Masato Ichishiki

is a Japanese manga artist, who is best known for his work on the SD Gundam series.

Works

• Shageki Boy SHOOT (1998)
• Tomba! The Wild Adventures (1999)
• War War Tanks! (2000)
• Brave Saga 2 (2000)
• SD Gundam Mushamaruden (2001)
• SD Gundam Mushamaruden 2 (2002)
• SD Gundam Mushamaruden 3 (2003)
• SD Gundam Force Emaki Musharetsuden (2004)
• SD Gundam Force: Destructive Daishogun Appears!!Zako? (2004)
• SD Gundam Musha Banchō FÅ«unroku (2006–2008)
• Fusion Chronicle Gundam Battle Rave (2008)
• Jyuuken Sentai Gekiranger VS Boukenger

Design

• Gundam Evolve 10: refine design of ZZ Gundam
• Gundam Evolve 14: Musha Gundam

Recurring themes

With Ichishiki's SD Gundam works, there are many recurring elements. These include:

• The lead Gundam being a pre-teen with a fiery temper
• The first human to encounter the lead Gundam is a human boy of similar age
• Artificial Gundams, with cog designs in their eyes to signify their robotic nature