Upon entering college, Kishimoto decided he should try creating a Chanbara manga since Weekly Shōnen Jump had not published a title from that genre. ĭuring his last years before graduating from Kyushu Sangyo University, Kishimoto spent time drawing manga and went to an art college with the hopes of becoming a manga artist. Other series he enjoyed reading are Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade Ninku and Ghost in the Shell. However, upon seeing a poster for the animated film Akira, Kishimoto became fascinated with the way the illustration was made and wished to imitate the series' creator Katsuhiro Otomo's style. By high school, Kishimoto started losing interest in manga as he started playing baseball and basketball, sports he practiced at his school. While he could not afford to buy Weekly Shōnen Jump where the Dragon Ball manga was published, he followed the series thanks to a friend from school who had subscribed to the magazine. Slump, but also Dragon Quest, a series of role-playing video games for which Toriyama is the art designer. During the following years, Kishimoto started idolizing Dragon Ball 's original creator Akira Toriyama, enjoying not only his series Dragon Ball and Dr. In elementary school, Kishimoto started watching the Kinnikuman and Dragon Ball anime alongside his brother. Slump 's Arale and Doraemon 's titular protagonist. During his childhood, Kishimoto showed interest in drawing characters from the anime shows he watched, such as Dr. Kishimoto's grandfather often told him about stories of war and how it was related to grudges. His home was close to Hiroshima where his grandfather originated. Masashi Kishimoto was born in Okayama Prefecture, Japan on November 8, 1974, as the older identical twin of Seishi Kishimoto. As a result, Kishimoto spent several years working to write his own shōnen manga for Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine which he was a fan of. Ī reader of manga from a young age, Kishimoto showed a desire to write his own manga, citing authors Akira Toriyama and Katsuhiro Otomo as his main influences. In November 2020 it was announced that he had taken over as writer on the series, replacing Kodachi. From May 2016 through October 2020 he supervised the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations manga written by Ukyō Kodachi and illustrated by Mikio Ikemoto. In 2019, Kishimoto wrote Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru which ended in March 2020. Besides the Naruto manga, Kishimoto also personally supervised the two canonical anime films, The Last: Naruto the Movie and Boruto: Naruto the Movie, and has written several one-shot stories. The series has been adapted into two anime and multiple films, video games, and related media. His manga series, Naruto, which was in serialization from 1999 to 2014, has sold over 250 million copies worldwide in 46 countries as of May 2019. Masashi Kishimoto ( 岸本 斉史, Kishimoto Masashi, born Novem) is a Japanese manga artist.
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