Serial Experiments Lain (1998)★ 8.5/10
- Animation
- Drama
- Horror
- Mystery
- Sci-Fi
Directed by: Ryûtarô Nakamura, Jôhei Matsuura, Masahiko Murata, Akihiko Nishiyama, Shigeru Ueda
Written by: Chiaki Konaka, Yasuyuki Ueda
Shy, tech-shy Lain receives an email from a dead classmate, drawing her into the Wired. As reality unravels, she confronts eerie forces and haunting questions about self and existence.
- Original title
- Serial Experiments Lain
- Storyline
- Shy and tech-averse Lain Iwakura receives a strange email from a classmate who recently died. Opening it pulls her into the Wired—a vast virtual network. As reality and cyberspace blur, Lain faces cryptic messages, eerie figures, and unsettling truths about identity and existence.
- Rating
- 8.5 / 10 · 23,002
- Companies
- Pioneer LDC, Triangle Staff, TV Tokyo, Pioneer, Geneon Entertainment, Another World Entertainment, Geneon Universal Entertainment, FUNimation Entertainment, Animax, Bandai Channel, Bilibili, Buzz Channel, Calle 13 Universal, Canal C, Canal+, Cuatro, Cultoon, Dybex, Dynamic Italia, G4TechTV Canada, Gong, Hyper, K3, KTEH, Locomotion
- Release dates
- FR July 6, 1998
- KR July 6, 1998
- JP July 7, 1998
- US July 13, 1999
- AU November 14, 2001
- AR January 18, 2004
- BR January 18, 2004
- MX January 18, 2004
- ES April 25, 2006
- DE November 12, 2009
- SG April 24, 2021