Serial Experiments Lain
Serial Experiments Lain
Avant Garde
Award Winning
Drama
Mystery
Sci-Fi
Supernatural
Suspense
Psychological

Lain Iwakura, an awkward and introverted fourteen-year-old, is one of the many girls from her school to receive a disturbing email from her classmate Chisa Yomoda—the very same Chisa who recently committed suicide. Lain has neither the desire nor the experience to handle even basic technology; yet, when the technophobe opens the email, it leads her straight into the Wired, a virtual world of communication networks similar to what we know as the internet. Lain's life is turned upside down as she begins to encounter cryptic mysteries one after another. Strange men called the Men in Black begin to appear wherever she goes, asking her questions and somehow knowing more about her than even she herself knows. With the boundaries between reality and cyberspace rapidly blurring, Lain is plunged into more surreal and bizarre events where identity, consciousness, and perception are concepts that take on new meanings. Written by Chiaki J. Konaka, whose other works include Texhnolyze, Serial Experiments Lain is a psychological avant-garde mystery series that follows Lain as she makes crucial choices that will affect both the real world and the Wired. In closing one world and opening another, only Lain will realize the significance of their presence. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Score:
8.09
Rank:
541
Popularity:
243
Members:
830451
Favorites:
30400
Aired:
Jul 6, 1998 to Sep 28, 1998
Duration:
23 min per ep
Episodes:
13
Media:
TV
Status:
Finished Airing
Source:
Original
Rating:
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Studios:
Triangle Staff
Producers:
Genco , Pioneer LDC
Streaming:
Crunchyroll
Licensors:
Funimation
Background
Serial Experiments Lain won the Excellence Prize in the 1998 Japan Media Arts Festival. It has been subject to commentary in the literary and academic worlds such as the Asian Horror Encyclopedia and The Problem of Existence in Japanese Animation by the American Philosophical Society.
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Opening Theme
Ending Theme
Characters
Iwakura, Lain (Main)
Shimizu, Kaori Japanese
Hoffman, Bridget English
Liberatori, Perla Italian
Bizot, Hélène French
Quinto, Letícia Portuguese (BR)
Doering, Manja German
Gómez, Lucila Spanish
Lee, Gye Yun Korean
Boss (Supporting)
Visine, Christian French
Suzuki, Eiichiro Japanese
McGowan, Steve English
Delivery Man (Supporting)
Pellegrin, Patrick French
Chiba, Susumu Japanese
Lindsay, Michael English
Detective (Supporting)
McCarty, Michael English
Pellegrin, Patrick French
Chiba, Susumu Japanese
Eiri, Masami (Supporting)
Hayami, Show Japanese
Thornton, Kirk English
Chevalier, Roberto Italian
Lee, Ju Chang Korean
Pissardini, Marcelo Portuguese (BR)
Hagen, Till German
Boyer, Jean-Marie French
Freeter (Supporting)
Ishikawa, Hiroaki Japanese
Green Shirt Child (Supporting)
Pellegrin, Patrick French
Nojima, Kenji Japanese
Haushofer, Karl (Supporting)
Nakata, Jouji Japanese
Price, Jamieson English
Laffey, Luiz Portuguese (BR)
Pellegrin, Patrick French
Iwakura, Miho (Supporting)
Burchard, Petrea English
Igarashi, Rei Japanese
Arnhold, Sabine German
Boraschi, Cristina Italian
Damas, Susana Spanish
Lemes, Cecília Portuguese (BR)
Pâris, Christine French
Iwakura, Yasuo (Supporting)
Oobayashi, Ryuusuke Japanese
Bierstedt, Detlef German
Stigler, Barry English
Camilo, Leonardo Portuguese (BR)
Demory, Bernard French
Iwakura, Mika (Supporting)
Kawasumi, Ayako Japanese
De Bortoli, Barbara Italian
Borgwardt, Diana German
Ja Lee, Patricia English
Sindberg, Susan French
Yun, Yeo Jin Korean
Garcia, Melissa Portuguese (BR)
J.J (Supporting)
Frierson, Eddie English
Sander, Tim German
Chikada, Wasei Japanese
Korol, Olivier French
Corsetti, Sérgio Portuguese (BR)
Katou, Juri (Supporting)
Pâris, Christine French
Mizuno, Manabi Japanese
MacKenzie, Dari Lallou English
Kuchi (Supporting)
Visine, Christian French
Matsuo, Matsuo Japanese
Woren, Dan English
Maruneko (Supporting)
Kawasaki, Eriko Japanese
Harris, Rachael English
Masatsugu, Shou (Supporting)
Maddalena, Julie English
Adachi, Shinpei Japanese
Masayuki (Supporting)
Pâris, Christine French
Elias-Fahn, Dorothy English
Touma, Sora Japanese
Cister, Ariel Spanish
Masuoka, Takuyoshi (Supporting)
Shibuya, Shigeru Japanese
Mizuki, Arisu (Supporting)
De Bortoli, Federica Italian
Asada, Youko Japanese
Brown, Emilie English
Giménez, Ariadna Spanish
Keplmair, Tatiane Portuguese (BR)
Gabriele, Léa French
Myu-Myu (Supporting)
Gabriele, Léa French
Fox, Sandy English
Yamamoto, Yuuki Japanese
Rosminati, Natalia Spanish
Narrator (Supporting)
Taniguchi, Takashi Japanese
St. Peter, Paul English
Nezumi (Supporting)
Chiba, Shigeru Japanese
Glennon, Gavin English
Cister, Ariel Spanish
Professor Hodgeson (Supporting)
Marshall, Mike French
Miyata, Hikaru Japanese
Forest, Michael English
Sui-Xi, Lin (Supporting)
Yamazaki, Takumi Japanese
Buchholz, Bob English
Laffey, Luiz Portuguese (BR)
Roullier, Philippe French
Taro (Supporting)
Siddall, Brianne English
Sindberg, Susan French
Takimoto, Keito Japanese
De Filippis, Stefano Italian
Plate, Sven German
Lucindo, Fábio Portuguese (BR)
Yamamoto, Reika (Supporting)
Zann, Lenore English
Tezuka, Chiharu Japanese
Ambrós, Carmen Spanish
Milana, Alida Italian
Schramm, Marie-Luise German
Sindberg, Susan French
Yomoda, Chisa (Supporting)
Sargent, Lia English
Mutou, Sumi Japanese
Mari, Valentina Italian
Guillén, Maria Rosa Spanish
Gabriele, Léa French
Yoshii, Keiko (Supporting)
Neya, Michiko Japanese
Elias-Fahn, Dorothy English

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