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Meet the Mangaka
Meet the Mangaka

Sat, Oct 18

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Kodansha House

Meet the Mangaka

Step into the inferno with Atsushi Ohkubo, author and illustrator of Fire Force!

Time & Location

Oct 18, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Kodansha House, 210 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10012, USA

About

Atsushi Ohkubo is a prolific artist best known for his work on the widely circulated Fire Force and Soul Eater which have been adapted into anime series. He has also lent his design and art skills to video games such as Lord of Vermillion, Bravely Default, and Bravely Second: End Layer. With a career spanning over two decades, his body of work speaks for itself.


Ohkubo will be at KODANSHA HOUSE for Fire Force Q&A on Saturday and signing on Sunday. He’ll pull the curtain back on the making of his popular series and let audiences into the world of Shinra Kusakabe, third generation pyrokinetic youth and hero of Fire Force.

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