Looker illustrations - Revision history

Prince at 11:38, 21 April 2022

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	\| Lain in her [[Bear ~~Suit~~\|bear suit]] with the hood down looks at the viewer and waves. Text reads "Thanks for everything -Abe" "See you later"		\| Lain in her [[Bear suit\|bear suit]] with the hood down looks at the viewer and waves. Text reads "Thanks for everything -Abe" "See you later"
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Prince at 11:36, 21 April 2022

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Dobermista at 18:37, 2 February 2022

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	\|Title: "Lain's manners lecture"		\|Title: "Lain's manners lecture"

	[[Greyn]] peeks around a door. Alice holds a pointer, indicating a poster that reads, "Properly ''atozeki''!"		Greyn peeks around a door. Alice holds a pointer, indicating a poster that reads, "Properly ''atozeki''!"

	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?"		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?"

Cyber-the-password-forgetter at 07:37, 11 November 2016

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	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]]''.		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).


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	\|[[Alice]] teases a cat with her scarf. Lain stands in the far background, peeking out from behind a utility pole.		\|[[Alice]] teases a cat with her scarf. Lain stands in the far background, peeking out from behind a utility pole.

	~~The text is too small and my eyes hurt from squinting~~, so I'~~ll translate this one later~~.		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.
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	\|Title: Lain's manners lecture		\|Title: "Lain's manners lecture"

	[[Greyn]] peeks around a door. Alice holds a pointer, indicating a poster that reads, "Properly ''atozeki''!"		[[Greyn]] peeks around a door. Alice holds a pointer, indicating a poster that reads, "Properly ''atozeki''!"
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	\|style="text-align:center;"\|Unpublished		\|style="text-align:center;"\|Unpublished
	\| 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.		\| 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.
	\|}		\|}

			== See Also ==
			* [[Chibi Chibi Lain]]
			* [[Layers (illustrations)]]
			* [[Weather Break]]

	[[Category:Media]]		[[Category:Media]]
			[[category:translations]]

Cyber-the-password-forgetter at 01:39, 8 November 2016

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	\|Lain squats in front of a goldfish-scooping tank wearing a bear-print kimono. Text reads "Goldfish... scary."		\|Lain squats in front of a goldfish-scooping tank wearing a bear-print kimono. Text reads "Goldfish... scary."
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Cyber-the-password-forgetter at 00:58, 8 November 2016

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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]		''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]

	== List of ''Looker'' illustrations ==		== List of ''Looker'' illustrations ==
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	\|style="text-align:center;"\| 98/9		\|style="text-align:center;"\| 98/9
	\|		\|Lain squats in front of a goldfish-scooping tank wearing a bear-print kimono. Text reads "Goldfish... scary."
	\|-		\|-
	\|B		\|B
	\|style="text-align:center;"\| 98/11		\|style="text-align:center;"\| 98/11
	\|		\|Title: "Birth! No-good experiments."

			[[Lain]] sits at her old NAVI and sneezes, "Hekuchin!" The NAVI responds, "So your name is Hekuchin?"

			A note from ABe reads: "If I had drawn something like this from the start... I shudder at the thought."
	\|-		\|-
	\|C		\|C
	\|style="text-align:center;"\| 98/12		\|style="text-align:center;"\| 98/12
	\|		\|[[Alice]] teases a cat with her scarf. Lain stands in the far background, peeking out from behind a utility pole.

			The text is too small and my eyes hurt from squinting, so I'll translate this one later.
	\|-		\|-
	\|D		\|D
	\|style="text-align:center;"\| 99/01		\|style="text-align:center;"\| 99/01
	\|		\|Title: Lain's manners lecture

			[[Greyn]] peeks around a door. Alice holds a pointer, indicating a poster that reads, "Properly ''atozeki''!"

			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?"
	\|-		\|-
	\|E		\|E
	\|style="text-align:center;"\| 99/05		\|style="text-align:center;"\| 99/05
	\|		\| Lain in her [[bear suit]] with the hood down looks at the viewer and waves. Text reads "Thanks for everything -Abe" "See you later"
	\|-		\|-
	\|F		\|F
	\|style="text-align:center;"\|Unpublished		\|style="text-align:center;"\|Unpublished
	\|		\| Title: "This thing called fear"

			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..."

			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''.)
	\|-		\|-
	\|G		\|G
	\|style="text-align:center;"\|Unpublished		\|style="text-align:center;"\|Unpublished
	\|		\| 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.
	\|}		\|}

	[[Category:Media]]		[[Category:Media]]

Cyber-the-password-forgetter at 23:46, 7 November 2016

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			[[Category:Media]]

Cyber-the-password-forgetter at 16:07, 7 November 2016

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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]		''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]

			== List of ''Looker'' illustrations ==
			{\| class="wikitable"
			! No.
			! ''Looker'' issue
			! Description
			\|-
			\|A
			\|style="text-align:center;"\| 98/9
			\|
			\|-
			\|B
			\|style="text-align:center;"\| 98/11
			\|
			\|-
			\|C
			\|style="text-align:center;"\| 98/12
			\|
			\|-
			\|D
			\|style="text-align:center;"\| 99/01
			\|
			\|-
			\|E
			\|style="text-align:center;"\| 99/05
			\|
			\|-
			\|F
			\|style="text-align:center;"\|Unpublished
			\|
			\|-
			\|G
			\|style="text-align:center;"\|Unpublished
			\|
			\|}

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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]]''.

''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]

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	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).		The '''''Looker'' illustrations''' are a series of 7 one-panel humorous illustrations by [[Yoshitoshi ABe]]. They were drawn to accompany [[Chiaki J. 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).


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	\|style="text-align:center;"\| 98/09		\|style="text-align:center;"\| 98/09
	\|Lain squats in front of a goldfish-scooping tank wearing a bear-print kimono. Text reads "Goldfish... scary."		\|[[Lain Iwakura]] squats in front of a goldfish-scooping tank wearing a bear-print kimono. Text reads "Goldfish... scary."
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	\|Title: "Birth! No-good experiments."		\|Title: "Birth! No-good experiments."

	[[Lain]] sits at her old NAVI and sneezes, "Hekuchin!" The NAVI responds, "So your name is Hekuchin?"		\|Lain sits at her old NAVI and sneezes, "Hekuchin!" The NAVI responds, "So your name is Hekuchin?"

	A note from ABe reads: "If I had drawn something like this from the start... I shudder at the thought."		A note from ABe reads: "If I had drawn something like this from the start... I shudder at the thought."
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	\|style="text-align:center;"\| 98/12		\|style="text-align:center;"\| 98/12
	\|[[Alice]] teases a cat with her scarf. Lain stands in the far background, peeking out from behind a utility pole.		\|[[Alice Mizuki]] teases a cat with her scarf. Lain stands in the far background, peeking out from behind a utility pole.

	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.		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.
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	\|style="text-align:center;"\| 99/05		\|style="text-align:center;"\| 99/05
	\| Lain in her [[bear suit]] with the hood down looks at the viewer and waves. Text reads "Thanks for everything -Abe" "See you later"		\| Lain in her [[Bear Suit\|bear suit]] with the hood down looks at the viewer and waves. Text reads "Thanks for everything -Abe" "See you later"
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