1. Hideaki Sorachi is the pen name of a Japanese manga artist, most well known for his manga Gintama, which began serialization in 2003 and ended in 2019.
21 Facts About Hideaki Sorachi
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Hideaki Sorachi has written numerous one-shots, including Dandelion, for which he won the Tenkaichi Honourable Mention Manga Award in 2002.
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Hideaki Sorachi was born on May 25,1979, in Takikawa of Hokkaido, Japan.
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Sorachi has stated that his pen name is derived from the Sorachi prefecture in Hokkaido, but Hideaki is a part of his real name.
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Hideaki Sorachi has an older sister, and occasionally shares stories about her in the end notes of manga volumes.
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Hideaki Sorachi has commented that he prefers using analog writing implements as opposed to creating digital art; his most used writing utensil being the calligraphy brush pen.
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Hideaki Sorachi uses felt-tip and permanent markers, and a round-nib and G-pen.
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However, after his father ridiculed a manga he drew in 4th grade, Hideaki Sorachi decided to give up on his dream of becoming a manga artist.
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Hideaki Sorachi entered a university in Hokkaido, studying a degree in advertising.
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Hideaki Sorachi recounted feeling unsure of his career path while enrolled at university, considering following his interests in both architecture and creating computer graphics.
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Hideaki Sorachi believed that the manga was unlikely to become popular, and recounted other people telling him that the manga would not surpass the printing of two tankobon volumes.
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Hideaki Sorachi later stated that he was overjoyed when the manga was adapted into an anime, and, until then, hadn't fully grasped the extent to which the series was popular.
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Hideaki Sorachi stated that reading Wanpakku Comics had the greatest influence on his work as a manga artist, though was inspired by popular series such as Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball and Shigeru Mizuki's GeGeGe no Kitarou.
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Hideaki Sorachi mentioned that watching various variety shows and historical films served as creative inspiration for Gintama.
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Hideaki Sorachi has stated that the midnight radio program Attack Young, by Akashi Eiichirou, inspired his satirical humour.
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However, following the first year of serialisation, Hideaki Sorachi stated that he grew more comfortable with extending the storyline of the manga to include more serious themes and dramatic moments, whilst keeping his uniquely comedic and fantastical characterisation of modern Japan.
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Hideaki Sorachi has appeared on Gintama, both the manga and the anime, in a short comedy segment, often on the subject of writing and working as a manga artist.
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Hideaki Sorachi has appeared in a life-sized suit of this character for promotional interviews on Gintama movie releases.
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Hideaki Sorachi wrote that the cards were acknowledging the success of the movie Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train.
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Hideaki Sorachi received an honourable mention for the 71st Tenkaichi Manga award for his debut work, Dandelion.
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Hideaki Sorachi later described, in an interview, that winning the award aided his career as a manga artist.