Yoshitoshi Abe

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Japanese graphic artist

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image[[File:Yoshitoshi Abe 20070520 Epitanime.jpg
nameYoshitoshi Abe
native_name安倍 吉俊
native_name_langja
captionAbe in 2007
occupationManga artist, illustrator, screenwriter, character designer
birth_date
birth_placeMeguro, Tokyo, Japan
alma_materTokyo University of the Arts (MFA)
website
years_active1994-present
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|image=[[File:Yoshitoshi Abe 20070520 Epitanime.jpg|219px]] |name=Yoshitoshi Abe |native_name=安倍 吉俊 |native_name_lang=ja |caption=Abe in 2007 |occupation=Manga artist, illustrator, screenwriter, character designer |birth_date= |birth_place=Meguro, Tokyo, Japan |alma_mater=Tokyo University of the Arts (MFA) |website= |years_active=1994-present Yoshitoshi Abe, also stylized as yoshitoshi ABe, is a Japanese graphic artist who works predominantly in anime and manga. He first gained fame for his work on the avant-garde anime Serial Experiments Lain. He is also responsible for the concept and character design for the series NieA_7. He is the creator of the dōjinshi Haibane Renmei, which was also adapted into an anime.

He is a colleague and friend of Chiaki J. Konaka, with whom he collaborated on the series Serial Experiments Lain and Texhnolyze. He usually uses the romaji form of his name instead of the kanji, with the "B" in "ABe" capitalized, as a reminder of his early works, for which he used the pen name "AB".

Abe began his career as a teen in Tokyo and was first recognized as a graffiti artist, who regularly got into legal problems with his art. His concepts for all his later works are said to be inspired by this time of his life and has projected a dark theme into his anime character designs.

He is known to be a fairly tech-savvy manga artist, drawing a sketch with just his finger and an application on an iPad. He released self-published dōjinshi on digital support bypassing the traditional print publishers with Pochiyama at the Pharmacy in 2008 aimed at iPhone and iPod Touch and I am an Alien, I have a Question in 2010 for Kindle.

Personal life

On November 11, 2011, Abe married artist Sasaki Yukari, his manga assistant since 2010. Their daughter was born on September 21, 2012.

Works

Anime

Music

  • Love Song (2005) (cover art and booklet illustrations)

Video games

Printed works

  • Dōjinshi
    • Furumachi (August, 1996)
    • Shooting Star (December, 1996)
    • White Rain (July, 1997)
    • Sui-Rin (August, 1998)
    • Charcoal Feather Federation (Haibane Renmei) (December, 1998)
    • T.Prevue Version 0.9 (August, 1999)
    • Faces (December, 1999)
    • K.S.M.E (July, 2000)
    • Sketches (December, 2000)
    • NieA Under 7 - Under (August, 2001)
    • Haibane Renmei - The Haibanes of Old Home (Ch.1) (August, 2001)
    • Haibane Renmei - The Haibanes of Old Home (Ch.2) (December, 2001)
    • Haibane Renmei - Haibane Lifestyle Diary (August, 2002)
    • Haibane Renmei - The Haibanes of Old Home (Extra) (December, 2002)
    • Ryuu Tai (July, 2003)
    • Not Found (December, 2003)
    • Haibane Renmei - Kyakuhonshuu - Volume 1 (August, 2004)
    • Haibane Renmei - Kyakuhonshuu - Volume 2 (December, 2004)
    • Haibane Renmei - Kyakuhonshuu - Volume 3 (December, 2004)
    • Miscellaneous (December, 2004)
    • GRID. (August, 2005)
    • Haibane Renmei - Kyakuhonshuu - Volume 4 (December, 2005)
    • Haibane Renmei - Kyakuhonshuu - Volume 5 (December, 2005)
    • Yakkyoku no Pochiyamasan (December, 2005)
    • Haibane Renmei - Kyakuhonshuu - Volume 6 (August, 2006)
    • Yakkyoku no Pochiyamasan 2.0 (August, 2006)
    • Yakkyoku no Pochiyamasan 3.0 (August 19, 2007)
    • f.p.o. (Fixed Point Observation) (August 17, 2008)
    • Ryuhshika (August 17, 2008)
    • Yakkyoku no Pochiyamasan 4.0 (December 30, 2008)
  • Artbooks
    • Serial Experiments Lain - An Omnipresence in the Wired (May, 1999)
    • Visual Experiments Lain
    • Essence (May, 2001) Released in the US
    • NieA Under 7 - Scrap (July, 2001)
    • Haibane Renmei - In the Town of Guri, in the Garden of Charcoal Feathers (December, 2003)
    • yoshitoshi ABe lain illustrations - ab# rebuild an omnipresence in the wired (Japan: December 2005; US: April 2006)
    • Gaisokyu (August, 2007)
  • Manga
    • Ame no Furu Basho (debut) Afternoon (April 1994)
    • NieA Under 7 (Vol. 1) (June, 2001)
    • NieA Under 7 (Vol. 2) (August, 2001)
    • All You Need Is Kill (December, 2004)
    • Ryushika Ryushika (2009)
  • Contributions
    • Mutekei Fire - Tarame Paradise Doujins
    • Mutekei Fire - Great Pictorial Guide of Uki-Uki in the World Doujins
    • Mutekei Fire - Tokimeki Shitsumon Bako Doujins
    • Range Murata - Flat
    • Range Murata - Rule - Fa Documenta 003
    • Range Murata - Robot - Volume 01
    • Range Murata - Robot - Volume 02
    • Range Murata - Robot - Volume 03
    • Range Murata - Robot - Volume 04
    • Range Murata - Robot - Volume 05
    • Range Murata - Robot - Volume 06
    • Range Murata - Robot - Volume 07
    • Range Murata - Robot - Volume 08
    • Range Murata - Robot - Volume 09
    • Range Murata - Robot - Volume 10 with "U.C.O."
    • Foo Swee Chin - Muzz Doujins 1-2
    • Akai Kiba (Red Fang) - Volumes 1-4
    • Hell Girl, episode 13 - sketches and wallpaint
  • Cover Illustrations
  • Misc.
    • "AB Note" yoshitoshi ABe Sketchbook (GoFa 2003)
    • "GoFa Portfolio Collection A" 20 A4 Prints (sold by GoFa at AX2003 - 100 made)
    • "GoFa Portfolio Collection B" 20 A4 Prints (Sold by GoFa at AX2003 - 100 made)
    • "Kaira" Wani Magazine Comics Special (July, 2008)

References

References

  1. Thompson, Jason. (May 18, 2010). "Manga 2.0: Yoshitoshi ABe's Digital Dojinshi".
  2. Hodgkins, Crystalyn. (April 15, 2010). "Lain's Yoshitoshi ABe Demos iPad Finger-Painting App (Updated)".
  3. Hodgkins, Crystalyn. (March 11, 2010). "New Yoshitoshi ABe Manga Now Available on Kindle".
  4. (November 11, 2011). "Nyūseki-shimashita".
  5. (October 16, 2012). "Akachan ga Umaremashita".
  6. ABe, Yoshitoshi. "Lain Men: Yoshitoshi ABe".
  7. "'Fenomeno Mitsuru ki yoru ishi wa kowagaranai' Bijuarunoberu-ban".
  8. (October 2010). "Ame no Furu Basho". [[Seidosha]].

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