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Serial Experiments Lain(1998)
82%
547 Votes
Overview
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.
Type: Scripted
Status: Ended
Languages: Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Networks:
Production Companies:
Pioneer LDC
Triangle Staff
Top 5 Billed Cast
清水香里
Lain Iwakura (voice)
浅田葉子
Arisu Mizuki (voice)
川澄綾子
Mika Iwakura (voice)
大林隆介
Yasuo Iwakura (voice)
五十嵐麗
Miho Iwakura (voice)
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