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Thank you very much for your replies to my questions about Donyatsu. I think it's a shame that nobody's thought to release it yet, I'd love to read it in English. I suppose I ought to get out and start lobbying publishers then...

Thanks also for your answer on my Hondalady question, I've also become a fan of theirs and think they don't get as much recognition outside Japan as they deserve. Next time I'm in Japan I'll have to come and see one of your exhibitions if there's one on.

Kozaki-san, I've got a few questions, mostly about Donyatsu.

I'm curious as to how you come up with the idea behind the comic; did it start with just the pun, or did you have some of the ideas behind the setting and characters hanging around first? I reckon that the post-apocalyptic setting has allowed you to mine a fantastic vein of black humour, but somehow I think there's more to the setting than just this. I assume that the presence of Donyatsu and his other baked animal companions ties into this somehow?

Have you heard from anyone who's interested in releasing an English version? I've got the first volume but my Japanese isn't particularly good, so I wouldn't mind if there was an English version available. Also, when is the next volume coming out?

Finally, and this one's really off topic: what is your connection to Hondalady? I know you've done some of their album art here and there, and that they did some soundtrack work for No More Heroes, but I'm curious as to whether you both work together in other capacities.

Thanks for taking the time to answer these questions for us.