#RIP Kentaro Miura

Kentaro Miura, the author of the cult long-running manga series Berserk is dead.

He was the author of several other great one-shots (Japan) and shorter manga (Gigantomakhia).

But he was mostly known for his work on the dark medieval/fantasy adult (seinen) series Berserk.

Which has been translated and published all over the world. The last few volumes have been published pretty slowly, with pretty long gaps in between them. But when a new volume was released it was an event, it wast unsurprising to see a new volume of Berserk get in the top sellers in countries like France, Italy, Germany, etc.

His writing was unique, but more importantly he was was a master like no other, capable of producing some of the finest art in manga. Fans will sorely miss the man, the legend. Berserk was slowly but surely coming to a long-promised end game..

It was just announced hedied of acute aortic dissection at age 54. And I've been trying to write this post for an hour since I learned the news. But I know I couldn't start focusing on my work without writing these words first..

RIP Kentaro Miura.

Source: livedoornews