Aug 10, 2003 a friend and i went to the video store one day and got a whole load of anime, serial experiments lain included, we watched about half an episode and gave up, which i now regret as it looked really interesting, you just gotta be in the mood however, as with most anime. Looking for episode specific information serial experiments lain on episode 7. It has a detached, isolated tone, which is a perfect match to lains character and life, or rather, her outlook on life. The series episodes were originally broadcast on tv tokyo from july 6 to.
As for lain, i watched 1 episode, it was so damn dense and boring i didnt bother wasting my time with any more of it. Why were the men in suits and goggles working on the telephone wires after. Serial experiments lain episodes posted on may 7, 20 by bobduh so, now that the viewing club has actually moved on to a show i both havent seen and am very interested in watching, i suddenly realize ive successfully doubled the number of episodes ive assigned myself to commit serious thought to every week. Jan 23, 2012 forums anime discussion specific anime discussion serial experiments lain discussion in specific anime discussion started by don9aldo, jan 23, 2012.
Serial experiments lain fanfiction archive fanfiction. In that sense, lain the anime has a distinct postmodern identity, the. Serial experiments lain was first aired on tv tokyo on july 6, 1998 and concluded on september 28, 1998 with the thirteenth and final episode. One of lains biggest fears is being left all alone and here she is, being teased into realizing that everyone that loved her was fake. Spoilers serial experiments lain rewatch discussion layer 00.
Serial experiments lain is a 25 minute animationanimescience fiction starring michiko neya as keiko yoshii, shou hayami as masami eiri and ayako kawasumi as mika iwakura. Sep 01, 2016 serial experiments lain is one hell of a trip. In episode 04, when lain attacks the agents the computer starts to flash with the name hal power 5000, a reference to the ai hal 9000 of 2001. Her hands where greenish and she was really short, why. Within the context of serial experiments lain, metaphorize.
Serial experiments lain episode 4 wrong every time. Serial experiments lain acclaimed artist yoshitoshi abe haibane renmei, texhnolyze brings to life the existential classic that paved the way for blockbuster films such as the matrix. I just finished watching serial experiments lain in 2 days time. Eiri calls lain a homunculus of artificial ribosomes and claims that lain was born in the wired and that the real world lain is a projection of the wireds lain. Read the topic about serial experiments lain episode discussion on myanimelist, and join in the discussion on the largest online anime and manga database in the world. Konaka, whose other works include texhnolyze, serial experiments lain is a psychological avantgarde mystery series that follows lain as she makes crucial choices that will affect both the real world and the wired.
Then its time for mark to watch serial experiments lain. Shonen has neon genesis evangelion, shojo has revolutionary girl utena, and seinen has lain. Read the topic about serial experiments lain episode 6 discussion on myanimelist, and join in the discussion on the largest online anime and manga database in the world. Follow along as fourteen year old laindriven by the abrupt suicide of a classmatelogs on to the wired and promptly looses herself in a twisted mass of. Serial experiments lain and the future the objective opinion. Serial experiments lain episode 1 discussion thread. The series consists of episodes referred to in the series as layers of 24 minutes each, except for.
A dj at the club passes lain a plain brown envelope containing a computer chip of unknown origins. Otakon lain panel discussion with yasuyuki ueda and. An erudite, confusing and chilling anime from the late 1990s, serial experiments lain is creepy cool seinen cyberpunk, as well as a notable mind screw in the genre. May 07, 20 serial experiments lain episodes posted on may 7, 20 by bobduh so, now that the viewing club has actually moved on to a show i both havent seen and am very interested in watching, i suddenly realize ive successfully doubled the number of episodes ive assigned myself to commit serious thought to every week. Feb 19, 2018 additionally i believe that the scene at the start of episode 10 where lain and eiri seemingly switch bodies for the duration of their discussion is supposed to be symbolic of this, as it presents the visual of eiri being the prophet and lain being the god that directed him rather than the opposite. Serial experiments lain is a episode original anime. One of lains biggest fears is being left all alone and here she is, being teased. Watch serial experiments lain episode 9 online protocol protocol protocol protocole. Alice in cyberland is related to serial experiments lain in an even more specific way. Some kids at the club say they know all about it but they want a piece of lain s wired wild side. In closing one world and opening another, only lain will realize the significance of their presence. This anime is rated tv14 for the dark morals and themes of reality and the internet, mimimal gore, and some bad langauge. Covert agents in black suits take lain in for questioning. As the knights activities make the evening news, a strange man named nazumi wanders the city with machines strapped to h.
Serial experiments lain episode discussion forums. As time has marched on it seems like lain has gotten more and more prescient about the path that technology has been taking. In the fifth episode of serial experiments lain, this show hurts me. In that sense, lain the anime has a distinct postmodern identity, the type of identity that lain the character is searching for. Serial experiments lain similarities and references in tamers. I loved eva, even though the last episode somewhat was totally confusing, in which end of evangelion tries to explain it, but doesnt help much either.
Serial experiments lain bddvd box delayed 4 months nov 2, 20 universal sony home pictures to release anime in australia feb 17, 20. As lain gets more and more involved in the wired world, albeit at home and at school, alice starts to worry about her about her closing up again. Read the topic about serial experiments lain episode 7 discussion on myanimelist, and join in the discussion on the largest online anime. Serial experiments lain wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Like the people she was living with, who were they. In the seventh episode of serial experiments lain, lains friends are concerned, but the mysterious men in black suits are even more.
Lain has questions about a computer chip someone left in her locker, and her dads not talking. Serial experiments lain episodes wrong every time. Layer 07 as the knights activities make the evening news, a strange man named nazumi wanders the city with machines strapped to his body. The first episode is largely her staring blankly and. Of all the articles ive seen about serial experiments lain, not one has truly come to boil down the philosophical aspects of the anime. Someone born on the same day serial experiments lain premiered on japanese television would today become old enough to drink alcohol in the united states. Serial experiments lain vs neon genesis evangelion page. It is impossible to really spoil serial experiments lain. Why was that alien spying on her in that one episode. Spoilers serial experiments lain rewatch discussion. Dementia, drama, mystery, psychological, scifi, supernatural duration. Anime episode guide, chapter serial experiments lain episode 7 english dubbed society.
Omnipresence is full of information about sel and includes episode. A lot of the discussion around lain is how prophetic it was regarding the nature of the internet. Oct 10, 2018 i only hope that ive added enough through commentary and discussion for it to qualify. Watch serial experiments lain season 1, episode 7 society. Unsurprisingly, that season is host to some of the most screwed up stuff thats ever been connected to the franchise. Spoilers serial experiments lain rewatch discussion layer. Serial experiments lain episode 11 full reaction youtube. For the first anime of the series, i brought serial experiments lain. The series premiered on mon jul 06, 1998 on tv tokyo and ego. The show takes an informationrich dive deep into the nature of reality and truth, and.
The series consists of episodes referred to in the series as layers of 24 minutes each, except for the sixth episode, kids 23 minutes 14 seconds. There is the wired world inside the computer, of images, personalities, virtual experiences, and a culture all of its own. Can anyone explain the ending of serial experiments lain to. So it seems people are giving up their bodies both willingly and unwillingly at this point. Serial experiments lain bddvd box delayed 4 months nov 2, 20 universal sony home pictures to release anime in australia feb 17, 20 north american anime, manga releases, november 25. Serial experiments lain episode 7 discussion forums myanimelist. Experiencing the anime is more contingent on witnessing how things piece together under the atmosphere, not on the tensions of novelty. When the interrogation hits too close to home, lain flips fro. The game features a trio of female characters named minazuki alice, juri, and rena. There is a world around us, a world of people, tactile sensation, and culture. Lain wasnt interested in computers until she received her first email from a formerly suicidal classmate.
It is a episode anime, made in 1998, and i feel it was ahead of its time. The discussion might have spoilers, so if you still didnt watch it and intends. Serial experiments lain 1998 is an anime series about an adolescent girl in suburban japan named lain iwakura, and her introduction to the wired, an international computer network. In episode 7, metaphorlize sic briefly appears on the screen. Forums anime discussion specific anime discussion serial experiments lain discussion in specific anime discussion started by don9aldo, jan 23, 2012. So far serial experiments lain has done a pretty damn good job at its ideas about how society would interact with the internet and the influence it would have over our lives up until this point. I may watch it again now that i know the end, and how things were just to try, and understand it better. Serial experiments lain episode 2 discussion thread. Like when she told alice that she could erase what everyone heard on the rumors that another lain told. Episode 8 rumors posted on september 1, 2016 by mark oshiro in the eighth episode of serial experiments lain, lain takes a hard look at her own behavior after a nasty rumor spreads at school. But im not really a technology buff so all i can say is that the story falls somewhat flat.
Although she can barely deal with email at the beginning of the series, yearold lain metamorphoses into a computer guru involved in the wired, a cyberdimension that represents the sum. If you dont like having your brain slowly drained through a hole in your temple by cyborg ants, lain wont be for you. I only hope that ive added enough through commentary and discussion for it to qualify. Serial experiments lain tv trivia anime news network. Hoping to learn more about the clandestine technology, lain abducts a young boy for a. According to the otakon 2000 lain panel discussion and the hk interview, konaka liked these names, so he wanted to use them for the secondary characters in lain. To do so, eiri masami has hidden some codes in his research about protocol 7, the. Dec 26, 20 like when she told alice that she could erase what everyone heard on the rumors that another lain told. Some kids at the club say they know all about it but they want a piece of lains wired wild side.
It is reported that the knights cracked the firewall of the information control center of the wired. Although serial experiments lain does not attempt or pretend to offer a totally new vision, it succeeds wildly as a new and wonderfully constructed synthesis of older elements. Serial experiments lain is a 1998 japanese anime television series produced by yasuyuki. The only thing i could appreciate about this show is if it has half as information rich as the serial experiments lain page implies. Serial experiments lain episode 9 full reaction youtube. Welcome to the cutting edge part japanese anime series, serial experiments lain. Serial experiments lain has to be one of the most visually effective, original, and yet utterly confounding anime titles ever to be dreamed up. The gangs all back in town, and its time for another season of fights. Serial experiments lain has a special connection to preteens in another waythe director also directed digimon tamers. Serial experiments lain 1998 was one of the first artisticsurreal anime series that combined a fragmentary narrative with collages of disparate visuals.
829 983 1622 1594 1516 368 970 646 1436 255 269 1310 92 1064 13 288 1025 1034 1094 94 66 515 1642 490 245 579 657 790 1314 736 802 916 782 6 288 150 1250 216 65 7