https://lain.wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Cyber-the-password-forgetter&feedformat=atomSerial Experiments Lain wiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T14:30:15ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.35.4https://lain.wiki/index.php?title=Delivery_Man&diff=2428Delivery Man2017-08-04T04:14:39Z<p>Cyber-the-password-forgetter: </p>
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<div>{{CharacterInfo<br />
|image=File:Delivery man.jpeg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|age = <br />
|family = <br />
|affiliation = <br />
|navi = <br />
|debut = [[Layer 02]]<br />
|featuredin = [[Anime]]<br />
|location = [[Lain's house]], [[Shoko|Shoko's house]]<br />
}}<br />
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A minor character in [[Layer 02]] who brings [[Lain]]'s new [[NAVI]] and tells her how great it is. He also delivers a mysterious PCB to [[Masatsugu Shoko]] in [[Layer 07]]. He works for Nakayama Transportation (仲山運送). <br />
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After the [[Reset]], he is seen talking with the girl who was shot by [[cat shirt boy]] in [[Layer 04]]. She addresses him as big brother, which suggests that they are family.<br />
==Receipt==<br />
In Layer 02, when he verifies Lain's signature, the receipt slip for the delivery is momentarily visible. The sending address of Lain's NAVI is in Akihabara, of a company called NAVI Ikusu Parts (NAVI イクスパーツ). Lain's own address is somewhere in Tokyo's Setagaya ward. Beyond that, both addresses are fictional. ''Product Name'' is listed as NAVI CP-VR7800 II. The number in the ''Amount of Items'' field is 3, even though there appears to be 5 boxes. The items weighed 38 kilograms altogether (about 84 pounds). The delivery cost ¥1,575, which is roughly equivalent to $15.75 thanks to Abenomics, though in 1998 the yen was weak, so it would have been less.<br />
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File:receipt_1.jpg|Receipt 1st view<br />
File:receipt_2.jpg|Receipt after Lain has signed it<br />
</gallery><br />
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'''Transcription''':<br />
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荷物受取書 仲山運送<br><br />
発送元<br><br />
東京都外神田 3-120-55 第二ヤマガタビル<br><br />
NAVIイクスパーツ<br><br />
TEL 039-7905-2987<br><br />
お問い合わせ番号<br><br />
TKY023-1258-2578<br><br />
内部コード GXZ 325-888-785-258<br><br />
品名 荷姿<br><br />
NAVI CP-VR7800 II<br><br />
受領印<br><br />
岩倉玲音<br><br />
個数<br><br />
3<br><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
お客様控え<br><br />
受取人 仲山運送<br><br />
月 日<br><br />
東京都世田谷区<br><br />
美杜ヶ坂 5-12-30<br><br />
岩倉玲音<br><br />
TEL 038-9153-8021<br><br />
個数 3<br><br />
重量 38 kg<br><br />
[????] <br><br />
¥1,575<br><br />
<br />
{{AnimeCharacters}}<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Cyber-the-password-forgetterhttps://lain.wiki/index.php?title=Delivery_Man&diff=2427Delivery Man2017-08-04T04:14:06Z<p>Cyber-the-password-forgetter: </p>
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<div>{{CharacterInfo<br />
|image=File:Delivery man.jpeg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|age = <br />
|family = <br />
|affiliation = <br />
|navi = <br />
|debut = [[Layer 02]]<br />
|featuredin = [[Anime]]<br />
|location = [[Lain's house]], [[Shoko|Shoko's house]]<br />
}}<br />
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A minor character in [[Layer 02]] who brings [[Lain]]'s new [[NAVI]] and tells her how great it is. He also delivers a mysterious PCB to [[Masatsugu Shoko]] in [[Layer 07]]. He works for Nakayama Transportation (仲山運送). <br />
<br />
After the [[Reset]], he is seen talking with the girl who was shot by [[cat shirt boy]] in [[Layer 04]]. She addresses him as big brother, which suggests that they are family.<br />
==Receipt==<br />
In Layer 02, when he verifies Lain's signature, the receipt slip for the delivery is momentarily visible. The sending address of Lain's NAVI is in Akihabara, of a company called NAVI Ikusu Parts (NAVI イクスパーツ). Lain's own address is somewhere in Tokyo's Setagaya ward. Beyond that, both addresses are fictional. ''Product Name'' is listed as NAVI CP-VR7800 II. The number in the ''Amount of Items'' field is 3, even though there appears to be 5 boxes. The items weighed 38 kilograms altogether (about 84 pounds). The delivery cost ¥1,575, which is roughly equivalent to $15.75 thanks to Abenomics, though in 1998 the yen was weak, so it would have been less.<br />
<gallery><br />
File:receipt_1.jpg|Receipt 1st view<br />
File:receipt_2.jpg|Receipt after Lain has signed it<br />
</gallery><br />
Transcription:<br />
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荷物受取書 仲山運送<br><br />
発送元<br><br />
東京都外神田 3-120-55 第二ヤマガタビル<br><br />
NAVIイクスパーツ<br><br />
TEL 039-7905-2987<br><br />
お問い合わせ番号<br><br />
TKY023-1258-2578<br><br />
内部コード GXZ 325-888-785-258<br><br />
品名 荷姿<br><br />
NAVI CP-VR7800 II<br><br />
受領印<br><br />
岩倉玲音<br><br />
個数<br><br />
3<br><br />
お客様控え<br><br />
受取人 仲山運送<br><br />
月 日<br><br />
東京都世田谷区<br><br />
美杜ヶ坂 5-12-30<br><br />
岩倉玲音<br><br />
TEL 038-9153-8021<br><br />
個数 3<br><br />
重量 38 kg<br><br />
[????] <br><br />
¥1,575<br><br />
<br />
{{AnimeCharacters}}<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Cyber-the-password-forgetterhttps://lain.wiki/index.php?title=Delivery_Man&diff=2426Delivery Man2017-08-04T04:13:11Z<p>Cyber-the-password-forgetter: </p>
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<div>{{CharacterInfo<br />
|image=File:Delivery man.jpeg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|age = <br />
|family = <br />
|affiliation = <br />
|navi = <br />
|debut = [[Layer 02]]<br />
|featuredin = [[Anime]]<br />
|location = [[Lain's house]], [[Shoko|Shoko's house]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
A minor character in [[Layer 02]] who brings [[Lain]]'s new [[NAVI]] and tells her how great it is. He also delivers a mysterious PCB to [[Masatsugu Shoko]] in [[Layer 07]]. He works for Nakayama Transportation (仲山運送). <br />
<br />
After the [[Reset]], he is seen talking with the girl who was shot by [[cat shirt boy]] in [[Layer 04]]. She addresses him as big brother, which suggests that they are family.<br />
==Receipt==<br />
In Layer 02, when he verifies Lain's signature, the receipt slip for the delivery is momentarily visible. The sending address of Lain's NAVI is in Akihabara, of a company called NAVI Ikusu Parts (NAVI イクスパーツ). Lain's own address is somewhere in Tokyo's Setagaya ward. Beyond that, both addresses are fictional. ''Product Name'' is listed as NAVI CP-VR7800 II. The number in the ''Amount of Items'' field is 3, even though there appears to be 5 boxes. The items weighed 38 kilograms altogether (about 84 pounds). The delivery cost ¥1,575, which is roughly equivalent to $15.75 thanks to Abenomics, though in 1998 the yen was weak, so it would have been less.<br />
<gallery><br />
File:receipt_1.jpg|Receipt 1st view<br />
File:receipt_2.jpg|Receipt after Lain has signed it<br />
</gallery><br />
Transcription:<br />
<br />
荷物受取書 仲山運送<br />
発送元<br />
東京都外神田 3-120-55 第二ヤマガタビル<br />
NAVIイクスパーツ<br />
TEL 039-7905-2987<br />
お問い合わせ番号<br />
TKY023-1258-2578<br />
内部コード GXZ 325-888-785-258<br />
品名 荷姿<br />
NAVI CP-VR7800 II<br />
受領印<br />
岩倉玲音<br />
個数<br />
3<br />
お客様控え<br />
受取人 仲山運送<br />
月 日<br />
東京都世田谷区<br />
美杜ヶ坂 5-12-30<br />
岩倉玲音<br />
TEL 038-9153-8021<br />
個数 3<br />
重量 38 kg<br />
[????] <br />
¥1,575<br />
<br />
{{AnimeCharacters}}<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Cyber-the-password-forgetterhttps://lain.wiki/index.php?title=Delivery_Man&diff=2425Delivery Man2017-07-16T17:59:04Z<p>Cyber-the-password-forgetter: </p>
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<div>{{CharacterInfo<br />
|image=File:Delivery man.jpeg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|age = <br />
|family = <br />
|affiliation = <br />
|navi = <br />
|debut = [[Layer 02]]<br />
|featuredin = [[Anime]]<br />
|location = [[Lain's house]], [[Shoko|Shoko's house]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
A minor character in [[Layer 02]] who brings [[Lain]]'s new [[NAVI]] and tells her how great it is. He also delivers a mysterious PCB to [[Masatsugu Shoko]] in [[Layer 07]]. He works for Nakayama Transportation (仲山運送). <br />
<br />
After the [[Reset]], he is seen talking with the girl who was shot by [[cat shirt boy]] in [[Layer 04]]. She addresses him as big brother, which suggests that they are family.<br />
==Receipt==<br />
In Layer 02, when he verifies Lain's signature, the receipt slip for the delivery is momentarily visible. The sending address of Lain's NAVI is in Akihabara, of a company called NAVI Ikusu Parts (NAVI イクスパーツ). Lain's own address is somewhere in Tokyo's Setagaya ward. Beyond that, both addresses are fictional. ''Product Name'' is listed as NAVI CP-VR7800 II. The number in the ''Amount of Items'' field is 3, even though there appears to be 5 boxes. The items weighed 38 kilograms altogether (about 84 pounds). The delivery cost ¥1,575, which is roughly equivalent to $15.75 thanks to Abenomics, though in 1998 the yen was weak, so it would have been less.<br />
<gallery><br />
File:receipt_1.jpg|Receipt 1st view<br />
File:receipt_2.jpg|Receipt after Lain has signed it<br />
</gallery><br />
{{AnimeCharacters}}<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Cyber-the-password-forgetterhttps://lain.wiki/index.php?title=File:Receipt_2.jpg&diff=2424File:Receipt 2.jpg2017-07-16T17:52:33Z<p>Cyber-the-password-forgetter: 2nd shot of delivery man's receipt</p>
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<div>2nd shot of delivery man's receipt</div>Cyber-the-password-forgetterhttps://lain.wiki/index.php?title=File:Receipt_1.jpg&diff=2423File:Receipt 1.jpg2017-07-16T17:51:47Z<p>Cyber-the-password-forgetter: First shot of the delivery man's receipt</p>
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<div>First shot of the delivery man's receipt</div>Cyber-the-password-forgetterhttps://lain.wiki/index.php?title=Weather_Break&diff=2422Weather Break2017-04-15T21:13:46Z<p>Cyber-the-password-forgetter: /* List of Weather Breaks By Episode */</p>
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<div>[[File:Ueda_break.jpg|thumb|An image in the style of Weather Break that was never broadcast. Featuring [[Ueda Yasuyuki]] ]]'''Weather Break''' (ウェザーブレイク) is a series of illustrations by [[Yoshitoshi ABe]] that were used in the end cards for the [[anime]]. They have been printed in the [[Omnipresence_in_Wired|Omnipresence]] and [[Visual Experiments Lain]] books. They appeared after the first 12 episodes for a short moment and were preceded by the phrase 「次回をお楽しみに。」(''jikai wo otanoshimi ni,'' "look forward to next time"). The images were purposely weather-themed to lead in to the 15-second TV Tokyo weather forecast segment, which immediately followed SEL's time slot.<br />
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===List of Weather Breaks By Episode===<br />
The following list contains transcriptions of the the text in the Weather Break images, with English translations as they appear in ''Omnipresence: AB# Rebuild'', where available.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
!Episode!!Subtitle!!Japanese text!!Translation!!Notes<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_01]]||WEIRD||colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|[no Japanese text]||Makes no reference to weather.<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_02]]||GIRLS||明日の天気はどうなるの?||rowspan="3"|[no official translation available]||amateur translation: How will tomorrow's weather be?<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_03]]||PSYCHE||レッツ! ウエザーブレイク♥||amateur translation: Let's! Weather Break <3<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_04]]||RELIGION||夏だから、白熊さん...だめ?||amateur translation: It's summer... so a polar bear's no good? (Lain is wearing a white bearsuit in the image.)<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_05]]||DISTORTION||ザ・直訳 おてんき こわれてる?||the weather is broken?||This image has the subtitle "THE LITERAL TRANSLATION," which the translator didn't bother to translate. Lain has misinterpreted the English noun "break" as the Japanese verb for "to break."<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_06]]||KIDS||ザ・曲解! ウェザ〜 ブレイク||WEATHER BREAK||Again, the translator left out the subtitle, "THE KYOKKAI" (Kyokkai means distortion (probably no coincidence that that's the title of layer 05) or misinterpretation).<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_07]]||SOCIETY||牛さん 飛び出て ゲイトウェイ? えへっ(^.^;||[no official translation available]||amateur translation: A cow popping out of a gateway? hehe :`) (Lain is wearing a cow suit this time, in an obvious allusion to Gateway computers. This one also has nothing to do with weather.)<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_08]]||RUMORS||雨と 無知||RAIN AND IGNORANCE||This is a pun. The phrase on the image is pronounced the same as 飴と鞭, literally "candy and whip," the Japanese version of carrot-and-stick, the twin motivating forces of promise of reward and threat of punishment.<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_09]]||PROTOCOL||明日はタレとげとげ '''うに''' です||[no official translation available]||amateur translation: Tomorrow is saucy, spiky sea urchin. (The pun: tare toge toge uni = hare tokidoki ame, or sunny with occasional rain. The small text on the bottom appears to be about sushi, but is mostly unreadable.)<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_10]]||LOVE||岩倉家 二階は何をする人ぞ 娘はともかく ナビ が心配 −ヤスオ||The Iwakuras: Up there on the second floor, who knows what goes on? I wonder about my daughters, yes, but I'm more worried about the NAVI... -Yasuo||This picture is probably a sequel to the Layer 08 picture.<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_11]]||INFORNOGRAPHY||波浪(again)ざざーん||HIGH SEAS (again) crash||This is another pun, on the classic [[Apple Inc. references|Apple]] phrase Hello (again). With Japanified pronunciation, the English word "hello" has the same pronunciation as 波浪 (''harou'', waves). The image depicts very stormy weather.<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_12]]||LANDSCAPE||レッツ! '''ウェザーブレイク''' ブレイク!!次のコーナーの予報は、明日、もしくは昨日の天気になることもありますのでご注意ください。ウソです きっとあたるさ大丈夫♥||LET'S! '''WEATHER BREAK!''' BREAK!! Please be aware that the following info may possibly be tomorrow's, or perhaps yesterday's, weather. Just kidding||This is obviously a reference to the [[Net News]] broadcast in Layer 05, when the announcer issued a similar disclaimer of chronological uncertainty. Also, the translator neglected to translate the last part: "my prediction will surely come true, it's alright <3"<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_13]]||EGO||colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|[no Japanese text]||Evidence in Visual Experiments Lain suggests that the end card from episode 1 was reused in 13, though it's not explicitly stated.<br />
|}<br />
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==External Links and Related Information==<br />
*[http://home.att.ne.jp/theta/kolmu/pages/who/lets_weather/index.html 『レッツ ウェザー・ブレイク』] (''Let's Weather Break'') contains enlargeable images of the end cards. The description at the top of the page supplies the information concerning SEL's time slot being immediately prior to the weather report. It also reports anecdotes of fans being frustrated at not having adequate time to view the images as they aired, since they disappeared so quickly.<br />
*[http://www.amy.hi-ho.ne.jp/masuda/anime/lain/lain.html LAIN] (site's title) contains pictures and descriptions of the end cards. The images can be viewed through Internet Archive.[http://web.archive.org/web/19990908235756/http://www.amy.hi-ho.ne.jp/masuda/anime/lain/lain.html] It should be noted that this site contains at least one mistake: Device #02 is Mouth.<br />
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=MkR5D1tzUZI YouTube video of all the end cards]<br />
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==See Also==<br />
*[[Devices]]<br />
[[Category:Media]]<br />
[[Category:Translations]]</div>Cyber-the-password-forgetterhttps://lain.wiki/index.php?title=Spires&diff=2421Spires2017-02-26T07:12:52Z<p>Cyber-the-password-forgetter: </p>
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<div>[[File:Spires1.jpg|thumb|300px|SPIRES]][[File:Spires2.jpg|thumb|300px|SPIRES]][[File:Spires3.jpg|thumb|300px|EVEN MORE SPIRES]]<br />
There are a couple of scenes in the serial experiments lain [[anime]] in which mysterious spire-like structures briefly appear without explanation. The spires are shaped somewhat like coke bottles with spheres on the end. The first occurrence is in [[Layer 11]], and the second is in [[Layer 12]]. The spires are completely unexplained, and even [[Lain]] herself reacts to their appearance in a puzzled manner.<br />
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[[Chiaki Konaka]] doesn't offer much by way of explanation in his [[Scenario Experiments Lain | Scenarios]], but what little he does say is roughly translated below for posterity.<br />
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One obvious discrepancy between the scenario and the show is that in the first scene, Konaka says the spires rise out from between the residential buildings of Lain's neighborhood (which is somewhere in [[Delivery man|Setagaya]], by the way). However, the scene in the show has the spires rising out of a desolate, canyon-like landscape.<br />
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'''Page 277''' (Episode: 11, setting: Lain's neighborhood)<br />
<br />
Among the residential buildings there stands an array of strange spires.<br> The faint lights of fireflies float in the air.<br><br />
Pulses move rapidly to and from the power lines, almost as if they are the synapses of a brain...<br />
<br />
Lain: "what is this?"<br />
<br />
Ah, it's gone. <br>The familiar scenery is back.<br><br />
But she remains unsure whether what she saw was a hallucination of her disturbed mind, or a foreseeing of the future....<br />
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'''Page 288''' (Episode: 12, setting: [[Shibuya]])<br />
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Many voices can be heard saying "lain... lain... lain..."<br><br />
The scenery of the city has become unstable.<br><br />
In the valleys between the familiar buildings in the distance, strangely shaped spires stand erect.<br />
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[[Category:Themes]]<br />
[[Category:Translations]]</div>Cyber-the-password-forgetterhttps://lain.wiki/index.php?title=Weather_Break&diff=2420Weather Break2017-02-24T19:45:10Z<p>Cyber-the-password-forgetter: /* External Links and Related Information */</p>
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<div>[[File:Ueda_break.jpg|thumb|An image in the style of Weather Break that was never broadcast. Featuring [[Ueda Yasuyuki]] ]]'''Weather Break''' (ウェザーブレイク) is a series of illustrations by [[Yoshitoshi ABe]] that were used in the end cards for the [[anime]]. They have been printed in the [[Omnipresence_in_Wired|Omnipresence]] and [[Visual Experiments Lain]] books. They appeared after the first 12 episodes for a short moment and were preceded by the phrase 「次回をお楽しみに。」(''jikai wo otanoshimi ni,'' "look forward to next time"). The images were purposely weather-themed to lead in to the 15-second TV Tokyo weather forecast segment, which immediately followed SEL's time slot.<br />
<br />
===List of Weather Breaks By Episode===<br />
The following list contains transcriptions of the the text in the Weather Break images, with English translations as they appear in ''Omnipresence: AB# Rebuild'', where available.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
!Episode!!Subtitle!!Japanese text!!Translation!!Notes<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_01]]||WEIRD||colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|[no Japanese text]||Makes no reference to weather.<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_02]]||GIRLS||明日の天気はどうなるの?||rowspan="3"|[no official translation available]||amateur translation: How will tomorrow's weather be?<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_03]]||PSYCHE||レッツ! ウエザーブレイク♥||amateur translation: Let's! Weather Break <3<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_04]]||RELIGION||夏だから、白熊さん...だめ?||amateur translation: It's summer... so a polar bear's no good? (Lain is wearing a white bearsuit in the image.)<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_05]]||DISTORTION||ザ・直訳 おてんき こわれてる?||the weather is broken?||This image has the subtitle "THE LITERAL TRANSLATION," which the translator didn't bother to translate. Lain has misinterpreted the English noun "break" as the Japanese verb for "to break."<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_06]]||KIDS||ザ・曲解! ウェザ〜 ブレイク||WEATHER BREAK||Again, the translator left out the subtitle, "THE KYOKKAI" (Kyokkai means distortion (probably no coincidence that that's the title of layer 05) or misinterpretation).<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_07]]||SOCIETY||牛さん 飛び出て ゲイトウェイ? えへっ(^.^;||[no official translation available]||amateur translation: A cow popping out of a gateway? hehe :`) (Lain is wearing a cow suit this time, in an obvious allusion to Gateway computers. This one also has nothing to do with weather.)<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_08]]||RUMORS||雨と 無知||RAIN AND IGNORANCE||This is a pun. The phrase on the image is pronounced the same as 飴と鞭, literally "candy and whip," the Japanese version of carrot-and-stick, the twin motivating forces of promise of reward and threat of punishment.<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_09]]||PROTOCOL||明日はタレとげとげ '''うに''' です||[no official translation available]||amateur translation: Tomorrow is saucy, spiky sea urchin. (If there's a pun in this one, I don't get it. Also, there's another, smaller line of text in this image that is too difficult to read.)<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_10]]||LOVE||岩倉家 二階は何をする人ぞ 娘はともかく ナビ が心配 −ヤスオ||The Iwakuras: Up there on the second floor, who knows what goes on? I wonder about my daughters, yes, but I'm more worried about the NAVI... -Yasuo||This picture is probably a sequel to the Layer 08 picture.<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_11]]||INFORNOGRAPHY||波浪(again)ざざーん||HIGH SEAS (again) crash||This is another pun, on the classic [[Apple Inc. references|Apple]] phrase Hello (again). With Japanified pronunciation, the English word "hello" has the same pronunciation as 波浪 (''harou'', waves). The image depicts very stormy weather.<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_12]]||LANDSCAPE||レッツ! '''ウェザーブレイク''' ブレイク!!次のコーナーの予報は、明日、もしくは昨日の天気になることもありますのでご注意ください。ウソです きっとあたるさ大丈夫♥||LET'S! '''WEATHER BREAK!''' BREAK!! Please be aware that the following info may possibly be tomorrow's, or perhaps yesterday's, weather. Just kidding||This is obviously a reference to the [[Net News]] broadcast in Layer 05, when the announcer issued a similar disclaimer of chronological uncertainty. Also, the translator neglected to translate the last part: "my prediction will surely come true, it's alright <3"<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_13]]||EGO||colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|[no Japanese text]||Evidence in Visual Experiments Lain suggests that the end card from episode 1 was reused in 13, though it's not explicitly stated.<br />
|}<br />
==External Links and Related Information==<br />
*[http://home.att.ne.jp/theta/kolmu/pages/who/lets_weather/index.html 『レッツ ウェザー・ブレイク』] (''Let's Weather Break'') contains enlargeable images of the end cards. The description at the top of the page supplies the information concerning SEL's time slot being immediately prior to the weather report. It also reports anecdotes of fans being frustrated at not having adequate time to view the images as they aired, since they disappeared so quickly.<br />
*[http://www.amy.hi-ho.ne.jp/masuda/anime/lain/lain.html LAIN] (site's title) contains pictures and descriptions of the end cards. The images can be viewed through Internet Archive.[http://web.archive.org/web/19990908235756/http://www.amy.hi-ho.ne.jp/masuda/anime/lain/lain.html] It should be noted that this site contains at least one mistake: Device #02 is Mouth.<br />
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=MkR5D1tzUZI YouTube video of all the end cards]<br />
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==See Also==<br />
*[[Devices]]<br />
[[Category:Media]]<br />
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|gender = Male<br />
|affiliation = [[Knights]]<br />
|debut = <br />
|featuredin = [[Anime]]<br />
|location = [[Shibuya]]<br />
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'''Takuyoshi Masuoka''' is a member of the [[Knights of the Eastern Calculus]]. He is an elite businessman and the first to be killed by the [[Men in black]] in [[Layer 10]] when the Knights' identities are revealed. According to ''[[Visual Experiments Lain]]'', his Wired handle is CAT.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
[[File:CAT screen.jpg|left|thumb|Interesting icons]]<br />
* In Layer 07, Masuoka is called away from his office to attend an EMA Motors Consortium. The term "EMA motor" refers to the technology of Edwin Gray, motors that allegedly recharge the same batteries they run from. [http://free-energy.ws/pdf/engine_runs_itself.pdf|Source]<br />
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* Also in Layer 07, he checks his email and his computer screen is shown. The OS interface was designed by [[Nakahara Junji]], and the rotating CGI Knights symbol was made by [[Ueda Yasuyuki]]. The icons are interestingly named. On the far right the icon named GATEWAY_PASS is a reference to the Serial Experiments Lain [[game| PSX game]]. Other icons are apparently emails from [[Ueda Yasuyuki|Ueda]] (he's tired) and [[Yoshitoshi ABe|Abe]] (a reference to [[Weather Break]]).<br />
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Yasuo's NAVI is seen briefly in the first episode. Being a [[Tachibana Laboratories|Tachibana]] employee he is very proficient with his hardware, though by the time [[Iwakura Lain|his daughter]] has become fully engrossed in the [[Wired]] and [[NAVI]]s his own setup pales in comparison.<br />
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The OS installed on Yasuo's NAVI is the Application Oyajiization System, designed by [[Nakahara Junji]]. His password is shown to be Think Bule Count One To, which is a reference to the short story "Think Blue, Count Two" by Cordwainer Smith. (On many sites his password is mis-transcribed as ''Think Bule Count One Tow'', but there is no terminal ''W''.)<br />
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After logging in, he appears to be playing some kind of game or participating in chat with ladies and gentlemen with headless avatars. Some of the accompanying filler text appears to be Japanese-translated dialogue from ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''.<br />
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Yasuo's NAVI is seen briefly in the first episode. Being a [[Tachibana Laboratories|Tachibana]] employee he is very proficient with his hardware, though by the time [[Iwakura Lain|his daughter]] has become fully engrossed in the [[Wired]] and [[NAVI]]s his own setup pales in comparison.<br />
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The OS installed on Yasuo's NAVI is the Application Oyajiization System, designed by [[Nakahara Junji]]. His password is shown to be Think Bule Count One To, which is a reference to the short story "Think Blue, Count Two" by Cordwainer Smith. (On many sites his password is mis-transcribed as ''Think Bule Count One Tow'', but there is no terminal ''W''.)<br />
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|image = File:Takuyoshi masuoka.jpeg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|affiliation = [[Knights]]<br />
|debut = <br />
|featuredin = [[Anime]]<br />
|location = [[Shibuya]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Takuyoshi Masuoka''' is a member of the [[Knights of the Eastern Calculus]]. He is an elite businessman and the first to be killed by the [[Men in black]] in [[Layer 10]] when the Knights' identities are revealed. According to ''[[Visual Experiments Lain]]'', his Wired handle is CAT.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
[[File:CAT screen.jpg|left|thumb|Interesting icons]]<br />
* In Layer 07, Masuoka is called away from his office to attend an EMA Motors Consortium. The term "EMA motor" refers to the technology of Edwin Gray, motors that allegedly recharge the same batteries they run from. [http://free-energy.ws/pdf/engine_runs_itself.pdf|Source]<br />
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* Also in Layer 07, he checks his email and his computer screen is shown. The OS interface was designed by [[Nakahara Junji]], and the rotating CGI Knights symbol was made by [[Ueda Yasuyuki]]. The icons are interestingly named. On the far right the icon named GATEWAY_PASS is a reference to the Serial Experiments Lain [[game| PSX game]]. Other icons are apparently emails from Ueda (he's tired) and Abe (a reference to [[Weather Break]]).<br />
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|gender = Male<br />
|age = <br />
|family = <br />
|affiliation = <br />
|navi = [[Nezumi's NAVI]]<br />
|debut = <br />
|featuredin = [[Anime]]<br />
|location = [[Wired]], [[Shibuya]]<br />
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'''Nezumi''' is a man who only appears on [[Layer 07]]. He wanders the streets in full web-browsing gear and desperately wants to join the [[Knights]]. He is seen dead at the end of the episode.<br />
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Nezumi's name ("mouse") is evidently inspired by the dormouse from Lewis Carroll's ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''.<br />
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Nezumi most likely serves the function of illustrating how the [[Wired]] and organisations like the Knights can affect people. He tries to merge the Wired with [[reality]] through his equipment, imitating people like [[Lain]] who can access the Wired device-less because of the [[Psyche]] chip. However, this method not only works very poorly but also causes him to lose touch with reality.<br />
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His death can be interpreted in many ways. Perhaps it was an accident brought on by his focus on the Wired while wandering in the real world. Perhaps the Knights assassinated him because he found their communication channels. Perhaps he ended up [[suicide|abandoning the flesh]] to be able to access the Wired more perfectly.<br />
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==POV==<br />
[[File:Nezumi can see everywhere.jpeg|left|thumb|Nezumi's gear-enhanced vision.]]Nezumi uses a wearable computer which he apparently created himself. He uses a head-mounted display, and his point of view is shown a couple of times throughout the episode. In [[Scenario Experiments Lain]], [[Chiaki Konaka]] says that [[Nakamura Ryuutarou]] gave him the job of creating this POV footage. Konaka walked around [[Shibuya]] with a DVCam and processed the film on his Macintosh, adding HSB noise. He made a total of 3 minutes of footage for Layer 07, taking 1 month to complete it. At least one cut involved cels, which Konaka also digitally processed himself, overlaying the cel imagery with the live-action footage on his Macintosh. The first time he showed his work to Nakamura, he was told to redo it, and make it "more abnormal."<br />
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|image=File:Nezumi does look like a mouse.jpeg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|age = <br />
|family = <br />
|affiliation = <br />
|navi = [[Nezumi's NAVI]]<br />
|debut = <br />
|featuredin = [[Anime]]<br />
|location = [[Wired]], [[Shibuya]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Nezumi''' is a man who only appears on [[Layer 07]]. He wanders the streets in full web-browsing gear and desperately wants to join the [[Knights]]. He is seen dead at the end of the episode.<br />
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Nezumi's name ("mouse") is evidently inspired by the dormouse from Lewis Carroll's ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''.<br />
<br />
Nezumi most likely serves the function of illustrating how the [[Wired]] and organisations like the Knights can affect people. He tries to merge the Wired with [[reality]] through his equipment, imitating people like [[Lain]] who can access the Wired device-less because of the [[Psyche]] chip. However, this method not only works very poorly but also causes him to lose touch with reality.<br />
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His death can be interpreted in many ways. Perhaps it was an accident brought on by his focus on the Wired while wandering in the real world. Perhaps the Knights assassinated him because he found their communication channels. Perhaps he ended up [[suicide|abandoning the flesh]] to be able to access the Wired more perfectly.<br />
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==POV==<br />
[[File:Nezumi can see everywhere.jpeg|left|thumb|Nezumi's gear-enhanced vision.]]Nezumi uses a wearable computer which he apparently created himself. He uses a head-mounted display, and his point of view is shown a couple of times throughout the episode. In [[Scenario Experiments Lain]], [[Chiaki Konaka]] says that [[Nakamura Ryuutarou]] gave him the job of creating this POV footage. Konaka walked around [[Shibuya]] with a DVCam and processed the film on his Macintosh, adding HSB noise. He made a total of 3 minutes of footage for Layer 07, taking 1 month to complete it. At least one cut involved cels, which Konaka also digitally processed himself, overlaying the cel imagery with the live-action footage on his Macintosh. The first time he showed his work to Nakamura, he was told to redo it, and make it "more abnormal."<br />
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The OS interface was designed by [[Nakahara Junji]], and the rotating CGI Knights symbol was made by [[Ueda Yasuyuki]].<br />
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|image=File:Nezumi does look like a mouse.jpeg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|age = <br />
|family = <br />
|affiliation = <br />
|navi = [[Nezumi's NAVI]]<br />
|debut = <br />
|featuredin = [[Anime]]<br />
|location = [[Wired]], [[Shibuya]]<br />
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[[File:Nezumi can see everywhere.jpeg|left|thumb|Nezumi's gear-enhanced vision.]]<br />
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A man who only appears on [[Layer 07]]. He wanders the streets in full web-browsing gear and desperately wants to join the [[Knights]]. He is seen dead at the end of the episode.<br />
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Nezumi's name ("mouse") is evidently inspired by the dormouse from Lewis Carroll's ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''.<br />
<br />
Nezumi most likely serves the function of illustrating how the [[Wired]] and organisations like the Knights can affect people. He tries to merge the Wired with [[reality]] through his equipment, imitating people like [[Lain]] who can access the Wired device-less because of the [[Psyche]] chip. However, this method not only works very poorly but also causes him to lose touch with reality.<br />
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His death can be interpreted in many ways. Perhaps it was an accident brought on by his focus on the Wired while wandering in the real world. Perhaps the Knights assassinated him because he found their communication channels. Perhaps he ended up [[suicide|abandoning the flesh]] to be able to access the Wired more perfectly.<br />
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<div>{{CharacterInfo<br />
|image=File:Nezumi does look like a mouse.jpeg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|age = <br />
|family = <br />
|affiliation = <br />
|navi = [[Nezumi's NAVI]]<br />
|debut = <br />
|featuredin = [[Anime]]<br />
|location = [[Wired]], [[Shibuya]]<br />
}}<br />
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[[File:Nezumi can see everywhere.jpeg|left|thumb|Nezumi's gear-enhanced vision.]]<br />
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A man who only appears on [[Layer 07]]. He wanders the streets in full web-browsing gear and desperately wants to join the [[Knights]]. He is seen dead at the end of the episode.<br />
<br />
Nezumi's name ("mouse") is evidently named after the dormouse from Lewis Carroll's ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''.<br />
<br />
Nezumi most likely serves the function of illustrating how the [[Wired]] and organisations like the Knights can affect people. He tries to merge the Wired with [[reality]] through his equipment, imitating people like [[Lain]] who can access the Wired device-less because of the [[Psyche]] chip. However, this method not only works very poorly but also causes him to lose touch with reality.<br />
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His death can be interpreted in many ways. Perhaps it was an accident brought on by his focus on the Wired while wandering in the real world. Perhaps the Knights assassinated him because he found their communication channels. Perhaps he ended up [[suicide|abandoning the flesh]] to be able to access the Wired more perfectly.<br />
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{{AnimeCharacters}}<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Cyber-the-password-forgetterhttps://lain.wiki/index.php?title=Weather_Break&diff=2410Weather Break2017-02-06T04:28:48Z<p>Cyber-the-password-forgetter: </p>
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<div>[[File:Ueda_break.jpg|thumb|An image in the style of Weather Break that was never broadcast. Featuring [[Ueda Yasuyuki]] ]]'''Weather Break''' (ウェザーブレイク) is a series of illustrations by [[Yoshitoshi ABe]] that were used in the end cards for the [[anime]]. They have been printed in the [[Omnipresence_in_Wired|Omnipresence]] and [[Visual Experiments Lain]] books. They appeared after the first 12 episodes for a short moment and were preceded by the phrase 「次回をお楽しみに。」(''jikai wo otanoshimi ni,'' "look forward to next time"). The images were purposely weather-themed to lead in to the 15-second TV Tokyo weather forecast segment, which immediately followed SEL's time slot.<br />
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===List of Weather Breaks By Episode===<br />
The following list contains transcriptions of the the text in the Weather Break images, with English translations as they appear in ''Omnipresence: AB# Rebuild'', where available.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
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!Episode!!Subtitle!!Japanese text!!Translation!!Notes<br />
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|[[Layer_01]]||WEIRD||colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|[no Japanese text]||Makes no reference to weather.<br />
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|[[Layer_02]]||GIRLS||明日の天気はどうなるの?||rowspan="3"|[no official translation available]||amateur translation: How will tomorrow's weather be?<br />
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|[[Layer_03]]||PSYCHE||レッツ! ウエザーブレイク♥||amateur translation: Let's! Weather Break <3<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_04]]||RELIGION||夏だから、白熊さん...だめ?||amateur translation: It's summer... so a polar bear's no good? (Lain is wearing a white bearsuit in the image.)<br />
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|[[Layer_05]]||DISTORTION||ザ・直訳 おてんき こわれてる?||the weather is broken?||This image has the subtitle "THE LITERAL TRANSLATION," which the translator didn't bother to translate. Lain has misinterpreted the English noun "break" as the Japanese verb for "to break."<br />
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|[[Layer_06]]||KIDS||ザ・曲解! ウェザ〜 ブレイク||WEATHER BREAK||Again, the translator left out the subtitle, "THE KYOKKAI" (Kyokkai means distortion (probably no coincidence that that's the title of layer 05) or misinterpretation).<br />
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|[[Layer_07]]||SOCIETY||牛さん 飛び出て ゲイトウェイ? えへっ(^.^;||[no official translation available]||amateur translation: A cow popping out of a gateway? hehe :`) (Lain is wearing a cow suit this time, in an obvious allusion to Gateway computers. This one also has nothing to do with weather.)<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_08]]||RUMORS||雨と 無知||RAIN AND IGNORANCE||This is a pun. The phrase on the image is pronounced the same as 飴と鞭, literally "candy and whip," the Japanese version of carrot-and-stick, the twin motivating forces of promise of reward and threat of punishment.<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_09]]||PROTOCOL||明日はタレとげとげ '''うに''' です||[no official translation available]||amateur translation: Tomorrow is saucy, spiky sea urchin. (If there's a pun in this one, I don't get it. Also, there's another, smaller line of text in this image that is too difficult to read.)<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_10]]||LOVE||岩倉家 二階は何をする人ぞ 娘はともかく ナビ が心配 −ヤスオ||The Iwakuras: Up there on the second floor, who knows what goes on? I wonder about my daughters, yes, but I'm more worried about the NAVI... -Yasuo||This picture is probably a sequel to the Layer 08 picture.<br />
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|[[Layer_11]]||INFORNOGRAPHY||波浪(again)ざざーん||HIGH SEAS (again) crash||This is another pun, on the classic [[Apple Inc. references|Apple]] phrase Hello (again). With Japanified pronunciation, the English word "hello" has the same pronunciation as 波浪 (''harou'', waves). The image depicts very stormy weather.<br />
|-<br />
|[[Layer_12]]||LANDSCAPE||レッツ! '''ウェザーブレイク''' ブレイク!!次のコーナーの予報は、明日、もしくは昨日の天気になることもありますのでご注意ください。ウソです きっとあたるさ大丈夫♥||LET'S! '''WEATHER BREAK!''' BREAK!! Please be aware that the following info may possibly be tomorrow's, or perhaps yesterday's, weather. Just kidding||This is obviously a reference to the [[Net News]] broadcast in Layer 05, when the announcer issued a similar disclaimer of chronological uncertainty. Also, the translator neglected to translate the last part: "my prediction will surely come true, it's alright <3"<br />
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|[[Layer_13]]||EGO||colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|[no Japanese text]||Evidence in Visual Experiments Lain suggests that the end card from episode 1 was reused in 13, though it's not explicitly stated.<br />
|}<br />
==External Links and Related Information==<br />
*[http://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89 The NicoNico definition of エンドカード] (end card) describes it as an illustration that is displayed at the end of an anime program as a way of saying "watch next week as well."<br />
*[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%81 The Japanese Wikipedia page on "eyecatch"] also mentions end cards.<br />
*[http://home.att.ne.jp/theta/kolmu/pages/who/lets_weather/index.html 『レッツ ウェザー・ブレイク』] (''Let's Weather Break'') contains enlargeable images of the end cards. The description at the top of the page supplies the information concerning SEL's time slot being immediately prior to the weather report. It also reports anecdotes of fans being frustrated at not having adequate time to view the images as they aired, since they disappeared so quickly.<br />
*[http://www.amy.hi-ho.ne.jp/masuda/anime/lain/lain.html LAIN] (site's title) contains pictures and descriptions of the end cards. The images can be viewed through Internet Archive.[http://web.archive.org/web/19990908235756/http://www.amy.hi-ho.ne.jp/masuda/anime/lain/lain.html] It should be noted that this site contains at least one mistake: Device #02 is Mouth.<br />
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=MkR5D1tzUZI YouTube video of all the end cards]<br />
==See Also==<br />
*[[Devices]]<br />
[[Category:Media]]<br />
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|}</div>Cyber-the-password-forgetterhttps://lain.wiki/index.php?title=Alice%27s_Teacher&diff=2408Alice's Teacher2017-02-06T04:23:54Z<p>Cyber-the-password-forgetter: /* Footnotes */</p>
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|image = File:Alice's teacher.jpeg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|age = <br />
|family = <br />
|affiliation = [[School]]<br />
|NAVI = <br />
|debut = [[Layer 08]]<br />
|featured in = [[Anime]]<br />
|location = [[Shibuya]]<br />
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The young, handsome male teacher who is [[Alice]]'s heartthrob. Though he appears 3 times in the Serial Experiments Lain [[anime]], he has no name, and is referred to only as 教師 (teacher) in the [[Scenario Experiments Lain|scenarios]]. <br />
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== Episode 8 appearance and fan misunderstanding ==<br />
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The first time he appears is in [[Layer 08|Episode 8]]. Fans of Serial Experiments Lain often misinterpret this scene as a real lovers' tryst between Alice and the teacher, but it was intended to be a fantasy of Alice's that wasn't really happening. The rumors about Alice that [[Evil Lain]] started were not about an affair between Alice and the teacher, but about Alice's crush on him. <br />
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Below is a translation of the scene as it appears in the Scenarios, including footnotes by [[Chiaki Konaka|Konaka]]. The scene is not exactly the same as it appears in the anime.<br />
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=== Scenario ===<br />
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<tt>INT. Alice's Room *<br><br />
<i>Alice sits before her desk.<br><br />
A tall, young teacher stands behind her, reaching his arms around to embrace her.<br><br />
Her face is flushed, eyes shut.<br><br />
With his palm on her cheek, the teacher turns her head back slightly.<br><br />
Alice's lips move invitingly with the expectation of a kiss.<br><br />
The teacher gazes at them.<br><br />
Alice opens her eyes and looks at the teacher with an uncertain expression.<br><br />
The teacher slides his palm along Alice's cheek to trace her lips with his fingers.<br><br />
Alice looks frightened.<br><br></i><br />
TEACHER <br>*<br />
''(soft voice)'' Do you think it's right to do this kind of thing with your teacher?<br><br><br />
ALICE <br><br />
It's... not right...<br><br><br />
TEACHER<br><br />
If it's not right, why are you doing it?<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Because... I... want to... ''(gasps)''<br><br><br />
<i>Alice turns to look behind her. Quietly sitting on her bed, is Lain.*<br><br />
Alice is sitting in her own chair. There is no teacher behind her. <br><br />
He was never there in the first place.<br><br><br />
Alice's left hand was under the desk. She slowly raises it above the desk.<br><br />
Lain just stares intently.<br><br><br />
</i><br />
ALICE<br><br />
So it was you... Lain...<br><br><br />
''Lain whispers close at Alice's side.''<br />
LAIN<br><br />
''(whispering)'' Hey... Did you hear? Did you hear who Alice Mizuki likes? Did you hear who she thinks about while she does dirty stuff?<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
... ''(Turns face away)''<br><br><br />
''Lain is still there in front of her.''<br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
So you were the one who spread the rumors.<br><br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
... ''(smiling)''<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Were you watching me like that all along!?<br>The things I do in secret, the times I don't want anyone to know about!<br><br><br />
''Lain smiles.''<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
You're so...<br><br><br />
''Alice is enveloped by noise, and disappears.''<br />
<br />
</tt><br />
<br />
=== Footnotes ===<br />
* This is the only scene in the series that I personally called for revisions for, writing with a lot of uncertainy and doubt. The thing you least want others to see. The pain of it being seen, and the pain of the one who sees it. I concluded that this was the only way to write it, but it still took a lot of courage. And when I finally decided to write it, Alice's role in the story finally fell into place. At the after recording for episode 7, I said to Yoko Asada, "Alice's part is about to become much more difficult to play. Please do your best!"<br />
<br />
* The scene was so deeply thought out, yet it contains lines that could never be broadcast on TV. We couldn't arrive at a good compromise. The end result was that, without changing the visuals, the conversation of Alice and her (imaginary) teacher was cut from the broadcast version. It was included in the home video release, so essentially the only difference between the broadcast and home video versions is this scene.<br />
<br />
* [''TL note: In this scene, Lain's name is written as "lain," in alphabet letters.''] The writing of "lain" is merely a way of helping to tell the difference between the roles in the after recording script. At this point in the story, only three personalities have appeared: 玲音 (childish, late-blooming personality), レイン (aggressive personality, typified by Lain of the Wired) and "lain" (devilish personality). But of course these are not all that comprise the being "lain" (including Goddess "lain").<br />
<br />
== Episode 11 appearance ==<br />
The teacher appears briefly at the end of [[Layer 11|episode 11]]. Alice, [[Juri]] and [[Reika]] are standing by the [[school]] gates talking, and Alice sees the teacher talking to the gate guard. Reika says, "Oh, that teacher? Rumor has it that he's going out with a 9th grader!"<br />
<br />
The Funimation release ([https://youtu.be/uVzCNdwuiqQ?t=20m34s YouTube]) has mistranslated Reika's line, saying the teacher is going out with an 8th grader.<br />
<br />
== Episode 13 appearance ==<br />
In [[Layer 13|Episode 13]] after the [[Reset]], Alice and Lain run into each other on a pedestrian overpass in an unspecified portion of the city. <br />
<br />
The teacher is with Alice, and they appear to be a couple.<br />
<br />
Below is an excerpt from the scenarios, with footnotes by Konaka.<br />
=== Scenario ===<br />
<tt>EXT. City Street at Twilight <br><i><br />
It's Alice. She's in her 20's, and has grown up beautifully.<br><br />
She's arm in arm with... that teacher.<br><br />
The two are in love. They'll probably be married before long. *<br><br></i><br />
ALICE<br><br />
(Laughing) Fine, but I get to do whatever I want with the bedroom curtains.<br><br><br />
<i>Alice suddenly grows thoughtful, looking ahead.<br></i><br><br />
MAN<br><br />
What's the matter?<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
That girl...<br><br><br />
<i>Where Alice is looking... there stands Lain.</i><br><br><br />
MAN<br><br />
Someone you know?<br><br><br />
Alice<br><br />
I'm not sure...<br><br><br />
<i>Alice lets go of the man's arm and goes to Lain.<br><br />
Alice has gotten taller. She bends over to look Lain in the eye.<br><br></i><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Hello.<br><br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
H, hello<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Have we met before? We have, haven't we?<br><br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
... <br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Hmm. Did you go to the school where I was a student teacher? No, that's not it. Let me think...<br><br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
It's nice to meet you.<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Huh?<br><br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
''(smiling)'' * This is the first time we've met.<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
''(puzzled)'' Really? ''(smiling)'' It's nice to meet you. I'm Alice. Great name isn't it? ''(sarcastic smile)'' Kinda embarrassing though. What's your name?<br><br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
... Lain.<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Lain...<br><br><br />
<i>The teacher walks over.</i><br><br />
MAN<br><br />
So it's someone you know?<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Nope, seems like I was imagining things. Well, goodbye Lain. Who knows, maybe we'll meet again somewhere, some day.<br><br><br />
''The couple walk away from Lain, waving their hands.''<br><br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
That's right... We could meet at any time, Alice...*<br><br><br />
<i>Lain waves back awkwardly.<br><br />
Lain stands among the moving crowd.<br><br />
Then, the crowd disappears.<br><br />
Finally, the city also disappears, and Lain is left alone.<br><br />
</i><br />
</tt><br />
<br />
=== Footnotes ===<br />
* One more thing I said to Asada-san before episode 8's recording. "Alice will be happy in the end."<br />
* Kaori-chan's acting was great here...<br />
* The last word "Alice" here was removed at my proposal.<br />
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<div>Chiaki Konaka is the sole scenario writer and series composer for the [[Serial Experiments Lain]] [[anime]] and [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]]. For the anime, he also did digital effects processing of film clips used in [[Layer 07]] and [[Layer 09]]. According to [[Visual Experiments Lain]], he was originally going to school to become a film director, but after using a word processor for the first time he changed fields to script writing, specializing in horror and fantasy. He is known for his dark storylines and for using cyberpunk themes in his work, and often shows Lovecraftian and (especially) Carrollian influences. Examples of these include ''Ghost Hound'', ''Texhnolyze'', and ''Malice@Doll''. Besides anime, he has also written for live-action television and tokusatsu.<br />
<br />
==Trivia==<br />
*He has a hobby of designing dolls. He made dolls for ''Lain'' and other works he was involved in, such as ''The Big O'' and ''Malice@doll''.<br />
*His younger brother, Kazuya Konaka (小中和哉), is a film and TV director. They have collaborated on a few projects, including ''Alice 6'' and the 1992 drama ''Kuma-chan''.<br />
*He makes digital music, which can be heard on his web site.<br />
*Prior to doing SEL, he wrote the 1995 television drama ''[[Alice 6]]''. <br />
*He also wrote the scenario of ''Alice in Cyberland'', a 1996 PlayStation game, as well as an OVA animation of the same name. The game is described on ja.wikipedia as a combination gal game and adventure game. Its main characters are called Alice, Juri, and Rena.<br />
==External Links==<br />
*[http://konaka.com/ Personal site]<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20031220124515/http://www.konaka-dolls.com/img/lain/productinfo.html Web archive page of his Lain dolls]<br />
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<div>{{CharacterInfo<br />
|image = File:Alice's teacher.jpeg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|age = <br />
|family = <br />
|affiliation = [[School]]<br />
|NAVI = <br />
|debut = [[Layer 08]]<br />
|featured in = [[Anime]]<br />
|location = [[Shibuya]]<br />
}}<br />
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The young, handsome male teacher who is [[Alice]]'s heartthrob. Though he appears 3 times in the Serial Experiments Lain [[anime]], he has no name, and is referred to only as 教師 (teacher) in the [[Scenario Experiments Lain|scenarios]]. <br />
<br />
<br />
== Episode 8 appearance and fan misunderstanding ==<br />
<br />
The first time he appears is in [[Layer 08|Episode 8]]. Fans of Serial Experiments Lain often misinterpret this scene as a real lovers' tryst between Alice and the teacher, but it was intended to be a fantasy of Alice's that wasn't really happening. The rumors about Alice that [[Evil Lain]] started were not about an affair between Alice and the teacher, but about Alice's crush on him. <br />
<br />
Below is a translation of the scene as it appears in the Scenarios, including footnotes by [[Chiaki Konaka|Konaka]]. The scene is not exactly the same as it appears in the anime.<br />
<br />
=== Scenario ===<br />
<br />
<tt>INT. Alice's Room *<br><br />
<i>Alice sits before her desk.<br><br />
A tall, young teacher stands behind her, reaching his arms around to embrace her.<br><br />
Her face is flushed, eyes shut.<br><br />
With his palm on her cheek, the teacher turns her head back slightly.<br><br />
Alice's lips move invitingly with the expectation of a kiss.<br><br />
The teacher gazes at them.<br><br />
Alice opens her eyes and looks at the teacher with an uncertain expression.<br><br />
The teacher slides his palm along Alice's cheek to trace her lips with his fingers.<br><br />
Alice looks frightened.<br><br></i><br />
TEACHER <br>*<br />
''(soft voice)'' Do you think it's right to do this kind of thing with your teacher?<br><br><br />
ALICE <br><br />
It's... not right...<br><br><br />
TEACHER<br><br />
If it's not right, why are you doing it?<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Because... I... want to... ''(gasps)''<br><br><br />
<i>Alice turns to look behind her. Quietly sitting on her bed, is Lain.*<br><br />
Alice is sitting in her own chair. There is no teacher behind her. <br><br />
He was never there in the first place.<br><br><br />
Alice's left hand was under the desk. She slowly raises it above the desk.<br><br />
Lain just stares intently.<br><br><br />
</i><br />
ALICE<br><br />
So it was you... Lain...<br><br><br />
''Lain whispers close at Alice's side.''<br />
LAIN<br><br />
''(whispering)'' Hey... Did you hear? Did you hear who Alice Mizuki likes? Did you hear who she thinks about while she does dirty stuff?<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
... ''(Turns face away)''<br><br><br />
''Lain is still there in front of her.''<br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
So you were the one who spread the rumors.<br><br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
... ''(smiling)''<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Were you watching me like that all along!?<br>The things I do in secret, the times I don't want anyone to know about!<br><br><br />
''Lain smiles.''<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
You're so...<br><br><br />
''Alice is enveloped by noise, and disappears.''<br />
<br />
</tt><br />
<br />
=== Footnotes ===<br />
* This is the only scene in the series that I personally called for revisions for, writing with a lot of uncertainy and doubt. The thing you least want others to see. The pain of it being seen, and the pain of the one who sees it. I concluded that this was the only way to write it, but it still took a lot of courage. And when I finally decided to write it, Alice's role in the story finally fell into place. At the after recording for episode 7, I said to Yoko Asada, "Alice's part is about to become much more difficult to play. Please do your best!"<br />
<br />
* The scene was so deeply thought out, yet it contains lines that could never be broadcast on TV. We couldn't arrive at a good compromise. The end result was that, without changing the visuals, the conversation of Alice and her (imaginary) teacher was cut from the broadcast version. It was included in the home video release, so essentially the only difference between the broadcast and home video versions is this scene.<br />
<br />
* [''TL note: In this scene, Lain's name is written as "lain," in alphabet letters.''] The writing of "lain" is merely a way of helping to tell the difference between the roles in the after recording script. At this point in the story, only three personalities have appeared: 玲音 (childish, late-blooming personality), レイン (aggressive personality, typified by Lain of the Wired) and "lain" (devilish personality). But of course these are not all that comprise the being "lain" (including Goddess "lain").<br />
<br />
== Episode 11 appearance ==<br />
The teacher appears briefly at the end of [[Layer 11|episode 11]]. Alice, [[Juri]] and [[Reika]] are standing by the [[school]] gates talking, and Alice sees the teacher talking to the gate guard. Reika says, "Oh, that teacher? Rumor has it that he's going out with a 9th grader!"<br />
<br />
The Funimation release ([https://youtu.be/uVzCNdwuiqQ?t=20m34s YouTube]) has mistranslated Reika's line, saying the teacher is going out with an 8th grader.<br />
<br />
== Episode 13 appearance ==<br />
In [[Layer 13|Episode 13]] after the [[Reset]], Alice and Lain run into each other on a pedestrian overpass in an unspecified portion of the city. <br />
<br />
The teacher is with Alice, and they appear to be a couple.<br />
<br />
Below is an excerpt from the scenarios, with footnotes by Konaka.<br />
=== Scenario ===<br />
<tt>EXT. City Street at Twilight <br><i><br />
It's Alice. She's in her 20's, and has grown up beautifully.<br><br />
She's arm in arm with... that teacher.<br><br />
The two are in love. They'll probably be married before long. *<br><br></i><br />
ALICE<br><br />
(Laughing) Fine, but I get to do whatever I want with the bedroom curtains.<br><br><br />
<i>Alice suddenly grows thoughtful, looking ahead.<br></i><br><br />
MAN<br><br />
What's the matter?<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
That girl...<br><br><br />
<i>Where Alice is looking... there stands Lain.</i><br><br><br />
MAN<br><br />
Someone you know?<br><br><br />
Alice<br><br />
I'm not sure...<br><br><br />
<i>Alice lets go of the man's arm and goes to Lain.<br><br />
Alice has gotten taller. She bends over to look Lain in the eye.<br><br></i><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Hello.<br><br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
H, hello<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Have we met before? We have, haven't we?<br><br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
... <br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Hmm. Did you go to the school where I was a student teacher? No, that's not it. Let me think...<br><br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
It's nice to meet you.<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Huh?<br><br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
''(smiling)'' * This is the first time we've met.<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
''(puzzled)'' Really? ''(smiling)'' It's nice to meet you. I'm Alice. Great name isn't it? ''(sarcastic smile)'' Kinda embarrassing though. What's your name?<br><br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
... Lain.<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Lain...<br><br><br />
<i>The teacher walks over.</i><br><br />
MAN<br><br />
So it's someone you know?<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Nope, seems like I was imagining things. Well, goodbye Lain. Who knows, maybe we'll meet again somewhere, some day.<br><br><br />
''The couple walk away from Lain, waving their hands.''<br><br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
That's right... We could meet at any time, Alice...*<br><br><br />
<i>Lain waves back awkwardly.<br><br />
Lain stands among the moving crowd.<br><br />
Then, the crowd disappears.<br><br />
Finally, the city also disappears, and Lain is left alone.<br><br />
</i><br />
</tt><br />
<br />
=== Footnotes ===<br />
* Kaori-chan's acting was great here...<br />
* The last word "Alice" here was removed at my proposal.<br />
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<div>{{CharacterInfo<br />
|image = File:Alice's teacher.jpeg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|age = <br />
|family = <br />
|affiliation = [[School]]<br />
|NAVI = <br />
|debut = [[Layer 08]]<br />
|featured in = [[Anime]]<br />
|location = [[Shibuya]]<br />
}}<br />
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The young, handsome male teacher who is [[Alice]]'s heartthrob. Though he appears 3 times in the Serial Experiments Lain [[anime]], he has no name, and is referred to only as 教師 (teacher) in the [[Scenario Experiments Lain|scenarios]]. <br />
<br />
<br />
== Episode 8 appearance and fan misunderstanding ==<br />
<br />
The first time he appears is in [[Layer 08|Episode 8]]. Fans of Serial Experiments Lain often misinterpret this scene as a real lovers' tryst between Alice and the teacher, but it was intended to be a fantasy of Alice's that wasn't really happening. The rumors about Alice that [[Evil Lain]] started were not about an affair between Alice and the teacher, but about Alice's crush on him. <br />
<br />
Below is a translation of the scene as it appears in the Scenarios, including footnotes by [[Chiaki Konaka|Konaka]]. The scene is not exactly the same as it appears in the anime.<br />
<br />
=== Scenario ===<br />
<br />
<tt>INT. Alice's Room *<br><br />
<i>Alice sits before her desk.<br><br />
A tall, young teacher stands behind her, reaching his arms around to embrace her.<br><br />
Her face is flushed, eyes shut.<br><br />
With his palm on her cheek, the teacher turns her head back slightly.<br><br />
Alice's lips move invitingly with the expectation of a kiss.<br><br />
The teacher gazes at them.<br><br />
Alice opens her eyes and looks at the teacher with an uncertain expression.<br><br />
The teacher slides his palm along Alice's cheek to trace her lips with his fingers.<br><br />
Alice looks frightened.<br><br></i><br />
TEACHER <br>*<br />
''(soft voice)'' Do you think it's right to do this kind of thing with your teacher?<br><br><br />
ALICE <br><br />
It's... not right...<br><br><br />
TEACHER<br><br />
If it's not right, why are you doing it?<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Because... I... want to... ''(gasps)''<br><br><br />
<i>Alice turns to look behind her. Quietly sitting on her bed, is Lain.*<br><br />
Alice is sitting in her own chair. There is no teacher behind her. <br><br />
He was never there in the first place.<br><br><br />
Alice's left hand was under the desk. She slowly raises it above the desk.<br><br />
Lain just stares intently.<br><br><br />
</i><br />
ALICE<br><br />
So it was you... Lain...<br><br><br />
''Lain whispers close at Alice's side.''<br />
LAIN<br><br />
''(whispering)'' Hey... Did you hear? Did you hear who Alice Mizuki likes? Did you hear who she thinks about while she does dirty stuff?<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
... ''(Turns face away)''<br><br><br />
''Lain is still there in front of her.''<br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
So you were the one who spread the rumors.<br><br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
... ''(smiling)''<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Were you watching me like that all along!?<br>The things I do in secret, the times I don't want anyone to know about!<br><br><br />
''Lain smiles.''<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
You're so...<br><br><br />
''Alice is enveloped by noise, and disappears.''<br />
<br />
</tt><br />
<br />
=== Footnotes ===<br />
* This is the only scene in the series that I personally called for revisions for, writing with a lot of uncertainy and doubt. The thing you least want others to see. The pain of it being seen, and the pain of the one who sees it. I concluded that this was the only way to write it, but it still took a lot of courage. And when I finally decided to write it, Alice's role in the story finally fell into place. At the after recording for episode 7, I said to Yoko Asada, "Alice's part is about to become much more difficult to play. Please do your best!"<br />
<br />
* The scene was so deeply thought out, yet it contains lines that could never be broadcast on TV. We couldn't arrive at a good compromise. The end result was that, without changing the visuals, the conversation of Alice and her (imaginary) teacher was cut from the broadcast version. It was included in the home video release, so essentially the only difference between the broadcast and home video versions is this scene.<br />
<br />
* [''TL note: In this scene, Lain's name is written as "lain," in alphabet letters.''] The writing of "lain" is merely a way of helping to tell the difference between the roles in the after recording script. At this point in the story, only three personalities have appeared: 玲音 (childish, late-blooming personality), レイン (aggressive personality, typified by Lain of the Wired) and "lain" (devilish personality). But of course these are not all that comprise the being "lain" (including Goddess "lain").<br />
<br />
== Episode 11 appearance ==<br />
The teacher appears briefly at the end of [[Layer 11|episode 11]]. Alice, [[Juri]] and [[Reika]] are standing by the [[school]] gates talking, and Alice sees the teacher talking to the gate guard. Reika says, "Oh, that teacher? Rumor has it that he's going out with a 9th grader!"<br />
<br />
The Funimation release ([https://youtu.be/uVzCNdwuiqQ?t=20m34s YouTube]) has mistranslated Reika's line, saying the teacher is going out with an 8th grader.<br />
<br />
== Episode 13 appearance ==<br />
In [[Layer 13|Episode 13]] after the [[Reset]], Alice and Lain run into each other on a pedestrian overpass in an unspecified portion of the city. <br />
<br />
The teacher is with Alice, and they appear to be a couple.<br />
<br />
Below is an excerpt from the scenarios, with footnotes by Konaka.<br />
=== Scenario ===<br />
<tt><i>EXT. City Street at Twilight <br><br />
It's Alice. She's in her 20's, and has grown up beautifully.<br><br />
She's arm in arm with... that teacher.<br><br />
The two are in love. They'll probably be married before long. *<br><br></i><br />
ALICE<br><br />
(Laughing) Fine, but I get to do whatever I want with the bedroom curtains.<br><br><br />
<i>Alice suddenly grows thoughtful, looking ahead.<br></i><br><br />
MAN<br><br />
What's the matter?<br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
That girl...<br><br><br />
<i>Where Alice is looking... there stands Lain.</i><br><br><br />
MAN<br><br />
Someone you know?<br><br />
Alice<br><br />
I'm not sure...<br><br><br />
<i>Alice lets go of the man's arm and goes to Lain.<br><br />
Alice has gotten taller. She bends over to look Lain in the eye.<br><br></i><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Hello.<br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
H, hello<br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Have we met before? We have, haven't we?<br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
... <br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Hmm. Did you go to the school where I was a student teacher? No, that's not it. Let me think...<br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
It's nice to meet you.<br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Huh?<br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
''(smiling)'' * This is the first time we've met.<br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
''(puzzled)'' Really? ''(smiling)'' It's nice to meet you. I'm Alice. Great name isn't it? ''(sarcastic smile)'' Kinda embarrassing though. What's your name?<br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
... Lain.<br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Lain...<br><br><br />
<i>The teacher walks over.</i><br><br />
MAN<br><br />
So it's someone you know?<br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Nope, seems like I was imagining things. Well, goodbye Lain. Who knows, maybe we'll meet again somewhere, some day.<br><br><br />
''The couple walk away from Lain, waving their hands.''<br><br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
That's right... We could meet at any time, Alice...*<br><br><br />
<i>Lain waves back awkwardly.<br><br />
Lain stands among the moving crowd.<br><br />
Then, the crowd disappears.<br><br />
Finally, the city also disappears, and Lain is left alone.<br><br />
</i><br />
</tt><br />
=== Footnotes ===<br />
* Kaori-chan's acting was great here...<br />
* The last word "Alice" here was removed at my proposal.<br />
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|image = File:Alice's teacher.jpeg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|age = <br />
|family = <br />
|affiliation = [[School]]<br />
|NAVI = <br />
|debut = [[Layer 08]]<br />
|featured in = [[Anime]]<br />
|location = [[Shibuya]]<br />
}}<br />
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The young, handsome male teacher who is [[Alice]]'s heartthrob. Though he appears 3 times in the Serial Experiments Lain [[anime]], he has no name, and is referred to only as 教師 (teacher) in the [[Scenario Experiments Lain|scenarios]]. <br />
<br />
<br />
== Episode 8 appearance and fan misunderstanding ==<br />
<br />
The first time he appears is in [[Layer 08|Episode 8]]. Fans of Serial Experiments Lain often misinterpret this scene as a real lovers' tryst between Alice and the teacher, but it was intended to be a fantasy of Alice's that wasn't really happening. The rumors about Alice that [[Evil Lain]] started were not about an affair between Alice and the teacher, but about Alice's crush on him. <br />
<br />
Below is a translation of the scene as it appears in the Scenarios, including footnotes by [[Chiaki Konaka|Konaka]]. The scene is not exactly the same as it appears in the anime.<br />
<br />
=== Scenario ===<br />
<br />
<tt>INT. Alice's Room *<br><br />
<i>Alice sits before her desk.<br><br />
A tall, young teacher stands behind her, reaching his arms around to embrace her.<br><br />
Her face is flushed, eyes shut.<br><br />
With his palm on her cheek, the teacher turns her head back slightly.<br><br />
Alice's lips move invitingly with the expectation of a kiss.<br><br />
The teacher gazes at them.<br><br />
Alice opens her eyes and looks at the teacher with an uncertain expression.<br><br />
The teacher slides his palm along Alice's cheek to trace her lips with his fingers.<br><br />
Alice looks frightened.<br><br></i><br />
TEACHER <br>*<br />
''(soft voice)'' Do you think it's right to do this kind of thing with your teacher?<br><br><br />
ALICE <br><br />
It's... not right...<br><br><br />
TEACHER<br><br />
If it's not right, why are you doing it?<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Because... I... want to... ''(gasps)''<br><br><br />
<i>Alice turns to look behind her. Quietly sitting on her bed, is Lain.*<br><br />
Alice is sitting in her own chair. There is no teacher behind her. <br><br />
He was never there in the first place.<br><br><br />
Alice's left hand was under the desk. She slowly raises it above the desk.<br><br />
Lain just stares intently.<br><br><br />
</i><br />
ALICE<br><br />
So it was you... Lain...<br><br><br />
''Lain whispers close at Alice's side.''<br />
LAIN<br><br />
''(whispering)'' Hey... Did you hear? Did you hear who Alice Mizuki likes? Did you hear who she thinks about while she does dirty stuff?<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
... ''(Turns face away)''<br><br><br />
''Lain is still there in front of her.''<br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
So you were the one who spread the rumors.<br><br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
... ''(smiling)''<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Were you watching me like that all along!?<br>The things I do in secret, the times I don't want anyone to know about!<br><br><br />
''Lain smiles.''<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
You're so...<br><br><br />
''Alice is enveloped by noise, and disappears.''<br />
<br />
</tt><br />
<br />
=== Footnotes ===<br />
* This is the only scene in the series that I personally called for revisions for, writing with a lot of uncertainy and doubt. The thing you least want others to see. The pain of it being seen, and the pain of the one who sees it. I concluded that this was the only way to write it, but it still took a lot of courage. And when I finally decided to write it, Alice's role in the story finally fell into place. At the after recording for episode 7, I said to Yoko Asada, "Alice's part is about to become much more difficult to play. Please do your best!"<br />
<br />
* The scene was so deeply thought out, yet it contains lines that could never be broadcast on TV. We couldn't arrive at a good compromise. The end result was that, without changing the visuals, the conversation of Alice and her (imaginary) teacher was cut from the broadcast version. It was included in the home video release, so essentially the only difference between the broadcast and home video versions is this scene.<br />
<br />
* [''TL note: In this scene, Lain's name is written as "lain," in alphabet letters.''] The writing of "lain" is merely a way of helping to tell the difference between the roles in the after recording script. At this point in the story, only three personalities have appeared: 玲音 (childish, late-blooming personality), レイン (aggressive personality, typified by Lain of the Wired) and "lain" (devilish personality). But of course these are not all that comprise the being "lain" (including Goddess "lain").<br />
<br />
== Episode 11 appearance ==<br />
The teacher appears briefly at the end of [[Layer 11|episode 11]]. Alice, [[Juri]] and [[Reika]] are standing by the [[school]] gates talking, and Alice sees the teacher talking to the gate guard. Reika says, "Oh, that teacher? Rumor has it that he's going out with a 9th grader!"<br />
<br />
The Funimation release ([https://youtu.be/uVzCNdwuiqQ?t=20m34s YouTube]) has mistranslated Reika's line, saying the teacher is going out with an 8th grader.<br />
<br />
== Episode 13 appearance ==<br />
In [[Layer 13|Episode 13]] after the [[Reset]], Alice and Lain run into each other on a pedestrian overpass in an unspecified portion of the city. The teacher is with Alice, and they appear to be a couple.<br />
=== Scenario ===<br />
<tt><i>EXT. City Street at Twilight <br><br />
It's Alice. She's in her 20's, and has grown up beautifully.<br><br />
She's arm in arm with... that teacher.<br><br />
The two are in love. They'll probably be married before long. *<br><br></i><br />
ALICE<br><br />
(Laughing) Fine, but I get to do whatever I want with the bedroom curtains.<br><br><br />
<i>Alice suddenly grows thoughtful, looking ahead.<br></i><br><br />
MAN<br><br />
What's the matter?<br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
That girl...<br><br><br />
<i>Where Alice is looking... there stands Lain.</i><br><br><br />
MAN<br><br />
Someone you know?<br><br />
Alice<br><br />
I'm not sure...<br><br><br />
<i>Alice lets go of the man's arm and goes to Lain.<br><br />
Alice has gotten taller. She bends over to look Lain in the eye.<br><br></i><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Hello.<br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
H, hello<br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Have we met before? We have, haven't we?<br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
... <br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Hmm. Did you go to the school where I was a student teacher? No, that's not it. Let me think...<br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
It's nice to meet you.<br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Huh?<br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
''(smiling)'' * This is the first time we've met.<br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
''(puzzled)'' Really? ''(smiling)'' It's nice to meet you. I'm Alice. Great name isn't it? ''(sarcastic smile)'' Kinda embarrassing though. What's your name?<br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
... Lain.<br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Lain...<br><br><br />
<i>The teacher walks over.</i><br><br />
MAN<br><br />
So it's someone you know?<br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Nope, seems like I was imagining things. Well, goodbye Lain. Who knows, maybe we'll meet again somewhere, some day.<br><br><br />
''The couple walk away from Lain, waving their hands.''<br><br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
That's right... We could meet at any time, Alice...*<br><br><br />
<i>Lain waves back awkwardly.<br><br />
Lain stands among the moving crowd.<br><br />
Then, the crowd disappears.<br><br />
Finally, the city also disappears, and Lain is left alone.<br><br />
</i><br />
</tt><br />
=== Footnotes ===<br />
* Kaori-chan's acting was great here...<br />
* The last word "Alice" here was removed at my proposal.<br />
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|image = File:Alice's teacher.jpeg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|age = <br />
|family = <br />
|affiliation = [[School]]<br />
|NAVI = <br />
|debut = [[Layer 08]]<br />
|featured in = [[Anime]]<br />
|location = [[Shibuya]]<br />
}}<br />
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The young, handsome male teacher who is [[Alice]]'s heartthrob. Though he appears 3 times in the Serial Experiments Lain [[anime]], he has no name, and is referred to only as 教師 (teacher) in the [[Scenario Experiments Lain|scenarios]].<br />
<br />
<br />
== Episode 8 appearance and fan misunderstanding ==<br />
<br />
The first time he appears is in [[Layer 08|Episode 8]]. Fans of Serial Experiments Lain often misinterpret this scene as a real lovers' tryst between Alice and the teacher, but it was intended to be a fantasy of Alice's that wasn't really happening. The rumors about Alice that [[Evil Lain]] started were not about an affair between Alice and the teacher, but about Alice's crush on him. <br />
<br />
Below is a translation of the scene as it appears in the Scenarios, including footnotes by [[Chiaki Konaka|Konaka]].<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenarios'' script ===<br />
<br />
<tt>INT. Alice's Room *<br><br />
<i>Alice sits before her desk.<br><br />
A tall, young teacher stands behind her, reaching his arms around to embrace her.<br><br />
Her face is flushed, eyes shut.<br><br />
With his palm on her cheek, the teacher turns her head back slightly.<br><br />
Alice's lips move invitingly with the expectation of a kiss.<br><br />
The teacher gazes at them.<br><br />
Alice opens her eyes and looks at the teacher with an uncertain expression.<br><br />
The teacher slides his palm along Alice's cheek to trace her lips with his fingers.<br><br />
Alice looks frightened.<br><br></i><br />
TEACHER <br>*<br />
''(soft voice)'' Do you think it's right to do this kind of thing with your teacher?<br><br><br />
ALICE <br><br />
It's... not right...<br><br><br />
TEACHER<br><br />
If it's not right, why are you doing it?<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Because... I... want to... ''(gasps)''<br><br><br />
<i>Alice turns to look behind her. Quietly sitting on her bed, is Lain.*<br><br />
Alice is sitting in her own chair. There is no teacher behind her. <br><br />
He was never there in the first place.<br><br><br />
Alice's left hand was under the desk. She slowly raises it above the desk.<br><br />
Lain just stares intently.<br><br><br />
</i><br />
ALICE<br><br />
So it was you... Lain...<br><br><br />
''Lain whispers close at Alice's side.''<br />
LAIN<br><br />
''(whispering)'' Hey... Did you hear? Did you hear who Alice Mizuki likes? Did you hear who she thinks about while she does dirty stuff?<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
... ''(Turns face away)''<br><br><br />
''Lain is still there in front of her.''<br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
So you were the one who spread the rumors.<br><br><br />
LAIN<br><br />
... ''(smiling)''<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
Were you watching me like that all along!?<br>The things I do in secret, the times I don't want anyone to know about!<br><br><br />
''Lain smiles.''<br><br><br />
ALICE<br><br />
You're so...<br><br><br />
''Alice is enveloped by noise, and disappears.''<br />
<br />
</tt><br />
<br />
=== Footnotes ===<br />
* This is the only scene in the series that I personally called for revisions for, writing with a lot of uncertainy and doubt. The thing you least want others to see. The pain of it being seen, and the pain of the one who sees it. I concluded that this was the only way to write it, but it still took a lot of courage. And when I finally decided to write it, Alice's role in the story finally fell into place. At the after recording for episode 7, I said to Yoko Asada, "Alice's part is about to become much more difficult to play. Please do your best!"<br />
<br />
* The scene was so deeply thought out, yet it contains lines that could never be broadcast on TV. We couldn't arrive at a good compromise. The end result was that, without changing the visuals, the conversation of Alice and her (imaginary) teacher was cut from the broadcast version. It was included in the home video release, so essentially the only difference between the broadcast and home video versions is this scene.<br />
<br />
* [''TL note: In this scene, Lain's name is written as "lain," in alphabet letters.''] The writing of "lain" is merely a way of helping to tell the difference between the roles in the after recording script. At this point in the story, only three personalities have appeared: 玲音 (childish, late-blooming personality), レイン (aggressive personality, typified by Lain of the Wired) and "lain" (devilish personality). But of course these are not all that comprise the being "lain" (including Goddess "lain").<br />
<br />
== Episode 11 appearance ==<br />
The teacher appears briefly at the end of [[Layer 11|episode 11]]. Alice, [[Juri]] and [[Reika]] are standing by the [[school]] gates talking, and Alice sees the teacher talking to the gate guard. Reika says, "Oh, that teacher? Rumor has it that he's going out with a 9th grader!"<br />
<br />
The Funimation release ([https://youtu.be/uVzCNdwuiqQ?t=20m34s YouTube]) has mistranslated Reika's line, saying the teacher is going out with an 8th grader.<br />
<br />
== Episode 13 appearance ==<br />
In [[Layer 13|Episode 13]] after the [[Reset]], Alice and Lain run into each other on a pedestrian overpass in [[Shibuya]]. The teacher is with Alice, and they appear to be a couple.<br />
{{AnimeCharacters}}<br />
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Yoshitoshi ABe is the character designer for [[Serial Experiments Lain]], as well as other popular anime, such as Niea_7 and Haibane Renmei. [[Ueda Yasuyuki]], who came up with the original concept for ''Lain'', invited him to come work on the project after seeing his art online. Abe was a senior in art school at the time. A collection of his art for the series was released as [[Omnipresence_in_Wired|Omnipresence in Wired]], which features the short manga, [[The_Nightmare_of_Fabrication|The Nightmare of Fabrication]]. <br />
<br />
One of his recent project is a series called Despera, set in 1930s Japan, with a main character named Ain who looks very similar to [[Iwakura_Lain|Lain]].<br />
<br />
He has contributed to the doujinshi works of a circle called Mutekei-Fire, under the pen name AB.<br />
<br />
A Japanese-language periodical featured him in 2010. ''Eureka'' no. 586, vol. 42-12, 10 October 2010, subtitled ''The Necessary yoshitoshi ABE'', contains essays and reviews about him, interviews of him, color illustrations, 18 glossy pages of color works and pencil sketches, including works he did in art school, and a 28-page manga called "Where the Rain Falls" (雨の降る場所 ''ame no furu basho'') that was originally printed in ''Afternoon Shiki-shou'' in 1994.<br />
<br />
He may be found on many online communities, such as Twitter or YouTube, usually with a screenname of Abfly, or similar.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20000123030355/http://www.people.or.jp/~ab/index.html His old homepage] (web archive) - it was likely this site or something similar that led Ueda to Abe.<br />
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20020604080921/http://web.ffn.ne.jp/~ab/ Another old homepage] (web archive) - Be sure to skip around on the timeline on these archived sites.<br />
* A total of 44 early (mid to late 90's) images by Abe: [http://www.taremeparadise.com/maindata/ab_cg1j.html] [http://www.taremeparadise.com/maindata/ab_cg2j.html] [http://www.taremeparadise.com/maindata/ab_cg3j.html] [http://www.taremeparadise.com/maindata/ab_cg4j.html]<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20120630053425/http://homepage.mac.com/abworks/ His new homepage] (also web archive)<br />
*[http://abworks.blog83.fc2.com/ ABlog]<br />
*[http://www.codeartstudio.org/artists/artist.php?id=12 This page] (Russian) contains links to some of his Mutekei-Fire doujin works, among other things.<br />
* [http://2chan.us/wordpress/2010/05/30/afternoon-four-seasons-award-shiki-sho-information-notable-recipients-list/ A helpful blog post] about ''Afternoon Shiki-shou'' that is more or less a translation of the [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/アフタヌーン四季賞 Japanese wikipedia page.] Abe was a summer 1994 runner-up.<br />
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<div>[[File:830px-Yoshitoshi Abe 20070520 Epitanime.jpg|thumb|266px|right]]<br />
Yoshitoshi ABe is the character designer for [[Serial Experiments Lain]], as well as other popular anime, such as Niea_7 and Haibane Renmei. [[Ueda Yasuyuki]], who came up with the original concept for ''Lain'', invited him to come work on the project after seeing his art online. Abe was a senior in art school at the time. A collection of his art for the series was released as [[Omnipresence_in_Wired|Omnipresence in Wired]], which features the short manga, [[The_Nightmare_of_Fabrication|The Nightmare of Fabrication]]. <br />
<br />
One of his recent project is a series called Despera, set in 1930s Japan, with a main character named Ain who looks very similar to [[Iwakura_Lain|Lain]].<br />
<br />
He has contributed to the doujinshi works of a circle called Mutekei-Fire, under the pen name AB.<br />
<br />
A Japanese-language periodical featured him in 2010. ''Eureka'' no. 586, vol. 42-12, 10 October 2010, subtitled ''The Necessary yoshitoshi ABE'', contains essays and reviews about him, interviews of him, color illustrations, 18 glossy pages of color works and pencil sketches, including works he did in art school, and a 28-page manga called "Where the Rain Falls" (雨の降る場所 ''ame no furu basho'') that was originally printed in ''Afternoon Shiki-shou'' in 1994.<br />
<br />
He may be found on many online communities, such as Twitter or YouTube, usually with a screenname of Abfly, or similar.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20000123030355/http://www.people.or.jp/~ab/index.html His old homepage] (web archive) - it was likely this site or something similar that led Ueda to Abe.<br />
* [http://web.ffn.ne.jp/~ab/ Another old homepage]<br />
* A total of 44 early (mid to late 90's) images by Abe: [http://www.taremeparadise.com/maindata/ab_cg1j.html] [http://www.taremeparadise.com/maindata/ab_cg2j.html] [http://www.taremeparadise.com/maindata/ab_cg3j.html] [http://www.taremeparadise.com/maindata/ab_cg4j.html]<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20120630053425/http://homepage.mac.com/abworks/ His new homepage] (also web archive)<br />
*[http://abworks.blog83.fc2.com/ ABlog]<br />
*[http://www.codeartstudio.org/artists/artist.php?id=12 This page] (Russian) contains links to some of his Mutekei-Fire doujin works, among other things.<br />
* [http://2chan.us/wordpress/2010/05/30/afternoon-four-seasons-award-shiki-sho-information-notable-recipients-list/ A helpful blog post] about ''Afternoon Shiki-shou'' that is more or less a translation of the [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/アフタヌーン四季賞 Japanese wikipedia page.] Abe was a summer 1994 runner-up.<br />
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<div>The '''''Looker'' illustrations''' are a series of 7 one-panel humorous illustrations by [[Yoshitoshi ABe|Yoshitoshi Abe]]. They were drawn to accompany [[Chiaki Konaka]]'s articles in ''Looker'' magazine. Two of them were never published in ''Looker'' magazine, but all seven of them can be seen in the original edition of ''[[Omnipresence in Wired| Omnipresence]]''. Most of them contain text by Abe (signed あ or アベ).<br />
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''Looker'' was a monthly anime magazine launched in August 1998 with the October issue. It ceased publication after only 8 issues. [http://www.geocities.jp/mamamamarchan2010/DATA/book3_anime.html]<br />
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== List of ''Looker'' illustrations ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! No.<br />
! ''Looker'' issue<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
|A<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 98/09<br />
|Lain squats in front of a goldfish-scooping tank wearing a bear-print kimono. Text reads "Goldfish... scary."<br />
|-<br />
|B<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 98/11<br />
|Title: "Birth! No-good experiments." <br />
<br />
[[Lain]] sits at her old NAVI and sneezes, "Hekuchin!" The NAVI responds, "So your name is Hekuchin?" <br />
<br />
A note from ABe reads: "If I had drawn something like this from the start... I shudder at the thought."<br />
|-<br />
|C<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 98/12<br />
|[[Alice]] teases a cat with her scarf. Lain stands in the far background, peeking out from behind a utility pole.<br />
<br />
Abe: "In the world of Lain, Alice represents the so-called "life as usual." I believe that in order to portray the unusual, Alice's relative normalcy was essential. In pictures, unaffected spontaneity is the hardest thing to portray.<br />
|-<br />
|D<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 99/01<br />
|Title: "Lain's manners lecture"<br />
<br />
[[Greyn]] peeks around a door. Alice holds a pointer, indicating a poster that reads, "Properly ''atozeki''!"<br />
<br />
A note from ABe reads: "I heard that ''atozeki'' is the term in Kumamoto dialect for when you remember to close a door after opening it. Amazing. Do people in Kumamoto never shut their doors?"<br />
|-<br />
|E<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 99/05<br />
| Lain in her [[bear suit]] with the hood down looks at the viewer and waves. Text reads "Thanks for everything -Abe" "See you later"<br />
|-<br />
|F<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Unpublished<br />
| Title: "This thing called fear"<br />
<br />
Lain reaches for a roach motel with a pair of chopsticks. The roach motel reads "Serial Motel." The roaches are saying "Lain... Lain..." and one of them is saying, "my leg tore off." Lain is saying, "something's moving..."<br />
<br />
Text in the background says, "they're in there they're in there they're in there [etc]... in droves." (That last part is a pun because if you say ''iru iru'' enough times it will begin to sound like ''rui rui''.)<br />
|-<br />
|G<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Unpublished<br />
| Alice is in the foreground looking at the viewer. In the background is Greyn peeking out from behind a UFO, saying "Alice~." Abe writes something similar to his note in C.<br />
|}<br />
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== See Also ==<br />
* [[Chibi Chibi Lain]]<br />
* [[Layers (illustrations)]]<br />
* [[Weather Break]]<br />
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[[Category:Media]]<br />
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<div>[[File:Omnipresence in wired.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The cover of the first edition as it appears with the plastic slip cover. The slip cover is transparent and marked with the title and white shading. The cover itself has only the picture of lain.]]<br />
[[File:Serial_Experiments_Lain_Illustrations.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The 2006 edition has a cardboard slip cover (pictured). The actual cover is dark blue and unadorned except for the title and the words "Hello NAVI."]]<br />
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'''An Omnipresence in Wired''' is the [[Serial Experiments Lain]] artbook that was released only in Japan in 1999. A heavily modified version, ab# rebuild, was released in 2006 in both Japan and the United States.<br />
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It contains illustrations by [[Yoshitoshi ABe|Yoshitoshi Abe]], some of which feature text by [[Chiaki Konaka]]. The manga [[The Nightmare of Fabrication]] is included.<br />
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Note that any of the following information regarding the 2006 version is obtained from the hardcover English edition by Digital Manga Publishing. If you have the softcover edition, or the Japanese edition from Wani Magazine, please feel free to edit this page with information on them.<br />
==Contents==<br />
''Under construction lol''<br />
===an omnipresence in wired (1999)===<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Page No.<br />
! Contents<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
|001<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Title page<br />
|The title of the book with a bunch of identical pictures of lain, except with different photoshop effects added to them.<br />
|-<br />
|002<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Contents<br />
|The book's contents page. Most of the data in this table is taken from this page. Except the descriptions.<br />
|-<br />
|003<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Introduction<br />
|A few paragraphs by ABe, with a translation, talking about his concept of Lain's existence and how it was manifested in his creative process.<br />
|-<br />
|004<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|the original layers<br />
|See [[Layers (illustrations)]] for more info.<br />
|-<br />
|046<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|VHS/LD jackets (lif.)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|052<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|sound track cover (CD)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|055<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|hair cut<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|056<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|pre-image<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|058<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|posters & others<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|066<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|game illustrations<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|078<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|special issue "the nightmare of fabrication" (DC1029)<br />
|Untranslated in this edition. See [[Manga]] for more information.<br />
|-<br />
|097<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|sketches (monochrome)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|118<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|about the layers (AB with CJK)<br />
|Untranslated. Abe and Konaka having a conversation about the Layers illustrations. The title of each Layer illustration is listed with the magazine issue it was originally published in.<br />
|-<br />
|122<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|about all of the illustrations<br />
|Untranslated. An index of comments by Abe about every illustration in the book and information on where each of them was originally published.<br />
|-<br />
|127<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|history of AB<br />
|Untranslated. A paragraph of general information about Abe, then a "general chronology" of events in his life starting in 1993 when he entered college, then a "fragile goods chronology" listing every computer he'd owned since 1990 (I think?)<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|The book has a total of 128 pages.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
===yoshitoshi ABe lain illustrations: ab# rebuild an omnipresence in wired (2006)===<br />
''Note: The pages are not numbered, so this might not be very useful. This book doesn't even have a contents page.''<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Page No.<br />
! Contents<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
|001<br />
|Title page<br />
|A picture of Lain on a semitransparent piece of paper.<br />
|-<br />
|005<br />
|01 touch of illustration<br />
|Various illustrations paired with their rough sketches, pre-effects images from a few of the layers with their coloring altered<br />
|-<br />
|040<br />
|02 comic<br />
|the nightmare of fabrication (DC1029) (translated of course)<br />
|-<br />
|063<br />
|03package illustration : DVD+LD+CD<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|076<br />
|04 others : game+poster+etc<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|091<br />
|05 layer<br />
|The aforementioned layer illustrations.<br />
|-<br />
|122<br />
|06 pencil drawing + step by step<br />
|Corresponds with monochrome sketch in original book.<br />
|-<br />
|141<br />
|07 personal<br />
|Color photos by Abe, and a "short history" of Abe beginning in 1993<br />
|-<br />
|149<br />
|Liner notes<br />
|corresponds with "about all the illustrations" in the original book. Has the page number of the illustrations being described, but if you count the pages you'll always end up a few pages off.<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|This book has a total of 153 pages.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Differences between the two editions==<br />
<br />
=== What Rebuild has that the original does not have ===<br />
*Two new illustrations and their rough sketches<br />
**Lain under an overpass<br />
**Cover illustration<br />
*Pre-effects images of some of the Layers<br />
*Step-by-step for the Layer 02: Girls illustration<br />
<br />
=== What the original has that Rebuild does not have ===<br />
*[[Chibi Chibi Lain]]<br />
*[[Looker illustrations]]<br />
*Gekikare! A Sales Promo Ad By Dame-Dame Lain (comic originally from a doujinshi called ''Tareme Paradise 5'')<br />
*Many of the rough, conceptual sketches in the monochrome sketch section<br />
<br />
===Other miscellaneous differences===<br />
'''Layer text''': In ''Rebuild'', the text of the Layer illustrations were re-translated and of course the English was re-typeset, sometimes in completely different positions. A typesetting error was introduced in Layer 11. In some of the illustrations the Japanese text was also re-typeset, and in some cases completely removed. The Rebuild translation is perhaps better than the original's in general, but the typesetting looks better in the original as it's styled to blend with the image. In Layer 09, the patch of code floating to the right of lain was replaced with different code. Excepting the Layer images, there is no Japanese text to be found anywhere in the English version of ''Rebuild''.<br />
<br />
'''Pencil Sketches''': As stated above, there are many rough sketches in the original ''Omnipresence'' that don't appear in ''Rebuild''. However, those sketches that do appear in ''Rebuild'' are generally much larger, showing more detail.<br />
<br />
===Conclusion===<br />
Each has images the other doesn't have. They're both nice and you should get them both.<br />
<center>{{Media}}</center><br />
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<div>[[File:Omnipresence in wired.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The cover of the first edition as it appears with the plastic slip cover. The slip cover is transparent and marked with the title and white shading. The cover itself has only the picture of lain.]]<br />
[[File:Serial_Experiments_Lain_Illustrations.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The 2006 edition has a cardboard slip cover (pictured). The actual cover is dark blue and unadorned except for the title and the words "Hello NAVI."]]<br />
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'''An Omnipresence in Wired''' is the [[Serial Experiments Lain]] artbook that was released only in Japan in 1999. A heavily modified version, ab# rebuild, was released in 2006 in both Japan and the United States.<br />
<br />
It contains illustrations by [[Yoshitoshi ABe|Yoshitoshi Abe]], some of which feature text by [[Chiaki Konaka]]. The manga [[The Nightmare of Fabrication]] is included.<br />
<br />
Note that any of the following information regarding the 2006 version is obtained from the hardcover English edition by Digital Manga Publishing. If you have the softcover edition, or the Japanese edition from Wani Magazine, please feel free to edit this page with information on them.<br />
==Contents==<br />
''Under construction lol''<br />
===an omnipresence in wired (1999)===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Page No.<br />
! Contents<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
|001<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Title page<br />
|The title of the book with a bunch of identical pictures of lain, except with different photoshop effects added to them.<br />
|-<br />
|002<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Contents<br />
|The book's contents page. Most of the data in this table is taken from this page. Except the descriptions.<br />
|-<br />
|003<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Introduction<br />
|A few paragraphs by ABe, with a translation, talking about his concept of Lain's existence and how it was manifested in his creative process.<br />
|-<br />
|004<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|the original layers<br />
|Illustrations that originally appeared in Sony Magazines' AX magazine in 1998. Some of them are overlaid with Japanese text by Konaka, most of which is translated to English.<br />
|-<br />
|046<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|VHS/LD jackets (lif.)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|052<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|sound track cover (CD)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|055<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|hair cut<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|056<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|pre-image<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|058<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|posters & others<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|066<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|game illustrations<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|078<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|special issue "the nightmare of fabrication" (DC1029)<br />
|Untranslated in this edition. See [[Manga]] for more information.<br />
|-<br />
|097<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|sketches (monochrome)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|118<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|about the layers (AB with CJK)<br />
|Untranslated. Abe and Konaka having a conversation about the Layers illustrations. The title of each Layer illustration is listed with the magazine issue it was originally published in.<br />
|-<br />
|122<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|about all of the illustrations<br />
|Untranslated. An index of comments by Abe about every illustration in the book and information on where each of them was originally published.<br />
|-<br />
|127<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|history of AB<br />
|Untranslated. A paragraph of general information about Abe, then a "general chronology" of events in his life starting in 1993 when he entered college, then a "fragile goods chronology" listing every computer he'd owned since 1990 (I think?)<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|The book has a total of 128 pages.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
===yoshitoshi ABe lain illustrations: ab# rebuild an omnipresence in wired (2006)===<br />
''Note: The pages are not numbered, so this might not be very useful. This book doesn't even have a contents page.''<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Page No.<br />
! Contents<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
|001<br />
|Title page<br />
|A picture of Lain on a semitransparent piece of paper.<br />
|-<br />
|005<br />
|01 touch of illustration<br />
|Various illustrations paired with their rough sketches, pre-effects images from a few of the layers with their coloring altered<br />
|-<br />
|040<br />
|02 comic<br />
|the nightmare of fabrication (DC1029) (translated of course)<br />
|-<br />
|063<br />
|03package illustration : DVD+LD+CD<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|076<br />
|04 others : game+poster+etc<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|091<br />
|05 layer<br />
|The aforementioned layer illustrations.<br />
|-<br />
|122<br />
|06 pencil drawing + step by step<br />
|Corresponds with monochrome sketch in original book.<br />
|-<br />
|141<br />
|07 personal<br />
|Color photos by Abe, and a "short history" of Abe beginning in 1993<br />
|-<br />
|149<br />
|Liner notes<br />
|corresponds with "about all the illustrations" in the original book. Has the page number of the illustrations being described, but if you count the pages you'll always end up a few pages off.<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|This book has a total of 153 pages.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Differences between the two editions==<br />
<br />
=== What Rebuild has that the original does not have ===<br />
*Two new illustrations and their rough sketches<br />
**Lain under an overpass<br />
**Cover illustration<br />
*Pre-effects images of some of the Layers<br />
*Step-by-step for the Layer 02: Girls illustration<br />
<br />
=== What the original has that Rebuild does not have ===<br />
*[[Chibi Chibi Lain]]<br />
*[[Looker illustrations]]<br />
*Gekikare! A Sales Promo Ad By Dame-Dame Lain (comic originally from a doujinshi called ''Tareme Paradise 5'')<br />
*Many of the rough, conceptual sketches in the monochrome sketch section<br />
<br />
===Other miscellaneous differences===<br />
'''Layer text''': In ''Rebuild'', the text of the Layer illustrations were re-translated and of course the English was re-typeset, sometimes in completely different positions. A typesetting error was introduced in Layer 11. In some of the illustrations the Japanese text was also re-typeset, and in some cases completely removed. The Rebuild translation is perhaps better than the original's in general, but the typesetting looks better in the original as it's styled to blend with the image. In Layer 09, the patch of code floating to the right of lain was replaced with different code. Excepting the Layer images, there is no Japanese text to be found anywhere in the English version of ''Rebuild''.<br />
<br />
'''Pencil Sketches''': As stated above, there are many rough sketches in the original ''Omnipresence'' that don't appear in ''Rebuild''. However, those sketches that do appear in ''Rebuild'' are generally much larger, showing more detail.<br />
<br />
===Conclusion===<br />
Each has images the other doesn't have. They're both nice and you should get them both.<br />
<center>{{Media}}</center><br />
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<div>The '''Layers''' are a series of 15 promotional illustrations for ''Serial Experiments Lain'' drawn by [[Yoshitoshi ABe|Yoshitoshi Abe]] and superimposed with text written by [[Chiaki Konaka]]. Nine of them were published in consecutive issues of ''AX'' magazine starting with the April 1998 issue. The other six were not shown in ''AX'', but all 15 can be seen in both editions of [[Omnipresence in Wired|''Omnipresence'']]. <br />
<br />
''AX'' (エーエックス) was a monthly anime magazine published by Sony Magazines that launched in March of 1998. The magazine was discontinued after the November 2001 issue.<br />
<br />
==List of Layers==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Title<br />
! ''AX'' issue<br />
! Notes<br />
|-<br />
|pre-layer<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|98/04<br />
| Coming Soon!<br />
|-<br />
|layer:01 Weird<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|98/05<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|layer:02 Girls<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|98/06<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|layer:03 Psyche<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|98/07<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|layer:04 Religion<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|98/08<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|Layer:05 Distortion<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|98/09<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|Layer:06 Kids<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| Unpublished<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|layer:07 Society<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Unpublished<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|layer:08 Rumors<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Unpublished<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|layer:09 Protocol<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Unpublished<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|layer:10 Love<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Unpublished<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|layer:11 Infornography<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|98/10<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|layer:12 Landscape<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Unpublished<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|layer:13 Ego<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|98/11<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|layer:00 Program<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|98/12<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
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<div>The '''''Looker'' illustrations''' are a series of 7 one-panel humorous illustrations by [[Yoshitoshi ABe|Yoshitoshi Abe]]. They were drawn to accompany [[Chiaki Konaka]]'s articles in ''Looker'' magazine. Two of them were never published in ''Looker'' magazine, but all seven of them can be seen in the original edition of ''[[Omnipresence in Wired| Omnipresence]]''.<br />
<br />
<br />
''Looker'' was a monthly anime magazine launched in August 1998 with the October issue. It ceased publication after only 8 issues. [http://www.geocities.jp/mamamamarchan2010/DATA/book3_anime.html]<br />
<br />
== List of ''Looker'' illustrations ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! No.<br />
! ''Looker'' issue<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
|A<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 98/09<br />
|Lain squats in front of a goldfish-scooping tank wearing a bear-print kimono. Text reads "Goldfish... scary."<br />
|-<br />
|B<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 98/11<br />
|Title: "Birth! No-good experiments." <br />
<br />
[[Lain]] sits at her old NAVI and sneezes, "Hekuchin!" The NAVI responds, "So your name is Hekuchin?" <br />
<br />
A note from ABe reads: "If I had drawn something like this from the start... I shudder at the thought."<br />
|-<br />
|C<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 98/12<br />
|[[Alice]] teases a cat with her scarf. Lain stands in the far background, peeking out from behind a utility pole.<br />
<br />
The text is too small and my eyes hurt from squinting, so I'll translate this one later.<br />
|-<br />
|D<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 99/01<br />
|Title: Lain's manners lecture<br />
<br />
[[Greyn]] peeks around a door. Alice holds a pointer, indicating a poster that reads, "Properly ''atozeki''!"<br />
<br />
A note from ABe reads: "I heard that ''atozeki'' is the term in Kumamoto dialect for when you remember to close a door after opening it. Amazing. Do people in Kumamoto never shut their doors?"<br />
|-<br />
|E<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 99/05<br />
| Lain in her [[bear suit]] with the hood down looks at the viewer and waves. Text reads "Thanks for everything -Abe" "See you later"<br />
|-<br />
|F<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Unpublished<br />
| Title: "This thing called fear"<br />
<br />
Lain reaches for a roach motel with a pair of chopsticks. The roach motel reads "Serial Motel." The roaches are saying "Lain... Lain..." and one of them is saying, "my leg tore off." Lain is saying, "something's moving..."<br />
<br />
Text in the background says, "they're in there they're in there they're in there [etc]... in droves." (That last part is a pun because if you say ''iru iru'' enough times it will begin to sound like ''rui rui''.)<br />
|-<br />
|G<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Unpublished<br />
| Alice is in the foreground looking at the viewer. In the background is Greyn peeking out from behind a UFO. I think the text says something similar to that of C.<br />
|}<br />
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<div>The '''Layers''' are a series of 15 promotional illustrations for ''Serial Experiments Lain'' drawn by [[Yoshitoshi ABe|Yoshitoshi Abe]] and superimposed with text written by [[Chiaki Konaka]]. Nine of them were published in consecutive issues of ''AX'' magazine starting with the April 1998 issue. The other six were not shown in ''AX'', but all 15 can be seen in both editions of [[Omnipresence in Wired|''Omnipresence'']]. <br />
<br />
''AX'' (エーエックス) was a monthly anime magazine published by Sony Magazines that launched in March of 1998. The magazine was discontinued after the November 2001 issue.<br />
<br />
==List of Layers==<br />
<br />
<br />
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<div>The '''''Looker'' illustrations''' are a series of 7 one-panel humorous illustrations by [[Yoshitoshi ABe|Yoshitoshi Abe]]. They were drawn to accompany [[Chiaki Konaka]]'s articles in ''Looker'' magazine. Two of them were never published in ''Looker'' magazine, but all seven of them can be seen in the original edition of ''[[Omnipresence in Wired| Omnipresence]]''.<br />
<br />
<br />
''Looker'' was a monthly anime magazine launched in August 1998 with the October issue. It ceased publication after only 8 issues. [http://www.geocities.jp/mamamamarchan2010/DATA/book3_anime.html]<br />
<br />
== List of ''Looker'' illustrations ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! No.<br />
! ''Looker'' issue<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
|A<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 98/9<br />
|Lain squats in front of a goldfish-scooping tank wearing a bear-print kimono. Text reads "Goldfish... scary."<br />
|-<br />
|B<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 98/11<br />
|Title: "Birth! No-good experiments." <br />
<br />
[[Lain]] sits at her old NAVI and sneezes, "Hekuchin!" The NAVI responds, "So your name is Hekuchin?" <br />
<br />
A note from ABe reads: "If I had drawn something like this from the start... I shudder at the thought."<br />
|-<br />
|C<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 98/12<br />
|[[Alice]] teases a cat with her scarf. Lain stands in the far background, peeking out from behind a utility pole.<br />
<br />
The text is too small and my eyes hurt from squinting, so I'll translate this one later.<br />
|-<br />
|D<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 99/01<br />
|Title: Lain's manners lecture<br />
<br />
[[Greyn]] peeks around a door. Alice holds a pointer, indicating a poster that reads, "Properly ''atozeki''!"<br />
<br />
A note from ABe reads: "I heard that ''atozeki'' is the term in Kumamoto dialect for when you remember to close a door after opening it. Amazing. Do people in Kumamoto never shut their doors?"<br />
|-<br />
|E<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 99/05<br />
| Lain in her [[bear suit]] with the hood down looks at the viewer and waves. Text reads "Thanks for everything -Abe" "See you later"<br />
|-<br />
|F<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Unpublished<br />
| Title: "This thing called fear"<br />
<br />
Lain reaches for a roach motel with a pair of chopsticks. The roach motel reads "Serial Motel." The roaches are saying "Lain... Lain..." and one of them is saying, "my leg tore off." Lain is saying, "something's moving..."<br />
<br />
Text in the background says, "they're in there they're in there they're in there [etc]... in droves." (That last part is a pun because if you say ''iru iru'' enough times it will begin to sound like ''rui rui''.)<br />
|-<br />
|G<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Unpublished<br />
| Alice is in the foreground looking at the viewer. In the background is Greyn peeking out from behind a UFO. I think the text says something similar to that of C.<br />
|}<br />
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<div>The '''''Looker'' illustrations''' are a series of 7 one-panel humorous illustrations by [[Yoshitoshi ABe|Yoshitoshi Abe]]. They were drawn to accompany [[Chiaki Konaka]]'s articles in ''Looker'' magazine. Two of them were never published in ''Looker'' magazine, but all seven of them can be seen in the original edition of ''[[Omnipresence in Wired| Omnipresence]]''.<br />
<br />
<br />
''Looker'' was a monthly anime magazine launched in August 1998 with its October issue. It ceased publication after 8 issues. [http://www.geocities.jp/mamamamarchan2010/DATA/book3_anime.html]<br />
<br />
== List of ''Looker'' illustrations ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! No.<br />
! ''Looker'' issue<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
|A<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 98/9<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|B<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 98/11<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|C<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 98/12<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|D<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 99/01<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|E<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 99/05<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|F<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Unpublished<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|G<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Unpublished<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
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<div>The '''''Looker'' illustrations''' are a series of 7 one-panel humorous illustrations by [[Yoshitoshi ABe|Yoshitoshi Abe]]. They were drawn to accompany [[Chiaki Konaka]]'s articles in ''Looker'' magazine. Two of them were never published in ''Looker'' magazine, but all seven of them can be seen in the original edition of ''[[Omnipresence in Wired| Omnipresence]]''.<br />
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''Looker'' was a monthly anime magazine launched in August 1998 with its October issue. It ceased publication after 8 issues. [http://www.geocities.jp/mamamamarchan2010/DATA/book3_anime.html]<br />
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== List of ''Looker'' illustrations ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! No.<br />
! ''Looker'' issue<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
|A<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 98/9<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|B<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 98/11<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|C<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 98/12<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|D<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 99/01<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|E<br />
|style="text-align:center;"| 99/05<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|F<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Unpublished<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|G<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|Unpublished<br />
|<br />
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<div>The '''''Looker'' illustrations''' are a series of 7 one-panel humorous illustrations by [[Yoshitoshi ABe|Yoshitoshi Abe]]. They were drawn to accompany [[Chiaki Konaka]]'s articles in ''Looker'' magazine. Two of them were never published in ''Looker'' magazine, but all seven of them can be seen in the original edition of ''[[Omnipresence in Wired| Omnipresence]]''.<br />
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''Looker'' was a monthly anime magazine launched in August 1998 with its October issue. It ceased publication after 8 issues. [http://www.geocities.jp/mamamamarchan2010/DATA/book3_anime.html]</div>Cyber-the-password-forgetterhttps://lain.wiki/index.php?title=Chibi_Chibi_Lain&diff=2388Chibi Chibi Lain2016-11-07T15:39:33Z<p>Cyber-the-password-forgetter: </p>
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<div>'''Chibi Chibi Lain: The Empire Strikes Back''' (ちびちびレイン 帝国の逆襲)is a series of 6 humorous 4-panel comic strips by [[Yoshitoshi ABe]]. They feature a chibified [[Lain]] in ridiculous situations. Five of the strips were originally included in the liner of the LaserDisc and VHS releases of the Serial Experiments Lain [[anime]]. The second strip was not included, mentioned as a "deleted scene" in the third. However, all six strips are published in the original [[Omnipresence in Wired]] artbook.<br />
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The five strips are published in the original Restore booklets packaged with Geneon Universal's 2010 Japanese release of Serial Experiments Lain Blu-ray BOX|RESTORE. Also included in the RESTORE booklet were two entirely new chibi chibi lain strips in color. They can be viewed [http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1934958 here.]<br />
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A translation of the original five strips can be found on [http://www.cjas.org/~leng/lmanga.htm misceLAINeous], along with another comic called "Gekikare! A Sales Promo Ad By Dame-Dame Lain," which was first published in a doujinshi by doujin circle Mutekei Fire and later included in ''Omnipresence''.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
*[[Weather Break]] and [[Looker illustrations]]- other humorous sketches by ABe featuring chibified Lain.<br />
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*The artist known as Gomennasai has written some similar 4-panel comic strips which may have been inspired by ABe's ''Chibi Chibi Lain''. Refer to [[Fanworks]].<br />
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<div>[[File:VEL.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br />
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'''Visual Experiments Lain''' is a book of illustrations and information about the [[Serial Experiments Lain]] anime. It does not have a single author, but a production staff headed by '''Acura Honda''' (本田あきら) from AX magazine. It was originally published in 1999, and reissued in 2013. The contents of the 2013 edition appear to be unaltered from the original, with the exception of the staff credits page. <br />
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It includes many screencaps, production art (i.e. layouts and storyboards), and information about the anime's production process. It also contains several original illustrations and staff interviews. Most of the production art and original illustrations are by [[Takahiro Kishida]]. The production art is printed in frustratingly small dimensions, but the original illustrations take up full pages or two-page spreads. Though there is a translator in the credits, the vast majority of the text is Japanese.<br />
<br />
[[Yoshitoshi ABe|Yoshitoshi Abe]] is notably uninvolved in the production of this book. The [[Weather Break]] illustrations are reprinted in it in very small dimensions, but other than that nothing in the book was drawn by him, and he was not interviewed for it.<br />
<br />
== Contents ==<br />
''Taken verbatim from the front flap of the book jacket, except for the description field.''<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Page No.<br />
! Contents<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
|01<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|What is " lain " ....?<br />
|Various staff members' comments on what Lain means to them.<br />
|-<br />
|04<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|story & data<br />
|Credits and synopses for each episode.<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''image of each layer & the making of the layers'''<br />
|-<br />
|08<br />
|layer:01 WEIRD<br />
|wire, life, layout, NAVI series, weird, profile<br />
|-<br />
|12<br />
|layer:02 GIRLS<br />
|Accela, cyberia, handyNAVI, bear-wear, horror, GIRLS<br />
|-<br />
|16<br />
|layer:03 PSYCHE<br />
|Psyche, home, friends, newNAVI, men in black, KIDS<br />
|-<br />
|20<br />
|layer:04 RELIGION<br />
|hardware, PHANTOMa, boy meets girl, friends, family, design<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|layer:05 DISTORTION<br />
|SHIBUYA, direction, memory, profile<br />
|-<br />
|30<br />
|layer:06 KIDS<br />
|KIDS, inner side of WIRED, kids, friend, sound effect, design<br />
|-<br />
|34<br />
|layer:07 SOCIETY<br />
|Knights, Nezumi's POV, NetNews, Shou's flight simulator, NAVIoldtype, Typographics, from玲音toレイン, friends, design<br />
|-<br />
|40<br />
|layer:08 RUMORS<br />
|eye, school, HandyNAVI interface, Tarou's 3D game, layout, lain duplication, Alice with T., adult sight on wired, 玲音、レイン、lain<br />
|-<br />
|44<br />
|layer:09 PROTOCOL<br />
|history of network, expanding NAVI, broken girl, family, kiss, レイン of the Wired, design of creature<br />
|-<br />
|48<br />
|layer:10 LOVE<br />
|deus, virtual window, guruguru lain, "wind," love, world without her, design<br />
|-<br />
|54<br />
|layer:11 INFORNOGRAPHY<br />
|lain?, inforno, Typographic, chisa, Alice's NAVI, image, design<br />
|-<br />
|58<br />
|layer:12 LANDSCAPE<br />
|alice and lain, friends, layout & conte, home, men in black, "let's all love lain," TARO, Gun type NAVI, expanding machine<br />
|-<br />
|64<br />
|layer:13 EGO<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|68<br />
|device# (kaori shimizu)<br />
|opening, Eiri's fall, All RESET, life without lain, dining table, after story, "れいん", pedestrian bridge, "lain" <br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''interviews'''<br />
|-<br />
|02<br />
|What is "lain"? (chiaki j. konaka / ueda yasuyuki)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|digital effects & "NAVI" system (junji nakahara & tomokazu tokoro)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|72<br />
|opening & ending themes (boa / CHABO)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|74<br />
|sound direction,effects, & design <br />
(youta tsurouka, kouji kasamatsu, & akira takemoto)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|76<br />
|film direction & design (ryutaro nakamura & takahiro kishida)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''special image graphics''' (original illustration/CG)<br />
|-<br />
|cover<br />
<br />
01<br />
<br />
02,03<br />
<br />
62-63<br />
|takahiro kishida<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|38-39<br />
|ueda yasuyuki<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|52-53<br />
|hidenori matsuhara<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|78-79<br />
|ryutaro nakamura (text: chiaki j. konaka)<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
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== Staff ==<br />
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Producer: Acura Honda<br />
<br />
Editors/Writers: Acura Honda, Shunsuke Kishi, Motohisa Tanaka, Kaori Yamamoto<br />
<br />
Translator: Akiko Matsumoto<br />
<br />
Proof Readers: Cathy Fishman, Scott Shifrel<br />
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Photographer: Hisashi Maruyama<br />
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Hair and Makeup: Tomoko Ebisawa<br />
<br />
Photo & CG works (cover pages of layer): Makoto Abe<br />
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Art director/designer: Atsushi Doi<br />
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designers: Mayumi Matsukura, Yuji Satoh<br />
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{{Media}}<br />
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'''Visual Experiments Lain''' is a book of illustrations and information about the [[Serial Experiments Lain]] anime. It does not have a single author, but a production staff headed by '''Acura Honda''' (本田あきら) from AX magazine. It was originally published in 1999, and reissued in 2013. The contents of the 2013 edition appear to be unaltered from the original, with the exception of the staff credits page. <br />
<br />
It includes many screencaps, production art (i.e. layouts and storyboards), and information about the anime's production process. It also contains several original illustrations and staff interviews. Most of the production art and original illustrations are by [[Takahiro Kishida]]. The production art is printed in frustratingly small dimensions, but the original illustrations take up full pages or two-page spreads. Though there is a translator in the credits, the vast majority of the text is Japanese.<br />
<br />
[[Yoshitoshi Abe]] is notably uninvolved in the production of this book. The [[Weather Break]] illustrations are reprinted in it in very small dimensions, but other than that nothing in the book was drawn by him, and he was not interviewed for it.<br />
<br />
== Contents ==<br />
''Taken verbatim from the front flap of the book jacket, except for the description field.''<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Page No.<br />
! Contents<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
|01<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|What is " lain " ....?<br />
|Various staff members' comments on what Lain means to them.<br />
|-<br />
|04<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|story & data<br />
|Credits and synopses for each episode.<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''image of each layer & the making of the layers'''<br />
|-<br />
|08<br />
|layer:01 WEIRD<br />
|wire, life, layout, NAVI series, weird, profile<br />
|-<br />
|12<br />
|layer:02 GIRLS<br />
|Accela, cyberia, handyNAVI, bear-wear, horror, GIRLS<br />
|-<br />
|16<br />
|layer:03 PSYCHE<br />
|Psyche, home, friends, newNAVI, men in black, KIDS<br />
|-<br />
|20<br />
|layer:04 RELIGION<br />
|hardware, PHANTOMa, boy meets girl, friends, family, design<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|layer:05 DISTORTION<br />
|SHIBUYA, direction, memory, profile<br />
|-<br />
|30<br />
|layer:06 KIDS<br />
|KIDS, inner side of WIRED, kids, friend, sound effect, design<br />
|-<br />
|34<br />
|layer:07 SOCIETY<br />
|Knights, Nezumi's POV, NetNews, Shou's flight simulator, NAVIoldtype, Typographics, from玲音toレイン, friends, design<br />
|-<br />
|40<br />
|layer:08 RUMORS<br />
|eye, school, HandyNAVI interface, Tarou's 3D game, layout, lain duplication, Alice with T., adult sight on wired, 玲音、レイン、lain<br />
|-<br />
|44<br />
|layer:09 PROTOCOL<br />
|history of network, expanding NAVI, broken girl, family, kiss, レイン of the Wired, design of creature<br />
|-<br />
|48<br />
|layer:10 LOVE<br />
|deus, virtual window, guruguru lain, "wind," love, world without her, design<br />
|-<br />
|54<br />
|layer:11 INFORNOGRAPHY<br />
|lain?, inforno, Typographic, chisa, Alice's NAVI, image, design<br />
|-<br />
|58<br />
|layer:12 LANDSCAPE<br />
|alice and lain, friends, layout & conte, home, men in black, "let's all love lain," TARO, Gun type NAVI, expanding machine<br />
|-<br />
|64<br />
|layer:13 EGO<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|68<br />
|device# (kaori shimizu)<br />
|opening, Eiri's fall, All RESET, life without lain, dining table, after story, "れいん", pedestrian bridge, "lain" <br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''interviews'''<br />
|-<br />
|02<br />
|What is "lain"? (chiaki j. konaka / ueda yasuyuki)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|digital effects & "NAVI" system (junji nakahara & tomokazu tokoro)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|72<br />
|opening & ending themes (boa / CHABO)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|74<br />
|sound direction,effects, & design <br />
(youta tsurouka, kouji kasamatsu, & akira takemoto)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|76<br />
|film direction & design (ryutaro nakamura & takahiro kishida)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''special image graphics''' (original illustration/CG)<br />
|-<br />
|cover<br />
<br />
01<br />
<br />
02,03<br />
<br />
62-63<br />
|takahiro kishida<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|38-39<br />
|ueda yasuyuki<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|52-53<br />
|hidenori matsuhara<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|78-79<br />
|ryutaro nakamura (text: chiaki j. konaka)<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Staff ==<br />
<br />
Producer: Acura Honda<br />
<br />
Editors/Writers: Acura Honda, Shunsuke Kishi, Motohisa Tanaka, Kaori Yamamoto<br />
<br />
Translator: Akiko Matsumoto<br />
<br />
Proof Readers: Cathy Fishman, Scott Shifrel<br />
<br />
Photographer: Hisashi Maruyama<br />
<br />
Hair and Makeup: Tomoko Ebisawa<br />
<br />
Photo & CG works (cover pages of layer): Makoto Abe<br />
<br />
Art director/designer: Atsushi Doi<br />
<br />
designers: Mayumi Matsukura, Yuji Satoh<br />
<br />
{{Media}}<br />
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<div>[[File:VEL.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br />
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'''Visual Experiments Lain''' is a book of illustrations and information about the [[Serial Experiments Lain]] anime. It does not have a single author, but a production staff headed by '''Acura Honda''' (本田あきら) from AX magazine. It was originally published in 1999, and reissued in 2013. The contents of the 2013 edition appear to be unaltered from the original, with the exception of the staff credits page. <br />
<br />
It includes many screencaps, production art (i.e. layouts and storyboards), and information about the anime's production process. It also contains several original illustrations and staff interviews. Most of the production art and original illustrations are by [[Takahiro Kishida]]. The production art is printed in frustratingly small dimensions, but the original illustrations take up full pages or two-page spreads. Though there is a translator in the credits, the vast majority of the text is Japanese.<br />
<br />
[[Abe Yoshitoshi]] is notably uninvolved in the production of this book. The [[Weather Break]] illustrations are reprinted in it in very small dimensions, but other than that nothing in the book was drawn by him, and he was not interviewed for it.<br />
<br />
== Contents ==<br />
''Taken verbatim from the front flap of the book jacket, except for the description field.''<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Page No.<br />
! Contents<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
|01<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|What is " lain " ....?<br />
|Various staff members' comments on what Lain means to them.<br />
|-<br />
|04<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|story & data<br />
|Credits and synopses for each episode.<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''image of each layer & the making of the layers'''<br />
|-<br />
|08<br />
|layer:01 WEIRD<br />
|wire, life, layout, NAVI series, weird, profile<br />
|-<br />
|12<br />
|layer:02 GIRLS<br />
|Accela, cyberia, handyNAVI, bear-wear, horror, GIRLS<br />
|-<br />
|16<br />
|layer:03 PSYCHE<br />
|Psyche, home, friends, newNAVI, men in black, KIDS<br />
|-<br />
|20<br />
|layer:04 RELIGION<br />
|hardware, PHANTOMa, boy meets girl, friends, family, design<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|layer:05 DISTORTION<br />
|SHIBUYA, direction, memory, profile<br />
|-<br />
|30<br />
|layer:06 KIDS<br />
|KIDS, inner side of WIRED, kids, friend, sound effect, design<br />
|-<br />
|34<br />
|layer:07 SOCIETY<br />
|Knights, Nezumi's POV, NetNews, Shou's flight simulator, NAVIoldtype, Typographics, from玲音toレイン, friends, design<br />
|-<br />
|40<br />
|layer:08 RUMORS<br />
|eye, school, HandyNAVI interface, Tarou's 3D game, layout, lain duplication, Alice with T., adult sight on wired, 玲音、レイン、lain<br />
|-<br />
|44<br />
|layer:09 PROTOCOL<br />
|history of network, expanding NAVI, broken girl, family, kiss, レイン of the Wired, design of creature<br />
|-<br />
|48<br />
|layer:10 LOVE<br />
|deus, virtual window, guruguru lain, "wind," love, world without her, design<br />
|-<br />
|54<br />
|layer:11 INFORNOGRAPHY<br />
|lain?, inforno, Typographic, chisa, Alice's NAVI, image, design<br />
|-<br />
|58<br />
|layer:12 LANDSCAPE<br />
|alice and lain, friends, layout & conte, home, men in black, "let's all love lain," TARO, Gun type NAVI, expanding machine<br />
|-<br />
|64<br />
|layer:13 EGO<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|68<br />
|device# (kaori shimizu)<br />
|opening, Eiri's fall, All RESET, life without lain, dining table, after story, "れいん", pedestrian bridge, "lain" <br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''interviews'''<br />
|-<br />
|02<br />
|What is "lain"? (chiaki j. konaka / ueda yasuyuki)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|digital effects & "NAVI" system (junji nakahara & tomokazu tokoro)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|72<br />
|opening & ending themes (boa / CHABO)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|74<br />
|sound direction,effects, & design <br />
(youta tsurouka, kouji kasamatsu, & akira takemoto)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|76<br />
|film direction & design (ryutaro nakamura & takahiro kishida)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''special image graphics''' (original illustration/CG)<br />
|-<br />
|cover<br />
<br />
01<br />
<br />
02,03<br />
<br />
62-63<br />
|takahiro kishida<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|38-39<br />
|ueda yasuyuki<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|52-53<br />
|hidenori matsuhara<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|78-79<br />
|ryutaro nakamura (text: chiaki j. konaka)<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Staff ==<br />
<br />
Producer: Acura Honda<br />
<br />
Editors/Writers: Acura Honda, Shunsuke Kishi, Motohisa Tanaka, Kaori Yamamoto<br />
<br />
Translator: Akiko Matsumoto<br />
<br />
Proof Readers: Cathy Fishman, Scott Shifrel<br />
<br />
Photographer: Hisashi Maruyama<br />
<br />
Hair and Makeup: Tomoko Ebisawa<br />
<br />
Photo & CG works (cover pages of layer): Makoto Abe<br />
<br />
Art director/designer: Atsushi Doi<br />
<br />
designers: Mayumi Matsukura, Yuji Satoh<br />
<br />
{{Media}}<br />
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<div>[[File:VEL.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br />
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'''Visual Experiments Lain''' is a book of illustrations and information about the [[Serial Experiments Lain]] anime. It does not have a single author, but a production staff headed by '''Acura Honda''' (本田あきら) from AX magazine. It was originally published in 1999, and reissued in 2013. The contents of the 2013 edition appear to be unaltered from the original, with the exception of the staff credits page. <br />
<br />
It includes many screencaps, production art (i.e. layouts and storyboards), and information about the anime's production process. It also contains several original illustrations and staff interviews.Most of the production art and original illustrations are by [[Takahiro Kishida]]. The production art is printed in frustratingly small dimensions, as is most of the Japanese text, but the original illustrations take up full pages or two-page spreads. Abe Yoshitoshi is notably uninvolved in the production of this book. The [[Weather Break]] illustrations are reprinted in it in very small dimensions, but other than that nothing in the book was drawn by him, and he was not interviewed for it.<br />
<br />
== Contents ==<br />
''Taken verbatim from the front flap of the book jacket, except for the description field.''<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Page No.<br />
! Contents<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
|01<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|What is " lain " ....?<br />
|Various staff members' comments on what Lain means to them.<br />
|-<br />
|04<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|story & data<br />
|Credits and synopses for each episode.<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''image of each layer & the making of the layers'''<br />
|-<br />
|08<br />
|layer:01 WEIRD<br />
|wire, life, layout, NAVI series, weird, profile<br />
|-<br />
|12<br />
|layer:02 GIRLS<br />
|Accela, cyberia, handyNAVI, bear-wear, horror, GIRLS<br />
|-<br />
|16<br />
|layer:03 PSYCHE<br />
|Psyche, home, friends, newNAVI, men in black, KIDS<br />
|-<br />
|20<br />
|layer:04 RELIGION<br />
|hardware, PHANTOMa, boy meets girl, friends, family, design<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|layer:05 DISTORTION<br />
|SHIBUYA, direction, memory, profile<br />
|-<br />
|30<br />
|layer:06 KIDS<br />
|KIDS, inner side of WIRED, kids, friend, sound effect, design<br />
|-<br />
|34<br />
|layer:07 SOCIETY<br />
|Knights, Nezumi's POV, NetNews, Shou's flight simulator, NAVIoldtype, Typographics, from玲音toレイン, friends, design<br />
|-<br />
|40<br />
|layer:08 RUMORS<br />
|eye, school, HandyNAVI interface, Tarou's 3D game, layout, lain duplication, Alice with T., adult sight on wired, 玲音、レイン、lain<br />
|-<br />
|44<br />
|layer:09 PROTOCOL<br />
|history of network, expanding NAVI, broken girl, family, kiss, レイン of the Wired, design of creature<br />
|-<br />
|48<br />
|layer:10 LOVE<br />
|deus, virtual window, guruguru lain, "wind," love, world without her, design<br />
|-<br />
|54<br />
|layer:11 INFORNOGRAPHY<br />
|lain?, inforno, Typographic, chisa, Alice's NAVI, image, design<br />
|-<br />
|58<br />
|layer:12 LANDSCAPE<br />
|alice and lain, friends, layout & conte, home, men in black, "let's all love lain," TARO, Gun type NAVI, expanding machine<br />
|-<br />
|64<br />
|layer:13 EGO<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|68<br />
|device# (kaori shimizu)<br />
|opening, Eiri's fall, All RESET, life without lain, dining table, after story, "れいん", pedestrian bridge, "lain" <br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''interviews'''<br />
|-<br />
|02<br />
|What is "lain"? (chiaki j. konaka / ueda yasuyuki)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|digital effects & "NAVI" system (junji nakahara & tomokazu tokoro)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|72<br />
|opening & ending themes (boa / CHABO)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|74<br />
|sound direction,effects, & design <br />
(youta tsurouka, kouji kasamatsu, & akira takemoto)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|76<br />
|film direction & design (ryutaro nakamura & takahiro kishida)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''special image graphics''' (original illustration/CG)<br />
|-<br />
|cover<br />
<br />
01<br />
<br />
02,03<br />
<br />
62-63<br />
|takahiro kishida<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|38-39<br />
|ueda yasuyuki<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|52-53<br />
|hidenori matsuhara<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|78-79<br />
|ryutaro nakamura (text: chiaki j. konaka)<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Staff ==<br />
<br />
Producer: Acura Honda<br />
<br />
Editors/Writers: Acura Honda, Shunsuke Kishi, Motohisa Tanaka, Kaori Yamamoto<br />
<br />
Translator: Akiko Matsumoto<br />
<br />
Proof Readers: Cathy Fishman, Scott Shifrel<br />
<br />
Photographer: Hisashi Maruyama<br />
<br />
Hair and Makeup: Tomoko Ebisawa<br />
<br />
Photo & CG works (cover pages of layer): Makoto Abe<br />
<br />
Art director/designer: Atsushi Doi<br />
<br />
designers: Mayumi Matsukura, Yuji Satoh<br />
<br />
{{Media}}<br />
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<div>[[File:VEL.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br />
<br />
Visual Experiments Lain is a [[Serial Experiments Lain]] anime artbook. It mostly includes screencaps, concept art, some illustrations and information in Japanese. The layout is highly experimental. <br />
<br />
It was originally published in 1999. There was a reissue in 2013. Whether the contents were altered or not in the 2013 version is unconfirmed.<br />
<br />
== Contents ==<br />
Taken verbatim from the front flap of the book jacket, except for the description field.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Page No.<br />
! Contents<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
|01<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|What is " lain " ....?<br />
|Various staff members' comments on what Lain means to them.<br />
|-<br />
|04<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|story & data<br />
|Credits and synopses for each episode.<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''image of each layer & the making of the layers'''<br />
|-<br />
|08<br />
|layer:01 WEIRD<br />
|wire, life, layout, NAVI series, weird, profile<br />
|-<br />
|12<br />
|layer:02 GIRLS<br />
|Accela, cyberia, handyNAVI, bear-wear, horror, GIRLS<br />
|-<br />
|16<br />
|layer:03 PSYCHE<br />
|Psyche, home, friends, newNAVI, men in black, KIDS<br />
|-<br />
|20<br />
|layer:04 RELIGION<br />
|hardware, PHANTOMa, boy meets girl, friends, family, design<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|layer:05 DISTORTION<br />
|SHIBUYA, direction, memory, profile<br />
|-<br />
|30<br />
|layer:06 KIDS<br />
|KIDS, inner side of WIRED, kids, friend, sound effect, design<br />
|-<br />
|34<br />
|layer:07 SOCIETY<br />
|Knights, Nezumi's POV, NetNews, Shou's flight simulator, NAVIoldtype, Typographics, from玲音toレイン, friends, design<br />
|-<br />
|40<br />
|layer:08 RUMORS<br />
|eye, school, HandyNAVI interface, Tarou's 3D game, layout, lain duplication, Alice with T., adult sight on wired, 玲音、レイン、lain<br />
|-<br />
|44<br />
|layer:09 PROTOCOL<br />
|history of network, expanding NAVI, broken girl, family, kiss, レイン of the Wired, design of creature<br />
|-<br />
|48<br />
|layer:10 LOVE<br />
|deus, virtual window, guruguru lain, "wind," love, world without her, design<br />
|-<br />
|54<br />
|layer:11 INFORNOGRAPHY<br />
|lain?, inforno, Typographic, chisa, Alice's NAVI, image, design<br />
|-<br />
|58<br />
|layer:12 LANDSCAPE<br />
|alice and lain, friends, layout & conte, home, men in black, "let's all love lain," TARO, Gun type NAVI, expanding machine<br />
|-<br />
|64<br />
|layer:13 EGO<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|68<br />
|device# (kaori shimizu)<br />
|opening, Eiri's fall, All RESET, life without lain, dining table, after story, "れいん", pedestrian bridge, "lain" <br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''interviews'''<br />
|-<br />
|02<br />
|What is "lain"? (chiaki j. konaka / ueda yasuyuki)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|digital effects & "NAVI" system (junji nakahara & tomokazu tokoro)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|72<br />
|opening & ending themes (boa / CHABO)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|74<br />
|sound direction,effects, & design <br />
(youta tsurouka, kouji kasamatsu, & akira takemoto)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|76<br />
|film direction & design (ryutaro nakamura & takahiro kishida)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''special image graphics''' (original illustration/CG)<br />
|-<br />
|cover<br />
<br />
01<br />
<br />
02,03<br />
<br />
62-63<br />
|takahiro kishida<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|38-39<br />
|ueda yasuyuki<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|52-53<br />
|hidenori matsuhara<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|78-79<br />
|ryutaro nakamura (text: chiaki j. konaka)<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Staff ==<br />
<br />
Producer: Acura Honda<br />
<br />
Editors/Writers: Acura Honda, Shunsuke Kishi, Motohisa Tanaka, Kaori Yamamoto<br />
<br />
Translator: Akiko Matsumoto<br />
<br />
Proof Readers: Cathy Fishman, Scott Shifrel<br />
<br />
Photographer: Hisashi Maruyama<br />
<br />
Hair and Makeup: Tomoko Ebisawa<br />
<br />
Photo & CG works (cover pages of layer): Makoto Abe<br />
<br />
Art director/designer: Atsushi Doi<br />
<br />
designers: Mayumi Matsukura, Yuji Satoh<br />
<br />
{{Media}}<br />
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<div>[[File:VEL.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br />
<br />
Visual Experiments Lain is a [[Serial Experiments Lain]] anime artbook. It mostly includes screencaps, concept art, some illustrations and information in Japanese. The layout is highly experimental. <br />
<br />
It was originally published in 1999. There was a reissue in 2013. Whether the contents were altered or not in the 2013 version is unconfirmed.<br />
<br />
== Contents ==<br />
Taken verbatim from the front flap of the book jacket, except for the description field.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Page No.<br />
! Contents<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
|01<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|What is " lain " ....?<br />
|Various staff members' comments on what Lain means to them.<br />
|-<br />
|04<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|story & data<br />
|Credits and synopses for each episode.<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''image of each layer & the making of the layers'''<br />
|-<br />
|08<br />
|layer:01 WEIRD<br />
|wire, life, layout, NAVI series, weird, profile<br />
|-<br />
|12<br />
|layer:02 GIRLS<br />
|Accela, cyberia, handyNAVI, bear-wear, horror, GIRLS<br />
|-<br />
|16<br />
|layer:03 PSYCHE<br />
|Psyche, home, friends, newNAVI, men in black, KIDS<br />
|-<br />
|20<br />
|layer:04 RELIGION<br />
|hardware, PHANTOMa, boy meets girl, friends, family, design<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|layer:05 DISTORTION<br />
|SHIBUYA, direction, memory, profile<br />
|-<br />
|30<br />
|layer:06 KIDS<br />
|KIDS, inner side of WIRED, kids, friend, sound effect, design<br />
|-<br />
|34<br />
|layer:07 SOCIETY<br />
|Knights, Nezumi's POV, NetNews, Shou's flight simulator, NAVIoldtype, Typographics, from玲音toレイン, friends, design<br />
|-<br />
|40<br />
|layer:08 RUMORS<br />
|eye, school, HandyNAVI interface, Tarou's 3D game, layout, lain duplication, Alice with T., adult sight on wired, 玲音、レイン、lain<br />
|-<br />
|44<br />
|layer:09 PROTOCOL<br />
|history of network, expanding NAVI, broken girl, family, kiss, レイン of the Wired, design of creature<br />
|-<br />
|48<br />
|layer:10 LOVE<br />
|deus, virtual window, guruguru lain, "wind," love, world without her, design<br />
|-<br />
|54<br />
|layer:11 INFORNOGRAPHY<br />
|lain?, inforno, Typographic, chisa, Alice's NAVI, image, design<br />
|-<br />
|58<br />
|layer:12 LANDSCAPE<br />
|alice and lain, friends, layout & conte, home, men in black, "let's all love lain," TARO, Gun type NAVI, expanding machine<br />
|-<br />
|64<br />
|layer:13 EGO<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|68<br />
|device# (kaori shimizu)<br />
|opening, Eiri's fall, All RESET, life without lain, dining table, after story, "れいん", pedestrian bridge, "lain" <br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''interviews'''<br />
|-<br />
|02<br />
|What is "lain"? (chiaki j. konaka / ueda yasuyuki)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|digital effects & "NAVI" system (junji nakahara & tomokazu tokoro)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|72<br />
|opening & ending themes (boa / CHABO)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|74<br />
|sound direction,effects, & design <br />
(youta tsurouka, kouji kasamatsu, & akira takemoto)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|76<br />
|film direction & design (ryutaro nakamura & takahiro kishida)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''special image graphics''' (original illustration/CG)<br />
|-<br />
|cover<br />
<br />
01<br />
<br />
02,03<br />
<br />
62-63<br />
|takahiro kishida<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|38-39<br />
|ueda yasuyuki<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|52-53<br />
|hidenori matsuhara<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|78-79<br />
|ryutaro nakamura (text: chiaki j. konaka)<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Staff ==<br />
<br />
Producer: Acura Honda<br />
<br />
Editors/Writers: Acura Honda, Shunsuke Kishi, Motohisa Tanaka, Kaori Yamamoto<br />
<br />
Translator: Akiko Matsumoto<br />
<br />
Proof Readers: Cathy Fisherman, Scott Shifrel<br />
<br />
Photographer: Hisashi Maruyama<br />
<br />
Hair and Makeup: Tomoko Ebisawa<br />
<br />
Photo & CG works (cover pages of layer): Makoto Abe<br />
<br />
Art director/designer: Atsushi Doi<br />
<br />
designers: Mayumi Matsukura, Yuji Satoh<br />
<br />
{{Media}}<br />
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<div>[[File:VEL.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br />
<br />
Visual Experiments Lain is a [[Serial Experiments Lain]] anime artbook. It mostly includes screencaps, concept art, some illustrations and information in Japanese. The layout is highly experimental. <br />
<br />
It was originally published in 1999. There was a reissue in 2013. Whether the contents were altered or not in the 2013 version is unconfirmed.<br />
<br />
== Contents ==<br />
Taken verbatim from the front flap of the book jacket, except for the description field.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Page No.<br />
! Contents<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
|01<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|What is " lain " ....?<br />
|Various staff members' comments on what Lain means to them.<br />
|-<br />
|04<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|story & data<br />
|Credits and synopses for each episode.<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''image of each layer & the making of the layers'''<br />
|-<br />
|08<br />
|layer:01 WEIRD<br />
|wire, life, layout, NAVI series, weird, profile<br />
|-<br />
|12<br />
|layer:02 GIRLS<br />
|Accela, cyberia, handyNAVI, bear-wear, horror, GIRLS<br />
|-<br />
|16<br />
|layer:03 PSYCHE<br />
|Psyche, home, friends, newNAVI, men in black, KIDS<br />
|-<br />
|20<br />
|layer:04 RELIGION<br />
|hardware, PHANTOMa, boy meets girl, friends, family, design<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|layer:05 DISTORTION<br />
|SHIBUYA, direction, memory, profile<br />
|-<br />
|30<br />
|layer:06 KIDS<br />
|KIDS, inner side of WIRED, kids, friend, sound effect, design<br />
|-<br />
|34<br />
|layer:07 SOCIETY<br />
|Knights, Nezumi's POV, NetNews, Shou's flight simulator, NAVIoldtype, Typographics, from玲音toレイン, friends, design<br />
|-<br />
|40<br />
|layer:08 RUMORS<br />
|eye, school, HandyNAVI interface, Tarou's 3D game, layout, lain duplication, Alice with T., adult sight on wired, 玲音、レイン、lain<br />
|-<br />
|44<br />
|layer:09 PROTOCOL<br />
|history of network, expanding NAVI, broken girl, family, kiss, レイン of the Wired, design of creature<br />
|-<br />
|48<br />
|layer:10 LOVE<br />
|deus, virtual window, guruguru lain, "wind," love, world without her, design<br />
|-<br />
|54<br />
|layer:11 INFORNOGRAPHY<br />
|lain?, inforno, Typographic, chisa, Alice's NAVI, image, design<br />
|-<br />
|58<br />
|layer:12 LANDSCAPE<br />
|alice and lain, friends, layout & conte, home, men in black, "let's all love lain," TARO, Gun type NAVI, expanding machine<br />
|-<br />
|64<br />
|layer:13 EGO<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|68<br />
|device# (kaori shimizu)<br />
|opening, Eiri's fall, All RESET, life without lain, dining table, after story, "れいん", pedestrian bridge, "lain" <br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''interviews'''<br />
|-<br />
|02<br />
|What is "lain"? (chiaki j. konaka / ueda yasuyuki)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|digital effects & "NAVI" system (junji nakahara & tomokazu tokoro)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|72<br />
|opening & ending themes (boa / CHABO)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|74<br />
|sound direction,effects, & design <br />
(youta tsurouka, kouji kasamatsu, & akira takemoto)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|76<br />
|film direction & design (ryutaro nakamura & takahiro kishida)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''special image graphics''' (original illustration/CG)<br />
|-<br />
|cover<br />
<br />
01<br />
<br />
02,03<br />
<br />
62-63<br />
|takahiro kishida<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|38-39<br />
|ueda yasuyuki<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|52-53<br />
|hidenori matsuhara<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|78-79<br />
|ryutaro nakamura (text: chiaki j. konaka)<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Staff ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
{{Media}}<br />
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<hr />
<div>[[File:VEL.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br />
<br />
Visual Experiments Lain is a [[Serial Experiments Lain]] anime artbook. It mostly includes screencaps, concept art, some illustrations and information in Japanese. The layout is highly experimental. <br />
<br />
It was originally published in 1999. There was a reissue in 2013. Whether the contents were altered or not in the 2013 version is unconfirmed.<br />
<br />
== Contents ==<br />
Taken verbatim from the front flap of the book jacket, except for the description field.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Page No.<br />
! Contents<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
|01<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|What is " lain " ....?<br />
|Various staff members' comments on what Lain means to them.<br />
|-<br />
|04<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|story & data<br />
|Credits and synopses for each episode.<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''image of each layer & the making of the layers'''<br />
|-<br />
|08<br />
|layer:01 WEIRD<br />
|wire, life, layout, NAVI series, weird, profile<br />
|-<br />
|12<br />
|layer:02 GIRLS<br />
|Accela, cyberia, handyNAVI, bear-wear, horror, GIRLS<br />
|-<br />
|16<br />
|layer:03 PSYCHE<br />
|Psyche, home, friends, newNAVI, men in black, KIDS<br />
|-<br />
|20<br />
|layer:04 RELIGION<br />
|hardware, PHANTOMa, boy meets girl, friends, family, design<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|layer:05 DISTORTION<br />
|SHIBUYA, direction, memory, profile<br />
|-<br />
|30<br />
|layer:06 KIDS<br />
|KIDS, inner side of WIRED, kids, friend, sound effect, design<br />
|-<br />
|34<br />
|layer:07 SOCIETY<br />
|Knights, Nezumi's POV, NetNews, Shou's flight simulator, NAVIoldtype, Typographics, from玲音toレイン, friends, design<br />
|-<br />
|40<br />
|layer:08 RUMORS<br />
|eye, school, HandyNAVI interface, Tarou's 3D game, layout, lain duplication, Alice with T., adult sight on wired, 玲音、レイン、lain<br />
|-<br />
|44<br />
|layer:09 PROTOCOL<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|48<br />
|layer:10 LOVE<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|54<br />
|layer:11 INFORNOGRAPHY<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|58<br />
|layer:12 LANDSCAPE<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|64<br />
|layer:13 EGO<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|68<br />
|device# (kaori shimizu)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''interviews'''<br />
|-<br />
|02<br />
|What is "lain"? (chiaki j. konaka / ueda yasuyuki)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|digital effects & "NAVI" system (junji nakahara & tomokazu tokoro)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|72<br />
|opening & ending themes (boa / CHABO)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|74<br />
|sound direction,effects, & design <br />
(youta tsurouka, kouji kasamatsu, & akira takemoto)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|76<br />
|film direction & design (ryutaro nakamura & takahiro kishida)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''special image graphics''' (original illustration/CG)<br />
|-<br />
|cover<br />
<br />
01<br />
<br />
02,03<br />
<br />
62-63<br />
|takahiro kishida<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|38-39<br />
|ueda yasuyuki<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|52-53<br />
|hidenori matsuhara<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|78-79<br />
|ryutaro nakamura (text: chiaki j. konaka)<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Staff ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
{{Media}}<br />
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Visual Experiments Lain is a [[Serial Experiments Lain]] anime artbook. It mostly includes screencaps, concept art, some illustrations and information in Japanese. The layout is highly experimental. <br />
<br />
It was originally published in 1999. There was a reissue in 2013. Whether the contents were altered or not in the 2013 version is unconfirmed.<br />
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== Contents ==<br />
Taken verbatim from the front flap of the book jacket, except for the description field.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Page No.<br />
! Contents<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
|01<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|What is " lain " ....?<br />
|Various staff members' comments on what Lain means to them.<br />
|-<br />
|04<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|story & data<br />
|Credits and synopses for each episode.<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''image of each layer & the making of the layers'''<br />
|-<br />
|08<br />
|layer:01 WEIRD<br />
|wire, life, layout, NAVI series, weird, profile<br />
|-<br />
|12<br />
|layer:02 GIRLS<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|16<br />
|layer:03 PSYCHE<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|20<br />
|layer:04 RELIGION<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|layer:05 DISTORTION<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|30<br />
|layer:06 KIDS<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|34<br />
|layer:07 SOCIETY<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|40<br />
|layer:08 RUMORS<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|44<br />
|layer:09 PROTOCOL<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|48<br />
|layer:10 LOVE<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|54<br />
|layer:11 INFORNOGRAPHY<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|58<br />
|layer:12 LANDSCAPE<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|64<br />
|layer:13 EGO<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|68<br />
|device# (kaori shimizu)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''interviews'''<br />
|-<br />
|02<br />
|What is "lain"? (chiaki j. konaka / ueda yasuyuki)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|digital effects & "NAVI" system (junji nakahara & tomokazu tokoro)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|72<br />
|opening & ending themes (boa / CHABO)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|74<br />
|sound direction,effects, & design <br />
(youta tsurouka, kouji kasamatsu, & akira takemoto)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|76<br />
|film direction & design (ryutaro nakamura & takahiro kishida)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|'''special image graphics''' (original illustration/CG)<br />
|-<br />
|cover<br />
<br />
01<br />
<br />
02,03<br />
<br />
62-63<br />
|takahiro kishida<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|38-39<br />
|ueda yasuyuki<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|52-53<br />
|hidenori matsuhara<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|78-79<br />
|ryutaro nakamura (text: chiaki j. konaka)<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Staff ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
{{Media}}<br />
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<hr />
<div>[[File:VEL.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br />
<br />
Visual Experiments Lain is a [[Serial Experiments Lain]] anime artbook. It mostly includes screencaps, concept art, some illustrations and information in Japanese. The layout is highly experimental. <br />
<br />
It was originally published in 1999. There was a reissue in 2013. Whether the contents were altered or not in the 2013 version is unconfirmed.<br />
<br />
== Contents ==<br />
Taken verbatim from the front flap of the book jacket, except for the description field.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Page No.<br />
! Contents<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
|01<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|What is " lain " ....?<br />
|Various staff members' comments on what Lain means to them.<br />
|-<br />
|04<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|story & data<br />
|Credits and synopses for each episode.<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|''image of each layer & the making of the layers''<br />
|-<br />
|08<br />
|layer:01 WEIRD<br />
|wire, life, layout, NAVI series, weird, profile<br />
|-<br />
|12<br />
|layer:02 GIRLS<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|16<br />
|layer:03 PSYCHE<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|20<br />
|layer:04 RELIGION<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|layer:05 DISTORTION<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|30<br />
|layer:06 KIDS<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|34<br />
|layer:07 SOCIETY<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|40<br />
|layer:08 RUMORS<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|44<br />
|layer:09 PROTOCOL<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|48<br />
|layer:10 LOVE<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|54<br />
|layer:11 INFORNOGRAPHY<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|58<br />
|layer:12 LANDSCAPE<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|64<br />
|layer:13 EGO<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|68<br />
|device# (kaori shimizu)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|''interviews''<br />
|-<br />
|02<br />
|What is "lain"? (chiaki j. konaka / ueda yasuyuki)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|digital effects & "NAVI" system (junji nakahara & tomokazu tokoro)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|72<br />
|opening & ending themes (boa / CHABO)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|74<br />
|sound direction,effects, & design (youta tsurouka, kouji kasamatsu, & akira takemoto)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|76<br />
|film direction & design (ryutaro nakamura & takahiro kishida)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|''special image graphics'' (original illustration/CG)<br />
|-<br />
|cover<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Staff ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
{{Media}}<br />
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<hr />
<div>[[File:VEL.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br />
<br />
Visual Experiments Lain is a [[Serial Experiments Lain]] anime artbook. It mostly includes screencaps, concept art, some illustrations and information in Japanese. The layout is highly experimental. <br />
<br />
It was originally published in 1999. There was a reissue in 2013. Whether the contents were altered or not in the 2013 version is unconfirmed.<br />
<br />
== Contents ==<br />
<br />
== Staff ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
{{Media}}<br />
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