Serial Experiments Lain (1998)

07/06/1998 (JP) • Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery • 24m

Close the world. txen eht nepO.

Overview

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.

Serial Experiments Lain (1998)

07/06/1998 (JP) • 24m

Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery

Close the world. txen eht nepO.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Lain Iwakura (voice)

13 Episodes

Arisu Mizuki - Lain's friend (voice)

13 Episodes

Mika Iwakura - Lain's older sister (voice)

13 Episodes

Ryusuke Ohbayashi

Yasuo Iwakura - Lain's father (voice)

13 Episodes

Miho Iwakura - Lain's mother (voice)

13 Episodes

Chisa Yomoda (voice)

13 Episodes

Tarō (voice)

13 Episodes

Reika Yamamoto (voice)

13 Episodes

Yūri Katō (voice)

13 Episodes

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Last Season

1998 | 13 Episodes

Season 1 of Serial Experiments Lain premiered on July 5, 1998.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

Japanese

Keywords

dementia

computer

internet

cyberpunk

cyberspace

angst

seinen

anime

virtual world

internete

psychological

suspense

internet connection

psychological horror

depressed

horror

depressing

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