Serial Experiments Lain (TV)
Alternative title:
Lain
Wirtualna Lain (Polish)
Серийные эксперименты Лэин (Russian)
Эксперименты Лэйн (Russian)
تجارب لاين المتسلسلة (Arabic)
シリアルエクスペリメンツレイン (Japanese)
玲音 (Chinese (PRC))
시리얼 익스페리먼츠 레인 (Korean)
Objectionable content:
Significant
Copyright notice:
©1998 Triangle Staff/Pioneer LDC.
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:
4515 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
half hour per episode
Number of episodes:
13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
1998-07-06 to 1998-09-28
2001-01-02 to 2001-11-30 (France)
2004-01-18 to 2005-07-30 (Latin America - Locomotion)
2004-07-02 (K3 - Televisió de Catalunya)
2006-04-25 (Spain, Cuatroº)
2007-07-21 to 2007-10-13 (G4TechTV Canada - Anime Current)
2013-04-13 (Mexico - XEIMT Canal 22)
Release dates: We have 15
Opening Theme:
"Duvet" by Boa
Ending Theme:
"Tooi Sakebi" by Nakaido "Chabo" Rei'ichi
Official website:
Links: We have 8
Trivia: We have 9
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 4
Review:
Lain DVD (Jan 1, 1970)
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North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 18-24 (May 20, 2014)
Serial Experiments Lain BD/DVD Box Delayed 4 Months (Nov 2, 2013)
Universal Sony Home Pictures to Release Anime in Australia (Feb 17, 2013)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 25-December 1 (Nov 27, 2012)
Funimation Delays Several November-January Titles (Oct 24, 2012)
Lain's Yoshitoshi ABe Confirms New Work is Despera (May 21, 2009)
Convention report:
Anime Boston 2003 - Pioneer Entertainment (Apr 23, 2003)
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Press Releases:
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Director: Ryūtarō Nakamura Series Composition: Chiaki J. Konaka Script: Chiaki J. Konaka (eps 1-13) Storyboard: Masahiko Murata (ep 5) Rokurō Jinga (ep 9) Ryūtarō Nakamura (10 episodes eps 1-4, 6-8, 11-13 )Takuya Satō (ep 10) Episode Director: Akihiko Nishiyama (eps 4, 9) Jōhei Matsuura (eps 3, 7, 11) Masahiko Murata (eps 5, 10) Ryūtarō Nakamura (5 episodes eps 1-2, 6, 12-13 )Shigeru Ueda (ep 8) Music: Reiichi "CHABO" Nakaido Original Character Design: Yoshitoshi ABe Character Design: Takahiro Kishida Art Director: Masaru Satō Animation Director: Masahiro Sekiguchi (eps 1, 5, 9, 13) Takahiro Kishida (ep 12) Yasuhide Maruyama (eps 7, 11, 13) Yoshihiro Sugai (eps 2, 6, 10) Yūichi Tanaka (eps 3, 8) Yūji Takahashi (ep 4) Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka Director of Photography: Takashi Azuhata Assistant Episode Director: Shigeru Ueda (ep 12) Background Art: Akira Itō (BIHO; eps 1, 9) Chieko Nezaki (BIHO; ep 1) Eiji Maruyama (BIHO; eps 5, 9) Hirofumi Haginiwa (Baku Production; eps 6, 8, 12) Izumi Hoki (BIHO; eps 1, 9, 13) Kanako Tsukiyama (BIHO; eps 5, 9) Kaori Nakabachi (BIHO; ep 5) Kazuki Higashiji (BIHO; eps 5, 9, 13) Kuniharu Kyoda (BIHO; eps 1, 9, 13) Mami Sawada (Baku Production; ep 11) Mariko Toda (BIHO; ep 5) Masanobu Nomura (BIHO; ep 13) Masao Ichigaya (Baku Production; 6 episodes eps 4, 6-8, 10, 12 )Megumi Tsushima (Baku Production; ep 11) Michiru Nakatani (BIHO; eps 5, 13) Mitsuyoshi Kosugi (Baku Production; 6 episodes eps 2-3, 6-7, 10, 12 )Nami Kataoka (BIHO; eps 1, 9) Osamu Honda (Baku Production; 9 episodes eps 2-4, 6-8, 10-12 )Rie Honda (Baku Production; 7 episodes eps 2-4, 6-7, 11-12 )Riko Shinohara (BIHO; eps 5, 13) Shinji Takasuka (BIHO; eps 5, 9, 13) Shinobu Yamaguchi (Baku Production; eps 6-8, 10-12) Sohei Koizumi (BIHO; ep 1) Takahiro Mayu (Baku Production; 7 episodes eps 2-4, 6-7, 10, 12 )Takamasa Masuki (BIHO; eps 5, 13) Tatsuro Iseri (BIHO; ep 1) Yuji Shimada (BIHO; eps 1, 13) Yuka Hiraoka (BIHO; eps 5, 9) Yuka Ohashi (BIHO; eps 1, 9, 13) Yurika Kawano (BIHO; ep 1) Casting: Wataru Matsuoka Color design: Michiyo Iriomote Color setting: Ryoko Hiraide (eps 1, 3, 6) Satomi Katagiri (eps 4, 7, 9, 12) Taro Kitagawa (ep 11) Yoshimasa Masuda (5 episodes eps 2, 5, 8, 10, 13 )Graphic Operation: Mitsuru Sugiura In-Between Animation: Eun Ju Ko (Sung San; eps 1-13 odd) Eun Sil Lee (Sung San; eps 1-13 odd) Gakuto Yoshiwara (Buyu; eps 2-12 even) Hee Yun Kim (Sung San; eps 1-13 odd) Hiroki Hara (Buyu; eps 2-12 even) Hyun Hwa Oh (Sung San; eps 1-13 odd) Jin Ah Kim (Sung San; eps 1-13 odd) Ju Hwan Ryu (Sung San; eps 1-13 odd) Jung Hee Yun (Sung San; eps 1-13 odd) Kaname Kirishiro (Buyu; eps 2-12 even) Kang Hyo Yoon (Sung San; eps 1-13 odd) Kenichi Nagao (Buyu; eps 2-12 even) Myung Ran Kim (Sung San; eps 1-13 odd) Sakuya Sakurai (Buyu; eps 2-12 even) Sema Geiri (Buyu; ep 2) Seung Hee Ha (Sung San; eps 1-13 odd) Yoon Kyoung Lee (Sung San; eps 1-13 odd) Young Kyung Jang (Sung San; eps 1-13 odd) In-Between Check: Hiroshi Shirakawa (eps 1-13 odd) Masato Ujibe (OP; ED) Mitsuteru Nakamura (eps 2-12 even) Tomoko Miyata (OP; ED) In-Between Check Assistant: Masato Ujibe (ep 13) Insert Song Composition: Reiichi "CHABO" Nakaido ("Kodoku no Signal;" ep. 13) Insert Song Lyrics: Reiichi "CHABO" Nakaido ("Kodoku no Signal;" ep. 13) Insert Song Performance: Reiichi "CHABO" Nakaido ("Kodoku no Signal;" ep. 13) Key Animation: Akiharu Ishii (ep 12) Akihiko Yamashita (OP; ED; ep 12) Akira Inoue (ep 11) Arihiro Gotō (eps 2, 7, 9) Asami Endō (5 episodes eps 1, 5, 8, 10, 12 )Atsushi Tamura (6 episodes eps 5, 7-8, 10, 12-13 )Eiji Suganuma (ep 8) Hayato Tejima (ep 5) Hidenori Matsubara (OP; ED; ep 12) Hirofumi Suzuki (OP; ED) Hiromasa Yonebayashi (6 episodes eps 5, 7-8, 10, 12-13 )Hiroshi Ōkubo (ep 12) Hitoshi Kagiyama (ep 13) Il Bae Kim (Sung San; ep 4) Itsuko Takeda (ep 9) Jōji Ōshima (ep 3) Kaori Ikeda (ep 3) Katsumi Tamegai (ep 6) Kazuko Maejima (eps 4, 7) Kazutaka Ozaki (ep 3) Kazuya Morimae (ep 3) Kōichi Arai (OP; ED; ep 12) Koji Taniguchi (ep 3) Manabu Yasumoto (ep 3) Mari Nakatani (eps 2, 9) Masahiro Andō (5 episodes eps 2, 8, 10, 12-13 )Masahiro Emoto (eps 6, 13) Masahiro Satō (ep 6) Masahiro Sekiguchi (eps 8, 12) Masayo Ogura (ep 6) Minoru Ueda (ep 6) Misuzu Kurata (ep 5) Miyuki Inoue (eps 3, 11) Miyuki Nakamura (ep 6) Motoi Nakamura (ep 7) Myung Byun Kim (Sung San; ep 4) Noriko Ōzeki (6 episodes eps 1, 5-6, 8, 10, 13 )Ritsuko Watanabe (ep 7) Seung Hyun Hong (Sung San; ep 4) Shigeyuki Suga (eps 7-13) Shin Matsuo (ep 12) Shoji Yabushita (4 episodes eps 8, 10, 12-13 )Tae-Jung Kim (Sung San; ep 4) Takahiro Gotō (eps 2, 7, 9) Takahiro Kishida (eps 8, 11-13) Takuya Saitō (ep 12) Tatsuya Furukawa (eps 1, 5, 10) Tetsukazu Yamagishi (ep 7) Tokuyuki Matsutake (OP, ED) Tomoaki Chishima (5 episodes eps 1-2, 9, 11-12 )Tomokazu Tokoro (OP; ED; ep 12) Toshihiro Kikuchi (eps 6, 13) Toshihiro Nakajima (ep 12) Toshiyuki Tsuru (OP; ED) Yasuhiro Imagawa (ep 12) Yōko Kōjō (ep 6) Yoshie Yokoyama (ep 7) Yoshihiro Sugai (ep 12) Yoshitoshi ABe (different kanji; ep 13) Young Je Park (Sung San; ep 4) Yūichi Tanaka (ep 12) Yuichiro Miyake (eps 2, 7) Yūji Takahashi (eps 9, 11, 13) Yūko Matsuo (eps 1, 5) Yuri Takasaki (eps 1, 5) Live-Action Photography Assistant: Yūto Yukawa Logo Design: Akihisa Okuda Main Title Design: Akihisa Okuda Music Assistant: Tatsunosuke Music Production: Emi Ito (7th Mother) Music Publicity Desk: Tetsunori Itō NAVI Layout Supervision: Tomokazu Tokoro (eps 4-13) Nezumi Vision: Chiaki J. Konaka (ep 7) Paint: Akane (Buyu; eps 2-12 even) Akane Hamano (Buyu; eps 2-12 even) Byoung Ae Lee (Sung San; eps 1-13 odd) Chikako Kumazawa (Buyu; eps 2-12 even) Chung Seok Shin (Sung San; eps 1-13 odd) Eun Ha Choi (Sung San; eps 1-13 odd) In Ah Song (Sung San; eps 1-13 odd) Ju Ryeong Ryu (Sung San; eps 1-13 odd) Myung Ja Kim (Sung San; eps 1-13 odd) Natsue Sasaki (Buyu; eps 2-12 even) Ni Yeon Kwak (Sung San; eps 1-13 odd) Rie Suzuki (Buyu; eps 2-12 even) Taro Kitagawa (Buyu; eps 2-12 even) Yoshimasa Masuda (Buyu; eps 2-12 even) Yu Ja Song (Sung San; eps 1-13 odd) Paint Check: Akane Hamano (eps 4-12 even) Chikako Kumazawa (eps 4-12 even) Ryoko Hiraide (eps 1, 3, 6) Satomi Katagiri (eps 7, 9, 12) Taro Kitagawa (ep 11) Yoshimasa Masuda (5 episodes eps 2, 5, 8, 10, 13 )Photography: Akiko Nishikawa (Azuhata Production; eps 1-13) Atsuo Tsukioka (Azuhata Production; eps 1-13) Chikara Ōkawa (Ace Creation; ep 5) Kazusumi Takahashi (Azuhata Production; eps 1-13) Shingo Kobayashi (Ace Creation; ep 5) Shinichi Sasano (Azuhata Production; eps 1-13) Takanobu Arihara (Ace Creation; ep 5) Takayuki Kobayashi (Ace Creation; ep 5) Production Advancement: Jin Chosokabe (eps 4, 9, 13) Kazuaki Kawada (eps 6, 12) Masaya Suzuki (eps 2, 7, 11) Minako Shimoi (eps 1, 5) Takuro Sato (eps 3, 8) Production Desk: Takashi Hirokawa Program Manager: Makiko Iwata (TV Tokyo) Program Publicity: Junya Itō Recording Assistant: Fumiaki Tanaka (eps 3-13) Recording engineer: Shōji Hata Scene Design: Akira Inoue (ep 3) Kōichi Arai (eps 6-7) Masahiro Sekiguchi (ep 2) Shigeyuki Suga (eps 6-7) Takahiro Kishida (eps 1, 6-7, 10) Takayoshi Sakayori (eps 6-7) Tatsuo Yanagino (ep 2) Yoshihiro Sugai (ep 2) Yūji Takahashi (eps 3-4) Setting Assistant: Hitoshi Kagiyama Setting Production: Kazuharu Sato Sound Effect Assistant: Nono Ishizaki (eps 3-13) Sound Effects: Kōji Kasamatsu Special Effects: Takashi Maekawa Theme Song Arrangement: Reiichi "CHABO" Nakaido (ED) Video Editing: Kumio Onaga (Active Cine Club) Mari Kobayashi (Active Cine Club) Yasumi Morimitsu (SUPLEX Inc.) | Kaori Shimizu as Ayako Kawasumi as Rei Igarashi as Ryūnosuke Ōbayashi as Yōko Asada as Akari Fujiwara as Akiko as Ayako Kurosaki as Chieko Kitajima as Chiharu Tezuka as Emi Sagara as Fumihiko Tachiki as Haruka Tsunezumi as Hikaru Miyata as Hiroaki Ishikawa as Hiroaki Yoshida as Hiroko Kimata as Jin Yamanoi as Jōji Nakata as Kayo Deguchi as Kazuhiko Inoue as Kazunori Sekine as Keichi Igarashi as Keito Takimoto as Kenji Jojima as Kenji Nojima as Kenji Nomura as Kuniko Yoshioka as Madoka Akita as Manabi Mizuno as Masahito Kawanago as Masahito Yabe as Masamichi Satō as Masaru Hachinohe as Masashi Sugawara as Michiko Neya as Miki Itō as Mikiko Kurihara as Minako Arakawa as Minako Ichiki as Natsuki Asaoka as Natsumi Asaoka as Rumi Okada as Satomi Hoshino as Satoshi Komiya as Shigeru Chiba as Shigeru Shibuya as Shinpei Adachi as Show Hayami as Sōichirō Tanaka as Sora Tôma as Sumi Mutoh as Takashi Matsuo as Takashi Taniguchi as Takehiro Murozono as Takumi Yamazaki as Tamiko Kawakita as Tamotsu Nishiwaki as Tomoichi Yamazaki as Wasei Chikada as Yayoi Yoshida as Yō Kitazawa as Yoshiko Kagawa as Yūki Yamamoto as | |||
Animation Production: Triangle Staff Editing: Jay Film (OP; ED) Film: Eastman Kodak Film Developing: Imagica In-Between Animation: Buyuu (eps 2-12 even) Sung San Production (eps 1-13 odd) White Line (eps 2-12 even) Lithwork: Maki Production Music Production In Association With: Fuji Pacific Music Publishing POLYSTAR Co., Ltd. Toshiba EMI TV Tokyo Music Original Concept: production 2nd Planning: production 2nd Production: Pioneer LDC Production Cooperation: GENCO Recording Studio: Tokyo TV Center Sound Production: Rakuonsha Telecine: Imagica Title Design: Maki Production | ||||
Director: Lia Sargent Producer: Carly Hunter (Funimation) Haruyo Kanesaku Hiroe Tsukamoto Justin Cook (Funimation) Yutaka Maseba Digital ADR Tracking: Michael McCarty DVD Engineer: Songyi Liu Final Mix: Les Claypool III General Manager: Carl Segal Lead Video Engineer: Jacob Martin (Funimation) Online Editor: Keri Winthers Post-Production Assistant: Aya Spann (Funimation) Subtitle Timing: David Fleming Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp (Funimation) Video Post-Production Manager: Matthew O'Hara (Funimation) | Ruby Marlowe as Celeste Burch as Emily Brown as Gil Starberry as Patricia Ja Lee as Alexis A. Edwards as Alfred Thor as Anne Sherman as Bob Marx as Carol Stanzione as Christy Mathewson as Devon Michaels as Dylan Tully as Ian Hawk as Jackson Daniels as James Lyon as Julie Maddalena as Katie Ashley as Lenore Zann as Lia Sargent as Melissa Williamson as Mike D'Gard as Rachel Harris as Richard George as Richard Plantagenet as Robert Wicks as Sandy Fox as Sean Mitchell as Selece Zann as Sparky Thornton as Syd Fontana as Trixie Wood as | |||
Additional Post-Production: FUNimation Entertainment (Funimation release) Broadcaster: Animax South Africa G4TechTV Canada (Anime Current) Public Broadcasting Service (KTEH; dubbed) ShortsHD TechTV (Anime Unleashed) Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia) MVM (UK) Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia DVD Authoring: Pioneer Video Manufacturing DVD Menu Design: Mind Meld, INC. Licensed by: Digital Manga Publishing FUNimation Entertainment (2010) Geneon Entertainment Inc. (Expired) Production: Geneon Entertainment Inc. Recording Facility: Magnitude 8 Post Soundtrack: Geneon Entertainment Inc. Translation: ZRO Limit Productions | ||||
Coordination: Bruno Parent Producteur Executif: Carlo Levy Production Director: Stephanie David Supervision: Federico Colpi Technical Assistant: Francesco Di Sanzo | Helene Bizot as Bernard Demory as Caroline Pascal as Christine Paris as Suzanne Sindberg as Christian Visine as Jean-Marie Boyer as Mike Marshall as Nathalie Bleynie as Olivier Korol as Patrick Pellegrin as Philippe Roullier as | |||
Dubbing: Studio Chinkel DVD Distribution: Dybex (France) | ||||
ADR Director: Guillermo Costa Murta Audio Post-production: Leonardo Chiossone (Argentinian dub) | Assumpta Navascues as Lucila Gomez as Núria Trifol as Ariadna Giménez as Berta Cortés as Eva Lluch as Francesc Belda as Marcelo Armand as Montserrat Roig as Silvia Aira as Susana Damas as Teresa Soler as Toni Sevilla as Valeria Gomez as Amadeu Aguado as Carles Lladó as Carmen Ambrós as Diana De Guzmán as Ezequiel Romero as Félix Benito as Francesc Figuerola as Gemma Ibáñez as Hernan Bravo as Karin Zavala as Mara Campanelli as Maria Rosa Guillén as Miquel Bonet as Mònica Padrós as Pep Torrents as Ricardo Alanis as Santi Lorenz as Carles Lladó Claudi Domingo Jaume Costa Julia Chalmeta Oscar Redondo Susana Damas | |||
Additional Translation: Nagareboshi (Selecta Visión; Blu-ray booklet) ADR Studio: Media Pro Com (Argentine dub) Broadcaster: Animax Buzz Channel (Spain) Calle 13 (Spain) Canal C (Spain) Cuatro (Spain) K3 (Televisió de Catalunya) Locomotion XEIMT Canal 22 (Mexico) DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Spain) Translation: Videorecord S.A (Buenos Aires, Argentina) TV Distribution: Selecta Visión | ||||
Dubbing Director: Annarita Pasanisi Translation: Yoshiya Hirohama Artistic Supervision: Michele Gelli Dolby Surround Mixing: Andrea Pochini Dubbing Assistant: Silvia Menozzi Editorial Assistant: Anna Marani Editorial Coordination: Fiammetta Adiutori Mixing Supervision: Giorgio Bassanelli Bisbal Post-Production Supervision: Valerio Manenti Synchronization: Paolo Brunori Technical Coordinator: Stefano Lirolli | Perla Liberatori as Barbara De Bortoli as Cristina Boraschi as Federica De Bortoli as Sergio Di Stefano as Alessio De Filippis as Alida Milana as Domitilla D'Amico as Gemma Donati as Massimiliano Alto as Massimo De Ambrosis as Riccardo Rossi as Roberto Chevalier as Rossella Acerbo as Stefano De Filippis as Tiziana Avarista as Valentina Mari as | |||
Broadcaster: Cultoon (from October 2007) Distributor: Dynamic Italia Dubbing: SEFIT CDC Internet Streaming: VVVVID Postproduction: Studio PV | ||||
ADR Director: Dr. Harald Wolff | Manja Doering as Antje von der Ahe as Bernd Schramm as Daniela Reidies as Detlef Bierstedt as Diana Borgwardt as Erich Räuker as Frank-Otto Schenk as Gerrit Schmidt-Foß as Jochen Schröder as Marie Schramm as Marie-Luise Schramm as Martina Treger as Norman Matt as Oliver Feld as Ricardo Richter as Robin Kahnmeyer as Rubina Kuraoka as Sabine Arnhold as Stefan Fredrich as Stefan Staudinger as Sven Plate as Till Hagen as Tim Sander as | |||
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ADR Director: Alexander Filchenko Translation: Konstantin Grusha | Lyubov Marchuk as Alexander Filchenko as Mavlyuda Gulyamova as Nickolay Shmargun as Olga Bergman as Margarita Ivanova as Tatyana Yuryeva as | |||
Distributor: XL Media | ||||
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Locutor: Elcio Sodré (título do episódio) Gilberto Rocha Júnior (apresentação) ![]() Nestor Chiesse (intro) Ronaldo Artinic (placas) ![]() | Letícia Quinto as Cecília Lemes as Fábio Lucindo as Leonardo Camilo as Marcelo Pissardini as Melissa Garcia as Tatiane Keplmair as Affonso Amajones as Carlos Campanile as Figueira Júnior as Fritz Gianvito as Gileno Santoro as Luiz Antônio Lobue as Priscila Concépcion as Priscila Ferreira as Roberto Leite as Rodrigo Andreatto as Sérgio Corsetti as Tânia Gaidarji as Tatá Guarnieri as | |||
Broadcaster: Animax Brazil (2nd Broadcasting, dubbed; 2nd Broadcasting, dubbed) Locomotion Brazil (1st Broadcasting, subbed) Dubbing Studio: Álamo Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil) Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil) | ||||
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