Berserk Creator Kentaro Miura Wanted to Make a Historical Manga After Finishing the Series

Kentaro Miura, the creator of Berserk, had ambitions that extended beyond the dark fantasy manga that made him one of the most influential artists in the medium. Although Miura never completed Berserk before his death in 2021, an older interview reveals that he hoped to eventually create a historical manga. Miura deliberately avoided making Berserk a straightforward historical story because he believed working within real-world history could limit his imagination. However, he did not reject historical manga entirely. Instead, he…