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Hiro Mashima
Nationality: Japanese
Award: Kodansha Manga Award (2009)
Children: 1
Employer: Kodansha
Hiro Mashima (真島ヒロ, Mashima Hiro) was born on May 3, 1977 and is a Japanese manga artist recognized for his fantasy manga Rave Master, Monster Soul, Fairy Tail and Edens Zero.
He was a notable guest at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con. He won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen manga in 2009. He was also given the Harvey Awards International Spotlight award in 2017 and the Fauve Special Award at the 2018 Angoulême International Comics Festival.
Early Life
Hiro Mashima grew up in the Nagano prefecture of Japan. When he was young, he dreamed of becoming an artist, particularly one who dealt with manga. His passion for drawing encouraged his grandfather to search for discarded manga for him to read and trace pictures with.
Two manga series in particular were the main inspiration for him to become a professional manga artist: Dragon Ball, a well known manga produced by Akira Toriyama, and Ultimate Muscle (still ongoing), created by Yudetamago. Hiro Mashima especially enjoyed parts featuring the main characters getting into trouble, but somehow always managing to win in the end. He also liked the fierceness depicted in battle scenes and this later encouraged him to incorporate his own style of fierceness into his works.
After high school, he decided to further pursue his dream career, so he attended an art school which specialized in teaching manga artists. He believed this would help him in learning how to improve his manga drawing ability. However, he ended up detesting the approach, and left without completing the studies. He stated that while it taught him the basics, he felt it would not help as a professional.[4] At the end, he decided to teach himself.
Manga Lists:
- Fairy Tail, Vol. 01 Fairy Tail, Vol. 02 Fairy Tail, Vol. 03 Fairy Tail, Vol. 04 Fairy Tail, Vol. 05 Fairy Tail, Vol. 06 Fairy Tail, Vol. 07Fairy Tail (63 books)
- Rave Master, Vol. 01 Rave Master, Vol. 02 Rave Master, Vol. 03 Rave Master, Vol. 04 Rave Master, Vol. 05 Rave Master, Vol. 06 Rave Master, Vol. 07Rave Master (35 books)
- EDENS ZERO 1 EDENS ZERO 2 EDENS ZERO 3 EDENS ZERO 4 EDENS ZERO 5 EDENS ZERO 6 EDENS ZERO 7Edens Zero (24 books)
- EDENS ZERO #1 (Eden’s Zero EDENS ZERO #2 EDENS ZERO #3 EDENS ZERO #4 EDENS ZERO #5 EDENS ZERO #6 EDENS ZERO #7Eden’s Zero (Chapters) (195 books)
- Monster Hunter Orage 1 Monster Hunter Orage 2 Monster Hunter Orage 03 Monster Hunter Orage 04Monster Hunter Orage (4 books)
- Fairy Tail Blue Mistral, Vo… フェアリーテイル ブルー・ミストラル 2 [Fearī… フェアリーテイル ブルー・ミストラル 3 [Fearī… フェアリーテイル ブルー・ミストラル 4 [Fearī…Fairy Tail: Blue Mistral (4 books)
- Fairy Tail Master’s Edition… Fairy Tail Master’s Edition… Fairy Tail Master’s Edition… Fairy Tail Master’s Edition… Fairy Tail Master’s Edition…Fairy Tail Master’s Edition (5 books)
- アイストレイル ～氷の軌跡～ 上 [Teiru obu… アイストレイル ～氷の軌跡～ 下 [Teiru obu…Tale of Fairy Tail: Ice Trail (2 books)
- フェアリーテイル S 1 [Fearī Teiru S 1] ＦＡＩＲＹ ＴＡＩＬ Ｓ（２）Fairy Tail S: Tales from Fairy Tail (2 books)
- Monster Soul 1 Monster Soul 2Monster Soul (2 books)
- Rave Master (Cine-Manga) Vo… Rave Master (Cine-Manga), V…Rave Master (Cine-Manga) (2 books)
- Mashima-En, Tome 1 Mashima-En, Tome 2Mashima-En (2 books)
- HERO’S #1 HERO’S #2 HERO’S #3Crossover (3 books)
- Fairy Tail Edición Integral #1 Fairy Tail Edición Integral #2 Fairy Tail Edición Integral #3Fairy Tail Edición Integral (3 books)
