Aug 06, 2017 serial experiments lain is an amazing anime from the late 90s with some truly mind bending scifi themes. Konaka, with original character designs by yoshitoshi abe. It takes the idea of becoming a different person on the internet and of disappearing distinctions between physical and online socialization to the dramatic extreme. Funimations official serial experiments lain website madmans official lain website. A playstation game with the same title was released in november 1998 by pioneer ldc. It was directed by ryutaro nakamura and written by chiaki j. Funimation to release serial experiments lain on bd in. Now more than ever, we live our lives extremely online. Find out more with myanimelist, the worlds most active online anime and manga community and database. Explanation of serial experiments lain anime thoughts. This new boxed set of serial experiments lain from funimation is nothing short of greatness, from the navi style menu design, down to the video and audio quality. After numerous watchings and searching the web for explanations i think i have figured it out. Lains unsavory behavior within the wired turns her into an outcast at school.
Directed by ryutaro nakamura and written by chiaki konaka, the show takes an informationrich dive deep into the nature of reality. It takes the idea of becoming a different person on the internet and of disappearing distinctions between physical and online. Whether you will regard lain as equally impressive depends on you. The show takes an informationrich dive deep into the nature of reality and truth, and in the process leads the viewer to come to his or. I got a rather different impression of lain and mikas relationship in one of the dubs scenes, for example. This chilling release from the psychological scifi anime series serial experiments lain includes all episodes of the show, following the story of a shy girl named lain, who receives mysterious messages from beyond the physical world originating in cyber space. Serial experiments lain is available to stream on funimation. Themes range from theological to psychological and are dealt with in a number of ways. Its about a girl who receives a mysterious message and begins going on the wired, which. Funimation entertainment will be releasing a bluraydvd combo pack of serial experiments lain comes november. Serial experiments lain predicted the direction our society was heading back in 1998. An erudite, confusing, and chilling anime from the late 1990s, serial experiments lain is creepy awesome seinen cyberpunk, as well as a notable mind screw in the genre. For a paid service id think they would have full seasons. Aug 17, 2012 funimation entertainment will be releasing a bluraydvd combo pack of serial experiments lain comes november.
Fans of serial experiments lain often misinterpret this scene as a real lovers tryst between alice and the teacher, but it was intended to be a fantasy of alices that wasnt really happening. Serial experiments lain is definitely an unusual anime, but is also a great one. Picture serial experiments lain gets a pillarboxed transfer on these bluray discs, one bd 50, and one bd 25. These supplements are slim and underwhelming, but the extras included with the set help to make up for a lack of interesting ondisc supplements. 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. Serial experiments lain is an anime series directed by ryuutarou nakamura, original character design by yoshitoshi abe, screenplay written by chiaki j. Serial experiments lain has to be one of the most visually effective, original, and yet utterly confounding anime titles ever to be dreamed up. But where even yoshitoshi abes other works, haibane renmei and texhnolyze, got barebones dvd releases. Stocking item usually ships within 2448 hours unless backordered. It manages to be bluntly vague or is it vaguely blunt. Serial experiments lain available on crunchyroll and funimation lain iwakura, a high school girl in suburban japan, is one of many girls to receive an. Yet the sudden suicide of a schoolmate and a number of strange occurrences conspire.
Funimation productions, ltd lain iwakura appears to be an ordinary girl with almost no experience with computers. Serial experiments lain is available from funimation and on rightstuf. Serial experiments lain anime serial experiments lain wiki. Serial experiments lain even deals with topics very familiar to viewers, that of online bullying, online games, and violence. Lain does find purpose and peace at the end of the series, but she is arguably even more isolated than she is at the beginning. Follow along as fourteen year old lain driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmatelogs on to the wired and promptly looses herself in a twisted mass of. Lain and its deceptively ordinary title character redefined an entire generations concept of the world wide web, prompting us all to suspiciously take note of humming power lines and central processing units.
Konaka, and produced by yasuyuki ueda for triangle staff. Instead, it became a virtual world that trapped all of its players for years. Iwakura lain is a quiet, unassuming junior high school student, not given to the chatter and gossip and socializing of her fellow classmates, until something strange begins to happen. You see, this complicated series succeeds in leaving a hugely positive and equally bizarre imprint on the mind. Lain iwakura, an awkward and introverted fourteenyearold, is one of the many girls from her school to receive a disturbing email from her classmate chisa yomodathe very same chisa who recently committed suicide. Yoshitoshi abe texhnolyze brings to life this existential classic that paved the way for films. Shiriaru ekusuperimentsu rein is a 1998 anime series broadcast by tv tokyo. Whats up with funimation now missing episodes for some shows. Serial experiments lain is a mindtwisting scifi anime film.
A few weeks ago i wrote a post about the upcoming release of serial experiments lain on bluray. Bilingual japanese w english subtitles and english dubbed release. Sep 05, 2012 a few weeks ago i wrote a post about the upcoming release of serial experiments lain on bluray. 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. Shiriaru ekusuperimentsu rein, stylized in lowercase as serial experiments lain is a 1998 japanese anime television series produced by yasuyuki ueda and animated by triangle staff. 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 is another classic from the old pioneergeneon stable that has been license rescued and reissued by funimation in a premium bddvd combo pack complete with art booklet. Lain iwakura is a taciturn teenager, then an email from her classmate chisa throws lains life into disarray. In the cybernetic cocoon that was once her room, shes hard at work blurring the lines between reality and the. Yet the sudden suicide of a schoolmate and a number of strange.
These are good news to all the old anime fans out there who have missed the series, and even better news for those who have yet to watch this masterpiece. It has been subject to commentary in the literary and academic worlds such as the asian horror encyclopedia and the problem of existence in japanese animation by the american philosophical society. Not only does the show get in deep with conspiracy theories, even. Decades before the internet was something people carried around in their pockets, these words introduced anime fans to a surreal existence where computer monitors served as portals to brave new worlds. Its about a girl who receives a mysterious message. It was broadcast on tv tokyo from july to september 1998 and has episodes. Serial experiments lain is a 1998 japanese anime television series produced by yasuyuki. Conventional interpretation seems to agree that the ending is as upbeat as is possible given the rest of the story, but i still find it very downbeat, very sad. Pour ceux qui hesite encore, je le recommande fortement, avec boogiepop phantom qui est du meme calibre cote narration perchee. Jul 01, 2014 serial experiments lain sub funimation. However, at anime expo 2010, north american distributor funimation announced that it had obtained the license to the series and re released it in. Its visual style is unlike any other animated work, western or eastern, and constantly evolves through the course of the series, serving as a metaphoric device in and of itself.
Sword art online was supposed to be the pinnacle of vrmmo gaming. Its atmosphere is masterfully done, the characters are interesting if somewhat distant and the story isnt quite like anything else out there. Looking for information on the anime serial experiments lain. Read the topic about serial experiments lain dub or sub. Spot on, the nuances which get tinkered with by dubbing seem particularly important in a show like this. The terrifyingly prescient serial experiments lain, 20.
Geneon went under, but thankfully funimation picked this back up from the back bin. Serial experiments lain watch episodes on funimation or. Yoshitoshi abe texhnolyze brings to life this existential. The day after a classmate commits suicide, lain, a year old girl, discovers how. Serial experiments lain 09 bd english subtitled fixed youtube. From the popular sword art online comes a virtual world of the same name. Acclaimed artist yoshitoshi abe haibane renmei, texhnolyze brings to life the existential classic that paved the way for blockbuster films such as the matrix. Mar 23, 2020 serial experiments lain predicted the direction our society was heading back in 1998. The show takes an informationrich dive deep into the nature of reality and truth, and. Shiriaru ekusuperimentsu rein is a 1998 japanese anime television series produced by yasuyuki ueda and animated by triangle staff.
As i wrote that post i was filled with joy for knowing lain will soon be available in bluray form in the u. The more involved with computers she becomes, the more lain begins to transform. Decades before the internet was something people carried around in their pockets, these words introduced anime fans to a surreal existence where computer monitors served as. Background serial experiments lain won the excellence prize in the 1998 japan media arts festival. Serial experiments lain is a mindtwisting scifi anime. Serial experiments lain created by abe yoshitoshi originalanime character design by kishida takahiro serial experiments lain, shiriaru ekusuperimentsu rein is an anime series directed by ryutaro nakamura, screenplay written by chiaki j. Setting the background masami eiri, chief engineer at tachibana laboratories, worked on protocol 7 and added code from his own initiative that introduced.
Serial experiments lain demands a conversation rather than an overview. Serial experiments lain yoshitoshi abe zerochan anime. Yes, funimation will be releasing serial experiments lain. Warning the opening scene of episode one is a girl committing suicide by jumping from a building. Serial experiments lain is hardly the only golden oldie funimation has rescued of late. 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. The video is presented in an avc encoded, 1080p hd transfer with an aspect ratio of 1. Several girls at her school begin recieving email from a dead classmate who had commited suicide a week earlier. The rumors about alice that evil lain started were not about an affair between alice and the teacher, but about alices crush on him. In many respects, it is neon genesis evangelion with no mechas and a different ending. On disc extras include a promotional video, an original commercial, textless openingending songs, the u. This is my attempt to explain the story of the anime serial experiments lain. Shonen has neon genesis evangelion, shojo has revolutionary girl utena, and seinen has lain.
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