Tatsuya Endo

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Tatsuya Endo
Born (1980-07-23) July 23, 1980 (age 44)
Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Occupation Manga artist
NationalityJapanese
EducationIbaraki Kenritsu Koga Daisan High School
Years active2000–present
Notable works Spy × Family
Tista
Blade of the Moon Princess

Tatsuya Endo (Japanese: 遠藤 達哉, Hepburn: Endō Tatsuya, born July 23, 1980) is a Japanese manga artist. Endo is best known for creating Tista , Blade of the Moon Princess , and Spy × Family manga series among other works. The latter work has been serialized on the Shōnen Jump+ platform since 2019 and had over 35 million copies in circulation as of March 2024, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. [1] His other works have been published in various Jump magazines.

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Early life

Ever since childhood, Endo aspired to become a manga artist. His family consisted of one parent and a brother. His favorite actors and actresses are Bruce Lee, Hiroshi Abe, Meg Ryan and Audrey Tautou. His favourite manga artists are Akira Toriyama, Hiroyuki Nishimori, and Minetarō Mochizuki. His hobbies include skiing, basketball, and racket-based ball games. [2]

Interests

In his free time, he gets his inspiration from various TV series. In his interview, he mentioned the information that he was inspired by the series "Under the Dome" and "Cukur". He also gave some information about his favorite actors, Aras Bulut Iynemli and Alexander Coch.

Career

Endo worked as an assistant for the manga series Blue Exorcist , Fire Punch , and Attack on titan . [3] He was mentored by manga artists Yasuhiro Kanō [4] and Yoshiyuki Nishi. [5] Like many manga artists, Endo began his career creating one-shots. Some of these one off stories would have influences towards his later manga. After finishing Tista and Blade of the Moon Princess for Jump Square and finishing three one-shots with editor Shihei Lin, who Endo had known and worked with for more than 10 years, [3] the two began to plan for a series that would feature in Shōnen Jump+ . This manga would combine what Lin thought were the strengths of Endo's previous works; Rengoku no Ashe, Ishi ni Usubeni, Tetsu ni Hoshi and I Spy, creating Spy × Family . [3] Lin claimed that the reception for Spy × Family from their editorial department was so good that its serialization was "practically decided" before an official meeting for it took place. [3] Spy × Family would go on to become part of the top ten most popular manga on their website as of 2019. It became one of the most popular anime of 2022.

Awards

Style

At the beginning of his career, Endo published mature stories. This is especially true for his early titles Tista and Rengoku no Ashe, which are about a serial killer and witch hunting respectively. After working on so much manga with dark tones, his editor, Shihei Lin, encouraged Endo to come up with a more "bright and cheerful manga". [3] The one-shot, I Spy, could be seen as a transition piece between Endo's dark and bright narratives, as it incorporates the mature themes of his early work while still being a "cheerful title" like Lin had suggested. His work in Spy × Family is the first that completely deviates into what is more considered a cheerful manga[ citation needed ].

His editor claims that Endo likes to think through every detail of a plot. [3] When proposed with an idea about his story, Endo will quickly point out any contradictions. [3] This along with his need to create deep and well thought-out characters has pushed him into telling stories that show a positive or negative shift in the psychological state of his characters. Endo always seeks to improve the quality of his work, so he reads lots of manga, novels, and books. [3]

Works

Manga

NameFormatYearSerializationNotes
Seibu Yūgi (西部遊戯) One-shot 2000 Jump Next!
Blade of the Moon Princess (月華美刃)One-shot2000 Weekly Shōnen Jump Issue #51
Witch CrazeOne-shot2001Weekly Shōnen JumpIssue #21–22
PMG-0One-shot2004Weekly Shōnen JumpIssue #24
Tista Serial 2007–2008 Jump SQ.
Shihō Yūgi: Endō Tatsuya Tanpenshū (四方遊戯 遠藤達哉短編集)Volume2008 Shueisha A compilation of short stories
Blade of the Moon Princess (月華美刃)Serial2010–2012Jump SQ.
Rengoku no Ashe (煉獄のアーシェ)One-shot2014Jump SQ.
Ishi ni Usubeni, Tetsu ni Hoshi (石に薄紅、鉄に星)One-shot2017Jump SQ.
I SpyOne-shot2018Jump SQ.
Spy × Family Serial2019 Shōnen Jump+ Distributed outside Japan via Manga Plus

As illustrator

NameFormatYearAuthorSerialization
Rooftop Detective-Octane (屋上探偵(オクタン))One-shot2006Tomohito Ohsaki (大崎 知仁) Jump the Revolution!
Yamamoto-kun's Distress (山本くんの怪難 北陸魔境勤労記)Book2011Hinako Suzumeno (雀野 日名子) Media Factory
Kuroniko the Exile (流浪刑のクロニコ)Book2013Takahiro Kanno (菅野 隆宏)Shueisha

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  5. ↑ Yoshiyuki Nishi, "Muhyo and Rosie's Magic Legal Consultation Office" Volume 2 p.114
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