Goshō Aoyama

Gōshō Aoyama (青山 剛昌 Aoyama Gōshō) born June 21, 1963, in Hokuei, Tottori Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese mangaka best known for creating the Detective Conan series. which he is currently still writing, other famous manga are: Yaiba, Magic Kaito.

Biography

Aoyama had a talent for drawing even at a young age. In elementary school, his painting of & # 34;Yukiai War & # 34; it won a contest and was exhibited at the Tottori Daimaru department store.

He started drawing while still a fine arts student at Nihon University, where he joined the manga club because he found it fun. There he met the mangaka Yutaka Abe, who encouraged him to continue drawing and encouraged him to pursue a career as a mangaka, since Aoyama's main intention when he entered college was to be an art teacher, but that changed when he took the praise seriously. from Abe.

His debut came the same year he finished his university degree, with the work Chotto Matte, a one shot that was published in Shōnen Sunday magazine in winter 1987. Then in 1988 Magic Kaito was born which was published in the same magazine, as was Yaiba's manga.

At the beginning of the 90s, Aoyama published in 1993 the manga "The magic bat" It is about a young baseball player without talent named Nagashima, who acquires a magic bat in a sports store that works with money. A manga of self-improvement and comedy.

In 1994 Shōgakukan published a compilation manga called Aoyama Gosho Tanpenshuu, translated as "Gosho Aoyama Short Stories" It contains 8 stories and in Spain it was published by Planeta De Agostini.

That same year 1994 his fame was achieved when he began Detective Conan published in Shonen Sunday. The series has crossed the Japanese borders and has reached France, Germany. In Spain it enjoys great success, including Latin America, being the longest series that has been published in the country. Currently he still continues to develop new chapters of the series.

Aoyama won the Shōgakukan Award in the Shōnen category from 1993 to 2001.

In 2007 Aoyama creates Tell me a lie, another one shot work about a girl named Terumi Arai who can read people's minds when she looks into their eyes. Posted by Young sunday.

In 2014, they celebrated twenty years of Gosho Aoyama's manga, airing the episode "Detective Conan: The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days Ever" a 2 hour special.

In 2016, the publisher Planeta Comic republished the four volumes of Gosho Aoyama's Magic Kaito manga.

By 2017, his works had sold 200 million copies, and the book "Aoyama Gosho 30-Shuunen Hon" in homage to Gosho Aoyama.

In 2018, the June and July issues of Shônen Sunday S magazine sold out, and a reprint had to be done, this was attributed to the great popularity of the character Toru Amuro, who was on the cover of both issues, which they also carried extra content from Gosho Aoyama's work.

In 2019, a new game of the Detective Conan manga was released again, the game Detective Conan Skateboard Run: Kaito Kid and the Mysterious Treasure was released for the Nintendo Switch console, the theme of the game was focused on skateboarding.

In 2020, the release of the film The Scarlet Bullet had to be postponed due to COVID-19.

In 2021, his Detective Conan work reached 100 manga volumes. It was also announced that two Detective Conan spin-offs would premiere on Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video added the Detective Conan anime to its catalog.

Personal life

On May 5, 2005, Aoyama married Minami Takayama, the singer of Two-Mix and the voice actress of Conan in the anime adaptation of Detective Conan. On December 10, 2007, the two divorced.

Aoyama has two younger brothers, a doctor and an engineer, who consult him when car tricks or medical concepts appear on Detective Conan.

On March 18, 2007, the Gosho Aoyama Manga Factory, a museum celebrating Aoyama's career as a manga artist, opened.

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Jobs

• Wait a Minute (1987)
• Magic Kaito (1987-)
• YAIBA (1988-1993)
• 3rd Base 4th ((4.
• Short Stories of Gosho Aoyama (1994)
• Detective Conan (eminent persons), Meitantei Conan (1994-present)
• Tell me a lie(2007)