Serial Experiments Lain
Close the world. txen eht nepO.
TV-14 1998 · 1 season · 13 eps · ★ 8.2 · Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery
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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.
Directed by Ryutaro Nakamura · Written by Chiaki J. Konaka
Network: TV Tokyo
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Kaori Shimizu Lain Iwakura (voice) -
Yoko Asada Arisu Mizuki - Lain's friend (voice) -
Ayako Kawasumi Mika Iwakura - Lain's older sister (voice) -
Ryusuke Ohbayashi Yasuo Iwakura - Lain's father (voice) -
Rei Igarashi Miho Iwakura - Lain's mother (voice) -
Sumi Mutoh Chisa Yomoda (voice) - K Keito Takimoto Tarō (voice)
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Chiharu Tezuka Reika Yamamoto (voice) -
Manabi Mizuno Yūri Katō (voice) - Y Yuki Yamamoto Myū-Myū (voice)
- S Sora Fujimatsu Masayuki (voice)
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Show Hayami Eiri Masami (voice)
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