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Messages to Kentarou Miura: Kouji Mori (1)
This post is now available to Bronze patrons. Thank you for your support!Page 01Mori: On May 14, 2021, Miura’s family and my wife and I saw off Miura Kentarou.Mori: I was in a complete stupor…Mori: Is it real?Mori: I felt like he was going to get up, saying “Hmm? Mori-chan?”Mori: What are you doing now, Miura...
Podcast #11: Casual talk about video games
Merry Christmas everyone! In the spirit of giving for the holidays, we recorded a bonus podcast just for you guys. It's a non-Berserk talk where Walter & Aazealh just casually chat about what video games they're currently playing and what they're looking for in 2022. And you won't believe it, but we don...
Message to the fans in volume 41
Here is a rough translation from Aazealh of the message to the fans at the end of volume 41. It is very similar to the one that was published in Young Animal #18 alongside episode 364 and contains no new information.---------------To all the fans,Thank you for reading "Berserk" and for your continued support.Th...
Some information about Dur-An-Ki
Also posting some information gathered from looking through the digital edition of Dur-An-Ki, which is available right now from Hakusensha-e. Here is a link to our guide if you're unfamiliar with the website and wish to purchase the volumes that way.The cover is from Miura himself, while the two posters inside (alr...
Some information about volume 41
Hi everyone,Volume 41 of Berserk is now available to purchase on hakusensha-e.net. Duranki is available as well and contains a lot of previously unseen content about Miura's plans for that series. Here is a link to our guide if you're unfamiliar with the website and wish to purchase the volumes that way.And now...
Learning Japanese with Berserk: Lost Children
Well, I'd say I "gotcha" with this one, but the picture pretty much gives it away. I'm talking about the fact "Lost Children" is actually written in katakana from English, of course. It's a direct transliteration, which gives us ロスト・チルドレン (ROSUTO CHIRUDOREN).You'll noti...
Miura's first published painting
Here is probably the first painting of Miura that was ever published. It appeared in a special issue magazine that Hakusensha released between the last issue of Monthly ComiComi (December 1988 issue, released in October) and the first issue of Monthly Animal House (May 1989 issue, released in March), which took over fr...
Messages to Kentarou Miura: Takashi Hoshi (4)
This post is now available to Bronze patrons. Thank you for your support!-----Part 1 of this translation can be found here.Part 2 of this translation can be found here.Part 3 of this translation can be found here.Also, I’m reporting to you that we had actually been elaborating a plan for an original work together (1)...
Podcast #10: Casca
We revisit the main heroine of Berserk and her difficult role in the story. From her introduction during the Golden Age, her survival of the Eclipse, her years as a shell of herself where she's paradoxically the one thing keeping Guts sane, and why she is the one and only woman for him.Want more of the podcast? Cli...
Learning Japanese with Berserk: Desire
Recently we talked about words for "angel" used in Berserk, of course in reference to the "Guardian Angels of Desire", A.K.A. the God Hand. But what about desire? Well, in Berserk, the word used is 欲望, pronounced よくぼう (YOKUBOU). It's a common word for desire in Japanese, with no particul...
Uses of the word "angel" in Berserk
The word "angel" has a very specific association to the God Hand in Berserk. But it isn't used all that often, and different words are used throughout the manga. Let's take a closer look.● The first occurrence is in volume 1, with the title 欲望の守護天使, pronounced よくぼうのしゅごて...
Learning Japanese with Berserk: The Red Lake
In volume 14, we're introduced to Farnese and her Knights of the Holy Iron Chain just as they find the prophesized Red Lake that marks the advent of the Falcon of Darkness. In Japanese, the words used for "red lake" are 赤き湖, pronounced あかき みずうみ (AKAKI MIZUUMI).赤 (AKA) means red, and if...
Messages to Kentarou Miura: Takashi Hoshi (3)
This post is now accessible to Bronze patrons. Thank you for your support!-----Part 1 of this translation can be found here.Part 2 of this translation can be found here.Given those conditions, I repeated to myself that I should expect (it to be) “very rough”, “really rough”. However, whenever we met, he offered...
Rare Puck figurines
Here are a couple of Puck figurines I acquired online in the mid-2000s.All information I had on them is lost to time as my early efforts to document all things Berserk were tragically lost years ago when my HDD went bust. However I'm pretty sure they were sold during one of the Wonder Festivals at the time (where n...
Why "God Hand" and not "Godhand"
You know what really grinds my gears? People who don't write proper nouns properly. Well, it doesn't actually bother me all that much but I needed an excuse to talk about this topic so here we are.In Japanese, God Hand is written in Katakana: ゴッド・ハンド. That is why it should be "God Hand" in...
Messages to Kentarou Miura: Takashi Hoshi (2)
This post is now accessible to Bronze patrons. Thank you for your support!-----Part 1 of this translation can be found here.I'm not specifically choosing to talk about his work. However, in those days Miura-nii, who dedicated his whole life to manga, was always searching for "something to create, something that...
Podcast #9: Discovering Berserk in the Future
Following a work as it is released is quite a different experience from finding out about it years after all's said and done. In this mini-podcast Walter and Aazealh recount their own encounters and explore how Berserk might be different for future readers.Want more of the podcast? Click here for the public episode...
Checking out the Berserk Exhibition's painting reproductions
Here's a few more pictures of goods sold at the Berserk exhibition, focusing on paintings this time. The Berserk volumes are there to give an idea of the scale. Note that the illustrations are still shrink-wrapped in the photos.Several types of color reproductions are being offered at the event (I'm using the p...
Learning Japanese with Berserk: Immortal
Remind me, which is the correct one: "Nosferatu Zodd", or "Zodd the Immortal"?Trick question, of course: it's both.As you can see in the image above, ノスフェラトゥ (Nosferatu, spelled like the title of the 1922 movie) is written next to 不死の. Text written like this is called furigana, a...
A look at some of the Big Berserk Exhibition goods
I (Aazealh) was lucky to have an acquaintance in Tokyo who attended the Berserk Exhibition and was willing and able to purchase some goods on my behalf. Those items should eventually be purchasable online, meaning fans outside of Japan should be able to get their hands on them without having to pay triple price to a sc...
Messages to Kentarou Miura: Takashi Hoshi (1)
This post is now available to Bronze patrons. Thank you for your support!-----A story about Miura Kentarou-niiGreetings, readers of Young Animal, it has been a long time. I’m Hoshi Takashi, the author of Schäferhund (2). This time, being told that I was given a space, I thought very hard about “what on earth shoul...
Learning Japanese with Berserk: Witch
As Halloween approaches, what better topic than witches! Of course, in Berserk the word is most closely associated with Schierke and her late teacher, Flora. But we even got to see a very traditional witch recently, in episode 361, with the one and only Volvaba.In Japanese, the word for "witch" is 魔女. It is...
Why Gaizeric with a 'Z'
A little while ago, I teased that "Gaiseric", the name of the mythical emperor who conquered an entire continent a thousand years before the events of Berserk, should actually be spelled "Gaizeric".Why is that, you might ask? After all, "Gaiseric" isn't something Miura came up with, it's...
An old diorama of Puck as Gundam RX-78-2
Japan is a golden land for hobbyists. Among other things, twice a year there's a big convention in Tokyo called the "Wonder Festival" or Wonderfest for short where anyone can buy a temporary license to sell small series of products based on many intellectual properties.Some of the most interesting Berserk m...
Dragon Slayer paper knives
Today the organisers of the Great Berserk Exhibition revealed a new bonus available for the attendees of the Osaka edition. It's a Dragon Slayer paper knife and... it looks pretty good! I happen to have two Dragon Slayer paper knives already, but I'll take a third, no problem. 😏The first one is actually a pa...
Interview between Miura and Persona's developers (Part 3)
This post is now accessible to Bronze patrons. Thank you for your support!Part 1 of this interview can be found here.Part 2 of this interview can be found here.Puella is now working on the "Messages to Kentarou Miura" material, starting with Takashi Hoshi's story about how he met Miura, and the back story b...
Learning Japanese with Berserk: "The Schnoz"
Now that's what I call an easy word to write! Yeah, no it's not. But amazingly, that's the word Schierke uses to describe some of the creatures she and Guts' group encounter when they venture into the Qliphoth, in volume 25. The most famous of these is the "face monster" that Puck & Ivalera end ...
Podcast #8: Berserk video games
This month's special Patreon podcast is all about video games. Walter and Aazealh give their thoughts on the Berserk video games of the past, but also discuss what they would like to see in future games.Want more of the podcast? Click here for the public episodes.P.S. By the way, we're looking into setting up a...
The Bearded Skeleton
Is there a more beloved character in Berserk than the pirate boss? Well, yes. But he's still pretty cool! In volume 35 (episode 309), he finally introduces himself to Roderick and crew.He goes by the nickname "Bearded Skeleton" (髭骸骨) and commands a ship called the "Captain Shark Rider" (キャ...
Flying the Falcon's colors
The Berserk exhibition featured a banner for the Band of the Falcon amongst its more original displays.Interestingly, a flag of the Band of the Falcon's emblem was once sold as merchandise in the late nineties, following the release of the TV series. Like most goods from that era, it was produced by Movic. It's...
