Abec


 * Disclaimer: very little is known about abec and information from different sources is not consistent, therefore the following page may not be completely accurate.

abec (アベシ) is the illustrator for the Sword Art Online light novel series.

Trivia

 * Contrary to popular belief, abec and BUNBUN claims to be two different people.
 * According to what is being said, BUNBUN is abec's neighbor. But Taiwan Kadokawa said BUNBUN is another pen name used by abec in its introduction page of Sword Art Online.
 * abec is self-claimed to be a high school girl.
 * abec placed first in the Top 10 Illustrators in the Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2013 awards. He placed sixth back in 2011, third in 2012 and 2014.
 * abec, with author Reki Kawahara, and producer Kazuma Miki, was invited as a guest of honor to Anime Expo 2014.
 * abec is said to be in jet lag so BUNBUN replaced his appearance in the conference.
 * It was revealed that abec is actually a man in his 20's from the programming guide of Anime Expo 2014.
 * During the SAO panel in Anime Expo on July 5th, abec revealed that his older sister is Yukiko Horiguchi, the character designer of K-On, Kokoro Connect and Tamako Market.
 * Historically BUNBUN has replaced abec to make an appearance in some events for reasons like abec being too shy to appear publicly and such.

External Link

 * abec's blog