Yoshito is an important artist to look at within the theme of Japanese/Oriental Cyberpunk because he was the character designer behind the highly influential and very early cyberpunk anime Serial Experiments Lain.
I have decided to look at the character Lain, the primary protagonist of the anime. She is unique as a character because she fits two archetypes, The Child and The Reluctant Hero. The Reluctant Hero is, as the name suggest, a variation on the traditional Hero archetype found in most works. The Reluctant Hero is one of the core themes to Cyberpunk and has been a part of the genre since its beginnings.
Lain's character design and aesthetics greatly follow her personality and character. She is a child new to the world of technology at the start of the anime, and her appearance initially shows her as a quiet, small and shy person, with her expressions often showing timidness or at times absent mindedness. As the series progresses, she becomes more and more assertive and strong as she is dragged into the world of technology, with her appearance reflecting this, her expressions shift from timidness to confidence and knowledge, and from absent mindedness to boredom.
I have tried to acheive this with my own character, showing her characterisation and history through her appearance.
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