Serial Experiments Lain

Serial Experiments Lain

Release year: 1998

by Ryutaro Nakamura

1. Speed
2. Duvet (Cyberia Remix)
3. Professed Intention & Real Intention
4. Antidepressant 044
5. Psychedelic Farm
6. Invisible File
7. Prayer
8. Island In Video Cassette
9. K.I.D.S
10. Cloudy With Occasional Rain
11. Infanity World
12. Duvet (TV Version)


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Serial Experiments Lain - Speed

Speed
by Ryutaro Nakamura
OST: Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
ANIME: Serial Experiments Lain
[audio]

Serial Experiments Lain - Duvet (Cyberia Remix)

Duvet (Cyberia Remix)
by Ryutaro Nakamura
OST: Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
ANIME: Serial Experiments Lain
[audio]

Serial Experiments Lain - Professed Intention & Real Intention

Professed Intention & Real Intention
by Ryutaro Nakamura
OST: Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
ANIME: Serial Experiments Lain
[audio]

Serial Experiments Lain - Antidepressant 044

Antidepressant 044
by Ryutaro Nakamura
OST: Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
ANIME: Serial Experiments Lain
[audio]

Serial Experiments Lain - Psychedelic Farm

Psychedelic Farm
by Ryutaro Nakamura
OST: Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
ANIME: Serial Experiments Lain
[audio]

Serial Experiments Lain - Invisible File

Invisible File
by Ryutaro Nakamura
OST: Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
ANIME: Serial Experiments Lain
[audio]

Serial Experiments Lain - Prayer

Prayer
by Ryutaro Nakamura
OST: Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
ANIME: Serial Experiments Lain
[audio]

Serial Experiments Lain - Island In Video Cassette

Island In Video Cassette
by Ryutaro Nakamura
OST: Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
ANIME: Serial Experiments Lain
[audio]

Serial Experiments Lain - K.I.D.S

K.I.D.S
by Ryutaro Nakamura
OST: Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
ANIME: Serial Experiments Lain
[audio]

Serial Experiments Lain - Cloudy With Occasional Rain

Cloudy With Occasional Rain
by Ryutaro Nakamura
OST: Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
ANIME: Serial Experiments Lain
[audio]

Serial Experiments Lain - Infanity World

Infanity World
by Ryutaro Nakamura
OST: Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
ANIME: Serial Experiments Lain
[audio]

Serial Experiments Lain - Duvet (TV Version)

Duvet (TV Version)
by Ryutaro Nakamura
OST: Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
ANIME: Serial Experiments Lain
[audio]

Serial Experiments Lain

Serial Experiments Lain is an anime series directed by Ryutaro Nakamura, original character design by Yoshitoshi ABe, screenplay written by Chiaki J. Konaka, and produced by Yasuyuki Ueda (credited as production 2nd) for Triangle Staff. It was broadcast on TV Tokyo from July to September 1998. A PlayStation game with the same title was released in November 1998 by Pioneer LDC.

Lain is influenced by philosophical subjects such as reality, identity, and communication.[2] The series focuses on Lain Iwakura, an adolescent girl living in suburban Japan, and her introduction to the Wired, a global communications network similar to the Internet. Lain lives with her middle class family, which consists of her inexpressive older sister Mika, her cold mother, and her computer-obsessed father. The first ripple on the pond of Lain's lonely life appears when she learns that girls from her school have received an e-mail from Chisa Yomoda, a schoolmate who committed suicide. When Lain receives the message at home, Chisa tells her (in real time) that she is not dead, but has just "abandoned the flesh", and has found God in the Wired. From then on, Lain is bound to a quest which will take her ever deeper into both the network and her own thoughts.

The anime series is licensed in North America by Geneon (previously Pioneer Entertainment) on DVD, VHS and LaserDisc. It was also released in Singapore by Odex. The video game, which shares only the themes and protagonist with the series, was never released outside Japan.

The series shows influences from topics such as philosophy, computer history, cyberpunk literature and conspiracy theory, and it was made the subject of several academic articles. English language anime reviewers found it to be "weird" and unusual, but reviews were still generally positive. Producer Ueda said he intended Japanese and American audiences to form conflicting views on the series, but was disappointed in this regard, as the impressions turned out to be similar.

Director: Ryutaro Nakamura
Released: 1998


Source: Wikipedia