More to come in a write up later on after i organize my thoughts and let the notes and show digest a little bit. Some kids at the club say they know all about it but they want a piece of lains wired wild side. A dj at the club passes lain a plain brown envelope containing a computer chip of unknown origins. Konaka, with original character designs by yoshitoshi abe.
I understand that its an ending thats open to interpretation, and thats why i think it would be interesting to see everybodys view points on it. Serial experiments lain is a 25 minute animationanimescience fiction starring michiko neya as keiko yoshii, shou hayami as masami eiri and ayako kawasumi as mika iwakura. Greetings readers, and welcome to another christianity v. Otakon lain panel discussion with yasuyuki ueda and yoshitoshi abe. An erudite, confusing and chilling anime from the late 1990s, serial experiments lain is creepy cool seinen cyberpunk, as well as a notable mind screw in the genre. While the story gives us a lot of hints as to what might be going on, nothing is ever explicitly explained. Serial experiments lain was first aired on tv tokyo on july 6, 1998 and concluded on september 28, 1998 with the thirteenth and final episode.
The series consists of episodes referred to in the series as layers of 24 minutes each, except for the sixth episode, kids 23 minutes 14 seconds. Lain can see a duplicate of her sister too in a form of a crystallized avatar at the end of the episode, and many other characters confirm the messages mika was exposed to exist, so the first traumatic events are not hallucinations but a starter for her conditioning. Alice is terrified while lain remains strangely calm. Serial experiments lain episode full reaction duration. Review of serial experiments lain ultimate fan guide.
Spoilers serial experiments lain rewatch finale layer. Looking for episode specific information serial experiments lain on episode. Its assault of ambiguous, evocative images makes it a challenge to understand this rather demanding show. Serial experiments lain is a unique and fantastic look into the digital religion of our lives with a story telling style that seemingly only anime could create. But im not really a technology buff so all i can say is that the story falls somewhat flat. When introverted yearold lain receives an email from a dead classmate, she gains access to the wired, a virtual world that promises unlimited power to those who can exploit it. Ok, so i just finished the series serial experiments lain and was quite confounded by the ending. I may watch it again now that i know the end, and how things were just to try, and understand it better. Like when she told alice that she could erase what everyone heard on the rumors that another lain told. Introduction annotated glossary lain links introduction below. For reference, the abstract of episode 5 on wikipedia is rough but clear. She is confronted by her separate bolder self, who reminds her that the. This anime is rated tv14 for the dark morals and themes of reality and the internet, mimimal gore, and some bad langauge. Distraught from doing so, lain is determined to discover her true form and identity and takes radical action.
However, some disagree on the grounds that lains vision of the future, specifically its depiction of the purpose and mechanics of the internet, does not turn out to be accurate. The only thing i could appreciate about this show is if it has half as information rich as the serial experiments lain page implies. Rumors is the eighth episode of serial experiments lain. Hoping to learn more about the clandestine technology, lain abducts a young boy for a date.
The idea of an ai thought being formed, and a human coming to learn their identity while simultaniously becoming an effigy of god, is a story i would love to revisit again and again. Lain has questions about a computer chip someone left in her locker, and her dads not talking. Follow along as fourteen year old laindriven by the abrupt suicide of a classmatelogs on to the wired and promptly looses herself in a twisted mass of. Go back to serial experiments lain main page sort by edited episode number. So it seems people are giving up their bodies both willingly and unwillingly at this point. In episode, after a traumatic bout of events which lead to a climatic moment of distress for lain, involving arisus sanity snapping under the weight of said traumatic events watch the episodes to find out why, lain iwakura erase all memory and records of.
The show takes an informationrich dive deep into the nature of reality and truth, and in the process leads the viewer to come to his or. Read the topic about serial experiments lain episode discussion on myanimelist, and join in the discussion on the largest online anime. Serial experiments lain tv episode titles anime news. It is a episode anime, made in 1998, and i feel it was ahead of its time.
Watch serial experiments lain episode in english sub or dub online. Like the people she was living with, who were they. Stock opening footage replays scenes of the city and its people at night. Serial experiments lain ultimate fan guide by bruce baugh.
Serial experiments lain acclaimed artist yoshitoshi abe haibane renmei, texhnolyze brings to life the existential classic that paved the way for blockbuster films such as the matrix. Why was that alien spying on her in that one episode. Protocol is the ninth episode of serial experiments lain. Serial experiments lain episode 4 wrong every time. Watch serial experiments lain season 1 episode 1 anime. Serial experiments lain episode english subbeddubbed. It was a little abrupt, but im glad the knights got handled in a thematically satisfying way all the conspiracy stuff is kind of secondary to the questions the show is now dwelling on. Her hands where greenish and she was really short, why. My friend lent me the dvds once and i forced myself to get through it, just to say i saw it. Pages in category scripts the following pages are in this category, out of total. The first episode is largely her staring blankly and possibly tripping out im not sure. Watch serial experiments lain season 1, episode ego.
However, i feel that lain does it especially well within its episodes. Then its time for mark to watch serial experiments lain. Serial experiments lain tv series 19981998 the movie. An erudite, confusing, and chilling anime from the late 1990s, serial experiments lain is creepy awesome seinen cyberpunk, as well as a notable mind screw in the genre. Even when things are explained in the form of commentary and speeches throughout. Serial experiments lain is a episode original anime. Serial experiments lain episode discussion forums. Lain wasnt interested in computers until she received her first email from a formerly suicidal classmate. Disturbing, perplexing, sometimes infuriating, ryutaro nakamuras serial experiments lain covers some of the same themes as the xfiles and the films of david lynch.
It was directed by ryutaro nakamura and written by chiaki j. Serial experiments lain is a 1998 japanese anime television series produced by yasuyuki. The world is crumbling, people are dying and alices sanity is threatened. Whether you believe in god or not, he is always with you. Serial experiments lain has to be one of the most visually effective, original, and yet utterly confounding anime titles ever to be dreamed up.
Serial experiments lain fanfiction archive with over 248 stories. Can anyone explain the ending of serial experiments lain. Serial experiments lain is a 1998 japanese anime television series produced by yasuyuki ueda and animated by triangle staff. If you dont like having your brain slowly drained through a hole in your temple by cyborg ants, lain wont be for you. Just be warned that there will be heavy spoilers, if you have not yet seen this anime. In the fifth episode of serial experiments lain, this show hurts me. There is the wired world inside the computer, of images, personalities, virtual experiences, and a culture all of its own. There is a world around us, a world of people, tactile sensation, and culture. Konaka, whose other works include texhnolyze, serial experiments lain is a psychological avantgarde mystery series that follows lain as she makes crucial choices that will affect both the real world and the wired. The series episodes were originally broadcast on tv tokyo from july 6 to september 28, 1998, and explore themes such as reality. Today we will be exploring serial experiments lain, and what it says, among its many complexities, about the nature of god. Serial experiments lain episode reaction duration. I just finished watching serial experiments lain in 2 days time.
Lain decides to do a factory reset on her life, deleting herself from everyones memory. The series premiered on mon jul 06, 1998 on tv tokyo and ego. Lain is one of the most difficult anime series to comprehend. In 2012, ann produced two best of the 90s podcasts, and, appropriately, two of the panelists put forward serial experiments lain as one of the decades best anime. Serial experiments lain is a series reputed far and wide for being confusing, slow and just generally hard to make sense of. Watch serial experiments lain episode 9 online protocol protocol protocol protocole. A collection of the scripts, by episode, of the serial experiments lain anime. Read the topic about serial experiments lain episode discussion on myanimelist, and join in the discussion on the largest online anime and manga database in the world. Serial experiments lain wallpaper and scan gallery minitokyo.
Serial experiments lain episodes 1011 wrong every time. In closing one world and opening another, only lain will realize the significance of their presence. Title ego layer this episode starts off with scenes just before the end of episode 12. Serial experiments lain episode full reaction youtube. So when i heard about a lain fan guide, i was both thankful at an explanation of the series, and skeptical that it was possible. Watch serial experiments lain season 1, episode 9 protocol.
Why were the men in suits and goggles working on the telephone. Directed by ryutaro nakamura and written by chiaki konaka, the show takes an informationrich dive deep into the nature of reality. Lain is an avantgarde anime influenced by philosophical subjects such as reality, identity, and communication. The most ambiguous aspect of the entire thing is the topic of lain herself, and the struggle of trying to ascertain the nature of her existence. The series episodes were originally broadcast on tv tokyo from july 6 to september 28, 1998, and explore themes such as reality, identity and. A female voice says, if you want to avoid the pain, you should believe in god. Watch serial experiments lain episode in high 1080p quality. 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. Serial experiments lain fanfiction archive fanfiction. One of masamis appendages wraps around the girls and lifts them off the ground. Tv14 hd 1080p 1998 from acclaimed artist of haibane renmei, yoshitoshi abe available languages. It has a detached, isolated tone, which is a perfect match to lains character and life, or rather, her outlook on life.
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