Serial experiments lain won the excellence prize in the 1998 japan media arts festival. The episodes are called layers and have a different title card each time. When i watched it the first time, i came away intrigued, confused, challenged but i did not feel cheated. Serial experiments lain 1999 tv show behind the voice. Are you alright lain was breathing heavily, and sweating. So naturally, the quotes taken from this series will make you think, question, and in some ways, relate to the characters experiences. Watch serial experiments lain online free kissanime. Anime, psychological drama, science fiction serial experiments lain is not your typical scifidrama anime. Find the latest news, discussion, and photos of serial experiments lain library online now. Serial experiments lain quotes by the following characters.
After numerous watchings and searching the web for explanations i think i have figured it out. Read more information about the character taro from serial experiments lain. More to come in a write up later on after i organize my thoughts and let the notes and show digest a little bit. Serial experiments lain is a episode original anime. Dec 03, 2010 my favorite scene from serial experiments lain. In layer 3, lain gives one to taro when he suggests she go on a date with him, which he quickly. Serial experiments lain s story makes you think more than you need to when you want to sit back. As for lain s mom, juri, reika torus friends, masami eiri and even a little of the men in. Serial experiments lain bddvd box delayed 4 months nov 2, 20 universal sony home pictures to release anime in australia feb 17, 20 north american anime, manga releases, november 25. The show takes an informationrich dive deep into the nature of reality and truth, and. Lain and its deceptively ordinary title character redefined an entire generations concept of the world wide web, prompting us all to suspiciously take note of humming power lines and central processing units. A critical analysis of serial experiments lain episode.
Like evangelion, people have discussed and debated the plot and the ending for years. As taro stares at lain, masayuki gives detailed instructions. Click the edit button at the top of any page to get started. The series is about an introverted girl named lain, who after the suicide of a classmate, acquires interest in the nexus an advanced internet browser, and goes into this virtual world, losing contact with reality. 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. Sep 24, 2018 serial experiments lain insists its happening nowpresent day, present timeand the world of 2018 can feel eerily similar to the fragmented, confused, disassociated, unreal life that lains characters drift through. Even taro and lain s dad are pretty interesting as far as their character appeal. This wiki is a collaborative resource that anyone, including you, can edit. In that sense, lain the anime has a distinct postmodern identity, the type of identity that lain the character is searching for. He uses special technology, such as custom handi navi and video goggles.
Sep 09, 2018 this summer marks the 20th anniversary of serial experiments lain, a cult anime that is still boggling minds decades later. Perhaps the most important character to lain, alice is the one that gives the viewer a way to measure reality within 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. Serial experiment lain is one of those shows thats vague to begin with and as it crawls on only gets more mystifying as it goes. A critical analysis of serial experiments lain episode nine.
Taro who was being paid by the knights to alter peoples audiovisual data at the nightclub as an experiment, remember. Its called a childs guntype navi in visual experiments lain. Prereset taro shows some signs of obsession with lain. The plot has severely thickened, portraying a lain who is confused because there is a rumor going around that shes been spying on others. Stock opening footage replays scenes of the city and its people at night.
Famous for its abstract narrative and obscure references, each episode or layer of lain sports a oneword title, which provides a handy entry point for analysis. She constantly rushed to lains side when lain was in a touch position while reika and juri stood by on the side. Evil lain clearly has an objective and is seen to be part of the knights, a. At myanimelist, you can find out about their voice actors, animeography. Taro taro is a boy, aged 11, who frequents cyberia. Shiriaru ekusuperimentsu rein is a 1998 anime series broadcast by tv tokyo. Connect this on the backside of the main processor board. 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. An erudite, confusing and chilling anime from the late 1990s, serial experiments lain is creepy cool seinen cyberpunk, as well as a notable mind screw in the genre. Follow along as fourteen year old lain driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmate logs on to the. Serial experiments lain handlar genomgaende om definitionen av verkligheten, vilket gor dess komplexa handling svar att sammanfatta. This summer marks the 20th anniversary of serial experiments lain, a. Its display pops up out of the barrel when the trigger is pulled.
All rights go to triangle staff studio, or something like that, im really shitty at law, sorry. No, perhaps it is more accurate to say that they are made to connect. However, the only girl that he is known to have kissed is lain. 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 28 september 1998 with the thirteenth and final episode. In her room, lain uses psychological warfare to extract the fact that he is in contact with the knights. With kaori shimizu, bridget hoffman, dan lorge, randy mcpherson. Serial experiments lain takes an informationrich dive deep into the nature of reality and truth, and in the process leads viewers to come up with their own conclusions about the meaning of the show, the meaning of reality, and even what actually happens in both. In closing one world and opening another, only lain will realize the significance of their presence. Shonen has neon genesis evangelion, shojo has revolutionary girl utena, and seinen has lain. Religion is a central theme of the series but it is not the only one. The first episode opens with the mysterious suicide of a highschool girl, chisa yomoda. 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. It will reroute the original information back to the processor and it will work automatically. Strange events begin to occur as a withdrawn girl named lain becomes obsessed with.
Serial experiments lain 1999 tv show behind the voice actors. 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. Surprised, taro let go of chisas hand and bent down next to lain. After blending on the puree setting, add a dash of conspiracy theories, horror and apple computers, to taste. 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. J assumed that lain was the lain in the wired and gave her an envelope each time she visits.
Serial experiments lain tv miniseries 1998 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses. Serial experiments lain is a wonderful anime has a mixture of symbolism and various themes focusing on society and technology. Explanation of serial experiments lain anime thoughts. Lain became confused because she wasnt in the wired yet. It was directed by ryutaro nakamura and written by chiaki j. This anime is rated tv14 for the dark morals and themes of reality and the internet, mimimal gore, and some bad langauge. Lain also expresses a subtle attraction towards taro, who she had gone on a date with in layer 09, and later manifests herself on his portable computer as a kind of goodbye after resetting the world. Serial experiments lain excessively cool scene youtube. In my perspective, serial experiment lain handled this theme quite perfectly.
A brief introduction to serial experiments lain otaquest. This summer marks the 20th anniversary of serial experiments lain, a cult anime that is still boggling minds decades later. After the reset, taro is seen playing with masayuki, myumyu, the cyberia suicide and a female victim of phantoma. Strange events begin to occur as a withdrawn girl named lain becomes obsessed with interconnected virtual realm of the wired. You normally dont think of subtle and scifi anime in the same sentence, but thats what serial experiments lain is. Taro takes pride in his internet anonymity, and he asks lain for a date with her wired. Usually hanging out at cyberia with his two friends, myumyu and masayuki, taro considers himself quite the ladies man, often flirting with lain. Taro, her most notable friend on the wired, is there and with a little bit of focus and dedicated drive lain w makes her first dedicated contact with the knights. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Chizumatic too many words about serial experiments lain. Its visual style is unlike any other animated work, western or eastern, and constantly evolves through the course of the series, serving as a metaphoric device in and of itself. Serial experiments lain is a very rich and complex series, which operates on many levels and contains many provocative ideas.
At myanimelist, you can find out about their voice actors, animeography, pictures and much more. Serial experiments lain is a critically and commercially successfulish japanese anime that aired in september 1998. Its a combination of what social environment influences an individual can be in. List of serial experiments lain episodes manga wiki. This is my attempt to explain the story of the anime serial experiments lain. Myanimelist is the largest online anime and manga database in the world. The plot has severely thickened, portraying a lain who is confused because there is a rumor. Serial experiments lain sub lain iwakura appears to be an ordinary girl, with almost no experience with computers. Serial experiments lain uncyclopedia, the contentfree. He is an unofficial member of the knights, therefore he knows a lot about navis. The best way to describe serial experiments lain is to throw paranoid schizophrenia and depression in a blender, along with a heavy dose of philosophy specifically timothy learys. Spoilers serial experiments lain rewatch finale layer. Lain is initially portrayed as a emotionless fourteen year old girl being raised by her ineffectual mother and computer obsessed father in a cyberpunk japan.
Photos of the serial experiments lain show voice actors. Please continue to report images that break our rules on underage content. She constantly rushed to lain s side when lain was in a touch position while reika and juri stood by on the side. The boy in a cat shirt destroys a similar navi in layer 04 by dashing it against a buildings rooftop. Whether you believe in god or not, he is always with you. The story could be compared to the matrix and the sixth sense, while. The atmosphere is slightly sinister all the way through, with beautiful animation. Although not a formal member, he often works with the knights of the eastern. Although serial experiments lain does not attempt or pretend to offer a totally new vision, it succeeds wildly as a new and wonderfully constructed synthesis of older elements. It is also very confusing, and can be interpreted many ways. Shiriaru ekusuperimentsu rein is a 1998 japanese anime television series produced by yasuyuki ueda and animated by triangle staff.
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. I love how its very distinct on the details such as episodes. As lain interrogates taro, she brings up something that ties neatly in with the earlier interpretation of cyberia. Taro, lains child informer from the club cyberia, gets his date with. Taro voice serial experiments lain show behind the. Lain demonstrates this by playing track 44 on taro in episode 9. Nothing is lost on the wired as the web is called in lain s world. More importantly shes the one who loved lain without worshipping her. This is a community website about the avantgarde 1999 anime series written by chiaki j konaka and directed by ryutaro nakamura. Serial experiments lain was created as a multimedia production, including an anime, a video game, a manga, and several artbooks and soundtracks. Lain declares her love for alice during the climax of the series, though it isnt specified whether it is romantic or platonic. 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. At cyberia, myumyu, masayuki, and taro are seated around a table. Its always hard to watch lain and try to get the perfect meaning out of it.
History is not merely a linear collection of points that we pass through on a timeline. Serial experiments lain insists its happening nowpresent day, present timeand the world of 2018 can feel eerily similar to the fragmented, confused, disassociated, unreal life that lain s characters drift through. I was shocked as well because lain is a meek girl in reality. The show takes an informationrich dive deep into the nature of reality and truth, and in the process leads the viewer to come to his or. Protocol is the ninth episode of serial experiments lain. The best description for this intelligent, erudite, confusing and chilling anime from the late 1990s is creepy cool seinen cyberpunk.
Crunchyroll serial experiments lain library overview. J and taro talked about the wired lain, lain was shocked. 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. The show is notorious for its incomprehensibility and complex themes, which include existentialism, conspiracy theory, and telephone wires.
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. Serial experiments lain is a very dense series, one packed with provocative ideas and images. I wouldve never stumbled upon it through my friends but through youtube. Nothing is lost on the wired as the web is called in lains world. Taro uses a small handheld navi in the shape of a pistol. Serial experiments lain is like a reflection of our society what we may or may not become in the nottoodistant future. The identity crisis that lain started to have solidifies when taro wanted a date to the wild lain which belongs to the wired. Serial experiments lain is a thought provoking, headscratching series thats designed to make you think about what youre watching. A female voice says, if you want to avoid the pain, you should believe in god. Konaka, with original character designs by yoshitoshi abe. Serial experiments lain, shiriaru ekkusuperimentsu rein. He hangs around with his friends myumyu and masayuki. The knights reprogrammed her brain to sabotage lains computer equipment so she wouldnt interfere with their plans.
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