Yoshitoshi ABe manga published in English on iTunes • Anime UK News

Artist Yoshitoshi ABe has published his latest dōjinshi manga (self-published comic, 53 pages in length) on iTunes in both Japanese and English. You will need an Apple iPhone or Apple iPod Touch to view this manga, but this marks one of the first times a Japanese dōjinshi artist has used the internet to publish his work in multiple languages. Of course, Yoshitoshi ABe is a world famous artist, having created the critically acclaimed dramatic fantasy Haibane Renemi and contrbuting heavily to the sci-fi thriller Serial Experiments Lain.

Paul

Washed up on the good shores of Anime UK News after many a year at sea, Paul has been writing about anime for a long time here at AUKN and at his anime blog.

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