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Serial Experiments Lain (TV)

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©1998 Triangle Staff/Pioneer LDC.


Alternative title:
Lain
Wirtualna Lain (Polish)
Серийные эксперименты Лэин (Russian)
Эксперименты Лэйн (Russian)
シリアルエクスペリメンツレイン (Japanese)
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Lain Iwakura appears to be an ordinary girl, with almost no experience with computers. Yet the sudden suicide of a schoolmate, and a number of strange occurrences, conspire to pull Lain into the world of the Wired, where she gradually learns that nothing is what it seems to be... not even Lain herself.
User Ratings: 3036 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 592 votes (sub:381, dub:175, Spa.sub:7, ?:7, Fre.sub:4, raw:4, edit.dub:3, Rus.sub:3, Ger.sub:3, Por.sub:2, Ger.dub:1, Pol.sub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Excellent: 759 votes (sub:522, dub:192, Spa.sub:13, Fre.sub:5, ?:5, Ita.dub:5, Por.sub:4, edit.dub:3, Pol.sub:3, Spa.dub:2, Rus.sub:1, raw:1, Ger.dub:1, Fre.dub:1, Ger.sub:1)
 Very good: 661 votes (sub:433, dub:182, ?:7, Spa.sub:6, Por.sub:5, edit.dub:3, Ger.sub:3, Ita.dub:3, raw:3, Pol.sub:3, Rus.sub:3, Ger.dub:2, Spa.dub:2, Fre.sub:1, Ita.edit.dub:1, Ita.sub:1, Fre.dub:1, Dut.sub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Good: 483 votes (sub:334, dub:116, raw:7, Por.sub:5, Spa.dub:5, ?:4, Spa.sub:4, Rus.sub:2, edit.dub:2, Ita.dub:1, Dut.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Decent: 203 votes (sub:124, dub:68, raw:3, ?:2, Spa.dub:2, Fre.sub:1, edit.dub:1, Ger.dub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 So-so: 148 votes (sub:89, dub:49, Spa.dub:3, ?:2, Por.dub:2, edit.dub:1, Por.sub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Not really good: 53 votes (sub:44, dub:6, Fre.dub:1, ?:1, edit.dub:1)
 Weak: 73 votes (sub:47, dub:20, Spa.sub:2, Fre.sub:1, edit.dub:1, Por.sub:1, ?:1)
 Bad: 34 votes (sub:19, dub:13, Ita.sub:1, ?:1)
 Awful: 18 votes (sub:10, dub:6, Por.sub:1, raw:1)
 Worst ever: 12 votes (sub:8, dub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 5538 users, rank: #48
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.871 (Very good-.12), std. dev.: 1.925, rank: #564
Weighted mean: 7.775 (Very good-.22), rank: #550 (seen all: 7.97 / seen some: 6.72 / won't finish: 4.11)
Bayesian estimate: 7.774 (Very good-.22), rank: #372
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
1998-07-06 to 1998-09-28
2006-04-25 (Spain, Cuatroº)
2007-07-21 to 2007-10-13 (G4TechTV Canada - Anime Current)
Releases: We have 14
Opening Theme:
"Duvet" by Boa
Ending Theme:
"Tooi Sakebi" by Nakaido "Chabo" Rei'ichi
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 7
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 3
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    Yoshitoshi Abe Lain Illustration [Limited Edition] (Artbook) 2006-07-26 (from $23.80)
    Yoshitoshi Abe Lain Illustrations Book (Artbook) 2006-06-01 (from $14.86)
    Serial Experiments Lain - Navi (DVD 1) 2000-07-03 (from $9.01)
    Serial Experiments Lain - Navi - Geneon Signature Series (DVD 1) 2004-01-06 (from $6.00)
    Serial Experiments Lain - Knights - Geneon Signature Series (DVD 2) 2004-03-09 (from $17.59)
    Serial Experiments Lain - Deus - Geneon Signature Series (DVD 3) 2004-04-13 (from $6.00)
    Serial Experiments Lain - Reset - Geneon Signature Series (DVD 4) 2004-05-11
    Serial Experiments Lain - DVD Set - Geneon Signature Series (DVD 1-4) 2005-01-11
    Serial Experiments Lain [Box Set] (DVD 1-4) 2001-10-09
    Serial Experiments Lain Cyberia Mix (OST) 2003-09-02 (from $5.00)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Series director: Ryutaro Nakamura

Director:
Akihiko Nishiyama (eps 4, 6, 9)
Johei Matsuura (eps 3, 5, 11)
Masahiko Murata (eps 7, 10)
Ryutaro Nakamura (eps 1-2, 12-13)
Shigeru Ueda (eps 8, 12)

Screenplay: Chiaki J. Konaka

Storyboard: Ryutaro Nakamura

Music: Reiichi Nakaido

Original creator: Yoshitoshi ABe

Original story: Yasuyuki Ueda

Original Character Design: Takahiro Kishida

Character Design: Takahiro Kishida

Art director: Masaru Sato

Animation director:
Masahiro Sekiguchi (eps 1, 7, 9, 13)
Takahiro Kishida (ep 12)
Yasuhide Maruyama (eps 11, 13)
Yoshihiro Sugai (eps 2, 10)
Yuichi Tanaka (eps 3, 5, 8)
Yuji Takahashi (eps 4, 6)

Sound director: Yota Tsuruoka

Director of Photography: Takashi Azuhata

Executive producer:
Akihiro Kawamura
Taro Maki

Producer:
Shojiro Abe
Yasuyuki Ueda

2nd Unit Sound & Design:
Akira Takemoto
Koji Kasamatsu

Assistant Editor:
Kaoru Saito
Keiko Mizuta
Megumi Uchida

Assistant producer: Mie Ide

Background:
Chieko Nezaki
Izumi Hogi
Kuniharu Kyoda
Nami Kataoka
Sei Ito
Sohei Koizumi
Tatsuro Iono
Yuji Shimada
Yuka Ohashi
Yurika Kawano

Casting: Suguru Matsuoka

CG:
Junshi Nakahara
Koji Yamagiwa
Masahiko Takai
Satoru Takahashi

Color Key: Michiyo Iriomote

Color Key/Check: Ryoko Hiraide

Continuity:
Masahiko Murata (ep 7)
Rokuro Ninga (ep 9)
Ryutaro Nakamura (6 episodes

eps 5-6, 8, 11-13
)
Takuya Sato (ep 10)

Continuity Direction: Ryutaro Nakamura

COS Creation: Jyunji Nakahara

Editing:
Takeshi Seyama
Tsuyoshi Imai (OP; JAY Film)

Graphic Operation: Mitsuru Sugiura

In-Between Animation:
Eun Sil Lee
Ha Seung Hee
Jang Young Kyoung
Joen Hye Ryoun
Kang Hyo Yoon
Kim Jin Ah
Kim Myong Lan
Ko Eun Joo
Lee Yoon Kyung
Oh Hyon Hwa
Yoon Jung Hee
You Joo Hwan

In-Between Check:
Hiroshi Shirakawa
Masato Ujibe (OP)
Tomoko Miyata (OP)

Key Animation:
Akiharu Ishii (ep 12)
Akihiko Yamashita (OP)
Arihiro Gotou
Atsushi Tamura
Eiji Suganuma
Hidenori Matsubara (OP)
Hirofumi Suzuki (OP)
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Hiroshi Okubo (ep 12)
Hitoshi Kagiyama
Itsuko Takeda
Joji Ooshima
Kaori Ikeda
Katsumi Tamegai
Kazuko Maejima
Kazutaka Ozaki
Kazuya Morimae
Kouichi Arai (OP)
Mami Endo
Manabu Yasumoto
Mari Nakatani
Masahiro Ando
Masahiro Emoto
Masahiro Satou
Masahiro Sekiguchi
Masayo Ogura
Minoru Ueda
Misuzu Kurata
Miyuki Inoue
Miyuki Nakamura
Motoi Nakamura
Noriko Ozeki
Noriyuki Matsutake (OP)
Ritsuko Watanabe
Satonobu Kikuchi
Shigeyuki Suga
Shin Matsuo (ep 12)
Shoji Yabushita
Takahiro Goto
Takuya Saito (ep 12)
Tatsuya Furukawa
Tetsu Inoue
Tetsukazu Yamagishi
Tomoaki Chishima
Tomokazu Tokoro (OP)
Toshihiro Nakajima
Toshiyuki Tsuru (OP)
Yasuhiro Imakawa
Yoko Kojo
Yoshie Yokoyama
Yoshitoshi ABe (ep 13 - different kanji)
Yuichi Tanaka (ep 12)
Yuichiro Miyake
Yuji Takahashi
Yukiharu Taniguchi
Yuko Matsuo
Yuri Takasaki
Yuto Tejima

Layout: Takahiro Kishida

Main Title Logo Design: Akihisa Okuda (BALANCE of PROPORTION, INC.)

Music Advertisement: Akinori Ito

Music Production: Emi Ito (7th Mother)

Paint:
Choi Eun Ha
Kim Myoung Ja
Kwak Nee Youn
Lee Byoung Ae
Sin Choong Sook
Song In Ah
Song You Ja
You Joo Lyoung

Photography:
Akiko Nishikawa
Atsuo Tsukioka
Kazusumi Takahashi
Shinichi Sasano

Photography Produced In Association With: Arito Yukawa

Planning: Yasuyuki Ueda

Production Assistant: Minako Shimoi

Production Desk: Takashi Hirokawa

Promotion: Junya Itou

Recording engineer: Shoji Hata

Second Unit Music & Sound Design:
Akira Takemoto
Koji Kasamatsu

Series Structure: Chiaki J. Konaka

Setting:
Akihiro Hirasawa
Yoshinori Shiozawa

Setting Produced In Association With: Hitoshi Kagiyama

Setting Production: Kazuharu Sato

Special Effects: Takashi Maekawa

Subtitle Programming:
Junshi Nakahara
Koji Yamagiwa
Masahiko Takai
Satoru Takahashi

Theme Song Composition: BOA (OP)

Theme Song Lyrics: Jasmine Rodgers (OP)

Theme Song Performance: BOA (OP)

TV Programming: Makiko Iwata (TV Tokyo)

Video Editing:
Kumio Onaga (Active Cine Club)
Mari Kobayashi (Active Cine Club)
Yasumi Morimitsu (SUPLEX Inc.)

 

Kaori Shimizu as Lain Iwakura

Ayako Kawasumi as Mika Iwakura

Rei Igarashi as Miho Iwakura

Ryunosuke Ohbayashi as Yasuo Iwakura

Yoko Asada as Alice Mizuki

Ari Morizumi as JJ

Ayako Kurosaki as Woman's voice

Chiharu Tezuka as Reika Yamamoto

Fumihiko Tachiki as Commander

Haruka Tsunezumi as Baby girl (baby voice)

Hikaru Miyata as Professor Hodgson

Jin Yamanoi as Middle-aged man

Jouji Nakata as Man in Black 2

Kazuhiko Inoue as Man's voice

Keichi Igarashi as Child

Keito Takimoto as Taro

Kenji Jojima as Child

Kenji Kobayashi as Announcer

Kotomi Muto as Yomoda Chisa 

Kuniko Yoshioka as S

Madoka Akita as voice

Manabi Mizuno as Juri Kato

Michiko Neya as Keiko Yoshii

Miki Itou as Baby girl (adult voice)

Natsuki Asaoka as Secretary

Rumi Okada as Doll

Shigeru Chiba as Nezumi

Shigeru Shibuya as Office Worker

Sho Hayami as Masami Eiri

Sora Fujima as Masayuki

Susumu Chiba as Deliveryman

Takumi Yamazaki as Man in Black 1

Yuki Yamamoto as Myu-Myu

Minako Ichiki

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Triangle Staff

Art: Studio Bihou (OP)

Backgrounds: Studio Bihou

Broadcaster:
Bandai Channel
TV Tokyo

Co-Production:
AIC
GENCO

Digital Effects:
Active Cine Club
Rare Trick
SR-12W

Film: Eastman Kodak

In-Between Animation: Sung San

Laboratory: Imagica

Music: Tatsunoko

Music Production:
7th Mother
J-WORKS
Koyousha

Music Production In Association With:
Fuji Pacific Music Publishing
POLYSTAR Co., Ltd.
Toshiba EMI
TV Tokyo Music

Original story: production 2nd

Paint: Sung San

Photography: Azuhata Production

Planning: production 2nd

Production:
PIONEER LDC
TV Tokyo

Recording Studio: Tokyo TV Center

Sound Production: Rakuonsha

Title Logo: Maki Productions

English cast 
English staff 

Director: Lia Sargent

Translation: David Fleming

ADR Script:
Gavin Glennon
Quint Lancaster

Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto

Producer:
Haruyo Kanesaku
Hiroe Tsukamoto
Yutaka Maseba

Digital ADR Tracking: Michael McCarty

DVD Engineer: Songyi Liu

Final Mix: Les Claypool III

General Manager: Carl Segal

Menu Design:
Colin Petrie
Jason71

Online Editor: Keri Winthers

Production Coordination:
Keisuke Onishi
Kenji Nakamura
Osamu Maseba

Subtitle Timing: David Fleming

Ruby Marlowe as Lain Iwakura

Celeste Burch as Miho Iwakura

Emily Brown as Alice

Gil Starberry as Yasuo Iwakura

Patricia Ja Lee as Mika Iwakura

Alexis A. Edwards as Julie

Alfred Thor as Dr. Hodgeson

Anne Sherman as Hand

Bob Marx as Eye

Carol Stanzione as Voice on WIRED

Christy Mathewson as J.J.

David Lucas as
Male Teacher
Newscaster

Dorothy Melendrez as Teacher

Dylan Tully as Delivery Guy

George C. Cole as
Narrator
Voice on WIRED

Ian Hawk as Taro

Jackson Daniels as 'Chesire Cat Poser'

James Lyon as Light Haired Man in Black

Julie Maddalena as Knight Member's Son

Katie Ashley as Little girl

Lenore Zann as Lain's friend 1

Lia Sargent as Chisa Yomoda

Mike D'Gard as Totem

Rachel Harris as Female Knight

Richard George as WIRED Informant

Richard Plantagenet as Tachibana Employee

Robert Wicks as Dark Haired Man in Black

Sandy Fox as Myu-Myu

Sean Mitchell as Voice on WIRED

sean thornton as Masami Eiri

Selece Zann as Lain's friend 2

Sparky Thornton as Masami Eiri

Syd Fontana as Suicidal Man

Trixie Wood as Voice on WIRED

Arnie Hanks

Bambi Darro

Bebe Elam

Billy Regan

Buck James

Dale Lee

Dan Martin

Danny Boy

Devon Michaels

Elliot Reynolds

Fish Gomez

Florence Nighty

Frank Buck

Gracie Poletti

Heather Ashton

Horace Muckle

Jimmy Theodore

Luaylon Akers

Lynn Fischer

Marie Danielle

Melissa Williamson

Michael McCarty

Michaline Babich

Paul Stephen

Remo

Rona Bellini

Susan Chavez

Tom Charles

Ty Webb

Wayne Akers

English companies 

Broadcaster:
G4TechTV Canada (Anime Current)
TechTV (Anime Unleashed)

Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)
MVM (UK)

DVD Authoring: Pioneer Video Manufacturing

DVD Menu Design: Mind Meld, INC.

Licensed by:
Digital Manga Publishing
Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Produced In Association With:
Animaze
ZRO Limit Productions

Production: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Recording Facility: Magnitude 8 Post

Soundtrack: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Translation: ZRO Limit Productions


French staff 

ADR Director: Philippe Roullier

Adaptation:
Charles Lewis
Lolkje Isabelle Franco

Coordination: Bruno Parent

Producteur Executif: Carlo Levy

Production Director: Stephanie David

Sound Engineer:
Elodie Domanget
Marie Bonnague

Supervision: Federico Colpi

Technical Assistant: Francesco Di Sanzo

French cast 

Helene Bizot as Lain Iwakura

Bernard Demory as Yasuo Iwakura

Caroline Pascal as Alice Mizuki

Christine Paris as Miho Iwakura

Susan Sindberg as Mika Iwakura

Caroline Pascal as
Myu-Myu
Shiza

Christian Visine as la Bouche

Christine Paris as Julie

Jean-Marie Boyer as Masami Eiri

Nathalie Bleynie as la femme Knight

Olivier Korol as JJ

Patrick Pellegrin as Homme en noir 1

Philippe Roullier as Homme en noir 2

Susan Sindberg as
Reika
Taro

French companies 

Broadcaster:
Canal + (from 2001)
Gong (from August 2009)

Dubbing: Studio Chinkel

DVD Distribution: Dybex (France)

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

ADR Director: Guillermo Costa Murta

 

Lucila Gomez as Lain Iwakura (Argentinian Spanish dub)

Núria Trifol as Lain Iwakura (Catalan dub)

Berta Cortés as Arisu Mizuki (Catalan dub)

Eva Lluch as Mika Iwakura (Catalan dub)

Montserrat Roig as Miho Iwakura (Catalan dub)

Toni Sevilla as Yasuo Iwakura (Catalan dub)

Ana María Camps as Reika Yamamoto (Catalan dub)

Francesc Figuerola as Home de Negre (Catalan dub)

Gemma Ibáñez as Chisa Yomoda (Catalan dub)

Karin Zavala as Chisa Yomoda

Mara Campanelli as Reika

Mariela Alvarez as Julie/ Juri

Miquel Bonet as Home de Negre (Catalan dub)

Mònica Padrós as Juri Kato (Catalan dub)

Valeria Gomez as Alice Mizuki

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax Latin America
Locomotion

DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión

Translation: Videorecord S.A (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

TV Distribution: Selecta Visión


Italian staff 

Script:
Claudia Cangini
Francesco Chemolli
Gianluca Aicardi
Michele Gelli

Translation: Yoshiya Hirohama

Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

Artistic Supervision: Michele Gelli

Assistant producer:
Pierre Giner
Yoshiya Hirohama

AVID Operator:
Dario Ferrara
Marco Vitali

Director Of Dubbing: Annarita Pasanisi

Dubbing Assistant: Silvia Menozzi

Editorial Assistant: Anna Marani

Editorial Coordination: Fiammetta Adiutori

Editorial Staff Secretary:
Alessia Di Ruscio
Maria Mauri

Mastering:
Paolo Quadrelli
Sara Radelli

Mixing In Dolby Surround: Andrea Pochini

Mixing Supervision: Giorgio Bassanelli

Postproduction Coordination:
Cristina Minoja
Cristina Zanchetta

Postproduction Supervisor: Valerio Manenti

Production Staff Secretary:
Gianfranco Calvitti
Laura Giordano

Synchronization: Paolo Brunori

Technical Coordinator: Stefano Lirolli

Italian cast 

Perla Liberatori as Lain Iwakura

Barbara De Bortoli as Mika Iwakura

Cristina Boraschi as Miho Iwakura

Federica De Bortoli as Arisu Mizuki

Sergio Di Stefano as Yasuo Iwakura

Alessio De Filippis as Masayuki (ep 2)

Alida Milana as Reika Yamamoto

Domitilla D'Amico as July Kato

Gemma Donati as Myu Myu (ep 2)

Massimiliano Alto as Baku (ep 2)

Massimo De Ambrosis as Enciclopedia (ep 2)

Riccardo Rossi as Corriere (ep 2)

Rossella Acerbo as Primo NAVI (ep 1)

Stefano De Filippis as Taro (ep 2)

Tiziana Avarista as Secondo NAVI (ep 2)

Italian companies 

Broadcaster: Cultoon (from October 2007)

Distributor: Dynamic Italia

Dubbing: SEFIT CDC

Postproduction: Studio PV

German cast 
German staff 
(none)

Manja Döring as Lain

Antje von der Ahe as Chiisa

Bernd Schramm as Haushofer

Daniela Reidis as Younger Navi

Detlef Bierstedt as Yasuo

Diana Borgwardt as Mika

Erich Räuker as Man (ep 7)

Frank Otto Schenk as Hayashi

Gerrit Schmidt-Foss as Courier

Jochen Schröder as Professor Hodgeson

Manja Doering as Lain

Marie Schramm as Reika

Marie-Luise Schramm as Reika

Martina Treger as Older Navi

Norman Matt as Boy (ep 2)

Oliver Feld as Mouth/Mund

Ricardo Richter as Masayuki

Robin Kahnmeyer as Boy B (ep 4)

Rubina Kuraoka as Juri

Sabine Arnhold as Mihou

Sonja Scherff as
Alice
Myu-Myu

Stefan Fredrich as Maus (german voice Jim Carrey)

Stefan Staudinger as Man (ep 4)

Sven Plate as Tarou

Till Hagen as Masami Eiri

Tim Sander as JJ

German companies 

Distrubtor: SP Vision

Dubbing: brandt Film Berlin


Dutch staff 
(none)
Dutch companies 

Distributor: Dybex

Dutch cast 
(none)
Russian staff 
Russian cast 

ADR Director: Alexander Filchenko

Translation: Konstantin Grusha

 

Lyubov Marchuk as Lain Ivakura

Alexander Filchenko as Masami Eiri

Nickolay Shmargun as Yasuo Iwakura

Alexander Novikov

Andrei Miroshnikov

Andrei Novikov

Boris Alekseev

Dmitriy Filchenko

Dmitriy Kartashov

Margarita Ivanova

Marianna Boluchevckaya

Marina Yuryeva

Mavlyuda Gulyamova

Mikhail Kadanin

Olga Bergman

Pavel Rukavitsyn

Tatyana Chernyavskaya

Tatyana Yuryeva

Veronica Rytsiz

Vladislav Shirchenko

Yekaterina Savchenko

Yekaterina Toborovets

Yulia Poboeva

Yuriy Ovchinnikov

Russian companies 

Distributor: XL Media


Polish staff 
(none)
Polish companies 

Broadcaster: Hyper

Polish cast 
(none)
Portuguese staff 
Portuguese companies 

Dubbing Director: Elcio Sodré

 

Broadcaster:
Animax (Brasil) (2nd Broadcasting, dubbed)
Animax Brazil (2nd Broadcasting, dubbed)
Locomotion Brazil (1st Broadcasting, subbed)

Dubbing Studio: Álamo

Portuguese cast 

Letícia Quinto as Lain Iwakura

 
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