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“Close the world. txen eht nepO.”

Serial Experiments Lain (1998)

First aired July 6, 199824m/ep1 season · 13 epsEnded
8.2

614 votes

AnimationDramaSci-Fi & FantasyMystery
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Overview

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.

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Streaming availability for India

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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)

Manabi Mizuno

Manabi Mizuno

Yūri Katō (voice)

Yuki Yamamoto

Yuki Yamamoto

Myū-Myū (voice)

Sora Fujimatsu

Sora Fujimatsu

Masayuki (voice)

Show Hayami

Show Hayami

Eiri Masami (voice)

Shigeru Chiba

Shigeru Chiba

Office worker

Jouji Nakata

Jouji Nakata

Karl Haushoffer - Man in Black 1(voice)

Takumi Yamazaki

Takumi Yamazaki

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

Seasons

Status

Ended

Language

Japanese

Type

Scripted

Last Air Date

September 28, 1998

Networks

TV Tokyo

Production

Pioneer LDCTriangle Staff

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