Japanese manga artist most known for his manga Rave, published by Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine, from 1999 to 2005. The series was later adapted into an anime. However, the anime adaption was cancelled before it could complete the series. 1p4m6h

In 2003, he collected some of his one-shot titles in two volumes: Monster Hunter Orage.

Hiro Mashima was a notable guest at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con.

He was influenced largely by TANAKA Hiroshi and often copied his drawings.

He had no experience as an assistant and learned how to draw manga by reading books and learning from editors and his own assistants.

Among his former assistants there are OHSAWA Bobby.

He has one daughter.

Mashima Hiro is a pen name, it’s a combination of names from of punk band The Blue Hearts, MASHIMA Masatoshi & KOMOTO Hiroto.

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