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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)
|voiceactors= Mikiko Kurihara (Japanese) (Ep.1)
Kuniko Yoshioka (Japanese) (Ep.2-4,6-8)
}}
}}
[[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 Konaka|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.
'''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:
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. 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.
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.
