Eiichiro Oda

EIICHIRO ODA was born January 1, 1975 in the city of Kumamoto (in the prefecture of Kumamoto). He distinct to pursue a career as a a manga mechanic at the age of 4 (because they didnt have to work in companies as adults).Unlike many youth who give up this dream, he unbroken nurturing it as he grew up and at age 17, he certain a Silver Honors (jun-nyuusen), the second highest honor available (thats why I translitersated jun, which usually means sub, as silver) from the 44th semi-annual Tezuka Awards (a level manga artist scouting contest co-hosted by the editorial provides of Weekly hop and Monthly throttle, this is the contest that many another(prenominal) familiar Weekly Jump faces, such as Yoshihiro Togashi, Hiroyuki Takei, Daisuke Higuchi, Takeshi Obata, Masanori Morita, Ryu Fujisaki, and even Masakazu Katsura got their big breaks) with his short story, WANTED. His pen-name cover charge then was Getsu ka sui moku kin do, i. e. Moon Fire Water wood Gold Earth, or more co mmonly, Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat. ) His setoff work as a pro was Kami Kara Mirai no Present (A demo of the Future from God), published in the October 1993 issue of Jump Original (Monthly Jumps bimestrial spinoff). His talent was further noticed by the Weekly Jump staff when he got Gold Honors (nyuusen, i. e. he top honors much like a gold medal, which explains the transliteration once again) in the Hop-Step Awards (WJs monthly talent scout contest, right away called the Tenkaichi Manga Awards) in 1993 with his work Ikki Yakou (One Devils Night Trip). In 1994, he decided to moderate college after the end of his freshman year to head out to Tokyo, and there, he studied as an assistant for three Jump authors Shinobu Kaitani (Midoriyama Police Gang), Masaya Tokuhiro (Jungle no Ouja Tar-chan and Mizu no Tomodachi Kapparman), and Nobuhiro Watsuki (Rurouni Kenshin). During his apprenticehood, Mr.Oda published two short stories Monsters in the 1994 Autumn circumscribed (the seasonal sp inoff magazine created by the Weekly Jump staff, now called Akamaru Jump) and the outgrowth of the two versions of fancy Dawn in the 1996 Summer Special. A a couple of(prenominal) months later, he broke into the pages of Weekly Jump with the second incarnation of Romance Dawn, published in issue 41 of 1996. And as with any other short story that does well in Jump, the series ONE report (yeah, the one that youre reading this website for) started in 34 of 1997 and the rest is history. =)