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Artwork of Berserk interview - Page 6 part 3

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Interviewer: The "Big Berserk Exhibition" has received attention from foreign fans as well. How do you feel about the fact it's a fantasy work that is also exciting to people abroad?

Miura: I don't have much of an image of foreign readers in my mind, but from the beginning I've wondered whether a fantasy story drawn by a Japanese person would be accepted in foreign countries. It’s a period drama featuring foreigners from Japanese people's perspective, so have they been enjoying it, including the sense of incongruity, and is it recognized as a serious fantasy work… I don't know this yet.

However, to make more people accept it, I used Disney’s works as a reference when I created the worldview. It's a way that consists in showing "once upon a time, somewhere…" instead of setting a specific country and era. Another concern was to convey the circumstances and actions of Guts as abnormal situations in that world. I intended to create a stateless (1) stage like that, using the storytelling style of Disney fables that is universal. Conversely, I think nowadays works can be well-received overseas by pushing out Japanese-style things like ninjas, samurais, etc.

It's been 30 years since then, and many Japanese works have come out that have been evaluated overseas. Among them, I wonder in what position Berserk has been perceived to be. However, I strongly feel the passion of foreign fans, so I want to continue to draw things that can meet it.

Note 1: Stateless in the sense of "without nations".