Hajime Isayama

Japanese manga artist

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2025 Hajime Isayama publishes a one-shot manga titled 'The Theory of Ill-Natured Men and AI' through Kodansha, with art by Kai Noshigami and featuring a character created by Yuki Kaji.
2023 Honored with the Fauve Spécial award at the 50th Angoulême International Comics Festival, a prestigious international recognition in the comics world.
November 2022 Made his first-ever appearance in the United States at Anime NYC, an anime convention in New York City.
2021 Hajime Isayama was nominated for Best Shōnen Manga at the 27th Saló del Manga de Barcelona for Attack on Titan (published by Norma Editorial)
2021 Hajime Isayama won the Noma Publishing Culture Award
2021 Concluded the Attack on Titan manga series after 12 years of publication, with the series having reached 140 million copies in circulation.
December 2018 Announced on his blog that he had gotten married earlier that year.
2014 Received the Harvey Award, an important international recognition in the comics industry for his manga work.
November 2 2014 Gave a speech at the Patria Hita cultural hall and was named the Tourism Ambassador of Hita by Mayor Keisuke Harada.
November 1 2014 Attended a special Attack on Titan event in Hita with approximately 2,500 spectators.
2013 His hometown resort, Bungo Oyama Hibiki no Sato, ran a free exhibit displaying copies of his Attack on Titan manuscripts.
2011 Awarded the Kodansha Manga Award for his work on Attack on Titan, recognizing his significant achievement in manga creation.

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