#An omnipresence in wired artbook Patch

Excepting the Layer images, there is no Japanese text to be found anywhere in the English version of Rebuild.

#An omnipresence in wired artbook Patch

In Layer 09, the patch of code floating to the right of lain was replaced with different code. The Rebuild translation is perhaps better than the original's in general, but the typesetting looks better in the original as it's styled to blend with the image. In some of the illustrations the Japanese text was also re-typeset, and in some cases completely removed. A typesetting error was introduced in Layer 11. Layer text: In Rebuild, the text of the Layer illustrations were re-translated and of course the English was re-typeset, sometimes in completely different positions. Many of the rough, conceptual sketches in the monochrome sketch section.Gekikare! A Sales Promo Ad By Dame-Dame Lain (comic originally from a doujinshi called Tareme Paradise 5).What the original has that Rebuild does not have Step-by-step for the Layer 02: Girls illustration.

Pre-effects images of some of the Layers.Two new illustrations and their rough sketches.Has the page number of the illustrations being described, but if you count the pages you'll always end up a few pages off.ĭifferences between the two editions What Rebuild has that the original does not have The nightmare of fabrication (DC1029) (translated of course)Ĭorresponds with monochrome sketch in original book.Ĭolor photos by Abe, and a 'short history' of Abe beginning in 1993Ĭorresponds with 'about all the illustrations' in the original book. Various illustrations paired with their rough sketches, pre-effects images from a few of the layers with their coloring altered Page No.Ī picture of Lain on a semitransparent piece of paper. This book doesn't even have a contents page. Note: The pages are not numbered, so this might not be very useful. The actual cover is dark blue and unadorned except for the title and the words 'Hello NAVI.' The 2006 edition has a cardboard slip cover (pictured). Yoshitoshi ABe lain illustrations: ab# rebuild an omnipresence in wired (2006) A paragraph of general information about Abe, then a 'general chronology' of events in his life starting in 1993 when he entered college, then a 'fragile goods chronology' listing every computer he'd owned since 1990 (I think?) An index of comments by Abe about every illustration in the book and information on where each of them was originally published. The title of each Layer illustration is listed with the magazine issue it was originally published in. Abe and Konaka having a conversation about the Layers illustrations.

Special issue 'the nightmare of fabrication' (DC1029) See Layers (illustrations) for more info. Except the descriptions.Ī few paragraphs by ABe, with a translation, talking about his concept of Lain's existence and how it was manifested in his creative process. Most of the data in this table is taken from this page. The title of the book with a bunch of identical pictures of lain, except with different photoshop effects added to them. The cover itself has only the picture of lain. The slip cover is transparent and marked with the title and white shading. The cover of the first edition as it appears with the plastic slip cover.