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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 · E08

Layer:08 – RUMORS

Season 1 · Aug 24, 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

E04▶

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

E08Playing

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

Still shaken by the information she received from the Men In Black, Lain discovers that she is being blamed for spreading an ugly rumor in the WIRED. Is what the MIB said is true; is she another person in the WIRED? Or is she doing it herself? Lain must find out or risk losing the one true friend she has.

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