was a Japanese manga artist. During the time in which manga was often distributed through lending libraries, Sonoda used the pen name . His best known works are '' Akatasuki Sentōtai'', '' Sangokushi'' and ''Akakichi no Eleven''. ''Akatasuki Sentōtai'' ran afoul of Japanese sentiment in the 1960s against military manga and has since fallen out of circulation.

Biography

Sonoda was born in

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...

in 1940.

Works

* * written by Shunsuke Sagara * written by

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* * written by Sentarō Kubota and

Jūzō Yamasaki is a Japanese manga artist. His best known work is ''Tsuribaka Nisshi'' with art by Kenichi Kitami. Yamasaki originally wrote screenplays for Toei, but was laid off and decided to pursue a career in manga instead. He has won both the Shogakukan ...

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External links

Japanese Request to Republish Akatasuki Sentōtai
People from Osaka Manga artists 1940 births 1997 deaths {{Manga-artist-stub