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Kentaro Miura.

Kentarō Miura (三浦建太郎 Miura Kentarō?, born 11 July 1966) is a Japanese manga artist best known for his popular dark fantasy manga, Berserk.

Since the age of 10 Miura has been a mangaka. His first work titled Miuranger was for his class mates, and appeared in some of his school’s publications. As time progressed, Miuranger ended up finishing at around 40 volumes. After this Miura began work on Ken e No Michi (The Way Of The Sword) - his first work drawn using Indian ink. In 1979 while still in Middle School Miura began using rasters for his work, and trained himself to use professional drawing methods.

In 1982 he enrolled in an artistic curriculum in high school, where together with his friends they had their work published in school booklets, as well as having his first dojinshi published in a fan produced magazine.

In 1985 Miura was accepted onto an art course at Niho Daigaku University. He started two more works during this time: Futanabi and Noa - which may have been the work he showed to gain entry to the University in the first place. Futanabi and Noa were also submitted to the Shonen magazine, the magazine awarding Miura a prize for the best new author for Futanabi, and they actually published Noa in their magazine towards the end of that year. However the publications were short lived; Miura had a difference of opinion with one of the editors, and no further work was published.

In 1988 came the first appearance of Berserk. The 48 page manga - now known as the Berserk Prototype, resembles a preview of the actual manga, with some key differences. It won Miura a prize from the Comi Manga School.

Having finished his course and receiving his doctorate in 1989 he began another work called Ohroh (The Wolf King) which is based on a script written by Yoshiyuki "Buronson" Okamura, creator of Hokuto no Ken, of Fist of the North Star fame. Ohroh was published in the monthly Japanese Animal House magazine in issues 5 and 7 of that year. The 10th issue of Animal House that year saw the first ever, and only publication for that year of Miura's solo work Berserk. The year ending with Ohroh being released as a stand alone manga volume.

From the 2nd to the 6th issues of Animal House in 1990, a follow up to Ohroh was published. Entitled Ohrohden (The Legend of the Wolf King), it too is based on a script by Okamura. Ohrohden received a stand alone volume release that same year. The first volume of Berserk was also released this same year, however it had limited success. It isn’t until the release of The Golden Age Arc that Berserk finally found popularity and success.

Another joint effort between Miura and Okamura in the 1992 work Japan, appearing in issues 1 to 8 of Animal House for that year, again with stand alone manga volumes following later in the year. At the end of this year Miura decided to dedicate himself solely to working on Berserk.

1997 saw the release of various art books and supplements by Miura based on Berserk as well as Miura overseeing the production of a 25 episode animated series to be aired on Nihon TV in Japan. Since then the manga has made its way to 26 released volumes, as well as having picked up a cultural award for Miura in 2002 earning him one million yen. The series has also spawned a whole host of merchandise, both official and fan made, ranging from statues, actions figures, video games, and a trading card game.

In 2013 Miura began work on a short 6 chapter mini series known as Gigantomakhia.

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+'''Kentarō Miura''' (三浦 建太郎 Miura Kentarō?, born 11 July 1966) is a Japanese manga artist best known for his popular dark fantasy manga, ''Berserk''.
-'''Kentaro Miura''' was born in Chiba, Japan on the 11th of July 1966.
-In 1976, in primary school and being only ten years of age, Miura was already working on a manga. This first work titled "Miuranger" was said to be made for his class mates, and appeared in some of the school’s publications and books. As time progressed, "Miuranger" ended up finishing at around 40 volumes. A year later, Miura was working on his next work entitled "Ken e No Michi" or "The Way Of The Sword" - his first work drawn using Indian ink. By 1979 and in middle school, Miura had began using rasters for his work, and had oriented himself to use professional drawing methods.
+Since the age of 10 Miura has been a mangaka. His first work titled ''Miuranger'' was for his class mates, and appeared in some of his school’s publications. As time progressed, ''Miuranger'' ended up finishing at around 40 volumes. After this Miura began work on ''Ken e No Michi'' (The Way Of The Sword) - his first work drawn using Indian ink. In 1979 while still in Middle School Miura began using rasters for his work, and trained himself to use professional drawing methods.
-In 1982 he enrolled in an artistic curriculum in high school, where together with his friends and class mates they had their work published in school booklets, as well as having his first dojinshi published in a fan produced magazine.
+In 1982 he enrolled in an artistic curriculum in high school, where together with his friends they had their work published in school booklets, as well as having his first dojinshi published in a fan produced magazine.
-Busy times for Mr. Miura in 1985. Miura applied for, and was accepted into an art course at the Niho Daigaku University. Two more works are started this year also, "Futanabi" and "Noa" - which may have been the work he showed to gain entry to the University in the first place. "Futanabi" and "Noa" where also submitted to the Shonen magazine, the magazine awarding Miura a prize for the best new author for "Futanabi", and they actually published "Noa" in their magazine towards the end of that year. However the publications were short lived; Miura had a difference of opinion with one of, or the editor, and no further work was published. This apparently starts some hard times for Mr. Miura.
+In 1985 Miura was accepted onto an art course at Niho Daigaku University. He started two more works during this time: ''Futanabi'' and ''Noa'' - which may have been the work he showed to gain entry to the University in the first place. ''Futanabi'' and ''Noa'' were also submitted to the Shonen magazine, the magazine awarding Miura a prize for the best new author for ''Futanabi'', and they actually published ''Noa'' in their magazine towards the end of that year. However the publications were short lived; Miura had a difference of opinion with one of the editors, and no further work was published.
-With 1988 came the first appearance of his "[[Berserk (Manga)|Berserk]]". The 48 page manga - which we know today as the "[[Chapter 00|Berserk Prototype]]", it was sort of a preview of things to come, but not quite the Berserk we know and love today. Still, it wins Miura a prize from the Comi Manga School and things start to look up.
+In 1988 came the first appearance of'' [[Berserk (Manga)|Berserk]]''. The 48 page manga - now known as the [[Chapter 00|''Berserk Prototype'']], resembles a preview of the actual manga, with some key differences. It won Miura a prize from the Comi Manga School.
 [[Image:Miura's Work.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Miura at work.]]
-Having finished his course, receiving a doctorate, in 1989 sees yet another work, entitle "Ohroh" or "The Wolf King" which is based on a script written by Yoshiyuki "Buronson" Okamura, creator of "Hokuto no Ken", of Fist of the North Star fame. "Ohroh" is published in the monthly Japanese Animal House magazine, in issues 5 and 7 for that year. The 10th issue of Animal House that year saw the first ever, and only publication for that year of Miura's solo work "Berserk". The year ending with "Ohroh" being released as a stand alone manga volume.
+Having finished his course and receiving his doctorate in 1989 he began another work called ''Ohroh'' (The Wolf King) which is based on a script written by Yoshiyuki "Buronson" Okamura, creator of ''Hokuto no Ken'', of Fist of the North Star fame. ''Ohroh'' was published in the monthly Japanese Animal House magazine in issues 5 and 7 of that year. The 10th issue of Animal House that year saw the first ever, and only publication for that year of Miura's solo work ''Berserk''. The year ending with ''Ohroh'' being released as a stand alone manga volume.
-From the 2nd to the 6th issues of Animal House in 1990, a follow up to "Ohroh" is published. Entitled "Ohrohden" or "The Legend of the Wolf King", it too is based on a script by Okamura. "Ohrohden" receives a stand alone volume release that same year, but more importantly the first volume of what we know today as "Berserk" was released, though it only enjoyed limited success. It isn’t until a whole year later, with the release of the story arc entitled "The Golden Age" did "Berserk" find a degree of popularity and success.
+From the 2nd to the 6th issues of Animal House in 1990, a follow up to ''Ohroh'' was published. Entitled ''Ohrohden'' (The Legend of the Wolf King), it too is based on a script by Okamura. ''Ohrohden'' received a stand alone volume release that same year. The first volume of ''Berserk'' was also released this same year, however it had limited success. It isn’t until the release of The Golden Age Arc that ''Berserk'' finally found popularity and success.
-Yet another joint effort between Miura and Okamura in the 1992 work "Japan", appearing in issues 1 through to 8 of Animal House for that year, again with stand alone manga volumes following later in the year. The year ends with "Berserk", currently only being released in volumes, again being taken up, but this time by the Japanese magazine Young Animal where it has enjoyed serialization ever since. That year, Miura decides to dedicate himself solely to working on "Berserk".
+Another joint effort between Miura and Okamura in the 1992 work ''Japan'', appearing in issues 1 to 8 of Animal House for that year, again with stand alone manga volumes following later in the year. At the end of this year Miura decided to dedicate himself solely to working on ''Berserk''.
-saw the release of various art books and supplements by Miura based on "Berserk" as well as Miura overseeing the production of a 25 episode animated series based on his "Berserk" to be aired on Nihon TV in Japan. Since then in more recent times, the manga has made its way to 26 released volumes, 27 just around the corner and it is still going strong and with no end in sight, as well as having picked up a cultural award, second place supposedly, for Miura in 2002 earning him one million yen. The series has also spawned a whole host of merchandise, both official and fan made, ranging from statues, actions figures to key rings, video games, and a trading card game.
+saw the release of various art books and supplements by Miura based on ''Berserk'' as well as Miura overseeing the production of a 25 episode animated series to be aired on Nihon TV in Japan. Since then the manga has made its way to 26 released volumes, as well as having picked up a cultural award for Miura in 2002 earning him one million yen. The series has also spawned a whole host of merchandise, both official and fan made, ranging from statues, actions figures, video games, and a trading card game.
+In 2013 Miura began work on a short 6 chapter mini series known as [[Gigantomakhia|''Gigantomakhia'']].[[Category:Real-World Articles]]
-Both the manga and the anime have had success outside Japan, with both already available throughout Europe having been translated into various other languages from its original Japanese. America has just been privy to the release of the anime resulting in a push for more to be created, and possibly indirectly bringing about an official English release of the manga, the first three volumes available for purchase in the States as of now.
-In 2013 Miura began work on a short 6 chapter mini series known as [[Gigantomakhia]].
-[[Category:Real-World Articles]]