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"Serial Experiments: Lain" (1998): :  -- Strange events begin to occur as a withdrawn girl named Lain becomes obsessed with interconnected virtual realm of "The Wired".

Overview

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Seasons:
1 full episode list
Release Date:
7 July 1998 (Japan) more
Plot:
Strange events begin to occur as a withdrawn girl named Lain becomes obsessed with interconnected virtual realm of "The Wired". full summary
User Comments:
Woefully unknown piece of anime more

Cast

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Bridget Hoffman ... Lain Iwakura (13 episodes, 1998)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
24 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Certification:
Italy:VM14 (DVD rating) | South Korea:18 | Australia:M | Spain:13 | Germany:12 (DVD rating)
Company:
Pioneer LDC more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The geek with the wearable computer is accessing a page that's utilizes Apple Computer's Hot Sauce web browser plug-in for 3D space navigation. more
Quotes:
Lain Iwakura: No matter where you go, everyone's connected. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Kaubôi bibappu: Brain Scratch (#1.23)" (1999) more
Soundtrack:
Duvet more

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21 out of 24 people found the following comment useful:-
Woefully unknown piece of anime, 30 September 2003
10/10
Author: Mulliga from United States

"SE: Lain" is a great anime series. It's not godly perfect or anything, but it gets up there...way up there. From the killer opening title sequence (with a great opening song, by the way) to the strange "previews" (they only consist of a girl talking and her body parts - I'm not kidding) for the next show, "Lain" certainly has a fairly unique style. But it goes beyond style and gets into substance.

The story is simple at first and seems half-predictable in these post-"Matrix" times. After a classmate seemingly commits suicide, Lain gets e-mail from the dead girl. Apparently, her consciousness is still on the net...or is it? From then on, things get weird, complicated, and interesting.

Splicing in elements of Matrix-style cyberpunk, X-Files conspiracy, and the David Lynch-esque surreal, "Lain" is, like the Wired world it portrays, a synthesis of disparate ideas and personas, all thrown into a blender for the viewer to interpret. The interpretation's the thing, and those looking for action or comedy may come away slightly disappointed. After 13 episodes, there will probably be more questions than answers, but isn't real life like that, anyway?

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'The other side is overcrowded. The dead will have nowhere to go' uufot
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