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− | [[File:Hurtslol.png|right|300px|thumb|This is S.]][[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.
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| + | |image=File:Hurtslol.png |
| + | |gender = |
| + | |age = |
| + | |family = |
| + | |affiliation = |
| + | |navi = |
| + | |debut = [[Layer 01]] |
| + | |featuredin = [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]] |
| + | |location = |
| + | |voiceactors= Mikiko Kurihara (Japanese) (Ep.1) |
| + | Kuniko Yoshioka (Japanese) (Ep.2-4,6-8) |
| + | }} |
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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)]] |
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| + | '''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. |
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| 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. 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. |
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| S is not to be confused with [[typographics]]. | | S is not to be confused with [[typographics]]. |
| [[Category:Characters]] | | [[Category:Characters]] |
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