Isayama: I knew that making a living from drawing manga is extremely tough, so my dream back then was just to make enough to feed myself with my manga, even if it never became a big hit - let alone the idea of becoming a millionaire. –Did you not dream about finding this kind of success back before starting out as a manga artist? People say things say things like my dreams have become reality, but ever since I won that first prize back when I was nineteen, it’s felt more like reality has been growing distant. Isayama: It feels like reality is getting farther and father away. I’ve been reading Attack on Titan since the first volume came out, but it’s since become such a smash hit that now you can find it at convenience stores. The magazine went on sale in November 2014, so the interview presumably took place sometime not long after volume 14 went on sale.
You may notice that the interviewer talks to Isayama almost like a psychologist this is because he, in fact, is. Men’s culture magazine Brutus recently did a special issue on Attack on Titan that included a lengthy interview with the manga’s creator, Hajime Isayama, in which he talks about such topics as how it feels to have produced an ultramega hit, how he came to be interested in manga, his inspiration behind the characters he’s created, and his thoughts on recent kaiju films, among a lot of other things.
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