Serial Experiments Lain
Serial Experiments Lain

Serial Experiments Lain

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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Layer:01 – WEIRD

Lain Iwakura, a shy, 13-year-old schoolgirl, receives an email from a schoolmate after her suicide. Is it a prank? Lain

EP 2

Layer:02 – GIRLS

Classmates Alice, Julie, and Reika wonder if that was Lain they saw at the nightclub Cyberia. To find out, they invite L

EP 3

Layer:03 – PSYCHE

Alice, Julie, and Reika are minor celebrities in their class after they witness a shooting at The Cyberia. Lain is given

EP 4

Layer:04 – RELIGION

Some players of a Wired game called PHANTOMa are dying suspicious deaths. Lain investigates, but her growing interest in

EP 5

Layer:05 – DISTORTION

Lain receives cryptic messages about existence, God, and a coming prophecy. Meanwhile, Mika's world changes in ways both

EP 6

Layer:06 – KIDS

Young children are acting strangely, arms outstretched and silently staring at the sky. A shocking vision suddenly appea

EP 7

Layer:07 – SOCIETY

As the Knights activities make the evening news, a strange man named Nazumi wanders the city with machines strapped to h

EP 8

Layer:08 – RUMORS

Still shaken by the information she received from the Men In Black, Lain discovers that she is being blamed for spreadin

EP 9

Layer:09 – PROTOCOL

A documentary about Roswell gives Lain some valuable information about the pioneers of the WIRED. Later, at the Cyberia,

EP 10

Layer:10 – LOVE

Lain struggles with her identity. Is she a human being, or just a hologram? And are the Knights responsible for the Evil

EP 11

Layer:11 – INFORNOGRAPHY

Alone and frightened, Lain immerses herself in the WIRED, processing the events of the past few weeks and searching for

EP 12

Layer:12 – LANDSCAPE

Troubled by what she saw, Alice decides to visit Lain at home and find out what is going on. Meanwhile, the two MIB agen

EP 13

Layer:13 – EGO

The world is crumbling, people are dying and Alice's sanity is threatened. To save humanity, there is only one thing Lai

Popular Cast

Kaori Shimizu
Kaori Shimizu
Lain Iwakura (voice)
Yoko Asada
Yoko Asada
Arisu Mizuki - Lain's friend (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Ayako Kawasumi
Mika Iwakura - Lain's older sister (voice)
Ryusuke Ohbayashi
Ryusuke Ohbayashi
Yasuo Iwakura - Lain's father (voice)
Rei Igarashi
Rei Igarashi
Miho Iwakura - Lain's mother (voice)
Sumi Mutoh
Sumi Mutoh
Chisa Yomoda (voice)
Chiharu Tezuka
Chiharu Tezuka
Reika Yamamoto (voice)
Manabi Mizuno
Manabi Mizuno
Yūri Katō (voice)
Show Hayami
Show Hayami
Eiri Masami (voice)