omnipresence in the wired yoshitoshi abe

#Omnipresence in the wired yoshitoshi abe series#

There are numerous color illustrations and also very detailed pencil/black and white drawings. Yoshitoshi Abe's gift for soft lines contrasting with dizzying industrial details is represented beautifully. Two pages at the front and back of the book are a 'frosted' acetate paper which is hard to capture in pictures but produces a very neat effect when layered over the background page underneath.

The cover is very simple and you can just barely see the text on it in a shiny embossed black. I don't hear of English-only exclusive items much usually it's the other way around. The illustration on the slipcase is also the illustration you get on the small poster inside, which was only included with the English release, strangely enough. It's a beautiful book, hardcover and comes in a decorated slipcase to protect it. The book is NOT flipped, however, still oriented right-to-left.

#Omnipresence in the wired yoshitoshi abe series#

Probably the most well-known Lain merchandise is this artbook, comprised of hundreds of illustrations by series creator Yoshitoshi Abe, called Rebuild an Omnipresence in Wired.Īpart from its Japanese release, this artbook actually got an English release and this is the version I have, so all the text in it is translated. The visual novel, which came first, never got an official translation (and the game itself is incredibly expensive to acquire even if you are fluent AND have a Japanese PlayStation on which to play it.) My very first blog entry was a review of the Vice 1/8 Lain figure, the only scale figure produced for the series discounting garage kits and a personal favorite in my collection.

The series never enjoyed more than niche popularity (even in Japan) and consequently it doesn't have much in the way of merchandise.