The facts
Roles
Manga artist
Country
Japan
Active since
2006
Publishers
Kodansha (Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine); Kodansha USA in English
Awards
Kodansha Manga Award (2011); Harvey Award (2014); Angoulême Fauve Spécial (2023)
About Hajime Isayama
Hajime Isayama is a Japanese manga artist whose first series, Attack on Titan, ran in Kodansha's monthly Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from 2009 to 2021. It had 140 million copies in circulation as of November 2023.
A short version of Attack on Titan earned a Fine Work award in Kodansha's 2006 Magazine Grand Prix. Isayama first showed the project to Weekly Shōnen Jump, where he was advised to change his style. He declined and took it to Kodansha instead.
Attack on Titan won the shōnen category of the Kodansha Manga Award in 2011 and a Harvey Award in 2014. In 2023 the Angoulême International Comics Festival gave Isayama its Fauve Spécial.
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