Serial Experiments Lain

Serial Experiments Lain

1998
★★★★☆ 8.2/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 13 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 JA
⏱️ 24 min/episode
AnimationDramaSci-Fi & FantasyMystery
Lain—driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmate—logs on to the Wired and promptly loses herself in a twisted mass of hallucinations, memories, and interconnected-psyches.

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Seasons

Season 1
1998 • 13 Episodes
Lain Iwakura, a shy, 13-year-old schoolgirl, receives an email from a schoolmate after her suicide. Is it a prank? Lain doesn't feel horror, but curiosity.

Cast

Kaori Shimizu
Kaori Shimizu
Lain Iwakura (voice)
Yoko Asada
Yoko Asada
Arisu Mizuki - Lain's friend (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Ayako Kawasumi
Mika Iwakura - Lain's older sister (voice)
Ryusuke Ohbayashi
Ryusuke Ohbayashi
Yasuo Iwakura - Lain's father (voice)
Rei Igarashi
Rei Igarashi
Miho Iwakura - Lain's mother (voice)
Sumi Mutoh
Sumi Mutoh
Chisa Yomoda (voice)

Crew

Writer
Chiaki J. Konaka
Producer
Yasuyuki Ueda, Taro Maki

Network

TV Tokyo

Production

Pioneer LDC, Triangle Staff

Keywords

dementiacomputerinternetcyberpunkcyberspaceangstseinenanimevirtual worldinternete