TV / Summer 1998
Serial Experiments Lain
The story
Synopsis
Fourteen year old Lain Iwakura, socially withdrawn and uncomfortable with technology, is shaken when she receives an email from a classmate who had recently died. The message draws her into the Wired, a sprawling virtual communication network that begins to intrude on her everyday life. As enigmatic agents and inexplicable occurrences follow her, the line b…
Characters
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Lain Iwakura
Main | Japanese VA: Shimizu, Kaori
Arisu Mizuki
Supporting | Japanese VA: Asada, Youko
Masami Eiri
Supporting | Japanese VA: Hayami, Show
Yasuo Iwakura
Supporting | Japanese VA: Oobayashi, Ryuusuke
Mika Iwakura
Supporting | Japanese VA: Kawasumi, Ayako
Chisa Yomoda
Supporting | Japanese VA: Mutou, Sumi
Staff
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Nakamura, Ryuutarou
Director, Episode Director, Storyboard
Ueda, Yasuyuki
Producer, Planning, Original Creator
Konaka, Chiaki
Script, Series Composition, Special Effects
Abe, Shoujirou
Producer
Cook, Justin
Producer
Maseba, Yutaka
Producer
Latest Episodes
Recent episodes from Serial Experiments Lain.
Episode 12: Landscape
Aired Sep 22, 1998
Episode 11: Infornography
Aired Sep 15, 1998
Episode 10: Love
Aired Sep 8, 1998
Episode 9: Protocol
Aired Sep 1, 1998
Episode 8: Rumors
Aired Aug 25, 1998
Episode 7: Society
Aired Aug 18, 1998
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Serial Experiments Lain episode guide
13 tracked episodes