himself in the Japanese Gintama anime. Sorachi has also appeared in a life-sized suit of this character for promotional interviews on Gintama movie releases. In these appearances, a cast member will read out a letter written by Sorachi, about the stages of production or effort which went into creating the movie, frequented by sudden, comical one-liners. Crossovers and appearances Kenta Shinohara (author of Sket Dance) used to be his assistant, as well as Yōichi Amano (author of Akaboshi: Ibun Suikoden). Gintama and Sket Dance had a crossover chapter in Weekly Shōnen Jump, marking the 360th chapter for Gintama and the 180th for Sket Dance. The author for One Piece, Eiichiro Oda, also drew the main characters Gintoki Sakata from Gintama and Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece for the Gintama exhibition, and gave commentary on the series. Several other Weekly Shōnen Jump series have been referenced or parodied in Gintama, including that of One Piece, Naruto, and Dragon Ball. The second season of the anime adaptation of Shūichi Asō's The Disastrous Life of Saiki K also featured a crossover with Gintama. In the premiere of the film “Gintama – The Final”, Sorachi hand drew physical cards of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba characters, including the protagonist Tanjiro, which were then offered to those attending the film’s release. Sorachi wrote that the cards were acknowledging the success of the movie Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train. Works Bankara — One Shot, 2010 (featured in volume 38 of Gintama) 13 — One Shot, 2008 (featured in Volume 24 of Gintama) 3rd Year Z Class: GinPachi Sensei — light novels, 2006 – ongoing (illustrator) Dandelion — One Shot (featured in volume 1 of Gintama) Gintama — 2003–2019 Shirokuro — One Shot (featured in volume 2 of Gintama) Awards Hideaki Sorachi received an honourable mention for the 71st Tenkaichi Manga award for his debut work, Dandelion. The Tenkaichi Manga Award was held from August 1996 to March 2003, replacing the Hop ☆ Step Award as a monthly newcomer award for Shōnen Jump, held by Shueisha. Sorachi later described, in an interview, that winning the award aided his career as a manga artist. References External links 1979 births Living people Manga artists from Hokkaido Pseudonymous artists