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Serial Experiments Lain

“Close the world. txen eht nepO.”

199824m / epAnimation · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

First aired

July 6, 1998

8.2

TMDB Score

82% match · 657 votes

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S01 · E02

Layer:02 – GIRLS

Season 1 · Jul 13, 1998 · 24m

Layer:01 – WEIRD

Jul 6, 1998 · 24m

Layer:02 – GIRLS

Jul 13, 1998 · 24m

Layer:03 – PSYCHE

Jul 20, 1998 · 24m

Layer:04 – RELIGION

Jul 27, 1998 · 24m

Layer:05 – DISTORTION

Aug 3, 1998 · 24m

Layer:06 – KIDS

Aug 10, 1998 · 24m

Layer:07 – SOCIETY

Aug 17, 1998 · 24m

Layer:08 – RUMORS

Aug 24, 1998 · 24m

Layer:09 – PROTOCOL

Aug 31, 1998 · 24m

Layer:10 – LOVE

Sep 7, 1998 · 24m

Layer:11 – INFORNOGRAPHY

Sep 14, 1998 · 24m

Layer:12 – LANDSCAPE

Sep 21, 1998 · 24m

Layer:13 – EGO

Sep 28, 1998 · 24m

Classmates Alice, Julie, and Reika wonder if that was Lain they saw at the nightclub Cyberia. To find out, they invite Lain to go with them to the club.

About the Series

Serial Experiments Lain poster

AnimationDramaSci-Fi & FantasyMystery

Synopsis

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.

First aired: July 6, 1998
Last aired: September 28, 1998
Seasons: 1 season · 13 episodes
Status: Ended
Original language: Japanese
Network: TV Tokyo

Top Billed Cast

Kaori Shimizu

Lain Iwakura (voice)

Yoko Asada

Arisu Mizuki - Lain's friend (voice)

Ayako Kawasumi

Mika Iwakura - Lain's older sister (voice)

Ryusuke Ohbayashi

Yasuo Iwakura - Lain's father (voice)

Rei Igarashi

Miho Iwakura - Lain's mother (voice)

Sumi Mutoh

Chisa Yomoda (voice)

KT

Keito Takimoto

Tarō (voice)

Chiharu Tezuka

Reika Yamamoto (voice)

Manabi Mizuno

Yūri Katō (voice)

YY

Yuki Yamamoto

Myū-Myū (voice)

SF

Sora Fujimatsu

Masayuki (voice)

Show Hayami

Eiri Masami (voice)

Shigeru Chiba

Office worker

Jouji Nakata

Karl Haushoffer - Man in Black 1(voice)

Takumi Yamazaki

Lin Sui-Xi - Man in black 2 (voice)

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