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"Serial Experiments Lain" Girls (TV Episode 1998) Poster

(TV Mini Series)

(1998)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Ryûtarô Nakamura

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Yoshitoshi Abe ... (character creator)
Chiaki Konaka ... (screenplay)
Chiaki Konaka ... (structure)
Chiaki Konaka ... (writer)
Yasuyuki Ueda ... (creator)
Yasuyuki Ueda ... (original plan)
Yasuyuki Ueda ... (original story)
Yasuyuki Ueda ... (planning)

Cast (in credits order)  

Kaori Shimizu Kaori Shimizu ... Lain Iwakura (voice)
Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi ... Yasuo Iwakura (voice)
Rei Igarashi Rei Igarashi ... Miho Iwakura (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi ... Mika Iwakura (voice)
Yôko Asada Yôko Asada ... Arisu Mizuki (voice)
Chiharu Tezuka Chiharu Tezuka ... Reika Yamamoto (voice)
Manabi Mizuno Manabi Mizuno ... Juri Kato (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steve Apostolina ... Additional Voices (voice) (as Jimmy Theodore)
Emilie de Azevedo Brown ... Arisu Mizuki (voice) (as Emily Brown)
Brianne Brozey ... Taro (voice) (as Ian Hawk)
Bob Buchholz ... Man in Black #2 / Lin Sui-Xi (voice) (as Robert Wicks)
Petrea Burchard ... Miho Iwakura (voice) (as Celeste Burch)
Susan Chavez Susan Chavez ... Additional Voices (voice)
Susumu Chiba ... Delivery Man (voice)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn ... Keiko Yoshii / Lain's Teacher (voice) (as Dorothy Melendrez)
Sandy Fox ... Myu-Myu (voice)
Eddie Frierson ... JJ (voice) (as Christy Mathewson)
Bridget Hoffman ... Lain Iwakura (voice) (as Ruby Marlowe)
Hidetoshi Ito Hidetoshi Ito ... Man (voice)
Patricia Ja Lee ... Mika Iwakura (voice) (as PJ Lee)
Satoshi Komiya Satoshi Komiya ... Boy / Accela User (voice)
Dari Lallou Dari Lallou ... Juri Kato (voice) (as Alexis A. Edward)
Michael Lindsay Michael Lindsay ... Delivery Man (voice) (as Dylan Tully)
Dan Lorge ... Additional Voices (voice) (as Dan Martin)
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn ... S / Lain's NAVI (voice) (as Melissa Williamson)
Steve McGowan Steve McGowan ... Additional Voices (voice) (as Elliot Reynolds)
Randy McPherson ... Additional Voices (voice) (as Sean Mitchell)
Ali Moriizumi Ali Moriizumi ... DJ (Present Day announcer) (voice) (as Ari Moriizumi)
Jamieson Price ... Man in Black #1 / Karl Haushofer (voice) (as James Lyon)
Mikako Satô Mikako Satô ... Young Woman (voice)
Brad Sergi ... Accella User / Suicidal Boy (voice) (as Syd Fontana)
Paul St. Peter ... Voice on WIRED (voice) (as George C. Cole)
Barry Stigler Barry Stigler ... Yasuo Iwakura (voice) (as Gil Starberry)
Keito Takimoto Keito Takimoto ... Taro (voice)
Sora Tôma Sora Tôma ... Masayuki (voice) (as Sora Fujima)
Yuki Yamamoto Yuki Yamamoto ... Myu-Myu (voice)
Kuniko Yoshioka Kuniko Yoshioka ... S (voice)
Lenore Zann ... Reika Yamamoto (voice)
Wasei Chikada Wasei Chikada ... JJ (voice) (uncredited)
Jôji Nakata ... Man in Black #1 / Karl Haushofer (voice) (uncredited)
Takumi Yamazaki ... Man in Black #2 / Lin Sui-Xi (voice) (uncredited)

Produced by 

Shojiro Abe ... producer
Mie Ide ... assistant producer
Makiko Iwata ... producer: TV Tokyo
Akihiro Kawamura ... executive producer
Tarô Maki ... executive producer
Yasuyuki Ueda ... producer

Music by 

Wasei Chikada
Ben Henderson
Reichi Nakaido
Akira Takemoto

Cinematography by 

Takashi Azuhata ... director of photography

Editing by 

Takeshi Seyama

Art Direction by 

Masaru Satô

Art Department 

Akihiro Hirasawa ... artboards
Michiyo Iriomote ... color key
Yoshimasa Masuda ... color key (as Yoshimasu Masuda)
Ryûtarô Nakamura ... storyboard artist
Yoshinori Shiozawa ... artboards

Sound Department 

Phil Brewster ... re-recording mixer
Les E. Claypool III ... final mix (as Les Claypool III)
Shôji Hata ... sound mixer
Nono Ishizaki ... sound effects assistant
Fumiaki Tanaka ... recording assistant
Yôta Tsuruoka ... sound director

Special Effects by 

Takashi Maekawa ... special effects

Visual Effects by 

Mitsuru Sugiura ... graphics operation

Camera and Electrical Department 

Akiko Nishikawa ... camera operator: Azuhata Production
Shin'ichi Sasano ... camera operator: Azuhata Production (as Shinichi Sasano)
Izumi Takahashi ... camera operator: Azuhata Production
Atsuo Tsukioka ... camera operator: Azuhata Production

Animation Department 

Yoshitoshi Abe ... original character designer
Gakuto Adehara ... inbetween animator: Buyou
Masahiro Andô ... animator
Kôichi Arai ... animator: opening/ending sequences (as Koichi Arai)
Tomoaki Chishima ... animator
Seima Geiri ... inbetween animator: Buyou
Arihiro Gotô ... animator
Takahiro Gotô ... key animator
Takayuki Gotô ... animator
Akane Hamano ... ink and paint artist: Buyou
Hiroki Hara ... inbetween animator: Buyou
Osamu Honda ... background artist: Baku Production
Rie Honda ... background artist: Baku Production
Kaname Kirishiro ... inbetween animator: Buyou
Takahiro Kishida ... character designer
Tarô Kitagawa ... ink and paint artist (as Taro Kitagawa)
Mitsuyoshi Kosugi ... background artist: Baku Production
Makiko Kumasawa ... ink and paint artist: Buyou
Yoshimasa Masuda ... ink and paint artist: Buyou (as Yoshimasu Masuda)
Hidenori Matsubara ... animator: opening/ending sequences
Tokuyuki Matsutake ... animator: opening/ending sequences (as Noriyuki Matsutake)
Yûichirô Miyake ... animator
Tomoko Miyata ... inbetween checker
Kenichi Nagao ... inbetween animator: Buyou
Mitsuteru Nakamura ... ink and paint checker
Mari Nakatani ... animator
Tatsuo Ryûno ... layout artist (as Tatsuo Yanagino)
Sakuya Sakurai ... inbetween animator: Buyou
Natsue Sasaki ... ink and paint artist: Buyou
Masahiro Sekiguchi ... layout artist
Toshihiro Shinyu ... background artist: Baku Production
Yoshihiro Sugai ... animation director / layout artist
Hirofumi Suzuki ... animator: opening/ending sequences
Rie Suzuki ... ink and paint artist: Buyou
Tomokazu Tokoro ... animator: opening/ending sequences
Toshiyuki Tsuru ... animator: opening/ending sequences
Masato Ujibe ... inbetween checker
Akihiko Yamashita ... animator: opening/ending sequences

Casting Department 

Wataru Matsuoka ... casting

Editorial Department 

Tsuyoshi Imai ... editor: Jay Film (opening/ending sequences)
Mari Kobayashi ... editor: video
Keiko Mizuta ... assistant editor
Yasuki Morimitsu ... editor: video
Kumio Onaga ... editor: video
Kaoru Saitô ... assistant editor (as Kaoru Saito)
Megumi Uchida ... assistant editor

Music Department 

Emi Itô ... musical producer: 7thMother
Kôji Kasamatsu ... second music & sound designer (as Koji Kasamatsu)
Akira Takemoto ... second music & sound designer

Additional Crew 

Takashi Hirokawa ... production desk
Jun'ya Itô ... program marketing
Junshi Nakahara ... subtitle/programming & cg works
Kazuhiro Satô ... setting production
Masaya Suzuki ... production assistant
Osamu Takahashi ... subtitle/programming & cg works
Masahiko Takai ... subtitle/programming & cg works
Kôji Yamagiwa ... subtitle/programming & cg works

See also

Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs

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