Yoshitoshi ABe
Yoshitoshi ABe ( Japanese安 倍 吉 俊, Abe Yoshitoshi ; born August 3, 1971 ) is an avant-garde Japanese artist who is best known for his work in the manga and anime scene. He usually uses the Rōmaji spelling of his name instead of the Kanji spelling, with the capitalized 'B' in 'ABe'.
Life
After graduating from high school , he worked for a short time as an assistant to a mangaka before going to the National University of Fine Arts and Music in Tokyo . In his student days and his first release falls in his - anthology Afternoon . After completing his bachelor's degree , he also completed a master's degree . For a long time his activity was directed mainly to the dōjinshi scene, but after being significantly involved in some anime, he broadened his sphere of activity to manga, anime, video games and illustrations. He works a lot with computers, especially Macs , whereby a characteristic feature of his style is the hesitant use of the eraser function, so that his pictures usually have something blurred, sketchy.
Yoshitoshi ABe married his assistant Yukaly Sasaki on November 11, 2011.
Works
Anime
- Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
- NieA 7 (2000)
- Haibane Renmei (2002)
- Texhnolyze (2003)
Artbooks
- Serial Experiments Lain - An Omnipresence in the Wired (May 1999)
- Essence (May 2001)
- 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 (December 2005)
- Yoshitoshi ABe - Gaisokyu
Cover designs
- Kami no Keifu Novels 1-3
- Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge Novel
- Brief Manga Collection
- All You Need Is Kill
- NHK ni Yōkoso!
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)
- KSME (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)
Manga
- Afternoon (April 1994)
- NieA Under 7 (Vol. 1) (June 2001)
- NieA Under 7 (Vol. 2) (August 2001)
- Ryuushika Ryuushika (since 2009, started as dojinshi)
Cooperation
- 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 , Volumes 1-6
- Foo Swee Chin - Muzz Doujins 1-2
- Akai Kiba (Red Fang), Volumes 1-4
- Jigoku Shoujo , episode 13 (sketches and mural)
Video games
- Wachenröder ( 1998 )
Web links
- Yoshitoshi ABe's homepage ( memento of September 20, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) on homepage.mac.com
- Profile of Yoshitoshi ABe on anisearch.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anime News Network: Lain's Yoshitoshi Abe, Artist Yukaly Sasaki Marry. November 12, 2011 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | ABe, Yoshitoshi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 安 倍 吉 俊 (Japanese); Abe, Yoshitoshi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese mangaka |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd August 1971 |