Serial Experiments Lain: Loving the Wired and the Weird

by Matthew Roe, Jul 24th 2020

In his debut on Anime News Network's YouTube channel, Criticlysm's Matthew Roe looks back on the techno-punk anime cornerstone Serial Experiments Lain and how its themes are just as relevant over 20 years later.

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End of Fall 2021 Mega Survey

Jan 17, 10:55 anime

Now that the fall 2021 anime season is over (and winter 2022 under way), we want to know what you thought of all of last season's anime in our second giant season survey

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Interview: The Heike Story Music Composer Kensuke Ushio

Jan 17, 09:00

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Composer kensuke ushio, who has collaborated before with director Naoko Yamada on critically-acclaimed films such as A Silent Voice and Liz and the Blue Bird, talks about the challenges behind creating the hauntingly beautiful soundtrack. ― Based on a work of classical Japanese literature of the same name, The Heike Story anime tells the story of the fall of the Heike clan through the point of view o...

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World Trigger Season 3 Finale Rescheduled to Next Weekend After Delay Due to Tsunami Alert

Jan 16, 17:52

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Salaryman's Club anime's premiere rescheduled to January 29-30 ― The official Twitter account for the World Trigger anime announced on Sunday evening that the 14th and final episode of the third season will air on Saturday, January 22 at 25:30 (effectively, Sunday, January 23 at 1:30 a.m. or Saturday, January 22 at 11:30 a.m. EST). The episode was to have aired this Sunday at 1:30 a.m. (Saturday at 1...

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Shout! Factory Offers Replacements for Neon Genesis Evangelion Anime BD

Jan 16, 17:50

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Company recalls original discs lacking English subtitles for bonus feature ― Shout! Factory is offering replacements for the fifth disc of its box sets for the Neon Genesis Evangelion Collector's Edition and Standard Edition Blu-ray Discs. The original discs are lacking English subtitles for the "The End Of Evangelion– Deleted Live Action Scene" bonus feature. Customers can order the replacement disc...

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My Hero Academia Ultra Rumble Game Announced

Jan 16, 17:45

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Bandai Namco Ent. develops free-to-play battle royale-style game for consoles, PC ― This year's seventh issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that the My Hero Academia franchise is getting a new video game titled My Hero Academia Ultra Rumble. The game will be free to play and it will be available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. Bandai Namco...

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Selection Project

Jan 16, 12:00

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When it's not bogging itself down with tonal filler, Selection Project is filling the central character conflict of its reality-show story with some of the wildest plot twists I've encountered in a series like this recently. ― A crowded field like idol anime means a series needs to have its own particular identity to stand out, and Selection Project's approach seems to be to pitch itself as at least ...

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Shikizakura Episodes 1-12

Jan 15, 12:00

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As far as what it's playing with in terms of influence and genre stylings, Shikizakura is tokusatsu as all heck. ― Tokusatsu has enjoyed a run of increased availability and visibility among English-speaking audiences, particularly those adjacent to anime fan circles, for a good several years now. It's to the point where many more people than before have an idea of what tokusatsu 'is' (or at least the...

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The Winter 2022 Preview Guide

Jan 14, 14:07

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Everyone's favorite vampire doctor is back to hunt Beast of Gévaudan in the second season of Case Study of Vanitas! Also check out: Arifureta Season 2, Love of Kill, Total Fantasy Knockout, Princess Connect! Re:Dive Season 2, Sabikui Bisco, Attack on Titan, and more! ― Adblock+ breaks this page, consider whitelisting ANN NEW!! VOTE in the Daily Streaming poll to decide which shows from this season wi...

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Is Halo Legends Still Legendary?

Jan 14, 10:00

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With the release of the long-awaited Halo: Infinite, along with the 20th anniversary of the franchise, it's a pretty great time to be a Halo fan. ― With the release of the long-awaited Halo: Infinite, along with the 20th anniversary of the franchise, it's a pretty great time to be a Halo fan. As such, I think now would be the perfect moment to take a look back at Halo's often-overlooked venture into...

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This Week in Games - We Never Asked for This

Jan 14, 09:00

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The reaction to Square-Enix CEO Yosuke Matsuda's New Year's letter discussing NFTs in gaming was swift and profoundly negative – it felt like everyone was dunking on its content for three straight days. ― Happy new year, everyone! I apologize for my sudden week-off – I got my COVID booster shot the day I was due to turn the column in, and I was just not feeling up to it. So, this week, we'll be catch...