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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 booklets packaged with limited edition Serial Experiments Lain Blu-ray BOX|RESTORE. Whether or not they are included with other DVD or BluRay releases is unconfirmed.
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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 6 humorous 4-panel comic strips by [[Yoshitoshi ABe]]. They feature a chibified [[Lain Iwakura]] in ridiculous situations. Five of the strips were originally included in the liner of the LaserDisc and VHS releases of the Serial Experiments Lain [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|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.
  
The artist Gomennasai has written some similar comic strips which may have been inspired by ABe's ''Chibi Chibi Lain''. Refer to [[Fanworks]].
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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.]
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The last three strips are visible in [http://twitpic.com/31k6zn this twitter photo.]
 
  
The first three can be glimpsed momentarily in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=NNEwjf6qqdk#t=94 this unboxing video.]
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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''.
  
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==See Also==
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*[[Weather Break]] and [[Looker illustrations]]- other humorous sketches by ABe featuring chibified Lain.
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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]].
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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 6 humorous 4-panel comic strips by Yoshitoshi ABe. They feature a chibified Lain Iwakura 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.

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 here.

A translation of the original five strips can be found on 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.

See Also

  • 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.