Introduction
I have been following the Gun Smith Cats manga for years, and had even translated
the first volume or so long before Studio Proteus bought the rights to it. I even enjoyed Riding
Bean back when it had been first fan translated.
This page is nothing pretentious -- just a little collection of links to files that I have
compiled for Sonoda's works.
I will eventually be mothballing this page. If you want a copy of all the files,
let me know.
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Intro to Ken'ichi Sonoda
You'd think that I would have more information on Sonoda than this, but here goes...
Sonoda has been in the anime and manga business for years. He first became known in the
U.S. with his anime Riding Bean. Because of legal problems, Sonoda couldn't proceed
with a sequel to Riding Bean. Instead, he created Gun Smith Cats, which ran in the
monthly Afternoon magazine. He also created the character designs for the following anime:
Gall Force and Bubblegum Crisis. 1996 saw the release of a 3-part OAV series
based on Gun Smith Cats. Most recently, he has been working on Exaxxion:
The Cannon God, which is currently running in Afternoon magazine.
Sonoda is still active in the character design field, but is apparently concentrating on
doing work for arcade games based on the Chinese game of Mah Jongg.
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People who helped me on these files:
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Summaries and Character Guides
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Links to Other Sonoda Sites
Heh, well, actually...
Check the main wiki entry.
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You can
contact me at: riemann96@yahoo.com
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