Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
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This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Kaori Shimizu
Lain Iwakura (voice)
Bridget Hoffman
Lain Iwakura
Yoko Asada
Arisu Mizuki (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Mika Iwakura (voice)
Randy McPherson
Additional Voices
Ryusuke Ohbayashi
Yasuo Iwakura (voice)
Yoshitoshi ABe
Character Designer / Visual Effects / Visual Effects / Key Animation / Character Designer
Rei Igarashi
Miho Iwakura (voice)
Kouichi Arai
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation / Opening/Ending Animation
Hirofumi Suzuki
Opening/Ending Animation
Hidenori Matsubara
Opening/Ending Animation
Akihiko Yamashita
Opening/Ending Animation
Tokuyuki Matsutake
Opening/Ending Animation
Patricia Ja Lee
Mika Iwakura
Tomokazu Tokoro
Opening/Ending Animation / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Toshiyuki Tsuru
Opening/Ending Animation
Chiharu Tezuka
Reika Yamamoto
Jasmine Rodgers
Theme Song Performance / Main Title Theme Composer / Theme Song Performance / Main Title Theme Composer
Steve Rodgers
Theme Song Performance
Alex Caird
Theme Song Performance
Lee Sullivan
Theme Song Performance
Ben Henderson
Theme Song Performance
Paul Turrell
Theme Song Performance
Reichi Nakaido
Original Music Composer
Yasuyuki Ueda
Original Series Creator / Original Story / Writer / Producer / Writer / Original Story / Original Series Creator
Chiaki J. Konaka
Screenplay
Taro Maki
Producer
Masaru Sato
Art Direction
Takashi Azuhata
Director of Photography
Tsuyoshi Imai
Editor
Ryutaro Nakamura
Storyboard Artist / Director
Osamu Honda
Background Designer
Kazuki Higashiji
Background Designer
Izumi Hoki
Background Designer
Takamasa Masuki
Background Designer
Shinji Takasuka
Background Designer
Yuka Ohashi
Background Designer
Shinobu Yamaguchi
Background Designer
Riko Shinohara
Background Designer
Masanobu Nomura
Background Designer
Michiru Nakatani
Background Designer
Akira Ito
Background Designer
Yuka Hirama
Background Designer
Kuniharu Kyoda
Background Designer
Yuji Shimada
Background Designer
Masahiko Murata
Storyboard Artist / Director
Takuya Sato
Storyboard Artist
Sohei Koizumi
Background Designer
Kaori Chuubachi
Background Designer
Hirofumi Haginiwa
Background Designer
Rokurō Jinga
Storyboard Artist
Shigeru Ueda
Director / Assistant Director
Yuichi Tanaka
Director / Key Animation / Animation Director
Akihiko Nishiyama
Director
Johei Matsuura
Director
Hitoshi Chosokabe
Production Assistant
Masahiro Sekiguchi
Key Animation / Animation Director
Noriko Ozeki
Key Animation
Masahiro Andoh
Key Animation
Atsushi Tamura
Key Animation
Tomoaki Chishima
Key Animation
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Key Animation
Takahiro Kishida
Animation Director / Key Animation
Yoshihiro Sugai
Key Animation / Animation Director
Yuji Takahashi
Key Animation / Animation Director
Asami Endo
Key Animation
Shoji Yabushita
Key Animation
Shigeyuki Suga
Key Animation
Takahiro Goto
Key Animation
Tatsuya Furukawa
Key Animation
Yasuhide Maruyama
Animation Director
Arihiro Goto
Key Animation
Mari Nakatani
Key Animation
Miyuki Inoue
Key Animation
Yuko Matsuo
Key Animation
Yuri Takasaki
Key Animation
Toshihiro Kikuchi
Key Animation
Masahiro Emoto
Key Animation
Kazuko Maejima
Key Animation
Yasuhiro Imagawa
Key Animation
Eiji Suganuma
Key Animation
Seung Hyun Hong
Key Animation
Yuko Matsuo
Key Animation
Toshihiro Nakajima
Key Animation
Koji Taniguchi
Key Animation
Minoru Ueta
Key Animation
Hayato Tejima
Key Animation
Yoko Takanori
Key Animation
Misuzu Kurata
Key Animation
Kaori Ikeda
Key Animation
Yoshie Yokoyama
Key Animation
Motoi Nakamura
Key Animation
Il Bae Kim
Key Animation
Young Jae Park
Key Animation
Katsumi Tamegai
Key Animation
Kazuya Morimae
Key Animation
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 6, 1998
Original Nameserial experiments lain
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes13
Running Time24m
Content RatingTV-MA
Genres
Wiki.
Serial Experiments Lain is a Japanese anime television series created and co-produced by Yasuyuki Ueda, written by Chiaki J. Konaka and directed by Ryūtarō Nakamura. Animated by Triangle Staff and featuring original character designs by Yoshitoshi Abe, the series was broadcast for 13 episodes on TV Tokyo and its affiliates from July to September 1998. The series follows Lain Iwakura, an adolescent girl in suburban Japan, and her relation to the Wired, a global communications network similar to the internet.
Lain features surreal and avant-garde imagery and explores philosophical topics such as reality, identity, and communication. The series incorporates creative influences from computer history, cyberpunk, and conspiracy theories. Critics and fans have praised Lain for its originality, visuals, atmosphere, themes, and its dark depiction of a world fraught with paranoia, social alienation, and reliance on technology considered insightful of 21st century life. It received the Excellence Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 1998.