By 2021, Demon Slayer sold around 150 million copies all over the world in circulation including digital copies.

Fans all over the world loved her extraordinary creation. This is when Gotouge came up with Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba, which is now a famous anime series on Crunchyroll and Netflix.ĭemon Slayer’s success Nezuko as a Demon in Demon Slayer (Image via Ufotable)ĭemon Slayer was first published on Shonen Jump from February 15, 2016, to May 18, 2020. Tatsuhiko Katayama, her editor, advised her to create a manga series that would be extremely relatable and gain immense success. These one-shot works got considerable success, but it wasn’t all she was aiming for. Gotouge created Haeniwa no Zigzag, which was published in the 2015 Weekly Shonen Jump. Followed by Kagarigari, she also worked on many one-shot works namely Monju Shiro Kyodai and Rokkotsu-san. In 2013, Gotouge debuted with her first one-shot work manga Kagarigari. Her parents always encouraged her passion for art and helped her to overcome all obstacles.Ĭareer Tanjiro Kamado the main protagonist in Demon Slayer (Image via Ufotable) However, she didn’t like publicity at all and started drawing manga using a pen name to maintain anonymity. Gotouge grew up watching much shonen anime and always wanted to be a mangaka. She has always been extremely passionate about art and started drawing very young. Gotouge was born in Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan on May 5, 1989. This made her work the ninth best-selling manga of all time.

She started writing Demon Slayer in 2015. But the question remains, who created Demon Slayer? What was their life like before? What gave them the idea to create the anime? Let’s find out.ĭemon Slayer: Who created it and when? Tanjiro using Hinokami Kagura (Image via Ufotable)ĭemon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba is created by Koyoharu Gotouge, a Japanese manga artist.

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