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1 Professional career  





2 Personal life  





3 Works  



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Kenichi Sonoda
Born (1962-12-13) 13 December 1962 (age 61)
NationalityJapanese

Sonoda Kenichi (園田 健一, Sonoda Ken'ichi, born 13 December 1962) is a Japanese manga artist and animation character designer.

Professional career[edit]

Born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Sonoda moved to Tokyo in 1984, at the age of 21, and began work at Artmic,[1] an anime studio. During this time, he worked on Bubblegum Crisis, producing the original Knight Saber character designs. He also worked on Gall Force, for which he did the original character designs.

He worked at Artmic until 1991, when he began work on the manga series Gunsmith Cats. Gunsmith Cats is one of Sonoda's best known works, being both a Harvey[2] and Tezuka award nominee. Sonoda concluded Gunsmith Cats' run in 1997, when he put the comic on hiatus, and began work on Cannon God Exaxxion. In 2004, after finishing Cannon God Exaxxion, he returned to work on Gunsmith Cats, with the follow-up sequel, Gunsmith Cats Burst.

He is currently the 19th head of the wagashi confectionery shop "Sonoda-ya" in Kumamoto, established in 1582. Sonoda created a new product, its first in 115 years, by adding lemon peels to his family's existing chōsen-ame candies and providing his own bishōjo illustrations for the packaging.[3]

Personal life[edit]

Sonoda is a self-confessed gun fanatic, owning several replica guns.[4]

Works[edit]

Manga[edit]

Animation[edit]

Video games[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Interview with Kenichi Sonoda", Gunsmith Cats Volume 1: Bonnie and Clyde (Dark Horse Comics, 1996), p. 3.
  • ^ The Harvey Awards. "Harvey Award Nominees 1997". Archived from the original on June 25, 2004. Retrieved September 15, 2006.
  • ^ "1582年創業の老舗和菓子店、115年ぶり新商品発売:朝日新聞デジタル". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 15 September 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  • ^ DarkHorse.com. "Dark Horse interview with Sonoda". Retrieved September 16, 2006.
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