TV Show - Summer 1998 - R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Serial Experiments Lain
Finished Airing - 13 episodes
(4.4)
Overview
A socially awkward teenager receives a disturbing email from a deceased classmate, leading her into a virtual world where she encounters mysterious events and begins to question reality, in this psychological avant-garde mystery series.
Characters
Lain Iwakura
Main
Arisu Mizuki
Supporting
Masami Eiri
Supporting
Yasuo Iwakura
Supporting
Mika Iwakura
Supporting
Chisa Yomoda
Supporting
Karl Haushofer
Supporting
Taro
Supporting
J.J
Supporting
Lin Sui-Xi
Supporting
Miho Iwakura
Supporting
Reika Yamamoto
Supporting
Delivery Man
Supporting
Juri Katou
Supporting
Green Shirt Child
Supporting
Detective
Supporting
Kuchi
Supporting
Takuyoshi Masuoka
Supporting
Narrator
Supporting
Keiko Yoshii
Supporting
Shou Masatsugu
Supporting
Professor Hodgeson
Supporting
Nezumi
Supporting
Masayuki
Supporting
Freeter
Supporting
Maruneko
Supporting
Boss
Supporting
Myu-Myu
Supporting
Staff
Justin Cook
Producer
Akihiro Kawamura
Producer
Yasuyuki Ueda
Planning
Taro Maki
Producer
Yutaka Maseba
Producer
Shoujirou Abe
Producer
Mie Ide
Producer
Takashi Maekawa
Hidenori Matsubara
Animation
Tokuyuki Matsutake
Animation
Toshiyuki Tsuru
Animation
Tae-Jeong Kim
Animation
Yoshitoshi Abe
Animation
Kouichi Arai
Animation
Akihiko Yamashita
Animation
Kevin Seymour
Script
Eiji Suganuma
Animation
Toshihiro Nakajima
Animation
Jouji Ooshima
Animation
Shigeyuki Suga
Animation
Osamu Honda
Art
Akiharu Ishii
Animation
Chiaki Konaka
Script
Hiroyuki Kakudou
Storyboard
Atsushi Tamura
Animation
Akihiro Hirasawa
Art
Shouji Hata
Sound
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Animation
Masahiro Emoto
Animation
Yoshihiro Sugai
Animation
Details
Genres
Avant Garde, Award Winning, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Supernatural, Suspense
Aired
July 6th, 1998 to September 28th, 1998
Episode Duration
23 minutes
Source Material
Original
Studio
Triangle Staff
Licensor
Funimation