Hiro Mashima
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 Hiro Mashima at the San Diego Comic-Con, July 2008 |
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| Born | Mashima Hiro 真島 ヒロ May 3, 1977 Nagano, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
| Known for | Rave, Fairy Tail |
| Influenced by | Akira Toriyama, Hayao Miyazaki,[1] Osamu Tezuka, Stan Lee, Walt Disney[citation needed] |
| Religion | Christianity |
Hiro Mashima (真島 ヒロ Mashima Hiro, born May 3, 1977) is a Japanese manga artist. His first success was the fantasy manga Rave, published by Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine, from 1999 to 2005. The series was later adapted into an anime. However, the anime adaption was cancelled before it could complete the series.
In 2003, he collected some of his one-shot titles in two volumes: Mashima-en Vol.1 & 2. Those stories include, among others, Cocona, "Xmas Hearts" and "Fairy Tail", a sort of prototype for his latest work.
In 2006, he began his best known and current ongoing series, another fantasy manga called Fairy Tail, serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine which has been adapted into an anime and has aired on TV Tokyo from October 2009 till March 2013. He also published the one-shot manga Monster Soul during the same year.
He was a notable guest at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con and at the 2011 New York Anime Festival. He was influenced by Akira Toriyama and Hayao Miyazaki.[1] He has one daughter.[2]
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Works[edit]
- Rave (1998–2005, published as Rave Master in North America)
- Plue's Dog Diaries (2002–2007)
- Mashima-en Vol.1 & 2 (2003)
- Vol 1:
- Magician
- Fairy Tail
- Cocona (2003)
- Plue's Adventures Pt. II
- Vol 2:
- Bad Boys Song
- Magic Party
- Xmas Hearts
- Fighting Group Mixture
- Monster Soul (2005–2007)
- Fairy Tail (2006–ongoing)
- Monster Hunter Orage (2008–2009)
- Chameleon (2008, one-shot based on a manga by Atsushi Kase, made for Kodansha's 50th Anniversary)
- Nishikaze to Taiyou (2010)
- Sangokushi Taisen (card illustration)
- Respect Gundam (contribution)
Anime[edit]
- Rave Master - as original creator and appears in episode 51 as himself
- Fairy Tail - original creator
Trivia[edit]
- The main characters in his magazine serializations are named after seasons:
- Rave/Rave Master (Haru=Spring)
- Fairy Tail (Natsu=Summer)
- Monster Soul (Aki=Autumn)
- Monster Hunter Orage (Shiki=Four Seasons)
Former assistants[edit]
- Miki Yoshikawa (Yankee-kun and Megane-chan, Yamada-kun to Nananin no Majo)
- Shin Mikuni (Spray King)
- Hiro Mashima has never served as an assistant to any artist.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (8 November 2011). "Interview: Hiro Mashima". Anime News Network. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ Aoki, Deb. "Interview: Hiro Mashima". About.com. The New York Times Company. p. 2. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ "Hiro Mashima and the Great Eiichiro Oda Mystery". Del Rey Manga Blog. Active Anime. 2 April 2008. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
External links[edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Hiro Mashima |
- Hiro Mashima at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Artist Profile at Shonen Magazine
- Hiro Mashima on Twitter
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