Eiichiro Oda is a Japanese manga artist, well known as the creator of One Piece.
As a child, Oda was inspired by Akira Toriyama's books and aspired to become a manga artist. He recalls that his interest in pirates was probably sparked by the popular Tv animation series titled Vicky the Viking.
Erin Hunter is a pen name used by the writers Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, and Tui Sutherland, along with editor Victoria Holmes. Under this pseudonym, they have written two series of works.
Bryan Konietzko is the co-creator and executive producer of the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. He has also worked as a character designer at Movie Roman for Family Guy and as Assistant Director for Mission Hill and King of the Hill.
Michael Dante Dimartino is an American animation director, best-known as the co-creator, executive producer and story editor of the hit Tv series Avatar: The Last Airbender on Nickelodeon. He studied at the Rhode Island Colledge of Design with Bryan Konietzko, with whom he produced Avatar.
Guy Delisle is a comic book writer from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He studied animation at Sheridan College in Oakville, near Toronto, and then worked for the animation studio Cinegroupe in Montreal. He later worked for different studios in Canada, Germany, France, China and North Korea.
Naoko Takeuchi is a Japanese manga artist who lives in Tokyo, Japan. Takeuchi's books have a wide following among anime and manga fans worldwide. Her most popular work, Sailor Moon, rose to become as of 2011[update] one of the most recognized manga and anime products to date.