Serial Experiments Lain
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Serial Experiments Lain

"Close the world. txen eht nepO."

8.2/10 1998 1 Season 13 Episodes Ended

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.

Season 1 Episodes

S1E1
E1
Layer:01 – WEIRD
24 min 1998

Lain Iwakura, a shy, 13-year-old schoolgirl, receives an email from a schoolmate after her suicide. Is it a prank? Lain …

S1E2
E2
Layer:02 – GIRLS
24 min 1998

Classmates Alice, Julie, and Reika wonder if that was Lain they saw at the nightclub Cyberia. To find out, they invite L…

S1E3
E3
Layer:03 – PSYCHE
24 min 1998

Alice, Julie, and Reika are minor celebrities in their class after they witness a shooting at The Cyberia. Lain is given…

S1E4
E4
Layer:04 – RELIGION
24 min 1998

Some players of a Wired game called PHANTOMa are dying suspicious deaths. Lain investigates, but her growing interest in…

S1E5
E5
Layer:05 – DISTORTION
24 min 1998

Lain receives cryptic messages about existence, God, and a coming prophecy. Meanwhile, Mika's world changes in ways both…

S1E6
E6
Layer:06 – KIDS
24 min 1998

Young children are acting strangely, arms outstretched and silently staring at the sky. A shocking vision suddenly appea…

S1E7
E7
Layer:07 – SOCIETY
24 min 1998

As the Knights activities make the evening news, a strange man named Nazumi wanders the city with machines strapped to h…

S1E8
E8
Layer:08 – RUMORS
24 min 1998

Still shaken by the information she received from the Men In Black, Lain discovers that she is being blamed for spreadin…

S1E9
E9
Layer:09 – PROTOCOL
24 min 1998

A documentary about Roswell gives Lain some valuable information about the pioneers of the WIRED. Later, at the Cyberia,…

S1E10
E10
Layer:10 – LOVE
24 min 1998

Lain struggles with her identity. Is she a human being, or just a hologram? And are the Knights responsible for the Evil…

S1E11
E11
Layer:11 – INFORNOGRAPHY
24 min 1998

Alone and frightened, Lain immerses herself in the WIRED, processing the events of the past few weeks and searching for …

S1E12
E12
Layer:12 – LANDSCAPE
24 min 1998

Troubled by what she saw, Alice decides to visit Lain at home and find out what is going on. Meanwhile, the two MIB agen…

S1E13
E13
Layer:13 – EGO
24 min 1998

The world is crumbling, people are dying and Alice's sanity is threatened. To save humanity, there is only one thing Lai…

Cast

Kaori Shimizu
Kaori Shimizu
Lain Iwakura (voice)
Yoko Asada
Yoko Asada
Arisu Mizuki - Lain's friend (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Ayako Kawasumi
Mika Iwakura - Lain's older sister (voice)
Ryusuke Ohbayashi
Ryusuke Ohbayashi
Yasuo Iwakura - Lain's father (voice)
Rei Igarashi
Rei Igarashi
Miho Iwakura - Lain's mother (voice)
Sumi Mutoh
Sumi Mutoh
Chisa Yomoda (voice)
Keito Takimoto
Keito Takimoto
Tarō (voice)
Chiharu Tezuka
Chiharu Tezuka
Reika Yamamoto (voice)

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