Who Created Fairy Tail?
Hiro Mashima the creator of Fairy Tail was born in the year of 1999. Hiro Mashima grew up in Nagano,Japan. When he was a little kid his dream was to become a artist, particularly one who dealt with manga. His passion for drawing encouraged his grandfather to search for discarded manga for him to read and trace pictures with. Two manga series that were the main inspiration for him to become a professional manga artist was: Dragon Ball, a well known manga produced by Akira Toriyama, and Ultimate Muscle (still ongoing), created by Yudetamago. Hiro Mashima especially enjoyed parts featuring the main characters getting into trouble, but somehow always managing to win in the end. He also liked the fierceness depicted in battle scenes and this later encouraged him to incorporate his own style of fierceness into his works. After high school, he decided to further pursue his dream career, so he attended an art school which specialized in teaching manga artists. He believed this would help him in learning how to improve his manga drawing ability. However, he ended up detesting the approach, and left without completing the studies. He stated that while it taught him the basics, he felt it would not help as a professional. At the end, he decided to teach himself.