Hideki Sonoda
Hideki Sonoda (園田 英樹) (Born 1957) is a Japanese cartoon writer, with credits on the Pokemon franchise as well as Mobile Suit Victory Gundam and Captain Tsubasa. His professional career began in 1983, and three years later he was given the role of "Series Composition", effectively head writer for the show, on Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos for Ashi Productions, retaining the post for Machine Robo: Battle Hackers.
As such he took a major role in shaping the series' mythos - roughly the equivalent role of Jeff Segal on Challenge of the GoBots, though Sonoda seems to have read most of the scripts before they went into production. On the other hand he did also have a hand in the Leina Stol OVA series, so no-one's coming up smelling of roses here. He scripted 14 episodes of Revenge of Cronos as well, particularly those focused on the Stol clan's backstory. Sonoda also wrote 13 episodes of Battle Hackers and was later recalled as head writer of Machine Robo Rescue by Sunrise.
Series Composition[edit | edit source]
- Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos (1986-1987)
- Machine Robo: Battle Hackers (1987)
- Machine Robo Rescue (2003-2004)
Writer[edit | edit source]
Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos[edit | edit source]
- "Rising Storm - the Fighting Style of Justice!"
- "Wolf Sword! Call Forth the Thunder of Courage!"
- "The Rock People and Mizuchi the Mysterious Dragon"
- "Defeat Bug, the User of Darkness!"
- "Jet! Defeat the Double Death Blade!"
- "The Heart of a Protecting Angel"
- "Gather All Machine Robo"
- "Knight of the Devil's Mountain, Mask Rock"
- "Battle Rock Mars' Tears"
- "Baikanfu Disappears in Space"
- "Raise Your Gun, Heli Transer!"
- "Mighty Fortress, Heavenly Sword - Jet Don't Die!"
- "The Final Battle of Cronos"
Machine Robo: Battle Hackers[edit | edit source]
- "Burning Electronic Planet"
- "Jet Riser! Scramble!"
- "Strongest Warrior - R.JeTan!"
- "Jet Riser - Full Fire!"
- "Rotary Kid and Twincam Jimmy"
- "Muddy Duel"
- "R. JeTan! Run!"
- "Go Go Go Mach Blaster!"
- "The Stolen Secret Weapon"
- "Let's Do It!"
- "Fire Warrior R. JeTan" (with Ritsuko Hayasaka")
- "Iron Eagle - Lonely Hunter"
- "Goodbye - Battle Forever"
Leina Stol in Wolf Sword Legend[edit | edit source]
Lightning Trap: Leina and Laika[edit | edit source]
Machine Robo Rescue[edit | edit source]
- "Commence the Rescue Combination!!"
- "Blazing Fire Fighter!"
- "Industrial Complex Panic!"
- "The Strongest Combination! Machine Commander Robo V"
- "A Looming Catastrophe!"
- "All Hands on Deck, Save the Planet!"
- "Sortie!" (with Junko Okakazi)
- "Machine Robo Rescue Special - New Year's Day!" (with Junko Okakazi)