Eisaku Kubonouchi Explained

Name Nonen:窪之内英策
Birth Date:11 November 1966
Birth Place:Kōchi, Japan
Area:Manga artist
Notable Works:Chocolat
Collaborators:Cup Noodles
Nonus:ja

is a Japanese manga artist and character designer.[1] [2] [3]

Biography

Kubonouchi made his professional career debut in 1986 with the short story Okappiki Eiji published in the manga magazine Shōnen Sunday. From 1988 to 1991, he worked on his first series, Tsurumoku Dokushin Ryō, which was in 1991 made into a movie with Kōyō Maeda (ja) in the leading role. His second manga series, Watanabe, was made into a television series in 1993, directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. After a 7-year hiatus, Kubonouchi began Chocolat, a story about a former mob boss, just having been released from the prison, who befriends a 16-year-old girl. Chocolat was published from October 1999 to September 2003 in Big Comic Spirits. In 2003, the manga was made into a television drama, that lasted 45 episodes.

Works

TitleYearNotesRefs
1988 - 91Serialized in Big Comic Spirits, 7 volumes
1992Serialized in Big Comic Spirits, 3 volumes
Chocolat1999 - 2003Serialized in Big Comic Spirits
Published by Shogakukan, 7 volumes
[4]
2006 - 07Published in Big Comic Spirits, 4 volumes
2008 - 10Published in Evening Kodansha Comics, 3 volumes
Sono Toki, Kanojo wa2018Original creator, Character Design
Bullbuster2018Original Character Design
Carole & Tuesday2019Original Character Design
Astro Note2024Original Character Design[5]

Other works

!Other works!Title!Refs
Character redesign for Cup Noodle AdsSazae-san
Heidi, Girl of the Alps
Kiki's Delivery Service
One Piece

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hashimoto, Kenji. Class structure in contemporary Japan. registration. 24 June 2011. 2003. Trans Pacific Press. 978-1-876843-71-7. 62–.
  2. Web site: ドラマ30 ショコラ インタビュー:窪之内 英策 . 2011-06-26 . 2003-05-26 . Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090204094602/http://www.mbs.jp/chocolat/interview1.html . February 4, 2009 .
  3. Web site: Witness Roronoa Zoro's High School Teenage Years in Cup Noodle Ad. Anime News Network. en. 2019-05-22.
  4. Web site: Chocolat Manga's Taiwanese Live-Action TV Adaptation Revealed. Anime News Network. 15 January 2016.
  5. Web site: 2023-12-19 . Crunchyroll Unveils Original Sci-Fi Comedy Anime Astro Note For April 2024 . 2023-12-20 . Anime News Network . en.