Hirano said he learned how to be a manga artist from reading Akira Toriyama and Akira Sakuma's Hetappi Manga Kenkyūjo.[2] Starting his career first as a manga artist's assistant (self-described as "horrible" and "lazy" in said assistant position), and later a hentai manga artist, he went on to enjoy somewhat limited success with other relatively unknown manga titles such as Angel Dust, Coyote, Gun Mania and Hi-Tension. His first major success came with his manga series Hellsing, which got its start and was subsequently serialized in a monthly manga magazine, Young King OURs, towards the latter half of 1997.
However, Hellsing was not the earliest Hirano series to be published in Young King OURs monthly. In 1996, the same year Hellsing's precursor, The Legends of Vampire Hunter, was first released as a single H short story in Heavenly Pleasure (a monthly H-centric manga magazine), another World War II-based short story named Hi-And-Low was being published in Young King OURs by a then lesser-known Kouta Hirano. The story takes place primarily at a train station in Russia and features two female characters that are strikingly similar to Integra Helsing from Hellsing and Yumiko/Yumie in Crossfire; and who are, in actuality, undercover Axis spies in-league with one another for a common purpose: the success of Operation Barbarossa. This story saw ink in one issue of OURs before being discontinued in favor of Hellsing itself.
A number of Hirano's older works are now considered collector's items due to the small number of them that exist. Many characters from Hellsing appear in his previous works and, as mentioned above, there is a rare hentai prototype of Hellsing titled The Legends of (the) Vampire Hunter. At Otakon 2006, he said in an interview that in about a year and a half to two years, he will finish Hellsing and move on to a different project which he says will be kept a secret until the time comes. This statement was proven true when Hellsing ended with 95 chapters in October 2008. Hirano has since begun a new series, Drifters, which was published in April 30's issue of YKO and which Hirano keeps working on to this day.
Hirano has also been part of a doujinshi circle titled GUY-YA, consisting of himself and Read or Die manga artist Shutaro Yamada.[3]
kouta, hirano, 平野, 耕太, hirano, kōta, born, july, 1973, japanese, manga, artist, born, adachi, tokyo, japan, most, famous, manga, hellsing, drifters, hirano, japan, expo, 08born, 1973, july, 1973, adachi, tokyo, japannationalityjapanknown, forgraphic, novels, m. Kouta Hirano 平野 耕太 Hirano Kōta born July 14 1973 is a Japanese manga artist born in Adachi Tokyo Japan most famous for his manga Hellsing 1 and Drifters Kouta HiranoHirano at Japan Expo 08Born 1973 07 14 July 14 1973 age 49 Adachi Tokyo JapanNationalityJapanKnown forGraphic novels mangaNotable workHellsing Drifters Contents 1 Career 2 Works 2 1 Alphabetical list of works 3 References 4 External linksCareer EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Kouta Hirano news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Hirano said he learned how to be a manga artist from reading Akira Toriyama and Akira Sakuma s Hetappi Manga Kenkyujo 2 Starting his career first as a manga artist s assistant self described as horrible and lazy in said assistant position and later a hentai manga artist he went on to enjoy somewhat limited success with other relatively unknown manga titles such as Angel Dust Coyote Gun Mania and Hi Tension His first major success came with his manga series Hellsing which got its start and was subsequently serialized in a monthly manga magazine Young King OURs towards the latter half of 1997 However Hellsing was not the earliest Hirano series to be published in Young King OURs monthly In 1996 the same year Hellsing s precursor The Legends of Vampire Hunter was first released as a single H short story in Heavenly Pleasure a monthly H centric manga magazine another World War II based short story named Hi And Low was being published in Young King OURs by a then lesser known Kouta Hirano The story takes place primarily at a train station in Russia and features two female characters that are strikingly similar to Integra Helsing from Hellsing and Yumiko Yumie in Crossfire and who are in actuality undercover Axis spies in league with one another for a common purpose the success of Operation Barbarossa This story saw ink in one issue of OURs before being discontinued in favor of Hellsing itself A number of Hirano s older works are now considered collector s items due to the small number of them that exist Many characters from Hellsing appear in his previous works and as mentioned above there is a rare hentai prototype of Hellsing titled The Legends of the Vampire Hunter At Otakon 2006 he said in an interview that in about a year and a half to two years he will finish Hellsing and move on to a different project which he says will be kept a secret until the time comes This statement was proven true when Hellsing ended with 95 chapters in October 2008 Hirano has since begun a new series Drifters which was published in April 30 s issue of YKO and which Hirano keeps working on to this day Hirano has also been part of a doujinshi circle titled GUY YA consisting of himself and Read or Die manga artist Shutaro Yamada 3 Works EditAlphabetical list of works Edit Angel Dust Assassin Colosseum Be Wild Bishōnen de Meitantei de Doesu Count Pierre Eros Gorgeous Daily Grind Coyote Crossfire Daidōjin Monogatari Deep Desert Schutzstaffel Drifters Doc s story Front Gun Mania Hellsing Hellsing The Dawn Hi Tension Hi and Low Ikaryaku Ikasu Sōtō Tengoku karera no Shumatsu Koi no Strikeback Mahō no Muteki Kyōshi Kawahara Z Magic School Susume Ikaryaku Susume Seigaku Dennō Kenkyubu The Legends of Vampire Hunter The Weekenders UFO 2000References Edit Hellsing Manga Ends as Hirano Plans New Work Next Year Anime News Network October 1 2008 Retrieved October 12 2008 Toriyama Akira 2004 Dragon Ball in Japanese Vol 33 Kanzenban ed Shueisha Insert ISBN 4 08 873476 9 Ekizo mandarake co jp Archived from the original on 2014 08 12 Retrieved 2010 03 19 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kōta Hirano Official Geneon Entertainment Hellsing website Kouta Hirano at Anime News Network s encyclopedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kouta Hirano amp oldid 1128896143, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
