![]() ![]() At the age of 19, he began working as an assistant to Nobuhiro Watsuki on Rurouni Kenshin, before winning the Hop Step Award for new manga artists. That got him into a job at the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine, where he originally worked as assistant manga artist/assistant to Shinobu Kaitani's series Suizan Police Gang before moving to Masaya Tokuhiro on Jungle King Tar-chan and Mizu no Tomodachi Kappaman, which gave him an unexpected influence on his artistic style. ![]() Pandaman was not only used in a chapter of the manga but would later return as a recurring cameo character in Oda's own works.Īt the age of 17, Oda submitted his work Wanted! and won several awards, including second place in the coveted Tezuka Award. He submitted a character named Pandaman for Yudetamago's classic wrestling manga Kinnikuman. He recalls that his interest in pirates was probably sparked by the popular TV animation series titled Vicky the Viking. His biggest influence is Akira Toriyama and his series Dragon Ball. He said that at the age of four he resolved to become a manga artist in order to avoid having to get a "real job". Early life Įiichiro Oda was born on January 1, 1975, in Kumamoto, Japan. The series' popularity resulted in Oda being named one of the manga artists that changed the history of manga. With more than 516.6 million tankōbon copies in circulation worldwide, One Piece is both the best-selling manga in history and the best-selling comic series printed in volume, in turn making Oda one of the best-selling fiction authors. Grand Prize at 41st Japan Cartoonists Association AwardĮiichiro Oda ( Japanese: 尾田 栄一郎, Hepburn: Oda Eiichirō, born January 1, 1975) is a Japanese manga artist and the creator of the series One Piece (1997–present). Tsukihimizu Kikondo ( 月火水 木金土) used for his entry in the 44th Tezuka Award ![]()
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