’s passing. In addition, it states that they remember him always smiling and almost seeming like a young boy, speaking about his favorite anime, manga and movies.
Born in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture in 1966, Miura began creating manga at a young age. His debut work, Futatabi, was published in 1985 in Weekly Shonen Magazine.
After a prototype of Berserk was published in 1988, it became a serialized work in Monthly Animal House from October 1989. Following the tumultuous journey of two mercenaries and their relationship with each other, Berserk was lauded in Japan and internationally.
Adapted with permission from Anime!Anime!