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Serial Experiments Lain

1998, animation, drama, mystery

23 minutes

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 Shimizu

Kaori Shimizu

Lain Iwakura (voice) (13 episodes)

Yôko Asada

Yôko Asada

Arisu Mizuki (voice) (13 episodes)

Ayako Kawasumi

Ayako Kawasumi

Mika Iwakura (voice) (13 episodes)

Ryusuke Ohbayashi

Ryusuke Ohbayashi

Yasuo Iwakura (voice) (13 episodes)

Rei Igarashi

Rei Igarashi

Miho Iwakura (voice) (13 episodes)

Crew

Visual effects

Yoshitoshi ABe

Yoshitoshi ABe

Character Designer (13 episodes), Visual Effects (13 episodes), Key Animation (1 episode)

Kouichi Arai

Opening/Ending Animation (13 episodes), Key Animation (1 episode)

Hirofumi Suzuki

Hirofumi Suzuki

Opening/Ending Animation (13 episodes)

Hidenori Matsubara

Opening/Ending Animation (13 episodes)

Akihiko Yamashita

Akihiko Yamashita

Opening/Ending Animation (13 episodes)

Matsutake Tokuyuki

Opening/Ending Animation (13 episodes)

Tomokazu Tokoro

Opening/Ending Animation (13 episodes), Key Animation (1 episode)

Toshiyuki Tsuru

Opening/Ending Animation (13 episodes)

Masahiro Sekiguchi

Animation Director (4 episodes), Key Animation (2 episodes)

Noriko Ozeki

Key Animation (6 episodes)

Atsushi Tamura

Key Animation (5 episodes)

Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Key Animation (5 episodes)

Masahiro Andoh

Key Animation (5 episodes)

Tomoaki Chishima

Key Animation (5 episodes)

Shigeyuki Suga

Key Animation (4 episodes)

Shoji Yabushita

Key Animation (4 episodes)

Takahiro Kishida

Key Animation (4 episodes), Animation Director (1 episode)

Yuji Takahashi

Key Animation (3 episodes), Animation Director (1 episode)

Yoshihiro Sugai

Animation Director (3 episodes), Key Animation (1 episode)

Asami Endo

Key Animation (4 episodes)

Yasuhide Maruyama

Animation Director (3 episodes)

Tatsuya Furukawa

Key Animation (3 episodes)

Yuichi Tanaka

Animation Director (2 episodes), Key Animation (1 episode)

Takahiro Goto

Key Animation (3 episodes)

Arihiro Goto

Key Animation (3 episodes)

Toshinobu Kikuchi

Key Animation (2 episodes)

Masahiro Emoto

Key Animation (2 episodes)

Yuko Matsuo

Key Animation (2 episodes)

Yuri Takasaki

Key Animation (2 episodes)

Miyuki Inoue

Key Animation (2 episodes)

Mari Nakatani

Key Animation (2 episodes)

Kazuko Maejima

Key Animation (2 episodes)

Hitoshi Kagiyama

Key Animation (1 episode)

Yoko Takanori

Key Animation (1 episode)

Katsumi Tamegai

Key Animation (1 episode)

Masayo Ogura

Key Animation (1 episode)

Minoru Ueda

Key Animation (1 episode)

Miyuki Nakamura

Key Animation (1 episode)

Masahiro Sato

Key Animation (1 episode)

Hayato Tejima

Key Animation (1 episode)

Misuzu Kurata

Key Animation (1 episode)

Shin Matsuo

Key Animation (1 episode)

Takuya Saito

Key Animation (1 episode)

Toshihiro Nakajima

Key Animation (1 episode)

Yasuhiro Imagawa

Key Animation (1 episode)

Yuko Matsuo

Key Animation (1 episode)

Eiji Suganuma

Key Animation (1 episode)

Yūichirō Miyake

Key Animation (1 episode)

Young Jae Park

Key Animation (1 episode)

Kim Tae-jung

Key Animation (1 episode)

Seung Hyun Hong

Key Animation (1 episode)

Myung Byun Kim

Key Animation (1 episode)

Il Bae Kim

Key Animation (1 episode)

Kazuya Morimae

Key Animation (1 episode)

Jōji Ōshima

Key Animation (1 episode)

Kaori Ikeda

Key Animation (1 episode)

Kazutaka Ozaki

Key Animation (1 episode)

Koji Taniguchi

Key Animation (1 episode)

Manabu Yasumoto

Key Animation (1 episode)

Takeda Itsuko

Key Animation (1 episode)

Yuichiro Miyake

Key Animation (1 episode)

Yoshie Yokoyama

Key Animation (1 episode)

Tetsukazu Yamagishi

Key Animation (1 episode)

Ritsuko Watanabe

Key Animation (1 episode)

Motoi Nakamura

Key Animation (1 episode)

Writing

Chiaki J. Konaka

Chiaki J. Konaka

Series Composition (13 episodes), Writer (13 episodes)

Sound

Jasmine Rodgers

Theme Song Performance (13 episodes), Main Title Theme Composer (13 episodes)

Steve Rodgers

Theme Song Performance (13 episodes)

Alex Caird

Theme Song Performance (13 episodes)

Lee Sullivan

Theme Song Performance (13 episodes)

Ben Henderson

Theme Song Performance (13 episodes)

Paul Turrell

Theme Song Performance (13 episodes)

Reichi Nakaido

Original music composer (13 episodes)

Production

Taro Maki

Producer (13 episodes)

Yasuyuki Ueda

Producer (13 episodes)

Art

Masaru Sato

Art direction (13 episodes)

Ryutaro Nakamura

Storyboard Artist (10 episodes)

Masahiko Murata

Masahiko Murata

Storyboard Artist (1 episode)

Rokurō Jinga

Storyboard Artist (1 episode)

Takuya Sato

Storyboard Artist (1 episode)

Camera

Takashi Azuhata

Director of Photography (13 episodes)

Editing

Tsuyoshi Imai

Editor (13 episodes)

Directing

Ryutaro Nakamura

Director (5 episodes)

Masahiko Murata

Masahiko Murata

Director (2 episodes)

Johei Matsuura

Director (2 episodes)

Shigeru Ueda

Assistant Director (1 episode), Director (1 episode)

Yuichi Tanaka

Director (2 episodes)

Nishiyama Akihiko

Director (2 episodes)

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