Eisaku Kubonouchi
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| notable works = Chocolat
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{{nihongo|Eisaku Kubonouchi|窪之内英策|Kubonouchi Eisaku|extra=born November 11, 1966 in Kōchi, Japan}} is a Japanese manga artist and character designer.{{cite book|last=Hashimoto|first=Kenji|title=Class structure in contemporary Japan|url=https://archive.org/details/classstructurein0000hash|url-access=registration|accessdate=24 June 2011|year=2003|publisher=Trans Pacific Press|isbn=978-1-876843-71-7|pages=[https://archive.org/details/classstructurein0000hash/page/62 62]–}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mbs.jp/chocolat/interview1.html |title=ドラマ30 ショコラ インタビュー:窪之内 英策 |accessdate=2011-06-26 |date=2003-05-26 |publisher=Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204094602/http://www.mbs.jp/chocolat/interview1.html |archivedate=February 4, 2009 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-05-22/witness-roronoa-zoro-high-school-teenage-years-in-cup-noodle-ad/.146972|title=Witness Roronoa Zoro's High School Teenage Years in Cup Noodle Ad|website=Anime News Network|language=en|access-date=2019-05-22}}
Biography
Kubonouchi made his professional career debut in 1986 with the short story Okappiki Eiji published in the manga magazine Shōnen Sunday.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} 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.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} His second manga series, Watanabe, was made into a television series in 1993, directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} After a 7-year hiatus,{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} 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
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! Year ! Notes | |
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| {{nihongo3|Tsurumoku Bachelor Dormitory|ツルモク独身寮|Tsurumoku Dokushin Ryō}}
| 1988–91 | Serialized in Big Comic Spirits, 7 volumes | | |
| {{nihongo3 | ワタナベ|Watanabe}}
| 1992 | Serialized in Big Comic Spirits, 3 volumes | |
| Chocolat
| 1999–2003 | Serialized in Big Comic Spirits | {{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-08-14/chocolat-manga-taiwanese-live-action-tv-adaptation-revealed|title=Chocolat Manga's Taiwanese Live-Action TV Adaptation Revealed|author=|date=|work=Anime News Network|accessdate=15 January 2016}} | |
| {{nihongo3|Cherry|チェリー|Cherī}}
| 2006–07 | Published in Big Comic Spirits, 4 volumes | | |
| {{nihongo3 | ピカもん| Pikamon}}
| 2008–10 | Published in Evening Kodansha Comics, 3 volumes | |
| Sono Toki, Kanojo wa
|2018 |Original creator, Character Design | | |
| Bullbuster
|2018 |Original Character Design | | |
| Carole & Tuesday
|2019 |Original Character Design | |
| Astro Note
|2024 |Original Character Design |
= Other works =
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| rowspan="4" |Character redesign for
Cup Noodle Ads |
| Heidi, Girl of the Alps |
| Kiki's Delivery Service |
| One Piece |
References
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{{cite web
| url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/authorities/5268
| script-title=ja:著者：窪之内英策
|trans-title=Author: Eisaku Kubonouchi
| publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs | work=Media Arts Database
| accessdate=January 14, 2016
| location=Japan | language=Japanese}}
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External links
- {{Twitter}}
- {{in lang|ja}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20090204094602/http://www.mbs.jp/chocolat/interview1.html Interview with Eisaku Kubonouchi about dramatizing Chocolat] (Web Archive)
- {{in lang|ja}} [http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solrenew_writer?isbn=180369 List of Eisaku Kubonouchi's works]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at Shogakukan official site
- {{anime News Network|people|66237}}
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