Hideaki Sorachi (空知 英秋, Sorachi Hideaki, born May 25, 1979)[1] is the pen name[2] of a Japanese manga artist, most well known for his manga Gintama, which began serialization in 2003 and ended in 2019.[3] He has also written numerous one-shots, including Dandelion, for which he won the Tenkaichi Honourable Mention Manga Award in 2002.[4] Sorachi's distinctive sense of humour and writing style has been the subject of academic research papers.[5][6][7] As of February 2018, the Gintama manga has sold 55 million units in Japan.[8]
^Sorachi, Hideaki (2009). Gin Tama, Vol. 10. Viz Media. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-4215-1623-3.
^"Character Book 1 Interview". Yorozuya Soul. Archived from the original on May 27, 2015. Retrieved Sep 23, 2020.
^2004年新年2号 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on February 5, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2009.
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^Lee, R. (2011). Romanticising Shinsengumi in Contemporary Japan. New Voices (Sydney, N.S.W.), 4, 68–187. doi:10.21159/nv.04.08
^Jones, H. (2013). Manga Girls: Sex, Love, Comedy and Crime in Recent Boys’ Anime and Manga. In B. Steger & A. Koch (Eds.), Manga Girl Seeks Herbivore Boy: Studying Japanese Gender at Cambridge (pp. 23-82). Lit Verlag.
^Smith, A. (2020). What Do Manga Depict? Understanding Contemporary Japanese Comics and the Culture of Japan. (27834637) [Doctoral thesis, Indiana University of Pennsylvania]. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
^Valdez, N. (2018). ‘Gintama’ Manga Hits New Sales Record. Comicbook. https://comicbook.com/anime/news/gintama-manga-sales-record-55-million/
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