永井 豪

Nagai Gou is an iconic mangaka and perhaps one of the biggest influences in the world of manga and anime overall.

In 1968, Shueisha was about to release its first manga publication - Shounen Jump, and Nagai was invited as one of the first mangakas to publish their work there. He accepted and while it was his first long running series, it was a huge success, making Shounen Jump sell over one million copies. Name of the series was Harenchi Gakuen and with it, Nagai was the first to introduce eroticism in modern manga and became the creator of modern erotic manga. Harenchi Gakuen completely changed the common perception of manga as well as what would be appropriate to convey with it. Bluntly said, Nagai Gou is the main reason why majority of western folks think that manga and anime are nothing more than cartoon ****.

In 1970, Nagai Gou started a company, Dynamic Production, to fund his manga and anime ventures. Dynamic Production's first titles were Getter Robo and Abashiri Ikka.  AniDB