is a
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. He is most known for his
fantasyFantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
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Groove Adventure Rave, is a manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. The manga was serialized in Shōnen Magazine from July 1999 through July 2005, and published in thirty-five tankōbon by Kodansha. The manga series was licensed for an English release in North America by Tokyopop until Kodansha allowed...
, published by
Kodansha, the largest Japanese publisher, produces the manga magazines Nakayoshi, Afternoon, Evening, and Weekly Shonen Magazine, as well as more literary magazines such as Gunzō, Shūkan Gendai, and the Japanese dictionary Nihongo Daijiten. The company has its headquarters in Bunkyō, Tokyo...
's
Weekly Shonen Magazine, also known as Shōnen Magazine, is a shōnen manga magazine published by Kodansha, first published on 17 March 1959. Despite some unusual censorship policies , it's mainly read by an older audience, with a large portion of its readership falling under the male high school or college...
, 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 current ongoing series, another fantasy manga called
Fairy Tailis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 23, 2006, and has been published by Kodansha in 29 tankōbon volumes . An ongoing anime produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight was released in Japan on October 12, 2009,...
, serialized in Kodansha's
Weekly Shonen Magazine, also known as Shōnen Magazine, is a shōnen manga magazine published by Kodansha, first published on 17 March 1959. Despite some unusual censorship policies , it's mainly read by an older audience, with a large portion of its readership falling under the male high school or college...
which has been adapted into an anime and has aired on
TV Tokyo since October 2009. He also published the one-shot manga
Monster Soul during the same year.
Hiro Mashima was a notable guest at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con. He was influenced by
Akira Toriyamais a Japanese manga artist and game artist known mostly for his creation of Dragon Ball in 1984. Toriyama admires Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy and was impressed by Walt Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians, which he remembers for the great art...
and
Hayao Miyazakiis a Japanese manga artist and prominent film director and animator of many popular anime feature films. Through a career that has spanned nearly fifty years, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a maker of animated feature films and, along with Isao Takahata, co-founded Studio Ghibli,...
He has one daughter.
Works
- Groove Adventure Rave
, is a manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. The manga was serialized in Shōnen Magazine from July 1999 through July 2005, and published in thirty-five tankōbon by Kodansha. The manga series was licensed for an English release in North America by Tokyopop until Kodansha allowed...
(1998–2005, published as Rave Master, is a manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. The manga was serialized in Shōnen Magazine from July 1999 through July 2005, and published in thirty-five tankōbon by Kodansha. The manga series was licensed for an English release in North America by Tokyopop until Kodansha allowed...
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
is a shōnen manga by Hiro Mashima. It was serialized in Comic Bom Bom from January 2006 to March 2006 . In the June 2007 issue the "second stage" started, this second part ended in the September issue...
(2005–2007)
- Fairy Tail
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 23, 2006, and has been published by Kodansha in 29 tankōbon volumes . An ongoing anime produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight was released in Japan on October 12, 2009,...
(2006–ongoing)
- Monster Hunter Orage
is a shōnen manga written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. Loosely based on the Monster Hunter series of video games by Capcom, Monster Hunter Orage premiered in Kodansha's Shōnen Rival in April 2008.-Plot:...
(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
Sangokushi Taisen is a card-based real-time strategy arcade game based on the Three Kingdoms period of China.-Gameplay system:The game itself has an input system in which cards are placed on a sensitive playing area...
(card illustration)
- Respect Gundam
Respect Gundam is a mini compilation of Gundam-related work created by Hiroyuki Tamakoshi, Kenki Fujioka, Tohru Fujisawa, Hiro Mashima, Minoru Sugiyama...
(contribution)
Trivia
- The main characters in his magazine serializations are named after seasons:
- Rave Master/Groove Adventure Rave (Haru=Spring)
- Fairy Tail (Natsu=Summer)
- Monster Soul (Aki=Autumn)
- Monster Hunter Orage (Shiki=Four Seasons)
Former assistants
- Miki Yoshikawa
is a Japanese manga artist. She was an assistant of Hiro Mashima.-References:...
(Yankee-kun and Megane-chanFlunk Punk Rumble, known in Japan as is a manga series written and illustrated by Miki Yoshikawa. The series began as a three-part short story that was later developed into a full series and serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine starting October 18, 2006. It ended on May 18, 2011, with...
)
- Shin Mikuni (Spray King)
- Hiro Mashima has never served as an assistant to any artist.
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