Interestingnews for the anime and manga communitywas revealed on June 7, when the publisher Hakusensha reported that the late Kentaro Miura’sBerserkwould be making a return to their Young Animal magazine.Berserk’slast issue was released in September 2021, four months after the author’s passing.The legendary dark fantasy title will be published in Young Animal’s 13th issue from June 24, with the news being revealed on theBerserkofficial Twitter account. The tweet can be found below. The news of the series' return comes after the initial decision to leave the series at 364 chapters.
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After thanking fans and readers ofBerserkfor their continued support and love following the passing of author Kentaro Miura, the announcement revealed the plans to continue theBerserkproject, which will be continued from June 24, with six chapters to finalize the Elf Island Chapter before moving on to a new arc. Miura’s experimentation with new characters, storylines, and devices forBerserkwas shared with his best friend and consultant, Kouji Mori, and assistants throughout his career. Theseries has been serialized since 1990.
Mori will be supervising the project, which Miura’s team, Studio Gaga, seeks to continue with the basic objective of attempting to achieve what Miura had wanted for the series. Miura’s vision is the main priority for the continuation; which, after the conclusion of the Elf Island/Fantasia Arc, will be credited as “Original Work by Kentaro Miura, manga by Studio Gaga, supervised by Kouji Mori”. The numbering of the volumes released from here on out will continue from the series.
The announcement highlights that it is not possible for Miura’s assistants and confidants to perfectly create a manuscript that will perfectly capture his vision, but assures fans that every decision made by the team will be on the basis of it having been discussed with Miura before his passing. Mori recounts working on a manuscript with Miura over 30 years ago, a time in which Miura set out his vision for the story’s entirety, down to the last chapter.
Since then, Mori claims that the series has gone exactly as Miura had planned, and beyond that, he has full knowledge ofwhat Miura had envisionedfor the story to the very end. With the staff at Studio Gaga’s desire to complete the series and Mori’s knowledge, it was deemed possible to seeBerserkto the very end.
