Serial Experiments Lain
81
Balasaur Score
Worth a look
1998 · TV · 1 season · 13 episodes · TV-14
The read
A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8/10. The series ran 1 season across 13 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
662 audience votes
Seasons
| 1 | Season 1 | 13 ep1998 |
Key crew
- Chiaki J. KonakaScreenplay
- Reichi NakaidoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kaori ShimizuLain Iwakura (voice)
- Yoko AsadaArisu Mizuki - Lain's friend (voice)
- Ayako KawasumiMika Iwakura - Lain's older sister (voice)
- Ryusuke OhbayashiYasuo Iwakura - Lain's father (voice)
- Rei IgarashiMiho Iwakura - Lain's mother (voice)
- Sumi MutohChisa Yomoda (voice)
- Keito TakimotoTarō (voice)
- Chiharu TezukaReika Yamamoto (voice)
- Manabi MizunoYūri Katō (voice)
- Yuki YamamotoMyū-Myū (voice)
- Sora FujimatsuMasayuki (voice)
- Show HayamiEiri Masami (voice)
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Themes
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