World Fandom May 30th 2025
Yoshitoshi ABe as Illustrator
Dual Presentation ART
Widely known for his work on such anime as Serial Experiments Lain and Haibane Renmei (Charcoal Feathers Federation) Yoshitoshi ABe will share insights into his career from the perspective of illustration. He’ll talk about how he started out will illustration and the kinds of media and technology he uses to create his amazing artwork.
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ABe, an illustrator, manga artist, and anime character designer, was born in Tokyo on August 3, 1971.

He has worked on a variety of popular anime, published several manga series and many dojinshi, and his illustrations have been featured in a multitude of art books, novels, and media covers.

In Anime, he was the character designer for serial experiments lain (1998) and NieA_7 (2000), conceptual character designer for TEXHNOLYZE (2003), and more recently the character designer and a script writer for RErideD (2018). His dojinshi, Haibane Renmei, became an hit anime of the same title on which he contributed as original creator and to the series composition.

His manga related work includes story and art for NieA Under 7 (2001), character design for All You Need Is Kill (2004), and story and art for Ryushika Ryushika (2009). Most recently, ABe is creating manga for Kodomo no Gourmet (2017), which is based on a short story by well-known artist and essayist Masayuki Kusumi.