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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

Writing

Chiaki J. Konaka

Chiaki J. Konaka

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

Yasuyuki Ueda

Original Series Creator (13 episodes), Original Story (13 episodes)

Sound

Reichi Nakaido

Original music composer (13 episodes)

Paul Turrell

Theme Song Performance (13 episodes)

Ben Henderson

Theme Song Performance (13 episodes)

Lee Sullivan

Theme Song Performance (13 episodes)

Alex Caird

Theme Song Performance (13 episodes)

Steve Rodgers

Theme Song Performance (13 episodes)

Jasmine Rodgers

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

Visual effects

Toshiyuki Tsuru

Opening/Ending Animation (13 episodes)

Tomokazu Tokoro

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

Matsutake Tokuyuki

Opening/Ending Animation (13 episodes)

Akihiko Yamashita

Akihiko Yamashita

Opening/Ending Animation (13 episodes)

Hidenori Matsubara

Opening/Ending Animation (13 episodes)

Hirofumi Suzuki

Hirofumi Suzuki

Opening/Ending Animation (13 episodes)

Kouichi Arai

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

Yoshitoshi ABe

Yoshitoshi ABe

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

Noriko Ozeki

Key Animation (6 episodes)

Masahiro Sekiguchi

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

Yoshihiro Sugai

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

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)

Asami Endo

Key Animation (4 episodes)

Yasuhide Maruyama

Animation Director (3 episodes)

Yuichi Tanaka

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

Tatsuya Furukawa

Key Animation (3 episodes)

Takahiro Goto

Key Animation (3 episodes)

Arihiro Goto

Key Animation (3 episodes)

Toshinobu Kikuchi

Key Animation (2 episodes)

Masahiro Emoto

Key Animation (2 episodes)

Miyuki Inoue

Key Animation (2 episodes)

Yuko Matsuo

Key Animation (2 episodes)

Yuri Takasaki

Key Animation (2 episodes)

Mari Nakatani

Key Animation (2 episodes)

Kazuko Maejima

Key Animation (2 episodes)

Yoko Takanori

Key Animation (1 episode)

Katsumi Tamegai

Key Animation (1 episode)

Masayo Ogura

Key Animation (1 episode)

Miyuki Nakamura

Key Animation (1 episode)

Minoru Ueda

Key Animation (1 episode)

Masahiro Sato

Key Animation (1 episode)

Hitoshi Kagiyama

Key Animation (1 episode)

Akira Inoue

Key Animation (1 episode)

Toshihiro Nakajima

Key Animation (1 episode)

Yasuhiro Imagawa

Key Animation (1 episode)

Takuya Saito

Key Animation (1 episode)

Shin Matsuo

Key Animation (1 episode)

Yuko Matsuo

Key Animation (1 episode)

Yūichirō Miyake

Key Animation (1 episode)

Il Bae Kim

Key Animation (1 episode)

Seung Hyun Hong

Key Animation (1 episode)

Kim Tae-jung

Key Animation (1 episode)

Myung Byun Kim

Key Animation (1 episode)

Young Jae Park

Key Animation (1 episode)

Hayato Tejima

Key Animation (1 episode)

Misuzu Kurata

Key Animation (1 episode)

Eiji Suganuma

Key Animation (1 episode)

Takeda Itsuko

Key Animation (1 episode)

Kazuya Morimae

Key Animation (1 episode)

Ooshima Jouji

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)

Ritsuko Watanabe

Key Animation (1 episode)

Motoi Nakamura

Key Animation (1 episode)

Tetsukazu Yamagishi

Key Animation (1 episode)

Yoshie Yokoyama

Key Animation (1 episode)

Production

Yasuyuki Ueda

Producer (13 episodes)

Taro Maki

Producer (13 episodes)

Hitoshi Chosokabe

Production Assistant (1 episode)

Art

Masaru Sato

Art direction (13 episodes)

Ryutaro Nakamura

Storyboard Artist (10 episodes)

Osamu Honda

Background Designer (7 episodes)

Izumi Hoki

Background Designer (2 episodes)

Yuka Ôhashi

Background Designer (2 episodes)

Satoko Shinohara

Background Designer (2 episodes)

Kazuki Higashiji

Background Designer (2 episodes)

Shinji Takasuka

Background Designer (2 episodes)

Takamasa Mashiki

Background Designer (2 episodes)

Shinobu Yamaguchi

Background Designer (2 episodes)

Masanobu Nomura

Background Designer (1 episode)

Michiru Nakatani

Background Designer (1 episode)

Kuniharu Kyoda

Background Designer (1 episode)

Yuji Shimada

Background Designer (1 episode)

Hirofumi Haginiwa

Background Designer (1 episode)

Akira Itou

Background Designer (1 episode)

Sohei Koizumi

Background Designer (1 episode)

Masahiko Murata

Masahiko Murata

Storyboard Artist (1 episode)

Yuka Hirama

Background Designer (1 episode)

Kaori Chuubachi

Background Designer (1 episode)

Rokurō Jinga

Storyboard Artist (1 episode)

Takuya Sato

Storyboard Artist (1 episode)

Editing

Tsuyoshi Imai

Editor (13 episodes)

Camera

Takashi Azuhata

Director of Photography (13 episodes)

Directing

Ryutaro Nakamura

Director (5 episodes)

Johei Matsuura

Director (2 episodes)

Shigeru Ueda

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

Nishiyama Akihiko

Director (2 episodes)

Masahiko Murata

Masahiko Murata

Director (2 episodes)

Yuichi Tanaka

Director (2 episodes)

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