As far as animation quality goes, it was pretty much on par with anything else from that period no fancy 3d cg or expensive korean inbetweeners. Lain is the titular character of serial experiments lain. The series focuses on lain iwakura, an adolescent middle school girl living in suburban japan, and her introduction to the. Its a tricky series, one that keeps you guessing and, if we didnt already know how acclaimed the show is, at times makes you wonder read more serial experiments lain revisited. Watch serial experiments lain episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. She constantly rushed to lain s side when lain was in a touch position while reika and juri stood by on the side. While the lack of the latter might lead one to assume that lain is a show for kids, think again it is more of a metaphysical creeper than a.
Find out more with myanimelist, the worlds most active online anime and manga community and database. Watch serial experiments lain episode 1 online free. As such, lain will always be open to interpretation and always encourage us to do our own research, our own experiments, which is why i call this document thought experiments lain. The most ambiguous aspect of the entire thing is the topic of lain herse. In closing one world and opening another, only lain will realize the significance of their presence. Serial experiments lain in the modern age of social media and the internet.
In 1998, when you were still using windows 95, a television show came out of japan called serial experiments lain. Why were the men in suits and goggles working on the telephone wires after. I have gotten to episode 8, but i still dont understand, and i would much rather find out what the anime is about now, so then i can watch it with our any confusion. She has never had much to do with technology, although her dad is a computer enthusiast. Can anyone explain the ending of serial experiments lain to me. Read the topic about a full explanation of serial experiments lain on myanimelist, and join in the discussion on the largest online anime and manga database in the world. She is a sentient computer program designed to sever the barrier between the material world and the wired, introduced as a shy japanese girl in middle school at the beginning of the series. Some kids at the club say they know all about it but they want a piece of lain s wired wild side. I had to purchase the most expensive lain box set which is the japanase restore edition, followed by the 2nd most expensive lain boxset etc. Where can i read a good interpretation or explanation of the serie. We get whisperings and commands to characters that they need to come to the wired soon. Serial experiments lain was first aired on tv tokyo on july 6, 1998 and concluded on september 28, 1998 with the thirteenth and final episode. Feb 19, 2018 serial experiments lain is a series reputed far and wide for being confusing, slow and just generally hard to make sense of.
It tells the story of lain iwakura as she finds her way through the wired. Watch serial experiments lain full episodes online english dub kisscartoon. Watch serial experiments lain dub online free kisscartoon. Looking for information on the anime serial experiments lain. Lain does find purpose and peace at the end of the series, but she is arguably even more isolated than she is at the beginning. This is my attempt to explain the story of the anime serial experiments lain. The spires are completely unexplained, and even lain herself reacts to their appearance in a puzzled manner.
Hello ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to anime theory, where reality is questionable, and is super trippy. Serial experiment lain english dub episode 2 youtube. It was an awkward scene so hard to tell if it was friendship, platonic or something more. Love, this is lain, this is lain, this is lain, this is lain, this is lain, this is lain. An analysis of the philosophy embedded in the cult classic, serial experiments lain.
The most ambiguous aspect of the entire thing is the topic of lain herself, and the struggle of trying to ascertain the nature of her existence. Serial experiments lain wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Her newfound desire to connect with the dead will lead her into the twisted maze of the wired world. Konaka, character designs by yoshitoshi abe, and produced by yasayuki ueda. Serial experiments lain was first aired on tv tokyo on july 6, 1998 and concluded on. She constantly rushed to lains side when lain was in a touch position while reika and juri stood by on the side. We are introduced to a seemingly normal girl, lain, after seeing the tragic events of chisa killing herself to join the wired. Why was that alien spying on her in that one episode. Lain iwakura, an awkward and introverted fourteenyearold, is one of the many girls from her school to receive a disturbing email from her classmate chisa yomodathe. A full explanation of serial experiments lain forums.
Read the topic about a full explanation of serial experiments lain on. Serial experiments lain serial experiments lain wiki. The terrifyingly prescient serial experiments lain, 20 years later. Today marks the 20th anniversary of the airing of the first episode of serial experiments lain, a cult anime that is still boggling minds decades. Live action anime videos with special effects, download stock audiovideo, articles. Serial experiments lain in the modern age of social media and. Completely original, this series can be described as matrix blended with the sixth sense. So serial experiments lain episode 1 seems to be a good introduction into a series that confounds and befuddles to this day. A couple of our faithful readers pointed out after episode four that its difficult to tell whats real and whats not in lain, what the truth is and what isnt.
Evil lain was inciting the guy that took accela to kill himself, thats why he went mad when he saw lain who he mistook for evil lain. Follow along as fourteen year old laindriven by the abrupt suicide of a classmatelogs on to the wired and promptly looses herself in a twisted mass of. Its assault of ambiguous, evocative images makes it a challenge to understand this rather demanding show. Like the people she was living with, who were they. Long story short, i ended up with 7 differenent serial experiments lain boxsets because i felt i needed to own every different version ever released.
Serial experiments lain sub lain iwakura appears to be an ordinary girl, with almost no experience with computers. Serial experiments lain is a thirteen episode anime series written by chiaki j konaka and directed by ryuutarou nakamura. Someone please explain serial experiments lain to me. Watch serial experiments lain full episodes online enghlish sub synopsis. In 2012, ann produced two best of the 90s podcasts, and, appropriately, two of the panelists put forward serial experiments lain as one of the decades best anime. However, some disagree on the grounds that lain s vision of the future, specifically its depiction of the purpose and mechanics of the internet, does not turn out to be accurate.
Watch serial experiments lain season 1 episode 1 anime. Lain iwakura, an awkward and introverted fourteenyearold, is one of the many girls from her school to receive a disturbing email from her classmate chisa yomodathe very same chisa who recently committed suicide. Click the edit button at the top of any page to get started. When he saw lain in that weird place after she was gone. However, something about the show made it popular enough in america that its been seen by a large portion of internet users and the. Jun 30, 20 someone please explain serial experiments lain to me. Serial experiments lain is a episode original anime. This wiki is a collaborative resource that anyone, including you, can edit. Iwakura lain is a quiet, unassuming junior high school student, not given to the chatter and gossip and socializing of her fellow classmates, until something strange begins to happen. Feb 18, 2018 aka mitchell says however too many times because he isnt used to writing long essays script. Lain is one of the most difficult anime series to comprehend. Lain is the anthropomorphic representation of the collective consciousness of pseudoneural networks that is the internet, through which we explore how different people perceive the internet as it becomes more of a force in our day to day lives.
Lain is a completely normal girl, living an average, relatively boring, life. Serial experiments lain, the episode anime series that first aired in japan in july. Read more about this topic on myanimelist, and join in the discussion on the largest online anime and manga database in the world. The spires are shaped somewhat like coke bottles with spheres on the end. Lain demonstrates this by playing track 44 on taro in episode 9.
Lain site inculding information, media, images and the official fanlisting. Read the topic about serial experiments lain episode 6 discussion on myanimelist, and join in the discussion on the largest online anime and manga database in the world. Setting the background masami eiri, chief engineer at tachibana laboratories, worked on protocol 7 and added code from his own initiative that introduced continue reading explanation of serial. Serial experiments lain bddvd box delayed 4 months nov 2, 20 universal sony home pictures to release anime in australia feb 17, 20. If you dont understand it, take a look, maybe youll get it after this. Serial experiments lain acclaimed artist yoshitoshi abe haibane renmei, texhnolyze brings to life the existential classic that paved the way for blockbuster films such as the matrix.
Alright, the first 8 episodes were nothing more than eh. Sep 17, 2005 the ending to serial experiments lain. Serial experiments lain is a series reputed far and wide for being confusing, slow and just generally hard to make sense of. I have gotten to episode 8, but i still dont understand, and i would much rather find out what the anime is. Speaking of trippy, were talking about serial experiments lain, and what exactly it is in the first of two videos on lain. There are a couple of scenes in the serial experiments lain anime in which mysterious spirelike structures briefly appear without explanation. Lain has just erased herself from her friends memories, while for proust the taste of madeleines triggers memories of his childhood. While the story gives us a lot of hints as to what might be going on, nothing is ever explicitly explained. In fact i really thought about dropping this anime after the first episode but.
Serial experiments lain is a postmodern trip into the world of a young girl who discovers reality isnt quite what it seems. Yet the sudden suicide of a schoolmate, and a number of strange occurrences, conspire to pull lain into the world of the wired, where she gradually learns that nothing is what it seems to be. In one episode lain explains to alice that she loves her. This does not mean you shouldnt reference future episodes however. My personal explanation of serial experiments lain. Serial experiments lain dub lain iwakura appears to be an ordinary girl, with almost no experience with computers.
Ultimately, lains will wins out over masamis plot to demolish the. If youre interested in any of the topics i discussed, i implore you to research them. List of serial experiments lain episodes manga wiki. Evil lain clearly has an objective and is seen to be part of the knights, a group of hackers from all around the world. Lain wasnt interested in computers until she received her first email from a formerly suicidal classmate. Serial experiments lain was created as a multimedia production, including an anime, a video game, a manga, and several artbooks and soundtracks. Watch serial experiments lain online free kissanime. Several girls at her school begin recieving email from a dead classmate who had commited suicide a week earlier. Konaka stated that with the series he intended to wage cultural warfare on america but in spite of. Speaking of trippy, were talking about serial experiments lain, and what exactly it is. Serial experiments lain episode 1 full reaction youtube. The series consists of episodes referred to in the series as layers of 24 minutes each, except for the sixth episode, kids 23 minutes 14 seconds.
So when i heard about a lain fan guide, i was both thankful at an explanation of the series, and skeptical that it was possible. Lain is missing a few of the stereotypical elements of anime, including robots and dcups. Conventional interpretation seems to agree that the ending is as upbeat as is possible given the rest of the story, but i still find it very downbeat, very sad. I can safely say serial experiments lain is one of my favorite shows. Fans of serial experiments lain often misinterpret this scene as a real lovers tryst between alice and the teacher, but it was intended to be a fantasy of alices that wasnt really happening. This is a community website about the avantgarde 1999 anime series written by chiaki j konaka and directed by ryutaro nakamura. Then its time for mark to watch serial experiments lain. More importantly shes the one who loved lain without worshipping her. Its also a fairly mika centric episode as we see mika begin her descent from reality into the wired, with or without her own knowledge of it happening. Each clip focused on a different part of shimizus body. A full explanation of serial experiments lain forums myanimelist. Anime, psychological drama, science fiction serial experiments lain is not your typical scifidrama anime.
Serial experiments lain was a 1998 cyberpunk anime series directed by the late ryutaro nakamura, with a screenplay by chiaki j. It has been subject to commentary in the literary and academic worlds such as the asian horror encyclopedia and the problem of existence in japanese animation by the american philosophical society. The viewers begin to see the knights exert over their control on reality and within lain s dream sequences we are given an explanation as to how this all could happen. Her hands where greenish and she was really short, why. After numerous watchings and searching the web for explanations i think i have figured it out. Background serial experiments lain won the excellence prize in the 1998 japan media arts festival. I spent a long time writing out this metaphor, because i really wanted to make sense of everything in the series. Why did lain s dad say you dont have to wear that anymore.
Lain has neither the desire nor the experience to handle even basic. Watch serial experiments lain dub online free kissanime. People are getting emails from a girl, chisa yomoda, who killed herself last week, which. They were also released as special features with certain bluray or dvd releases of serial experiments lain. Konaka, whose other works include texhnolyze, serial experiments lain is a psychological avantgarde mystery series that follows lain as she makes crucial choices that will affect both the real world and the wired. Lain has questions about a computer chip someone left in her locker, and her dads not talking.
Well, i think its better to discuss this anime than say yes or no. No single explanation or speech or essay can hope to encompass all that is serial experiments lain. Serial experiments lain 1998 parents guide add to guide. Love is an episode that shows a major reversal from the events in rumours. Real life anime,vfx,articles,videos hitokage production. Can anyone explain the ending of serial experiments lain to. Kissanime watch serial experiments lain sub online in. Dec 26, 20 like when she told alice that she could erase what everyone heard on the rumors that another lain told. Hello ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to anime theory, where were finally getting to the 2nd part of this explanation on one of the trippiest. This is the complete episode listing of the anime produced for serial experiments lain, which first aired on tv tokyo on 6 july 1998 and concluded on. In the ninth episode of serial experiments lain, lain discovers one explanation for her doppleganger while learning the truth of her existence. Serial experiments lain explanation hitokage production. Pages in category episodes the following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
A critical analysis of serial experiments lain episode 1 weird. Explanation of serial experiments lain anime thoughts. A total headtrip if you watch it all in one go it will make you reconsider what the difference between the real world and the web is. Review of serial experiments lain ultimate fan guide rpgnet. The first occurrence is in layer 11, and the second is in layer 12. Kissanime, you can watch serial experiments lain sub episode 1 anime online free and more anime online free in high quality, without downloading. Watch serial experiments lain online full episodes of.
Serial experiments lain is a complex anime series that follows the story of the main character, lain. Perhaps the most important character to lain, alice is the one that gives the viewer a way to measure reality within serial experiments lain. Follow along as fourteen year old lain driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmatelogs on to the wired and promptly looses herself in a twisted mass of. Can anyone explain the ending of serial experiments lain. Lain iwakura suffers from dissociative identity disorder aka multiple personality disorder in the show as evidenced by her appearance in cyberia as well as the switch when she is talking to the men in blacks boss the explanation for this is that the wired is breaking into reality thus making it easier for lain of the wired and evil lain to take over lain iwakuras body in times of extreme stress. How many episodes of serial experiments lain have you seen. Lain and its deceptively ordinary title character redefined an entire generations concepts of the world wide web, prompting us all to suspiciously take note of humming power lines and central processing units. Lain is one of the lucky titles, presented to the west as episodes.