Why it may be worth watching
- Serial Experiments Lain combines Animation and Drama storytelling.
- The principal cast includes Kaori Shimizu, Yoko Asada, Ayako Kawasumi.
- Viewers currently rate it 8.2/10 from 673 votes.
TV series
Serial Experiments Lain
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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.
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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)
Shigeru ChibaOffice worker
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Best suited to viewers looking for Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy. The available catalogue spans 1 season.
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Themes and topics
dementiacomputerinternetcyberpunkcyberspaceangstseinenanime
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