S
S stands for superimpose. In Chiaki J. Konaka's scripts, it was his way of indicating that a line was to be displayed on screen as text rather than spoken.
| S | |
|---|---|
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| Information | |
| Gender | |
| Age | |
| Family | |
| Occupation | |
| Affiliation | |
| NAVI | |
| Debut | Layer 01 |
| Featured in | Anime |
| Location | |
| Voice Actor(s) | Mikiko Kurihara (Japanese) (Ep.1)
Kuniko Yoshioka (Japanese) (Ep.2-4,6-8) |
For example, lines such as the following:
S: When you die? it really hurts, lol.
also, any time text appears on the Navi's screen, or any time the Navi speaks with Lain:
Lain: Hello, Navi.
S: Hello, Lain.
This second example is of particular note. The decision to emulate 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 credits of some episodes, voiced by Mikiko Kurihara.
S also appears in the script of episode 7 of Alice 6. That episode also contains a computer system similar to Knowledge Navigator, with a user interface facilitated by a voice-recognizing intelligent agent.
S is not to be confused with typographics.