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'''Yoshitoshi ABe''' is the character designer for [[Serial Experiments Lain]], as well as other popular anime, such as Niea_7 and Haibane Renmei. [[Ueda Yasuyuki]], who came up with the original concept for ''Lain'', invited him to come work on the project after seeing his art online. Abe was a senior in art school at the time. A collection of his art for the series was released as [[Omnipresence in Wired]], which features the short manga, [[The Nightmare of Fabrication]].
'''Yoshitoshi ABe''' is the character designer for ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]'', as well as other popular anime, such as ''Niea_7'' and ''Haibane Renmei''. [[Ueda Yasuyuki]], who came up with the original concept for ''Lain'', invited him to come work on the project after seeing his art online. Abe was a senior in art school at the time. A collection of his art for the series was released as ''[[Omnipresence in Wired]]'', which features the short manga, ''[[The Nightmare of Fabrication]]''.
One of his recent project is a series called Despera, set in 1930s Japan, with a main character named Ain who looks very similar to [[Lain Iwakura]].
One of his recent project is a series called ''Despera'', set in 1930s Japan, with a main character named Ain who looks very similar to [[Lain Iwakura]].
He has contributed to the doujinshi works of a circle called Mutekei-Fire, under the pen name AB.
He has contributed to the doujinshi works of a circle called ''Mutekei-Fire'', under the pen name AB.
A Japanese-language periodical featured him in 2010. ''Eureka'' no. 586, vol. 42–12, 10 October 2010, subtitled ''The Necessary yoshitoshi ABE'', contains essays and reviews about him, interviews of him, color illustrations, 18 glossy pages of color works and pencil sketches, including works he did in art school, and a 28-page manga called "Where the Rain Falls" (雨の降る場所 ''ame no furu basho'') that was originally printed in ''Afternoon Shiki-shou'' in 1994.
A Japanese-language periodical featured him in 2010. ''Eureka'' no. 586, vol. 42–12, 10 October 2010, subtitled ''The Necessary yoshitoshi ABE'', contains essays and reviews about him, interviews of him, color illustrations, 18 glossy pages of color works and pencil sketches, including works he did in art school, and a 28-page manga called "Where the Rain Falls" (雨の降る場所 ''ame no furu basho'') that was originally printed in ''Afternoon Shiki-shou'' in 1994.
He may be found on many online communities, such as Twitter or YouTube, usually with a screenname of Abfly, or similar.
He may be found on many online communities, such as Twitter or YouTube, usually with a screenname of Abfly, or similar.
==List of Works==
==List of works==
===Anime===
===Anime===
* Serial Experiments Lain (1998) (original character design)[6]
* ''Serial Experiments Lain'' (1998) (original character design)<ref name = "animeJump">ABe, Yoshitoshi. ["Lain Men: Yoshitoshi Abe" https://web.archive.org/web/20070926225927/http://animejump.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=33&page=1] (Interview). Interviewed by Anime Jump. Archived from [http://animejump.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=33&page=1 the original] on September 26, 2007. Retrieved August 10, 2019.</ref>
* NieA 7 (2000) (original character design, scenario)[6]
* ''NieA 7'' (2000) (original character design, scenario)<ref name = "animeJump" />
* Haibane Renmei (2002) (original creator, original character design, series composition, screenplay)
* ''Haibane Renmei'' (2002) (original creator, original character design, series composition, screenplay)
* Texhnolyze (2003) (original character design)
* ''Texhnolyze'' (2003) (original character design)
* Welcome to the N.H.K. (2006) (original character design)
* ''Welcome to the N.H.K.'' (2006) (original character design)
* RErideD: Derrida, who leaps through time (2018) (original character design, screenplay for episodes 4, 8, and 10)
* ''RErideD: Derrida, who leaps through time'' (2018) (original character design, screenplay for episodes 4, 8, and 10)
* Despera (TBA) (original character design)
* ''Despera'' (TBA) (original character design)
===Music===
===Music===
* Love Song (2005) (cover art and booklet illustrations)
* "Love Song" (2005) (cover art and booklet illustrations)
===Video games===
===Video games===
* Wachenröder (1998)
* ''Wachenröder'' (1998)
* Phenomeno (2012)[7]
* ''Phenomeno'' (2012)<ref>[https://www.nitroplus.co.jp/game/phenomeno/ 'Fenomeno Mitsuru ki yoru ishi wa kowagaranai' Bijuarunoberu-ban 『フェノメノ 美鶴木夜石は怖がらない』ビジュアルノベル版]. ''[[wikipedia:Nitroplus|Nitroplus]]''. Retrieved on August 10, 2019.</ref>
===Printed works===
===Printed works===
* '''Dōjinshi'''
* '''Dōjinshi'''
** "GoFa Portfolio Collection B" 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
** "Kaira" Wani Magazine Comics Special (July, 2008
== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
