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So, I started reading Berserk a while ago, because I've been hearing nothing but praise. Appernetly it's the best manga ever in all regards. I'm currently at chapter 305.
Now, the story is really good and the characters are very intriguing.
But the art... I honestly wasn't ready for that. It started out pretty good already, but the further the series went along the more amazing it got. And right now, during the entire Band of Hawks vs. Kushan demon army fight, I can honestly say, I've never seen such amazing art in any manga i've ever read.
Especially being a hobby artist, this is just purse insipration.

Anyway that's my 2 cents.
finally made it here from the claymore thread....:kukuku
i know man...most mangaka's just glane past the backgrounds...but miura's is intense in each and every panel....:thumbs
 

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PS I checked you deviantart, you like to draw pokemons a lot! Compared to you I'm not that productive :D
Anyway I'm glad that there's still people out there who start reading Berserk. I miss that feeling when you just start reading it, and you can't stop because it's so good. I think I read everything in 3 days without getting much sleep lol.
I'm actually not that productive, I'm very slow at drawing :D And the pokemon thing is a mix between a nostalgia and practise project, that's why there's so many of them.
It is a cool thing to read an endless amount of chapters in a row. Though I tend to get sucked in the world so strong sometimes that it's weird to just do normal things afterwards.

finally made it here from the claymore thread....:kukuku
i know man...most mangaka's just glane past the backgrounds...but miura's is intense in each and every panel....:thumbs
I actually haven't read Claymore yet :D I might do that sometime in the future though.
Before this I've been mainly active in the forums of the big three and for shorter periods of time in the Toriko and Shingeki no Kyojin threads.

He does indeed work every panel, no matter how small. I honestly can't imagine how long it takes him to finish one chapter.
While I was reading some chapters today I stumbled on this panel http://www.mangapanda.com/96-1155-7/berserk/chapter-299.html and was staring at it for literally 4 to 5 minutes. No dialogue, just five demons standing next to each other, but such a powerful illustration.
 

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He does indeed work every panel, no matter how small. I honestly can't imagine how long it takes him to finish one chapter.
While I was reading some chapters today I stumbled on this panel http://www.mangapanda.com/96-1155-7/berserk/chapter-299.html and was staring at it for literally 4 to 5 minutes. No dialogue, just five demons standing next to each other, but such a powerful illustration.
Yeah It's pretty powerful, and it would take him a whole day to finish it. I read somewhere that he works 16 hours a day. I'm not sure if it's true but if it is then he must be very exhausted. Thankfully he has assistants called Studio Gaga, and they can do the inking or sometimes draw some panels, but the spreads are definitely his work because of the amount of detail in them.His work reminds me of Gustave Doré, a french illustrator and engraver.Miura's drawing have all these lines and complex shading, it almost feels like the product of engraving and not just a drawing.
 

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Posted this in the Young Animal thread on MH, it seems like a nice preparation for the chapter that is coming to us next week. :nod Good to see such a tribute. :)

Source: skullknight
Credits: Walter

In the latest Young Animal (May 9 -- No. 10), Miura drew a tribute for March Comes Like a Lion's 100th episode. As fans may know, he's good friends with that series' author, Chika Umino. Needless to say, Miura's tribute was by far the most impressive.




Obviously, it's depicting that series' characters in Berserk's Fantasia. Aaaaand there's a dwarf! Berserk's first true dwarf designs, confirmed? :badbone: The girl on the far right also has a Falconian wing crest on her hat... Interesting.



Also of note in the issue was this, which was associated with March's 100th episode. Either one or all three of these guys are Miura. Different sides of the same guy? Different guys altogether? Dunno. But his name is definitely there in the top right.
 

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And here we go again...Jeez can't he just put himself together and give us 3 or 4 chapters in a row? Really I'm fed up with all this, it's even worse than before.
Apparently some guys on sk.net say that Miura may have or had a thing for Chica Umino, another mangaka from YA. They're friends, but maybe it's more than that. It could explain why he's not really focused lol.
 

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He's actually done a bunch of art tributes to her and her current series...so it might not be far-fetched
 

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This was the latest it seems and it really was the highlight were it could not be ignored he has a thing now. XD

Otherwise amusing how Miura let's something misguide him from his work, first it was the game he played, now this love thing lol, is he looking for more inspiration?

Otherwise Berserk should be "season" manga, one chapter in winter, one in spring, one in summer, one in fall. :D
 

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what is the drama about...we get a chap in a few days...
next month is june....

:cookiehand summer:heh
 

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:heh u.u
 

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Or could be September.
 

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So is now Berserk a monthly manga, instead of bi-weekly? From what we saw with these two chapters it could indicate that.
 

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It's irregular, bottom line, but no idea why Miura just does not make it monthly, or even bi-monthly ... or something involving months, lol. :XD The thing is I think 19 pages are not monthly capacity, and that is how much we get now, for it to be monthly it needs to have around 30 pages, at least, 50 at most ... with the current state we get a 19 page chapter every 2-3 months. :s Or even longer hiatuses. SO yeah he needs to up the pages if he is to make a monthly regular I think.
 

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jojo...the man is an artist...can't rush him
maybe,it just boils down too...sometimes he's just not feeling the vibe

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what i wonder is how comic artist/mangakas take long breaks and come back with their same art style crisp....amazing when you see this...miura being one/stan lee being another...great artist...
in the comic book world,up there with the picassos of drawin and stephen kings of story telling:thumbs
i know some artist get better/different style as stories go along...this is where you see the change in art...
but berserk...i think we've seen consistence and the growth of guts and muira...both in appearance and age:hee especially his backgrounds now:faint
but,in other instances....i think other mangakas/comics artist after a hiatus just blatantly forget how to draw their respective creations...hence their change in art
 

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It's irregular, bottom line, but no idea why Miura just does not make it monthly, or even bi-monthly ... or something involving months, lol. :XD The thing is I think 19 pages are not monthly capacity, and that is how much we get now, for it to be monthly it needs to have around 30 pages, at least, 50 at most ... with the current state we get a 19 page chapter every 2-3 months. :s Or even longer hiatuses. SO yeah he needs to up the pages if he is to make a monthly regular I think.
Exactly. If a manga like SnK can have 40 pages or something, but comes out once a month, I think we'd all benefit from Berserk becoming a monthly manga.He can still take breaks if he wants, but if he were to release a chapter, it would have like 40 or 50 pages, instead of just 19 pages. I really feel cheated right now because it simply isn't worth it to wait all this time for just 19 pages. Also Berserk has been out for more than 20 years, it's about time we get a conclusion.If we don't rush him, Miura will never finish it, and prolly die before that happens.
 

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are you trolling my lady:heh
how can you rush art...this isn't a sitcom or reality show filming a season/s ahead of release/s....
it is an artistic work...i feel you guys passion...but it's like asking beethoven (if you could)...when is he going to put out another piece???

:XD

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the answer to all your questions guys is.....
MUIRA HAS EVERY PUBLISHER BY THE BALLSACK....
who wouldn't jump on the chance to have their magazine feature BERSERK:victory
 

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At this point it's not just art, it's more like laziness. Forgive me if I sound harsh, but Miura needs to get his shit together, and finish it in less than 10 years. How long has it been since Guts has set for Elfhelm and he's still not there? It's prolly more than 2 or 3 years.Sure every release of the tankobon is a success, but at the same time people are becoming more and more impatient. At this rate we'll be 80 before the manga is finished, unless Miura dies before that :gwah
 
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