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Serial Experiments Lain

Ended TV-14 Season 1: 13 episodes 1998
82
Audience
Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation, Drama
Starring Kaori Shimizu · Ayako Kawasumi · Ryusuke Ohbayashi
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1998 - 13 eps
Season 1

About

Lain—driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmate—logs on to the Wired and promptly loses herself in a twisted mass of hallucinations, memories, and interconnected-psyches.

First Aired
Jul 6, 1998
Last Aired
Sep 28, 1998
Seasons
1
Episodes
13
Network
TV Tokyo
Studio
Pioneer LDC, Triangle Staff
Original Title
serial experiments lain
Original Language
Japanese
Keywords
dementia computer internet cyberpunk cyberspace angst seinen anime virtual world complex internete psychological suspense internet connection psychological horror depressed horror complicated

Cast

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K
Kaori Shimizu
Lain Iwakura (voice)
A
Ayako Kawasumi
Mika Iwakura - Lain's older sister (voice)
R
Ryusuke Ohbayashi
Yasuo Iwakura - Lain's father (voice)
R
Rei Igarashi
Miho Iwakura - Lain's mother (voice)
S
Sumi Mutoh
Chisa Yomoda (voice)
C
Chiharu Tezuka
Reika Yamamoto (voice)
M
Manabi Mizuno
Yūri Katō (voice)
S
Show Hayami
Eiri Masami (voice)
S
Shigeru Chiba
Office worker
J
Jouji Nakata
Karl Haushoffer - Man in Black 1(voice)
T
Takumi Yamazaki
Lin Sui-Xi - Man in black 2 (voice)

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