With the popular animated film adaptation in the first half of 2022 and sales reaching millions of copies, it can be said that Spy x Family is a successful product to date.

In fact, all of this author’s series did not have much success and were discontinued very early.

Author Tatsuya Endo’s beginnings: All One-Shot series

If readers don’t know, most manga series start out as One-Shot – 1-chapter manga series.

For author Tatsuya Endo, this did not go well in the early stages of his career.

Comic book series are short and short-lived

In 2007, Tatsuya Endo released his first long series titled Tista.

In 2010, Endo released Gekka Bijin, an action-comedy series based on Japanese legends, but it only lasted 2 years.

From ISpy to Spy x Family: A spectacular revival

By 2018, Endo began penning ISpy.

Instead of a funny family, ISpy is about a lovelorn young girl with the ability to hide.

Initially, there were quite a few doubts about the success of Spy x Family.

It even won a few awards like Eisner Award and Harvey Award within 3 years.