Dark Horse presents theBerserk Skate Deck Guts’ Rage in both a standard and foil print variant. Available via pre-order exclusively through Dark Horse Direct, these decks are inspired by a single page panel from volume 7 by the legendary Kentaro Miura. These skate decks bring Guts to life as he leads the Hawks and charges headfirst into the final clash at the Battle of Doldrey, a century-long struggle. The standard version offers a sharp red background, while the foil variant provides a crimson red metallic foil finish. The iconic Brand of Sacrifice can be found in black at the top and Berserk is in bold white lettering across the middle.
Each skate deck is made of seven piles of 100% American Maple, also known as Canadian Maple, and features artwork on the underside and natural wood on the topside. The artwork is full-color, heat-transfer printed, while the deck itself is a steep concave shape measuring 31.87” (81 cm) in length and 8.25” (21 cm) in width.
Whether you choose to mount this on a wall alongside your Berserk manga collection or you plan to take this for a ride, this skate deck is built for those who refuse to retreat. Each deck retails for $100.00 and is expected to ship between March – April 2026.
Dark Horse Direct presents an exclusive tribute to Kentaro Miura’s Berserk with the Berserk: Guts & Casca Bookends. Inspired by the chapter “Comrades in Arms” in Volume 9 of the bestselling manga series, this intricate set captures the profound relationship between two iconic characters as they stand back-to-back against a split tree. This set includes a certificate of authenticity, and features a hand-numbered base. Sculpted by Bigshot Toyworks with prototyping and paint from JW Productions, the bookends depicting this essential scene are expected to ship to customers in June-August 2025.
On one side, Guts stands in his battle-worn armor, wielding the first specialty sword made for him by legendary blacksmith Godo. On the other side, Casca mirrors resilience in armor that has been her shield in an unforgiving world. Together, they embody the solitude and solace shared in their quiet moments.
Crafted from polyresin and meticulously hand-painted, this set conveys their story’s raw emotion and beauty. Sized at approximately 8.75″ to the top of Guts’ head, 9″ to the top of the sword, width: 5.25″, depth: 5″, this stunning bookend set is destined to frame your Berserk manga collection!
Limited to 500 units, showcase the hope, love, and friendship that can overcome all odds! Pre-order the Berserk: Guts & Casca Bookends exclusively from Dark Horse Direct for $249.99.
The powerful loss of Kentaro Miura, the legendary mangaka and creator of Berserk, has been felt across the world. Miura-sensei’s lifelong friend and fellow manga creator, Kouji Mori, has taken on the immense task of leading Miura’s team at Studio Gaga in the quest to carry on the story and art of the Berserk saga. Dark Horse Manga will continue the English publication of this iconic series with Berserk Volume 42. This volume will contain 192 pages and measure 5.125” x 7.25” to match the standard paperback size of this series, and feature the series’ traditional double-sided bound-in color poster. It will fit right in with fans’ collections when it arrives in March 2025.
Previously in Berserk Volumes 40 and 41, Schierke and Farnese battled endless horrors to reach the dark secret that has imprisoned Casca’s mind since the shattering events of the Invocation of Doom. Though Casca reclaimed her sanity, she and Guts the Black Swordsman then faced the personal challenge of their reunion… and the harrowing memories of her gruesome ordeal.
The shocking appearance of Griffith on Elf Island has provoked rage and terror in Guts and Casca…and carved a rift into the enchanted isle itself, setting loose a corrosive horde of devourers from beneath the earth! If the Black Swordsman cannot rely upon even his legendary blade, then escape by ship seems the only hope for survival…but not everyone is leaving Elf Island together!
Continue the legacy whenBerserk Volume 42 arrives in bookstores on March 18, 2025 and in comic shops on March 19, 2025. It is now available to pre-order for $14.99 from TFAW, Amazon, Barnes and Noble or your local bookstore, or visit PRH Comics or Comic Shop Locator for more details and stores near you.
Monolith has revealed that they will be releasing Berserk, the miniature board game based on the manga by Kentarō Miura. The board game will featured a brand-new game system that is “accessible, rich and intuitive.”
Berserk debuted in 1989 and is published by Dark Horse Comics as its English publisher. Kentarō Miura, who passed away in 2021, worked on 41 volumes, while Kouji Mori has worked on volume 42 onwards. There’s over 60 million copies of the series in circulation as of September 2023.
The series centers around a lone swordsman Guts and a mercenary Griffith and Guts’ journey seeking revenge on Griffith who betrayed him.
Vault has announced Sanji, a new line of manga homage variant covers drawn by star artist Angela Wu and designed by Vault’s Executive Vice President of Branding & Design, Tim Daniel.
The first Sanji variant cover will be for Barbaric: Wrong Kind of Righteous #1. It will be an homage to Berserk, honoring the work of the immensely influential and beloved late master artist, Kentaro Miura. Then in 2024, Angie Hewitt’sLone #1 will feature an Uzumakihomage cover honoring the master horror artist, Junji Ito. After that, a previously teased series from Peter Milligan and Amalas Rosa will launch with a Pluto homage cover, honoring the groundbreaking work of Naoki Urasawa.
Each new Vault first issue in 2024 will release with a Sanji Manga homage variant which can be pre-ordered and purchased at local comic book stores everywhere. More Sanji manga homage variants will be announced in the coming months.
The moment Berserk fans have been waiting for is here! Dark Horse Manga presents BerserkDeluxe Edition Volume 14, coming in at over 500 pages presented in deluxe, oversized (7 ⅛” x 10 ⅛”) hardcover format. This volume collects creator Kentaro Miura’s final two volumes of Berserk along with the Berserk Official Guidebook and two fold-out color posters.
In Berserk 40 and 41, Schierke and Farnese battle endless horrors to reach the dark secret that has imprisoned Casca’s mind since the shattering events of the Invocation of Doom. But if they are successful and Casca reclaims her sanity, will she be able to face Guts the Black Swordsman and the harrowing memories of her gruesome ordeal he is sure to trigger?
The Berserk Official Guidebook is an essential roadmap to the sprawling Berserk universe, profusely illustrated, and includes author notes by Kentaro Miura that detail characters, creatures, settings, and stories from Berserk’s first 38 volumes.
Berserk Deluxe Edition Volume 14 arrives in bookstores November 21, 2023 and in comic shops November 22, 2023. It is now available to pre-order at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at your local comic shop and indie bookstore for $49.99.
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After 30-plus yearsand more than 3.5million copies sold, Kentaro Miura’s work on the beloved horror-fantasy manga comes to an end with Berserk Volume 41. Dark Horse Manga presents this final volume by Miura-sensei in English for the first time in trade paperback with a two-sided color poster insert.
Though released from the prison of her mind, Casca cannot escape reminders of the terrors she has experienced. And nothing triggers these harrowing memories more than Guts the Black Swordsman, who faced those same horrors in his relentless quest to see Casca healed. But could the reappearance of a strange, mute boy be the key to bringing peace to Casca’s troubled soul?
Berserk Volume 41 TPBwill be available at comic stores November 9, 2022 and in bookstores November 22, 2022. It is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at your local comic shop and bookstore. Berserk Volume 41 will retail for $14.99.
The passing of legendary manga writer/artist Kentaro Miura will either get veteran fans of his Berserkseries revisiting the dark fantasy world he created for his giant sword-wielding warrior, Guts, or new fans looking to finally take the plunge into the sprawling epic.
Whichever the case, engaging with the first book of the series means experiencing a brutal read with monsters and other creatures that’ll make you readjust your fingers at the edges of the page so as not to touch the horrors Miura committed to it. This is certainly the case with the first pages of Berserk book 1, in which Guts is having sex with a woman that quickly turns into a monstrosity that looks like something straight out of an H.R. Giger nightmare and tries to kill him. It sets the tone for the type of story Berserk while tell.
Berserk follows the now iconic Guts, also known as the Black Swordsman, as he embarks on a journey fueled by revenge. Guts is branded with a symbol that attracts murderous demons towards him, forcing him into a life of isolation. The revenge aspect of the story centers on a character named Griffith that might or might not be responsible for Guts’ supernatural affliction.
Miura presents Guts to readers, in the first book, as the perfect man to deal with the violence and chaos that governs his medieval Europe setting. It’s a dark state of affairs that is overwhelmingly ugly and ever present. Death and gore is the status quo, which explains why Guts carries a giant broadsword that cuts people into pieces after a single swipe. The weapon is a reflection of how bad things are, and in Berserk’s case, things are quite bad.
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We get a taste of this in the events that follow the aforementioned sex scene that opens the story. Almost immediately after the incident, Guts is faced with a group of bandits and soldiers that are throwing knives at a Pisky elf called Puck for their own deranged amusement.
Guts makes a bloody mess of the corrupt men for what seems to be a righteous motive, but it ends up being about sending a message to their leader, a humanoid snake demon that ends up giving Guts a particularly gruesome fight as he reveals his true form.
This is all meant to establish Guts as a kind of antihero character. His mission is purely personal and his commitment to the innocent people he meets along the way initially hinges on personal gain. Guts isn’t a hero here. He’s a hardened, near maniacal force of visceral violence that responds to his cursed reality in kind.
I characterize Guts as maniacal for the bleak outlook he has towards life, its worth, and how individuals who die on his watch are more a reflection of their own flaws rather than his. The Black Swordsman has little tolerance for weakness and takes no responsibility for the deaths of those who fall in combat around him. In some instances, he even laughs while explaining this, showing little regard for the misguided moral expectations others decide to put on him.
What’s impressive about how Miura introduces Guts to readers is that a considerable portion of his character development comes through violence rather than expository text. We get to know this man through the carnage he rains down on his enemies, and it’s not all done for the sake of bloodletting.
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There’s a kind of sadness to his existence knowing he doesn’t fight for glory or for the safety of others. By fighting for revenge, Guts is put on a road of no return, and he seems to be aware of it. Ruin is sure to follow and we as readers are given the necessary story elements to be able to foresee this and think on the cruelties of fate. It’s just awe-inspiring how Miura manages to achieve this level of storytelling through action rather than dialogue or narration.
Kentaro Miura’s Berserk has one of the best first books of a series in the history of manga and it does an admirable job of setting up a world and a main character that have no choice other than being iconic. Forget about the reasons you need to experience this book, just make sure you do and know that there’s a lot more waiting for those brave enough to stay the path.
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