Serial Experiments Lain
Close the world. txen eht nepO.
On TV Tokyo
A densely surreal, psychologically harrowing 13-episode descent into digital dissociation and existential horror, where the boundary between self and network collapses entirely.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Kaori Shimizu
Lain Iwakura (voice)
Yoko Asada
Arisu Mizuki - Lain's friend (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Mika Iwakura - Lain's older sister (voice)
Ryusuke Ohbayashi
Yasuo Iwakura - Lain's father (voice)
Rei Igarashi
Miho Iwakura - Lain's mother (voice)
Sumi Mutoh
Chisa Yomoda (voice)
Keito Takimoto
Tarō (voice)
Chiharu Tezuka
Reika Yamamoto (voice)
Manabi Mizuno
Yūri Katō (voice)
Yuki Yamamoto
Myū-Myū (voice)
Sora Fujimatsu
Masayuki (voice)
Show Hayami
Eiri Masami (voice)
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