Yoshitoshi abe biography of rory

Japanese graphic artist

Yoshitoshi Abe (安倍 吉俊, Abe Yoshitoshi, born August 3, ), 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.

Yoshitoshi abe biography of rory

He is also responsible for the concept and character design for the series NieA_7. He is the creator of the dōjinshiHaibane 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