Berserk Deluxe Volume 4
Berserk Deluxe Volume 4 book cover

Berserk Deluxe Volume 4

Hardcover – Illustrated, March 10, 2020

Price
$35.65
Format
Hardcover
Pages
704
Publisher
Dark Horse Manga
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1506715216
Dimensions
7.3 x 1.99 x 10.25 inches
Weight
4.1 pounds

Description

While attending college at Nihon University, in 1988, Kentaro Miura debuted a 48-page manga known as Berserk Prototype, an introduction to the current Berserk fantasy world. It went on to win Miura a prize from the Comi Manga School. In 1989, after receiving a doctorate degree, Kentarou started a project titled King of Wolves based on a script by Buronson, writer of Hokuto no Ken ( Fist Of The North Star ).In 1990, the first volume Berserk was released with a relatively limited success. Miura again collaborated with Buronson on manga entitled Japan . Miura's fame grew after Berserk began "The Golden Age" story arc and the huge success of this masterpiece made of him one of the most prominent contemporary manga artists.In 1997, Miura supervised the production of 25 anime episodes of Berserk that aired in the same year on NTV. The series has also spawned a whole host of merchandise, both official and fan made, ranging from statues and action figures, to key rings, video games, and a trading card game. In 2002, Kentaro Miura received the second place in the Tezuka Osamu ( Astro Boy ) Cultural Prize of Excellence for Berserk . The author lives in Tokyo, Japan.

Features & Highlights

  • The acclaimed adult fantasy/horror manga now in 7x10 deluxe hardcover editions!
  • Guts, the feared Black Swordsman, has saved the Band of the Hawk mercenaries from annihilation at the hands of the army of Midland, but he must now descend into the dungeons of Windham Castle to liberate Griffith, the Hawks' charismatic leader. Imprisoned and tortured for his tryst with the King of Midland's daughter, the flayed and starved Griffith may be in isolation, but he is far from alone. Unspeakable horrors dwell within the dank catacombs, where the living may truly envy the dead! Collects
  • Berserk
  • volumes 10-12.Kentaro Miura's Berserk has ruled in hell for three decades, creating an international horde of disciples and inspiring anime TV series and feature films, video and card games, and a blizzard of related products. And now, the entire
  • Berserk
  • series is being released in handsome oversized bookshelf editions, each collecting three volumes of the original manga.Collects
  • Berserk
  • Volume 10, 11, and 12.

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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GRIFFIIITH!!!!!!!

GRIFFIIITH!!!!!!!
81 people found this helpful
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Awesome books!

Dark Horse- Don't you dare drop this print run. These are expensive books but they're worth every penny. I may be being paranoid, but I don't want to be 12 books deep in this series only to find out Dark Horse has dropped this printing with only 2-3 more books to go. It's way too much of an investment for the customer to be left high and dry.
Other than that.. these are awesome! Can't wait until my shelf displays the entire series.
66 people found this helpful
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Such majesty

Yet another perfect product. This magnificent tome covers 3 volumes 10-12.. starting with the Casca and guts sexy time events and ending with the Birth of Femto.
Coming in at over 650 pages it adds yet another lovely addition to the 3 previous delux edition books.

Fans will buy this; it doesn't need to be reviewed.
30 people found this helpful
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That escalated quickly

Ashamed of his repressed homosexuality, Griffith sleeps with the princess and pisses off her dad. That's literally the plot of this volume and it's great.

In all seriousness, this Deluxe Volume has the proud honor of containing the only manga/anime sex scene that didn't make me feel like I should be on a watchlist of some sort. The chapter "Wounds" is honestly beautiful and is the first of two times where a sex scene with Casca made me cry. It portrays a shocking level of emotional maturity and depth, as well as serves to completely strip away the cold shell of Guts' masculinity as he finally lays bare his trauma to the woman he loves.

The second sex scene with Casca made me cry for a different reason...
8 people found this helpful
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Excited

The golden age of Midland is nearing its end as the eclipse draws near.

If your fans of berserk or even a new fan this book offers not only crisp and large printed images paired with the leather binding you won't be disappointed with this version of the black swordsman story
4 people found this helpful
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Now a big fan!

I grew up in the 80's reading comic books with colors and that's been my thing ever since. I recently noticed this whole Manga trend and thought I would give it a chance, so I was amazed how this graphic novel drew me in!!! The lack of colors actually made me focus more on the physical aspect of the story (since there aren't many words spoken by the characters) and the crisp white pages make the contrast of black drawings even more amazing! As the book advises, I also would not recommend letting any child under the 18 years read this since it has sexual depiction and some gore. Moreover, the main character (Guts) behavior is rebellious which is fun for adults, yet no good for a child that is easily influenced! These books have made me a fan and I now own all 5 of the Berserk Deluxe Editions!!!
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Another great addition

This one lulls in comparison to the others, but you can sense what direction everything is headed in, it has plenty of action and buildup going into what is going to be an insane volume 5!!! The art is incredible as always!
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Best manga of all time.

Very big and awesome, read it in one sitting. Favorite manga of all time.
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Came in good condition

Unlike most book I order off of amazon the berserk Deluxe edition book been coming in good shape no dings no scratches, and Dark Horse Really out done them self's with this line up, lather book, with thick pages no ink bleed from the pages, great book

RIP Kentaro Miura
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Amazing

My son loves to read
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