Manga artist Hajime Isayama reveals his inspiration - BBC News
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Published 2015-10-19
His dystopian vision of man-eating giants stalking humanity has now been made into a big-budget live action film.
In an exclusive interview with the BBC, the reclusive artist revealed his inspiration, and how he nearly gave up after publishers told him he was not good enough. Film footage courtesy of Hajime Isayama, Kodansha/Attack on Titan Production Committee
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All Comments (21)
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Isayama: "I didn't think I could make it big" The irony
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fun fact, he was poor his whole life. when his manga started to took off, his bank phoned the police to investigate him for the suspicion of money laundering, when in fact, his manga sold like hot cakes.
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And this guy here wrote one of the greatest stories ever written in the history of mankind.
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Just as he said “all living creatures should get nutrients from another” he is also getting the nutrients from our tears
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ISAYAMA : i was planning to give up eren: stand up isayama eren: this is the story you started
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"I wasn't very academic" Dude Attack On Titan is a better history lesson than any of my classes
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As a person who didn't read the manga, only watched the anime first hand. the ending was genius. and also it broke my heart into 2000 peaces.
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Who’s here after the last episode🥲? What a masterpiece…😭
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"i want my readers to suffer" -hajime isayama
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Imagine how boring this world if Hajime Isayama gave up.
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Imagine this guy was born in the time of Shakespeare, i think he could be remembered as one of the greats. The story of AOT is freakin genius!
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Attack on Titan is one of the best written stories ever, seriously! The storytelling is absolutely amazing!
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Isayama has 3 of the most important thing for a mangaká: 1- fame 2- money 3- depressed fans
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So this is the man that gave me depression.
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Imagine how many great stories/ideas got or are getting rejected and then are lost forever, just because someone gives up easily! I'm glad that Isayama never gave in and created such an amazing story! Thank you!
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Can't believe this masterpiece is coming to an end, absolutely having a blast watching the final season 🥵
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“I felt connected to the universe” P A T H S
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Isayama : I was beginning to give up Eren : KEEP MOVING FORWARD
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If Isayama was born in the West and AoT was a Western cartoon it would’ve won an Oscar by now.
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" I had a dream in which I was connected with the Universe" Attack On Titan was created by itself
