Lain was my first introduction to a darker aspect in Anime, and the surrealism of animation, my second dip into the beautiful artwork of my idol Abe Yoshitoshi who did all the promotional art, charector design, and DvD cover art. And Lain's opening introduced me to the UK band boa who performed 'Duvet' as the show's equally surreal and beautiful to boot opening song.

Even if you aren't a fan of the show, Abe's work is worth the purchase and price of this book. You won't be dissapointed. Out of the many Artbooks I've come to own this is by far the nicest I own, no not of my biased love for this guy, but the quality of the pictures and printing. The translations aren't too shabby either.

Abe's detailed work brings us even deeper into the dark troubled future young Lain knows as her own time. A future modled not to far from our own time as of right now. In a story driven on loose ends, unraveled identity, unfinished questions and answer that don't seem to really exist, the feel of the story is hard to grasp and put to image. ABe dose this flawlessly with his somewhat inaccurate to the scrutinizing eye, but beautiful aesthetic earthral feeling style. The dark tones, beautiful shading, truly detail and present 'Lain' in the best way possible. I'd provide scans but TheO has been a hassle fpr me and oictures as of late so please bear with a photo for now. A simple search or even checking out some of the sections on the website 'Thoughts on SE: Lain' will give plenty of example of the artwork found in this wonderful book.

Enjoy, as I always do, for ABe's amazing work on this book and series

Life: 03/14/09 | Posted By: renari-chan | 0 comments