Sorachi Hideaki (空知 英秋) is the original author of the Gintama manga, which the anime was adapted from. There exists a cameo of this manga author in the form of a gorilla drawn by the author himself. The gorilla usually wears a yellow T-shirt with the red kanji (俺, ore, lit. 'I' or 'Me') on it. His cameo has made appearances in both the Gintama manga and anime. During the first episode of the Popularity Poll arc, Shimura Tae went out of the screen and killed Sorachi because he had ranked both higher and close to her, much to her dismay and aggravation.