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Serial Experiments Lain is influenced by philosophical subjects such as reality, identity, and communication. 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-obssessed father. The first ripple on the pond of lain 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.

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Genre: Cyberpunk, Psychological Thriller, Philosophical
Studio: Pioneer LDC, TV Tokyo, Tatsunoko Pro
Original Air Date: 7/6/1998 - 9/28/1998

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review by RabidChihuahua. January 12

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One of the biggest braintwisters I've ever seen. 94%

First of all, I'd like to say how glad I am that Funimation reissued this anime in a DVD/blu-ray combo pack last November. No longer is a gem like this in “out-of-print obscurity.” Serial Experiments Lain has been one of those anime titles I've heard of ever since I got into anime back in July of 2002, but never checked out since from the surface, didn't look all that appealing to me at the time. I made a gamble when Funimation was reissuing this anime by pre-ordering … more

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review by Ulalume. January 30, 2010

Enter the Wired...

My only regret concerning this series is that I took so long to get around to watching it. It is one of the most intelligent series that I have had the pleasure of viewing as of yet, and it becomes clear from the very first episode that the writers did their homework. I cannot stand it when a series throws out the names of poets and works of science and literature or uses famous works of art in its opening sequence, etc. in an effort to seem more intelligent and deep than they actually … more

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