Mangaka Hiro Mashima, creator of such popular works as Edens Zero , Fairy Tail , Rave Master and many others, has announced the start of work on the next big series.
Hiro Mashima’s works are among the most widely read in recent years. Fans appreciate it for the details of the drawings and the captivating story. Mangaka in an interview with Oricon News referred to his latest work – Edens Zero . He reassured fans that he was not going to end the series. The chapters of the new manga are to be released regularly, but with less frequency. He mentioned that he did not expect the series to achieve such popularity and last so long. Soon fans will be able to watch Mashima’s work in the anime series. In addition, we learned that the mangaka is working on a new great series in the atmosphere of medieval Europe – Royal Fantasy .
The works of Hiro Mashima were inspired by the works of Akira Toriyama, ie Dragon Ball , Ultimate Muscles and Dragon Quest . He attended an art school, but later decided that this form of study did not suit him. He then began to learn by himself. During this time, Mashima began to watch a huge amount of movies through which he learned to better represent angles and framing. As he says: ” Braveheart and The Lord of the Rings had the greatest influence on him .” Mashima’s works can be clearly classified into the Shōnen genre. Mashima, his so-called The “dash” was initially modeled on Toriyama’s “dash”. This is also the reason why his works are similar to the works of Eiichiro Oda (including One Piece ), and not as it was said – widespread outside Japan – the rumor that Mashima was Oda’s assistant. In fact, he was never an assistant to any mangaka.
In 2011, the Fairy Tail Manga was the fourth best-selling manga series in Japan. Fairy Tail was the best shōnen manga released in 2008, according to about.com . Additionally, in 2009, she received the Kōdansha Manga Award (in the shōnen category) and the Anime Expo award (in the comedy manga category). The anime produced also met with favorable opinions. In 2012, it won the 19th Anime & Manga Grand Prix in Paris, winning the title of “Meilleur Anime Japonais” (the best Japanese anime).
