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|navi = | |navi = | ||
|debut = [[Layer 01]] | |debut = [[Layer 01]] | ||
|featuredin = [[Anime]] | |featuredin = [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]] | ||
|location = | |location = | ||
|voiceactors= Mikiko Kurihara (Japanese) (Ep.1) | |voiceactors= Mikiko Kurihara (Japanese) (Ep.1) | ||
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[[File:Aisatsu.png|right|300px|thumb|This is also S.]][[File:Metaphorlize.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This is NOT S. (it's typographics)]] | [[File:Aisatsu.png|right|300px|thumb|This is also S.]][[File:Metaphorlize.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This is NOT S. (it's typographics)]] | ||
'''S''' stands for '''superimpose'''. In [[Chiaki | '''S''' stands for '''superimpose'''. In [[Chiaki J. Konaka]]'s [[Scenario Experiments Lain|scripts]], it was his way of indicating that a line was to be displayed on screen as text rather than spoken. | ||
For example, lines such as the following: | For example, lines such as the following: | ||
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Lain: Hello, Navi.<br>S: Hello, Lain. | Lain: Hello, Navi.<br>S: Hello, Lain. | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
This second example is of particular note. The decision to emulate [[Apple Inc. | This second example is of particular note. The decision to emulate [[Apple Inc. References|John Sculley]]'s vision for Knowledge Navigator with the [[NAVI]]'s operating system meant that some lines marked S were spoken aloud rather than merely displayed on screen as originally intended. The result is that a mysterious character called S appears in the cast [[Layer 01 Credits|credits]] of some episodes, voiced by Mikiko Kurihara. | ||