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− | ''Chibi Chibi Lain: The Empire Strikes Back'' (ちびちびレイン 帝国の逆襲)is a series of six humorous 4-panel comic strips by [[Yoshitoshi ABe]]. They feature a chibified Lain in ridiculous situations, generally acting cute and/or vulnerable and often weeping excessively. They appeared in the original Restore booklets packaged with Geneon Universal's 2010 Japanese release of Serial Experiments Lain Blu-ray BOX|RESTORE. Funimation's 2012 Limited-Edition BD+DVD release came with an English-translated version of the Restore booklet that did not include the comics. | + | ''Chibi Chibi Lain: The Empire Strikes Back'' (ちびちびレイン 帝国の逆襲)is a series of six humorous 4-panel comic strips by [[Yoshitoshi ABe]]. They feature a chibified [[Lain]] in ridiculous situations, generally acting cute and/or vulnerable and often weeping excessively. They appeared in the original Restore booklets packaged with Geneon Universal's 2010 Japanese release of Serial Experiments Lain Blu-ray BOX|RESTORE. Funimation's 2012 Limited-Edition BD+DVD release came with an English-translated version of the Restore booklet that did not include the comics. |
| + | ==Sources== |
| + | *The last three strips are visible in [http://twitpic.com/31k6zn this twitter photo.] |
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| + | *The first three can be glimpsed momentarily in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=NNEwjf6qqdk#t=94 this unboxing video.] |
| + | ==See Also== |
| + | *[[Weather Break]] - other humorous sketches by ABe featuring chibified Lain. |
| + | *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]]. |
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− | The artist Gomennasai has written some similar 4-panel comic strips which may have been inspired by ABe's ''Chibi Chibi Lain''. Refer to [[Fanworks]].
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− | The last three strips are visible in [http://twitpic.com/31k6zn this twitter photo.]
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− | The first three can be glimpsed momentarily in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=NNEwjf6qqdk#t=94 this unboxing video.]
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− | There are two other full-page color comics that appeared in the original Restore booklet. The first is 8 panels long, the second is 20 panels. They can be glimpsed momentarily in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?f&v=3qaLITVuHj8#t=85 this unboxing video.] Little is known about the first comic; the second comic is confirmed as being included in the original [[Omnipresence in Wired|Omnipresence]] artbook, but not in the ab# rebuild.
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