Interview between Miura and Persona's developers (Part 9) (Patreon)

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Miura: You're too kind. When I started drawing "Berserk", I made a lot of efforts to realistically depict "once upon a time, somewhere" which I mentioned minutes ago.

In a fantasy world you can create anything you want with your imagination, and I think that's the true essence of Fantasy. However the most difficult thing is to draw a realistic world that borders reality. I looked through various materials and read many books.

You know Rutger Hauer, the actor who played a replicant in "Blade Runner"? There's a very minor movie called "Flesh+Blood" in which he starred. It was displayed on a shelf in a video rental shop and I rented it by chance. Medieval mercenaries were the main characters (in the movie) and I was very impressed by its worldview.

The worldview is about Medieval Europe, and I think the way in which mercenaries made a business out of war is very well described in the movie. When Black Guts first appeared, I depicted it with a "Mad Max"-like atmosphere, but getting to the chapter where I should properly draw the atmosphere of the Band of the Falcon and the worldview in which they lived, I referred to that movie.