Kenichi Sonoda

FACT SHEET
NAME (Romanji) - Kenichi Sonoda

NAME (Kanji) - 園田 健一

DATE OF BIRTH - December 13, 1962 (current age: 54)

PLACE OF BIRTH - Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

 * Originally worked at animation studio ARTMIC from 1984 until 1991 (ARTMIC was liquidated in 1997).


 * Was a principal artist on the anime series "Bubblegum Crisis" during his term with ARTMIC.


 * He is currently publishing the manga "Bullet the Wizard".

TRIVIA

 * He owns several replica gun models; Japan is gun-controlled, so actual working guns are not permitted.

MANGA TITLES

 * Privates Live
 * Riding Bean (1989, unfinished)
 * Gunsmith Cats (1991-1997)
 * Cannon God Exaxxion (1997-2004)
 * Gunsmith Cats BURST (2004-2008)
 * Bullet the Wizard (2010-ongoing)

ANIMATION PROJECTS

 * Wanna-Be's (1986) - character concept design
 * Bubblegum Crisis (1987) - character design, mecha design
 * The Wings of Honneamise (1987) - production design
 * Riding Bean - (1989) - original story, character design
 * Gall Force: 1st Story arc (1986) - character design
 * Gall Force: Rhea arc 1989) - character design
 * Gall Force: Earth chapter arc (1991) - character design
 * Gall Force: New Era arc  (1991) - character design
 * Bubblegum Crash (1991) - character design
 * Otaku no Video (1991) - character design
 * Gunsmith Cats (1995) - original story, character design
 * Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai - (1996) - original character design
 * SoltyRei (2005) - conceptual design

VIDEO GAME PROJECTS

 * Suchie-Pai, The Idol Fighter (1993-ongoing series)