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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. | + | [[File:Tumblr_nqh8wlOaEV1qkobw0o4_1280.jpg|right|thumb|400px|]] |
| + | '''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. |
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− | The artist Gomennasai has written some similar comic strips which may have been inspired by ABe's ''Chibi Chibi Lain''. Refer to [[Fanworks]]. | + | 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.]
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− | The first three can be glimpsed momentarily in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=NNEwjf6qqdk#t=94 this unboxing video.]
| + | 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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− | [[Category:Content]] | + | ==See Also== |
| + | *[[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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