is a Japanese

manga artist A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...

best known for creating the manga ''

Bastard!! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazushi Hagiwara. It began its serialization in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in 1988, and has continued irregularly in ''Ultra Jump'' since 2000, with its latest chapter released in ...

''.

Biography

He originally began as an assistant to hentai manga artist Dirty Matsumoto, and then as an assistant to manga artist

Izumi Matsumoto , known by his pen name , was a Japanese manga artist best known for ''Kimagure Orange Road''. His career started in 1982, publishing his comic ''Milk Report'' in the manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. But real success came in 1984, publishi ...

in the production of ''

Kimagure Orange Road is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Izumi Matsumoto. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine from 1984 to 1987, with the chapters collected into 18 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shueisha. The story follows tee ...

'', creating his own stories in his spare time. He debuted in ''

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'' with two short stories, ''Binetsu Rouge'' (in 1987) and ''Virgin Tyrant'' (in 1988). He has also supervised, co-written and illustrated three ''Bastard!!'' related novels for the ''Jump! J Books'' imprint. His group of assistants are called ''Studio Loud In School''. They regularly publish a best-selling dōjinshi, ''Wonderful Megadeth'', as well as various dōjinshi featuring popular fighting games such as '' Dead or Alive'', ''

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'' and various

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games. In 2012, he designed the armor for two jobs (Geomancer and Rune Fencer) in the 2013 ''

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'' expansion, ''Seekers of Adoulin.'' Hagiwara is a high school drop-out, however he is a graduate from Tokyo Designer Gakuin College.

Works

References

External links

Official website

SHOPPAGE, Hagiwara's official shop
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