Yoshitoshi Abe


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

  • Serial Experiments Lain
  • NieA_7
  • Haibane Renmei
  • Texhnolyze
  • Welcome to the N.H.K.
  • RErideD: Derrida, who leaps through time
  • Housing Complex C
  • ''Despera''

    Music

  • ''Love Song''

    Video games

  • Wachenröder
  • ''Phenomeno''

    Printed works

  • Dōjinshi
  • * Furumachi
  • * Shooting Star
  • * White Rain
  • * Sui-Rin
  • * Charcoal Feather Federation
  • * T.Prevue Version 0.9
  • * Faces
  • * K.S.M.E
  • * Sketches
  • * NieA Under 7 - Under
  • * Haibane Renmei - The Haibanes of Old Home
  • * Haibane Renmei - The Haibanes of Old Home
  • * Haibane Renmei - Haibane Lifestyle Diary
  • * Haibane Renmei - The Haibanes of Old Home
  • * Ryuu Tai
  • * Not Found
  • * Haibane Renmei - Kyakuhonshuu - Volume 1
  • * Haibane Renmei - Kyakuhonshuu - Volume 2
  • * Haibane Renmei - Kyakuhonshuu - Volume 3
  • * Miscellaneous
  • * GRID.
  • * Haibane Renmei - Kyakuhonshuu - Volume 4
  • * Haibane Renmei - Kyakuhonshuu - Volume 5
  • * Yakkyoku no Pochiyamasan
  • * Haibane Renmei - Kyakuhonshuu - Volume 6
  • * Yakkyoku no Pochiyamasan 2.0
  • * Yakkyoku no Pochiyamasan 3.0
  • * f.p.o.
  • * Ryuhshika
  • * Yakkyoku no Pochiyamasan 4.0
  • Artbooks
  • * Serial Experiments Lain - An Omnipresence in the Wired
  • * Visual Experiments Lain
  • * Essence *Released in the US*
  • * NieA Under 7 - Scrap
  • * Haibane Renmei - In the Town of Guri, in the Garden of Charcoal Feathers
  • * yoshitoshi ABe lain illustrations - ab# rebuild an omnipresence in the wired
  • * Gaisokyu
  • Manga
  • * Ame no Furu Basho ''Afternoon
  • * NieA Under 7
  • * NieA Under 7
  • * All You Need Is Kill
  • * Ryushika Ryushika
  • 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 - Volumes 1-4
  • * Hell Girl, episode 13 - sketches and wallpaint
  • Cover Illustrations
  • * Kami no Keifu Novels 1-3
  • * Welcome to the N.H.K.
  • * Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge
  • * Chojin Keikaku
  • * Slip Manga Collection
  • * All You Need is Kill''
  • Misc.
  • * "AB Note" yoshitoshi ABe Sketchbook
  • * "GoFa Portfolio Collection A" 20 A4 Prints
  • * "GoFa Portfolio Collection B" 20 A4 Prints
  • * "Kaira" Wani Magazine Comics Special