The Person Behind The Success of Manga "Attack on Titan" Hajime Isayama is a Japanese manga artist. His first and currently ongoing series, Attack on Titan, has become one of the best-selling manga series of all time with 100 million copies in circulation as of December 2019. Born: 29 August 1986 (age 34 years) Isayama was born in Ōyama, Ōita Prefecture, Japan, which is now part of Hita. He first started submitting manga works to contest when he was in high school. In 2006, he applied for a magazine that is promoted by Kodansha Ltd. and his work, Attack on Titan, was given the Fine Work award. In 2009, his first serial work, Attack on Titan, appeared in the Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine, a monthly magazine. And in 2011 Attack on Titan was awarded the 35th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shōnen category. Originally, he also offered his work to the Weekly Shōnen Jump department at Shueisha, where he was advised to modify his style and story to be more suitable for Weekly Shōnen Jump.