Hajime Isayama

Hajime Isayama (諫山 創 Isayama Hajime, born August 29, 1986) is a Japanese
Hajime Isayama
manga artist. His first and currently ongoing series, Attack on Titan, has become one
諫山 創
of the best selling manga series of all time with 88 million copies in circulation in
December 2018.[2][3]

Contents
Biography
Works
Born August 29, 1986
Awards
(age 32)
References
Ōyama, Ōita, Japan
External links
Nationality Japanese
Occupation Manga artist
Biography Years active 2006–present

Isayama was born in Ōyama, Ōita Prefecture, Japan, which is now part of Hita. It Known for Attack on Titan
was in high school, Hita Rinko Senior High School, that he began submitting manga Spouse(s) Unnamed Spouse[1]
works to contests.[4] After graduating, he matriculated in the manga design program Awards Kodansha Manga
of the arts department at Kyushu Designer Gakuen. In 2006, he applied for the Award (2011)
Magazine Grand Prix known as MGP promoted by Kodansha Ltd. and a short
version of Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) was given the "Fine Work" award.[5] At age twenty, he moved to Tokyo and worked
at an Internet café in order to pursue a career in manga.[4][6] This one-shot would later be included in the series' guidebook and
included with the firstBlu-ray of the anime adaptation.[7]

Originally, he also offered his work to the Weekly Shōnen Jump department at Shueisha, where he was advised to modify his style and
story to be more suitable for Weekly Shōnen Jump. He declined and decided instead to take it to the Weekly Shōnen Magazine
department at Kodansha Ltd.[8]

In 2008, he applied for the 80th Weekly Shōnen Magazine Freshman Manga Award, where his work Heart Break One was given the
Special Encouragement Award. His other work,Orz, was chosen as a selected work in the same contest the following year
.

In 2009, his first serial work, Attack on Titan, started in the monthly Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine. It won the Shōnen category of the
35th Kodansha Manga Award in 2011,[9] and was nominated for both the 4th annualManga Taishō award and the 16th annualTezuka
Osamu Cultural Prize.[10][11] Attack on Titan is released in English by Kodansha USA and has inspired five spin-off manga series,
three light novel series, a televised anime adaptation, several visual novels and video games, and a two part live-action film. The
resort Bungo Oyama Hibiki no Sato in his hometown of Ōyama, ran a free exhibit displaying copies of Isayama's manuscripts for the
manga in 2013.[6] A special Attack on Titan event was held in Hita on November 1, 2014, with Isayama and approximately 2,500
spectators attending. The following day, Isayama gave a speech at the Patria Hita cultural hall and was officially named the Tourism
Ambassador of Hita by the city's mayor Keisuke Harada. In December 2018, he announced in his blog that he had gotten married
earlier that year.[12]

Works
 Title Year Publisher(s) Notes Ref.
Attack on Titan [5]
2006 One-shot version
(進撃の巨人 Shingeki no Kyojin)

Heart Break One

(ハート ブレイク ワン Hāto 2008 One-shot [13]
Bureiku Wan)

Orz 2008 One-shot [14]

Attack on Titan 2009– Kodansha (Japanese)

Manga
(進撃の巨人 Shingeki no Kyojin) present Kodansha USA (English)

Attack on Titan Inside

(進撃の巨人 INSIDE 抗 Shingeki
no Kyojin Inside Kou)
Attack on Titan Outside
(進撃の巨人 OUTSIDE 攻
Shingeki no Kyojin OUTSIDE
Osamu)
Attack on Avengers
The Killing Pawn
(ザ・キリング・ポーンZa
Kiringu Pōn)
2013 Character profiles, interviews
Concept art, interviews. Includes
2013
a draft from chapter 1 (2009)
Brutus (Japanese) Crossover with Marvel Comics.
2014 Colossal Edition Vol. 2 by Story by Isayama, art byAxel [15]
Kodansha USA (English) Alonso and Joe Quesada.
2014 One-shot; art by Ryōji Minagawa [16]

Awards
Year Award Category Work/Nominee Result
Attack on Titan (one-shot
2006 Magazine Grand Prix Fine Work Won[5]
version)

80th Weekly Shōnen Magazine Special Encouragement

2008 Heart Break One Won[13]
Freshman Manga Award Award
81st Weekly Shōnen Magazine
2008 Selected Work Orz Won[14]
Freshman Manga Award

2011 35th Kodansha Manga Award Shōnen Attack on Titan Won[9]

2014 17th Micheluzzi Awards Best Foreign Series Attack on Titan Won[17]
Best American Edition of Attack on Titan (published by
2014 27th Harvey Award Won[18]
Foreign Material Kodansha USA)

References
1. Sherman, Jennifer (December 31, 2018)."Attack on Titan Creator Announces His Marriage" (https://www.animenew
snetwork.com/interest/2018-12-31/attack-on-titan-manga-creator-hajime-isayama-announces-marriage/.141506).
Anime News Network. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
2. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 1, 2019)."Roundup of Newly Revealed Print Counts for Manga, Light Novel Series –
December 2018" (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-01-01/roundup-of-newly-revealed-print-counts-for
-manga-light-novel-series-december-2018/.141402). Anime News Network. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
3. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (2018-11-03)."Roundup of Newly Revealed Print Counts for Manga, Light Novel Series –
October 2018" (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-03/roundup-of-newly-revealed-print-counts-for-m
anga-light-novel-series-october-2018/.137530)
. Anime News Network. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
 4. " 'Attack on Titan' author expresses fears through popular boys' manga"(http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/pe
ople/AJ201307200007). Asahi Shimbun. 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
5. "7月期MGP結果大発表!!" (https://web.archive.org/web/20140703231951/http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/SEP/02065/01/nf/h
appyou/prize_b/2006_07/)[MGP results for July!!].講談社コミックプラス. Kodansha. 2009. Archived fromthe
original (http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/SEP/02065/01/nf/happyou/prize_b/2006_07/)
on July 3, 2014. Retrieved
2014-08-30.
6. " 'Attack on Titan' exhibition held in manga artist Hajime Isayama's hometown"(https://web.archive.org/web/2013110
2234732/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/culture/AJ201304150005). Asahi Shimbun. 2013-04-15. Archived
from the original (http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/culture/AJ201304150005) on 2013-11-02. Retrieved
2013-11-01.
7. Loo, Egan (2013-05-07)."1st Attack on Titan Blu-ray/DVD to Bundle Manga 'Prototype' " (https://www.animenewsnet
work.com/news/2013-05-07/1st-attack-of-titan-blu-ray/dvd-to-bundle-manga-prototype). Anime News Network.
Retrieved 2013-11-02.
8. Isayama, Hajime. "Transformation!!!!" (http://blog.livedoor.jp/isayamahazime/archives/1922630.html). Retrieved
2013-05-22.
9. "ANIME NEWS: 'Attack On Titan' anime adaptation to hit the small screen in spring"(https://web.archive.org/web/20
131102234402/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201212280033). Asahi Shimbun. 2012-12-28.
Archived from the original (http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201212280033)on 2013-11-02.
Retrieved 2013-11-01.
10. Loo, Egan (2011-01-16)."13 Titles Nominated for 4th Manga Taisho Awards" (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/n
ews/2011-01-16/13-titles-nominated-for-4th-manga-taisho-awards). Anime News Network. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
11. Loo, Egan (2012-02-10)."16th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced" (https://www.animenewsnetwor
k.com/news/2012-02-20/16th-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-nominees-announced)
. Anime News Network. Retrieved
2013-11-02.
12. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (2014-11-04)."Attack on Titan Creator Named Tourism Ambassador of Hometown"(https://ww
w.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-04/attack-on-titan-creator-named-tourism-ambassador-of-hometown/.8067
9). Anime News Network. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
13. "第80回新人漫画賞" (http://www.shonenmagazine.com/newcomer/awards/result/) [The 80th Annual Newcomer
Awards] (Select 第80回 on the drop-down menu). Shonen Magazine (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-10-12.
14. "第81回新人漫画賞" (http://www.shonenmagazine.com/newcomer/awards/result/) [The 81st Annual Newcomer
Awards] (Select 第81回 on the drop-down menu). Shonen Magazine (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-10-12.
15. Melrose, Kevin (2014-11-06)."New "Attack on Titan"/Marvel Crossover Details Revealed" (https://www.cbr.com/new-
attack-on-titanmarvel-crossover-details-revealed/)
. CBR. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
16. "諫山創×皆川亮二がタッグ！進撃以外の初作品" (https://natalie.mu/comic/news/122253)[Hajime Isayama × Ryoji
Minagawa collaboration! First work besides 'Attack on iTtan']. Natalie (in Japanese). 2014-07-29. Retrieved
2018-10-12.
17. "Vincitori Premi Micheluzzi 2014"(https://www.comicon.it/vincitori-premi-micheluzzi-2014/) [2014 Micheluzzi Awards
Winners]. Comicon.it (in Italian). 2014-05-07. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
18. Mahoney, Rachel (2014-09-09)." 'Attack on Titan' Manga Wins 2014 Harvey Award" (https://www.animenewsnetwor
k.com/news/2014-09-09/attack-on-titan-manga-wins-2014-harvey-award/.78551) . Anime News Network. Retrieved
2018-09-02.

External links
Hajime Isayama official blog
Hajime Isayama on IMDb
Hajime Isayama at Rotten Tomatoes
Hajime Isayama at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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