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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 · 673 votes

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S01 · E04

Layer:04 – RELIGION

Season 1 · Jul 27, 1998 · 24m

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E01▶

Layer:01 – WEIRD

Jul 6, 1998 · 24m

E02▶

Layer:02 – GIRLS

Jul 13, 1998 · 24m

E03▶

Layer:03 – PSYCHE

Jul 20, 1998 · 24m

E04Playing

Layer:04 – RELIGION

Jul 27, 1998 · 24m

E05▶

Layer:05 – DISTORTION

Aug 3, 1998 · 24m

E06▶

Layer:06 – KIDS

Aug 10, 1998 · 24m

E07▶

Layer:07 – SOCIETY

Aug 17, 1998 · 24m

E08▶

Layer:08 – RUMORS

Aug 24, 1998 · 24m

E09▶

Layer:09 – PROTOCOL

Aug 31, 1998 · 24m

E10▶

Layer:10 – LOVE

Sep 7, 1998 · 24m

E11▶

Layer:11 – INFORNOGRAPHY

Sep 14, 1998 · 24m

E12▶

Layer:12 – LANDSCAPE

Sep 21, 1998 · 24m

E13▶

Layer:13 – EGO

Sep 28, 1998 · 24m

Some players of a Wired game called PHANTOMa are dying suspicious deaths. Lain investigates, but her growing interest in the Wired worries her father, as well as classmates Mika and Alice.

About the Series

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