Serial Experiments Lain (1998)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

Close the world. txen eht nepO.

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.

• Released: 1998-07-06
• Genres: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery
• Seasons: 1, 13 episodes
• Episode length: 24m
• Network: TV Tokyo
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 8.2/10 from 665 votes

Top cast

• Kaori Shimizu as Lain Iwakura (voice)
• Yoko Asada as Arisu Mizuki - Lain's friend (voice)
• Ayako Kawasumi as Mika Iwakura - Lain's older sister (voice)
• Ryusuke Ohbayashi as Yasuo Iwakura - Lain's father (voice)
• Rei Igarashi as Miho Iwakura - Lain's mother (voice)
• Sumi Mutoh as Chisa Yomoda (voice)
• Keito Takimoto as Tarō (voice)
• Chiharu Tezuka as Reika Yamamoto (voice)
• Manabi Mizuno as Yūri Katō (voice)
• Yuki Yamamoto as Myū-Myū (voice)

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Serial Experiments Lain

• United States: buy on Apple TV Store
• Canada: buy on Apple TV Store

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