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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 · E03

Layer:03 – PSYCHE

Season 1 · Jul 20, 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

Alice, Julie, and Reika are minor celebrities in their class after they witness a shooting at The Cyberia. Lain is given a black-market chip for her computer, but it seems she is also being followed.

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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