Chosen Ame is an H dōjinshi series published by famed mangaka Kenichi Sonoda and his dōjinshi circle Ganso Sonoda Ya. Chosen Ame takes its name from the family business in Kumamoto prefecture, making "Korean candy". The series has recently been renamed Megaton Punch. The Chosen Ame series typically follows a theme for each anthology, such as sports, kid shows, fairy tales, uniforms, '60s Gerry Anderson sci-fi shows, etc. What sets Chosen Ame apart from many dōjinshi titles is the level of talent it attracts to each dōjinshi, both in Japan and in the United States. Contributors to Chosen Ame have been Hideaki Anno, Adam Warren, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Tony Takezaki, Rick Mays, Robert DeJesus, Kenji Tsuruta and Fumio Iida, to name just a few.
Themes
The following is the themes for each book in the Chosen Ame/Megaton Punch series.
- Chosen Ame: Robots and mecha girls
- Chosen Ame version 2.0: Magical girls
- Chosen Ame version 4.0: Japanese housewives
- Chosen Ame version 5.0: Uniforms
- Chosen Ame version 6.0: Fairy tales
- Chosen Ame version 7.0: High school
- Chosen Ame version 8.0: Sports manga
- Chosen Ame version 9.0: Japanese TV Commercials
- Chosen Ame version 10.0: Drinking and partying
- Chosen Ame version 11.0: Transformation
- Chosen Ame version 12.0: Villains
- Chosen Ame version 13.0: Go Nagai
- Chosen Ame version 14: Japanese kid shows
- Chosen Ame version 15: Creamy Lemon and other hentai OAVs.
- Chosen Ame version 16: Sunrise shows
- Chosen Ame version 17: Female schoolteachers
- Chosen Ame version 18: Princesses from anime and computer games
- Chosen Ame version 19: Female soldiers
- Chosen Ame version 20: Sports
- Megaton Punch No. 1: Female crew of the Space Battleship Yamato
- Megaton Punch No. 2: Resident Evil
- Megaton Punch No. 3: Kenichi Sonoda's characters
- Megaton Punch No. 4: Maids
- Megaton Punch No. 5: Emma
- Sonoken Doujin: Works that Kenichi Sonoda was involved in
- Koutekishu Shoujoka Megaton Punch: Videogame consoles
- Megaton Punch No. 7: Yawaraka Tank
- Megaton Punch No. 8: Shirley from the manga by Kaoru Mori
- Megaton Punch No. 9: Lucky Star
