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Serial Experiments Lain
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Serial Experiments Lain

1998-07-06 · 24 min / episode · ★ 8.2

Animation · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Mystery

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.

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Creators
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Production companies
Pioneer LDC, Triangle Staff
Countries
Japan
Status
Ended

Top Cast

Kaori ShimizuKaori ShimizuLain Iwakura (voice)
Yoko AsadaYoko AsadaArisu Mizuki - Lain's friend (voice)
Ayako KawasumiAyako KawasumiMika Iwakura - Lain's older sister (voice)
Ryusuke OhbayashiRyusuke OhbayashiYasuo Iwakura - Lain's father (voice)
Rei IgarashiRei IgarashiMiho Iwakura - Lain's mother (voice)
Sumi MutohSumi MutohChisa Yomoda (voice)
Keito TakimotoTarō (voice)
Chiharu TezukaChiharu TezukaReika Yamamoto (voice)
Manabi MizunoManabi MizunoYūri Katō (voice)
Yuki YamamotoMyū-Myū (voice)
Sora FujimatsuMasayuki (voice)
Show HayamiShow HayamiEiri Masami (voice)
Shigeru ChibaShigeru ChibaOffice worker
Jouji NakataJouji NakataKarl Haushoffer - Man in Black 1(voice)
Takumi YamazakiTakumi YamazakiLin Sui-Xi - Man in black 2 (voice)

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