

In 2017, Togashi wrote the two-chapter manga Akuten Wars ( 悪天ウォーズ). In 2008, Togashi tied with One Piece author Eiichiro Oda as the fifth favorite manga artist from a poll posted by the marketing research firm Oricon.

This manga also performed very well commercially, with the first 20 volumes selling nearly 55 million copies in Japan as of August 2011. The story revolves around the protagonist Gon Freecss, a young boy in search of his father, who is a legendary, elite member of society called a "Hunter".
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Togashi's next major series Hunter × Hunter ( ハンター×ハンター), an action-adventure manga, began serialization in 1998. Level E was adapted into an anime television series in 2011. Comprising three volumes, it was first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1995 and ran until 1997. In 1995, he created Level E ( レベルE), a science fiction-comedy manga. The manga, which lasted 175 chapters over 19 tankōbon from 1990 to 1994, went on to sell over 50 million copies worldwide, earned Togashi a Shogakukan Manga Award in 1994, and received a hit anime adaptation. Based on his interests in the occult and in horror films, the plot features the character Yusuke Urameshi, who is killed and brought back to life as an "Underworld Detective". In 1990 Togashi made a name for himself with his next series YuYu Hakusho ( 幽☆遊☆白書, lit. An Ill-tempered Cupid in Heaven), a four-volume romance manga involving the relationship between a normal, human boy and a beautiful, devil girl. Between 19, Togashi authored Ten de Shōwaru Cupid ( てんで性悪キューピッド, lit. Weekly Shōnen Jump published some of the stories prior to a tankōbon release in 1989. I'm Not Afraid of the Wolf!!), a collection of comedy manga short-stories. Togashi's earliest published works for Shueisha include Ōkami Nante Kowakunai!! ( 狼なんて怖くない!!, lit. After having given up his goal of becoming a teacher, Togashi was contacted by an editor of Weekly Shōnen Jump during his senior year of college, who asked him to move to Tokyo. Another manga by Togashi titled Jura no Mizuki ( ジュラのミヅキ) was an honorable mention in Shueisha's first annual Hop Step Award Selection magazine, published in 1988. In 1986, at age 20, he authored a manga titled Buttobi Straight ( ぶっとびストレート, Buttobi Sutorēto) for which he received the Tezuka Award, the most prestigious award for new comic artists in Japan. During college he submitted some of his manga work to Weekly Young Jump, published by Shueisha. In high school, Togashi joined the fine-arts club he later enrolled at Yamagata University where he studied education in the hope of becoming a teacher. Togashi is married to Naoko Takeuchi, the author of Sailor Moon.īorn in Shinjō, Yamagata to a family that owned a paper shop, Togashi began drawing manga casually in his first to second year of elementary school. He is perhaps best known for writing and illustrating the YuYu Hakusho (1990–1994) and Hunter × Hunter (1998–present) series, both of which are some of the best-selling manga in history. Togashi has authored several manga series in different genres during the past three decades. He began drawing manga at an early age, before being recognized for his talent by publishing company Shueisha while attending college. とりあえずあと4話。 Togashi ( 冨樫 義博, Togashi Yoshihiro, born April 27, 1966) is a Japanese manga artist. Hunter x Hunter stans, your wait has not been in vain.
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The manga has been adapted into a TV show twice, with the most recent ending in 2014. First published in 1998, Hunter x Hunter depicts a world where licensed Hunters are charged with rounding up monsters and criminals, embarking on treasure hunts, and surveying new lands and creatures. Togashi’s long hiatus can be partially explained by his longstanding health issues - including back pain so bad he became bedridden - which are detailed in a series of Hunter x Hunter author’s notes. The math started mathing for Hunter x Hunter fans, who are hoping there will be new installments of the manga on the way. Following intense speculation over the account’s veracity, fellow manga artist Yusuke Murata, the creator behind One-Punch Man, confirmed that the account indeed belongs to Togashi. Liked by over 670,000 users, the tweet contains what looks to be a sketch with the loosely translated caption, “Four more episodes for the time being.” The tweet had fans ready to mark their calendars with a release date. Yoshihiro Togashi, the creator of the beloved shonen manga Hunter x Hunter, has appeared to join Twitter and teased new chapters of the series in his very first tweet.

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