This Beherit music box was commercialized in 1999 by Animate (アニメイト) for 4500 yen. It plays a short version of the song "Forces" by Susumu Hirasawa (you have to really pay attention to he...
2022-04-12 13:23:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are a few pictures showing how different editions compare in size. While the perspective may not show it well, they're all perfectly aligned, so we can see that the MyBestRemix (MBR) volumes t...
2022-04-07 21:38:29 +0000 UTC View Post
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Memories about Miura-sensei
It was 2010 when I met him first.
At that time, I was a c...
With the recent release of Elden Ring, with which From Software seems to have broken into the mainstream, Walter & Aazealh go over the oft evoked connections between the studio's games and Bers...
2022-03-26 22:39:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Introduced early on in volume 1 and the heart of the drama in the last episode of volume 41... It's Guts and Casca's son, of course. In his early, misshapen form, we call him the "Demon Child". Tha...
2022-03-26 10:35:10 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
Here's the order in which the remaining tributes from the "Messages to Kentarou Miura" booklet will be translated:
-Nico Nicholson
-Shizuya Wazarai
-Katsu Aki
-Sat...
Part 1 of this translation can be found here.2022-03-21 09:49:33 +0000 UTC
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It was not uncommon to see changes between the prepublication in Young Animal and the release of the episodes in a volume. However it was often details, and cases where a full page was added (or re...
2022-03-13 18:44:12 +0000 UTC View Post
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It’s already been more than eighteen years since I met him first…
Whe...
2022-03-06 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Where does the name "Vortex of Souls" come from exactly? As any Berserk fan knows, it refers to the giant whirlpool at the bottom of the astral world. We learn in volume 3 that it is, essentially, ...
2022-03-05 10:39:42 +0000 UTC View Post
On the days that we met, he always let me have sweet biscuits when we went back (home).
He alway...
Young Animal redesigned the covers of Berserk's volumes in 2016, with the release of volume 38 (on June 24th). It coincided with them renaming their publishing label Young Animal Comics from the or...
2022-02-23 20:31:28 +0000 UTC View Post
With the utmost respect for Miura Kentarou sensei—
Young Animal editorial department
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Before Guts' wandering days as the Black Swordsman was the period of his life known as the Golden Age. In Japanese, that's 黄金時代, pronounced おうごんじだい (OUGONJIDAI). It is a rathe...
2022-02-17 23:13:12 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody!
A Simpsons joke? Why the hell not.
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Join us as we time warp back to the 1980s, when action movies were king. We discuss what made this era of movies special, their influence on us, and naturally — their influence on Miura and the c...
2022-02-14 11:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A little while ago I posted what I believe is the first published painting of Kentarou Miura. Today I'm s...
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Today let's talk about a name that isn't in any of Berserk's volumes but that looms large over the series.
That name is "The Idea of Evil". In Japanese, the God of the Abyss (深淵の神, SH...
2022-02-04 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are some pictures of the newspaper ads for volume 41 that ran in Asahi Shimbun, the New York Times and Le Monde on December 24 & 25.
The collage at the beginning is at scale, althoug...
2022-01-28 23:26:19 +0000 UTC View Post
The Brand of Sacrifice is a key element in Berserk that gets developed in the eponymous second segment of the story. In Japanese, it's called 生贄の烙印, pronounced いけにえ の らくい...
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"Abyss" in Japanese is 深淵, pronounced しんえん (SHIN EN). The Abyss of the Astral World is a seldom talked about but significant place in Berserk. It is where the entity that created the Go...
2022-01-19 21:46:02 +0000 UTC View Post
On this episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast, we talk about Guts' weapon: the Dragon Slayer. From its core concept to its stripped down design and of course its depiction and the story, we go o...
2022-01-15 12:31:04 +0000 UTC View Post
This special poster depicting Casca was painted by Miura in 1999 and served among other thin...
2022-01-12 21:47:17 +0000 UTC View PostHi folks,
First, I want to show my sincere gratitude to you for your continuous support. It really boosts me up and I feel l'm not alone in trying to keep Miura's legacy alive.
When...
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2021 was not a good year for Berserk fans. In fact it was the worst of all, with the untimely passing of Miura-sensei on May 6.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to all of you for your ...
2022-01-01 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
For those who haven't received theirs yet or who missed out on it, here are some "unboxing" pictures of volume 41's special edition.
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