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Hajime Isayama
諫山 創
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Isayama at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2023
Born August 29, 1986 (1986-08-29) (age 38)
Ōyama, Ōita, Japan
Occupation Manga artist
Years active 2009–present
Known for Attack on Titan
Spouse(s)
Unknown
(m. 2018)
Awards Kodansha Manga Award (2011)
Harvey Award (2014)

Hajime Isayama (諫山 創, Isayama Hajime, born August 29, 1986) is a Japanese manga artist. His first series, Attack on Titan (2009–2021), became one of the best-selling manga series of all time with 140 million copies in circulation as of November 2023. He was awarded the Kodansha Manga Award in 2011, a Harvey Award in 2014, and was honored with the Fauve Spécial award at the 50th Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2023.

Biography

Isayama was born in Ōyama, Ōita Prefecture, Japan, which is now part of Hita. He was attending Hita Rinko Senior High School when he began submitting manga works to contests. After graduating, he matriculated in the manga design program of the arts department at Kyushu Designer Gakuen. In 2006, he applied for the 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. At age twenty, he moved to Tokyo and worked at an Internet café in order to pursue a career in writing manga. This one-shot would later be included with the first Blu-ray of the anime adaptation.

Originally, he 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.

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, and was nominated for both the 4th annual Manga Taishō award and the 16th annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. 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. In November 2022, Isayama made his first-ever appearance in the United States at Anime NYC, an anime convention in New York City. 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. 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 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.

Works

Title Year Publisher(s) Notes Ref.
Attack on Titan
(進撃の巨人 Shingeki no Kyojin)
2006 One-shot version
Heart Break One
(ハート ブレイク ワン Hāto Bureiku Wan)
2008 One-shot
Orz 2008 One-shot
Attack on Titan
(進撃の巨人 Shingeki no Kyojin)
2009–2021 Kodansha (Japanese)
Kodansha USA (English)
Manga
Attack on Titan Inside
(進撃の巨人 INSIDE 抗 Shingeki no Kyojin Inside Kou)
2013 Character profiles, interviews
Attack on Titan Outside
(進撃の巨人 OUTSIDE 攻 Shingeki no Kyojin OUTSIDE Osamu)
2013 Concept art, interviews. Includes a draft from chapter 1 (2009)
Attack on Avengers 2014 Brutus (Japanese)
Colossal Edition Vol. 2 by Kodansha USA (English)
Crossover with Marvel Comics.
Story by Isayama, art by Axel Alonso and Joe Quesada.
The Killing Pawn
(ザ・キリング・ポーン Za Kiringu Pōn)
2014 One-shot; art by Ryōji Minagawa.This was lately added to Minagawa's short story collection "Tensousha"(2021).

Awards

Year Award Category Work/Nominee Result
2006 Magazine Grand Prix Fine Work Attack on Titan (one-shot version) Won
2008 80th Weekly Shōnen Magazine Freshman Manga Award Special Encouragement Award Heart Break One Won
81st Weekly Shōnen Magazine Freshman Manga Award Selected Work Orz Won
2011 4th Manga Taishō Awards Best Manga Attack on Titan Nominated
35th Kodansha Manga Award Best Shōnen Manga Attack on Titan Won
2012 16th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Grand Prize Attack on Titan Nominated
2013 20th Anime & Manga Grand Prix Best Hope Manga Attack on Titan Won
19th Saló del Manga de Barcelona Best Shōnen Manga Attack on Titan Won
6th Bros Comic Award Grand Prize (Animated Comic) Attack on Titan Won
2014 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Grand Prize Attack on Titan Nominated
17th Attilio Micheluzzi Award Best Foreign Series Attack on Titan (published by Planet Manga) Won
True Believer Comic Awards Favourite Manga Attack on Titan Won
27th Harvey Award Best American Edition of Foreign Material Attack on Titan (published by Kodansha USA) Won
21st Anime & Manga Grand Prix Best Manga Attack on Titan Won
E-Book Awards Grand Prize Attack on Titan (published by Kondansha) Won
E-Book Awards Comic Category Attack on Titan (published by Kondansha) Won
1st place
Pochi Awards Best Manga International Attack on Titan (published by Carlsen Manga) Won
20th Saló del Manga de Barcelona Best Shōnen Manga Attack on Titan Won
NEO Awards Best Manga Attack on Titan (published by Kodansha USA) Won
2015 1st Sugoi Japan Awards Best Manga Series Attack on Titan Won
11th AnimaniA Awards Best Manga International Attack on Titan (published by Carlsen Manga) Won
Goodreads Choice Awards Best Graphic Novels & Comics Attack on Titan 3rd place
2021 27th Saló del Manga de Barcelona Best Shōnen Manga Attack on Titan (published by Norma Editorial) Nominated
Noma Publishing Award Noma Publishing Culture Award Hajime Isayama Won
2023 50th Angoulême International Comics Festival Fauve Special Hajime Isayama Won

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