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[[File:830px-Yoshitoshi Abe 20070520 Epitanime.jpg|thumb|266px|right]]
[[File:830px-Yoshitoshi Abe 20070520 Epitanime.jpg|thumb|266px|right]]
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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. A collection of his art for the series was released as [[Omnipresence_in_Wired|Omnipresence in Wired]], which features the short manga, [[The_Nightmare_of_Fabrication|The Nightmare of Fabrication]].
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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|Omnipresence in Wired]], which features the short manga, [[The_Nightmare_of_Fabrication|The Nightmare of Fabrication]].
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He is currently working on a new series, called Despera, based in 1930s Japan, with a main character named Ain, who looks very similar to [[Iwakura_Lain|Lain]].
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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 [[Iwakura_Lain|Lain]].
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.
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==External Links==
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20000123030355/http://www.people.or.jp/~ab/index.html His old homepage] (web archive) - it was likely this site or something similar that led Ueda to Abe.
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20120630053425/http://homepage.mac.com/abworks/ His new homepage] (also web archive)
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*[http://abworks.blog83.fc2.com/ ABlog]
[[Category:Staff]]
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