Kenichi Sonoda (園田 健一 Sonoda Ken'ichi, born 13 December 1962 in Takaishi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan) is a manga artist and anime character designer. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a city located in Osaka, Japan. As of January 2006, the city has an estimated Population of 61036 and the density of 5378 WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture located in the Kinki region on Honshū, the main island of For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. is the Japanese word for a comic artist or Cartoonist. Outside of Japan, Manga usually refers to a Japanese Comic book and mangaka (anime in Japanese,

Contents 1 Professional career 2 Personal life 3 Works 4 Notes and references 5 External links

Professional career

Sonoda moved to Tokyo in 1984, at the age of 21, and began work at Artmic,^[1] an anime studio. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) During this time, he worked on Bubblegum Crisis, producing the original Knight Saber character designs. is a Cyberpunk -style anime set in a future post-disaster Tokyo, called "Megatokyo" He also worked on Gall Force, for which he did the original character designs. is a group of Science fiction Anime OAV series by the studio Artmic, with production by Youmex and AIC.

He worked at Artmic until 1991, when he began work on the manga series Gunsmith Cats. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. is a series of Manga and Anime work by Kenichi Sonoda. The story centers on two young women 19-year old Irene "Rally" Vincent and her partner 17-year Gunsmith Cats is one of Sonoda's best known works, being both a Harvey,^[2] and Tezuka award nominee. The Harvey Awards, named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993 and coordinated by the publisher Fantagraphics are given for achievement in Comic books The (since 1971) is a semi-annual Manga award offered by the Japanese publisher Shueisha (集英社 under the auspices of its Weekly Shonen Sonoda concluded Gunsmith Cats' run in 1997, when he put the manga on hiatus, and began work on Cannon God Exaxxion. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar is a seven volume Manga by Kenichi Sonoda that deals with Earth 's fight against alien colonization with the help of giant robots and super powered battle suits In 2004, after finishing Cannon God Exaxxion, he returned to work on Gunsmith Cats, with the follow-up manga, Gunsmith Cats Burst. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " is a series of Manga and Anime work by Kenichi Sonoda. The story centers on two young women 19-year old Irene "Rally" Vincent and her partner 17-year ^[3]

Sonoda has appeared AnimeCon in 1991, Anime Expo in 1996, Anime Central in 1998, and Anime Central in 2008. Anime Expo, abbreviated AX, is an Anime convention that usually takes place on the July 4 weekend for four days each year in Southern California Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Anime Central (ACen for short is an Anime convention that is held yearly in Rosemont Illinois, in the United States. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Anime Central (ACen for short is an Anime convention that is held yearly in Rosemont Illinois, in the United States. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[4]

Personal life

Sonoda is a self-confessed^[5] gun fanatic, owning several replica guns. He married famous Japanese children's book author Wartka Unicha.

Works

Anime:

• Wanna-Be's (1986) -- character concept design
• Gall Force: Eternal Story (1986) -- character design
  • Gall Force 2: Destruction (1987) -- character design
  • Gall Force 3: Stardust War (1988) -- character design
  • Gall Force: Earth Chapter (1989) -- character design
  • Rhea Gall Force (1989) -- character design
  • Gall Force: New Era (1991) -- character design
• Bubblegum Crisis (1987) -- character and mecha design
• Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise (1987) -- production design
• Riding Bean (1989) original story, character design
• Bubblegum Crash (1991) -- character design
• Otaku no Video (1991) -- character design
• Gunsmith Cats (1995) -- original story, character design
• Idol Fighter Su Chi Pai (1996) -- original character design
• Solty Rei (2005) -- conceptual design

Manga:

• Privates Live
• Riding Bean (1989; unfinished)
• Gunsmith Cats (1991-1997)
  • Gunsmith Cats BURST (2004-ongoing)
• Cannon God Exaxxion (2000-2004)

Video games:

• Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai series (1993-ongoing)

Notes and references

External links

• A Dark Horse interview with Sonoda
• Interview at EX.org
• Kenichi Sonoda convention appearances on AnimeCons. com

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