Serial Experiments Lain

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  • : 1998
  • : 13
  • : 92
  • TV Tokyo
  • Anime Horror Mystery Science-fiction Suspense

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1x1
Layer:01 – WEIRD
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06, 1998
13-year-old Lain Iwakura is a shy, quiet schoolgirl who pretty much kept to herself. Then one day, she receives an email from a schoolmate who just committed suicide. Instead of being .. show full overview
1x2
Layer:02 – GIRLS
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13, 1998
While out at The Cyberia, Alice, Julie and Reika are surprised to see a girl that looks remarkably like Lain toss a man. However, this girl's personality is exactly opposite from the .. show full overview
1x3
Layer:03 – PSYCHE
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20, 1998
The events from Cyberia make the girls minor celebrities in their class. But for Lain, more mysterious events continue to occur. She receives a Psyche chip from a mysterious benefactor, .. show full overview
1x4
Layer:04 – RELIGION
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27, 1998
A disturbing net game called PHANTOMa has deadly consequences for its players. As Lain investigates the deaths, her growing interest in the WIRED has her Father, Mika and Alice concerned.
1x5
Layer:05 – DISTORTION
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03, 1998
Lain receives cryptic messages about existence, God, and a coming prophecy. While she ponders the meaning of this, Mika is about to start a very strange day. While on her way to school, .. show full overview
1x6
Layer:06 – KIDS
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10, 1998
Young children are acting strangely, arms outstretched and silently staring at the sky. A shocking vision suddenly appears in the skies; it looks like Lain! Determined to get to the .. show full overview
1x7
Layer:07 – SOCIETY
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17, 1998
As the Knights activities make the evening news, a strange man named Nazumi wanders the city with machines strapped to his body. People on the WIRED are asking: "Who is Lain?" Meanwhile, .. show full overview
1x8
Layer:08 – RUMORS
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24, 1998
Still shaken by the information she received from the Men In Black, Lain discovers that she is being blamed for spreading an ugly rumor in the WIRED. Is what the MIB said is true; is she .. show full overview
1x9
Layer:09 – PROTOCOL
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31, 1998
A documentary about Roswell gives Lain some valuable information about the pioneers of the WIRED. Later, at the Cyberia, J.J. tells Lain that she left something the day before and hands .. show full overview
1x10
Layer:10 – LOVE
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07, 1998
Lain struggles with her identity. Is she a human being, or just a hologram? And are the Knights responsible for the Evil Lain? Lain decides to deal with the Knights once and for all.
1x11
Layer:11 – INFORNOGRAPHY
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14, 1998
Alone and frightened, Lain immerses herself in the WIRED, processing the events of the past few weeks and searching for the truth of who she is.
1x12
Layer:12 – LANDSCAPE
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21, 1998
Troubled by what she saw, Alice decides to visit Lain at home and find out what is going on. Meanwhile, the two MIB agents receive a terrible shock and Eiri reveals his real motive for removing the barrier between the real world and the WIRED.
1x13
Layer:13 – EGO
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28, 1998
The world is crumbling, people are dying and Alice's sanity is threatened. To save humanity, there is only one thing Lain can do; she must make the ultimate personal sacrifice.

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