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Kentaro Miura’sBerserkis a world-renowned phenomenon and has stolen the hearts of every dark fantasy otaku. His iconic art style is loved by fans and is very rare. Very few people know how to blend a gritty manga with an equally gritty art, but, Miura has been a great success in the field.
Be it his tragic characters or wonderful world setting, Miura has created a masterpiece viaBerserk. Of course, several other works of art surprised and inspired the mangaka to create his classic manga. In an interview, the author admitted the person whose art style he has idolized.
Kentaro Miura Fesses Up His Biggest Influence
Inan interview,Kentaro Miurawas asked about the greatest cartoonist, director, or movie that hadinspired him. In response, the author confessed that he is a fan of Go Nagai, the pioneer of the mecha robot genre.
Go Nagai is a Japanese mangaka who has created some of the most classic anime. He is also the mangaka behindDevilman, which later inspired theDevillman Crybabyanime series. In fact, a complete Go Nagai Wonderland Museum was also dedicated to him in 2009.
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Kentaro Miura wasextremely vocalabout his favoritism toward Go Nagai:
I like Mr. Go Nagai, I believe he’s very famous in the U.S. He has a big influence on me. I love his dynamic style.
Kentaro Miura is known for his signaturegrittystyle inBerserk.It is partly because of his extremely hard-to-attempt art style that fans have still not received a true anime adaptation ofBerserkyet. According to Miura, he loves the dynamic art style of Nagai, which perhaps had an impact onBerserkas well.
Both Go Nagai and Kentaro Miura have a shaded drawing style where characters are given a lot of depth through extensive use of shadows. Both prefer to fill their subjects rather than to leave more blank areas.
Of course, due to Go Nagai’s works, he had already made a name for himself in the US. Go Nagai was famous for the franchises that were spun from his original works.
Go Nagai’s Biggest Mistake
Throughout the last few decades, Go Nagai presented us with his creative expertise. His creations have become phenomenal in Japanese literature. Some of his most famous creations areCutie Honey, Devilman, andMazinger Z. Each of his works stands apart for its exclusivity.
2018 ONA,Devilman Crybabyis also inspired by Go Nagai’s mangaDevilman. The release of the series was a much-anticipated event, but the episodes were not able to satisfy fans. The biggest problem includes the fact that it has some glaring plot holes.
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Many fans have also pointed out pacing issues with the anime. It is not entirely faithful to the manga because it is just an inspired series. However, many fans were expecting a truer adaptation, which made people displeased when it turned out that Devilman Crybaby’s story did not resemble the original series.
Other complaints against the adaptation included late pickup of the plot and underdeveloped characters. Apparently, it did not live up to the extreme hype it was preceded by.
You can watch theBerserkand theDevilman Crybabyanime on Crunchyroll .
Aaheli Pradhan
Anime Content Writer
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Aaheli is an Anime Content Writer at FandomWire with 1300+ published articles. With five years of experience under her belt, she is a living, breathing encyclopedia for anime and manga. From Shonen and Shojo to the most niche anime, nothing escapes her radar. Her poisons of choice are Assassination Classroom, Gintama, Ouran High School Host Club and every Ghibli movie ever. She believes in living a slow life, surrounded by incomplete art projects and her beloved cats.
