Serial experiments lain insists its happening nowpresent day, present timeand the world of 2018 can feel eerily similar to the fragmented, confused, disassociated, unreal life that lains characters drift through. Serial experiments lain is a series reputed far and wide for being confusing, slow and just generally hard to make sense of. Alice mizuki lains classmate and her only true friend throughout the series, alice is a. Serial experiments lain opening duvet 8bit by otaku bits.
Title ego layer this episode starts off with scenes just before the end of episode 12. An exhausted lain appears willing to sacrifice her own flesh and blood until alice convinces her to take a stand against the digitalized deity. Serial experiments lain bddvd box delayed 4 months nov 2, 20 universal sony home pictures to release anime in australia feb 17, 20. Lain also expresses a subtle attraction towards taro, who she had gone on a date with in layer 09, and later manifests herself on his portable computer as a kind of goodbye after resetting the world. Like the people she was living with, who were they. Alice represents basic humanity and lain s attempt to understand it. Thought experiments lain has a couple paragraphs on it, saying that it could mean that the power of the wired could be alien in origin, but idk. Even when things are explained in the form of commentary and speeches. Serial experiments lain yoshitoshi abe zerochan anime. Wonderland, a serial experiments lain fanfic fanfiction. Find out more with myanimelist, the worlds most active online anime and manga community and database. Background serial experiments lain won the excellence prize in the 1998 japan media arts festival.
Fans of serial experiments lain often misinterpret this scene as a real lovers tryst between alice and the teacher, but it was intended to be a fantasy of alice s that wasnt really happening. Alice is unable to comprehend the events that involve lains divinity, culminating in her losing it when she sees eiris attempt at physical manifestation also due to. Watch serial experiments lain online full episodes of. Feb 19, 2018 explaining iwakura lain february 19, 2018 january 26, 2019 skapbadoa serial experiments lain is a series reputed far and wide for being confusing, slow and just generally hard to make sense of. Introduction annotated glossary lain links introduction below. Lainalicei cant seem to get that child out of my head. She shows a greater concern for lain than kato juri or yamamoto reika.
Her hands where greenish and she was really short, why. She is a sentient computer program designed to sever the barrier between the material world and the wired, introduced as a shy japanese girl in middle school at the beginning of the series. Serial experiments lain deals directly with the definition of reality, which makes its complex plot difficult to summarize. One of masamis appendages wraps around the girls and lifts them off the ground. Yoshitoshi abe texhnolyze brings to life this existential classic that paved the way for films like the matrix. The young, handsome male teacher who is alices heartthrob. Alice mizuki lain s classmate and her only true friend throughout the series, alice is a devoted confidante and has a simple, sincere personality. As the character of professor hodgeson discovers, theres no dark secret that cant be. The anime technique of panning across static images creates a meditative stillness that works perfectly, and the repetition of certain key images gives them a dreamlike significance. Nakamura keeps the pace of serial experiments lain deliberately slow, imbuing the early episodes with a sense of mounting dread that pays off as the plot develops. Shonen has neon genesis evangelion, shojo has revolutionary girl utena, and seinen has lain. Serial experiments lain created by abe yoshitoshi originalanime character design by kishida takahiro serial experiments lain, shiriaru ekusuperimentsu rein is an anime series directed by ryutaro nakamura, screenplay written by chiaki j. Lain has questions about a computer chip someone left in her locker, and her dads not talking. Serial experiments lain in the modern age of social media and.
Lain alice i cant seem to get that child out of my head. Alice is shocked and scared by what lain seems to be involved in. The sound of energy moving through its various conduits can be heard. Can anyone explain the ending of serial experiments lain to. The rumors about alice that evil lain started were not about an affair between alice and the teacher, but about alice s crush on him. Serial experiments lain 1999 tv show behind the voice actors. Serial experiments lain similarities and references in.
Lain decides to do a factory reset on her life, deleting herself from everyones memory. Chizumatic too many words about serial experiments lain. Also when reika teases lain, alice is always the one to. Rewatching serial experiments lain, and i had forgotten how adorable alice and lain were.
She has never had much to do with technology, although her dad is a computer enthusiast. Lain lives with her middleclass family, which consists of her inexpressive older sister mika, her cold mother, and her computerobsessed father. She had no memories of the canceled sequence of events before the master reset, but she still thought she knew lain. Serial experiments lain fanfiction archive with over 248 stories. She is confronted by her separate bolder self, who reminds. Serial experiments lain is a complex anime series that follows the story of the main character, lain. Alice mizuki lains classmate and her only true friend throughout the series, alice is a devoted confidante and has a simple, sincere personality. Explanation of serial experiments lain anime thoughts. Dec 26, 20 like when she told alice that she could erase what everyone heard on the rumors that another lain told. It definitely added to the atmosphere, and the leering, alien presence that was watching alice considering that scene where lain is the alien, but im sure someones read even deeper into it. Serial experiments lain fanfiction archive fanfiction.
Like when she told alice that she could erase what everyone heard on the rumors that another lain told. It is also very confusing, and can be interpreted many ways. Why was that alien spying on her in that one episode. Strange events begin to occur as a withdrawn girl named lain becomes obsessed with interconnected virtual realm of the wired. Konaka, with original character designs by yoshitoshi abe. Lain iwakura, an awkward and introverted fourteenyearold, is one of the many girls from her school to receive a disturbing email from her classmate chisa yomodathe very same chisa who recently. Shiriaru ekusuperimentsu rein, stylized in lowercase as serial experiments lain is a 1998 japanese anime television series produced by yasuyuki ueda and animated by triangle staff. Lain iwakura is the main protagonist of serial experiments lain. Now its 120x more likely youll get unlived by a family member. You may participate the auction and the lottery sales starting from 930 to 1010 jst. Even though she ultimately believes lain isnt responsible, the situation brings lain to the brink of tears. An erudite, confusing, and chilling anime from the late 1990s, serial experiments lain is creepy awesome seinen cyberpunk, as well as a notable mind screw in the genre. Lain iwakura, an awkward and introverted fourteenyearold, is one of the many girls from her school to receive a disturbing email from her classmate chisa yomodathe very same chisa who recently committed suicide.
Oct 17, 2007 now its 120x more likely youll get unlived by a family member. It is due to her encouragement that lain first visits cyberia it is revealed in layer 08 that alice is attracted to a teacher. More importantly shes the one who loved lain without worshipping her. Serial experiments lain focuses on lain iwakura, an adolescent girl living in suburban japan, and her introduction to the wired, a global communications network similar to the internet. Overall opinion serial experiments lain is a work of art for an anime show. She constantly rushed to lains side when lain was in a touch position while reika and juri stood by on the side. Lain spares her in the end by taking away her bad memories. After receiving an email from chisa yomoda who had committed suicide, lain discovers the virtual world of the wired. Serial experiments lain similarities and references in tamers. It is due to her encouragement that lain first visits cyberia.
With kaori shimizu, bridget hoffman, dan lorge, randy mcpherson. Alice mizuki from the anime serial experiments lain. Serial experiments lain is a very dense series, one packed with provocative ideas and images. The most ambiguous aspect of the entire thing is the topic of lain herself, and the struggle of trying to ascertain the nature of her existence. Serial experiments lain 22 digimon tamers 1 chobits 1. Serial experiments lain is a episode original anime. Mit dem anime serial experiments lain erscheint bei nipponart ein. The story is primarily based on the assumption that everything flows from human thought, memory, and consciousness. Photos of the serial experiments lain show voice actors. The anime serial experiments lain scifi, mystery, paranormal, psychological, drama. Alice in cyberland is related to serial experiments lain in an even more specific way. The episodes are called layers and have a different title card each time.
She is a shy girl, an introvert who wears frumpy clothes and has a nondescript figure. Serial experiments lain was a 1998 cyberpunk anime series directed by the late ryutaro nakamura, with a screenplay by chiaki j. Lain declares her love for alice during the climax of the series, though it isnt specified whether it is romantic or platonic. Confirmed by the writer to be named after that alice. After a suicide committied by chisa yomoda, strange emails have been received by people suggesting that they came from her.
It was directed by ryutaro nakamura and written by chiaki j. It has been subject to commentary in the literary and academic worlds such as the asian horror encyclopedia and the problem of existence in japanese animation by the american philosophical society. After the suicide of a classmate, fourteen year old lain logs on to the wired and looses herself in a mess of hallucinations and memories. Konaka, and produced by yasuyuki ueda for triangle staff. Alice mizuki serial experiments lain absolute anime. Sep 24, 2018 lains own ambiguous and confused, but at least on some level sexuallycharged love for alice means that she cant allow her to be absorbed into the collective consciousness she creates. Serial experiments lain shiriaru ekusuperimentsu rein is a 1998 japanese anime television series produced by yasuyuki ueda and animated by triangle staff the series focuses on lain iwakura, an adolescent middle school girl living in suburban japan, and her introduction to the wired, a global communications network that is similar to the internet.
So, after investigating a bit, lain, grabbed my attention. Its visual style is unlike any other animated work, western or eastern, and constantly evolves through the course of the series, serving as a metaphoric device in and of itself. That was why the grown alice, honorably affianced to the teacher, thought she recognized lain. Lain is a completely normal girl, living an average, relatively boring, life. Serial experiments lain in the modern age of social media and the internet. Alice is lains classmate and her only true friend all the way through the episode series. Serial experiments lain is a very rich and complex series, which operates on many levels and contains many provocative ideas. Her older sister is annoyed by little sis existence but thats pretty normal.
She has friends at school who try to coax her out of her shell, most importantly alice mizuki. She is the first to attempt to help lain socialise by taking her to a nightclub, and from this point always tries to protect and take care of her. Secrets and privacy are as much an abomination to the institutions that govern our online world as they are to the wired of serial experiments lain. Alice deeply cares about lain and is shown throughout the series to be very kind and loving towards her. An exhausted lain appears willing to sacrifice her own flesh and blood until alice convinces her to take a. Alice is introduced as the shyest part of a junior high school trio, but her character development. The books you read are extremely interesting such as no longer human, the alice. Follow along as fourteen year old laindriven by the abrupt suicide of a classmatelogs on to the wired and promptly looses herself in a twisted mass of.
It definitely added to the atmosphere, and the leering, alien presence that was watching aliceconsidering that scene where lain is the alien, but im sure someones read even deeper into it. The game features a trio of female characters named minazuki alice, juri, and rena. Lain iwakura kaori shimizumanja doering, alice mizuki saeko. Looking for information on the anime serial experiments lain. She looked so lost, and yet somehow right where she belonged. Though he appears 3 times in the serial experiments lain anime, he has no.
A man shoots himself and at the police station alice cries and sobs and tells lain how sorry she is. Lain site inculding information, media, images and the official fanlisting last fanlisting update. Konaka, character designs by yoshitoshi abe, and produced by yasayuki ueda. Alice is terrified while lain remains strangely calm. Lain iwakura from serial experiments lain charactour. Serial experiments lain 1999 tv show behind the voice. Nothing is lost on the wired as the web is called in lains world. I love how its very distinct on the details such as episodes. Perhaps the most important character to lain, alice is the one that gives the viewer a way to measure reality within serial experiments lain. Nur ihre freundin alice mizuki, mizuki arisu halt zu ihr.
Looking for episode specific information serial experiments lain on episode. While the story gives us a lot of hints as to what might be going on, nothing is ever explicitly explained. An example of this would be telling alices crush throughout the wired. Why were the men in suits and goggles working on the telephone wires after. I saw a post saying that alter ego a 1010 game rang a bell to some of you. When alice learns that lain supposedly spread the rumor she goes to confront her. According to the otakon 2000 lain panel discussion and the hk interview, konaka liked these names, so he wanted to use them for the secondary characters in lain. This anime is rated tv14 for the dark morals and themes of reality and the internet, mimimal gore, and some bad langauge. Serial experiments lain is a wonderful anime has a mixture of symbolism and various themes focusing on society and technology.
When i watched it the first time, i came away intrigued, confused, challenged but i did not feel cheated. Alice is introduced in layer 01 as lains classmate. Mizuki alice, mizuki arisu is a 14yearold girl who attends the same school as iwakura lain. Serial experiments lain bddvd box delayed 4 months nov 2, 20 universal sony home pictures to release anime in australia feb 17, 20 north american anime, manga releases, november 25. Infornography is the eleventh episode of serial experiments lain. Shiriaru ekusuperimentsu rein is a 1998 japanese anime television series produced by yasuyuki ueda and animated by triangle staff. Directed by ryutaro nakamura and written by chiaki konaka, the show takes an informationrich dive deep into the. Alice is lains first and only best friend that was introduced in layer 01. Distraught from doing so, lain is determined to discover her true form and identity and takes radical action. After getting one of these emails, the introverted lain becomes interested in computers and she ask her father for a new navi. Alice is introduced in layer 01 as lain s classmate. Antilain was created by the knights, however, it is lains traits that she hated about herself. Can anyone explain the ending of serial experiments lain. Serial experiments lain acclaimed artist yoshitoshi abe haibane renmei, texhnolyze brings to life the existential classic that paved the way for blockbuster films such as the matrix.
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