Love starts with our cityscape, but no voiceover this time. Everyone is connected lain lain is a young 8th grade schoolgirl, who is shy, and selfinvolved. The series consists of episodes referred to in the series as layers of 24 minutes each, except for the sixth episode, kids 23 minutes 14 seconds. Knowledge navigator is an imaginary class of computer that former apple ceo john sculley wrote a book about. It is an experience to watch serial experiments lain, and there is no definite answer for this anime show. Eiri masami is introduced as the project director on protocol 7 the next generation internet protocol in the series timeframe for major computer company tachibana labs. In hindsight, im not sure this is as convoluted as it felt to me while watching it, so enjoy the video of me being confused and shocked the entire time.
The difference between jungs belief in the collective unconsciousness and the argument presented in serial experiments lain or rather one of is that lain. However, something about the show made it popular enough in america that its been seen by a large portion of internet users and the. If its purpose is to get you thinking, not so much. Serial experiments lain was first aired on tv tokyo on july 6, 1998 and concluded on september 28, 1998 with the thirteenth and final episode. However, in serial experiments lain, lain realizes that with the power of being her own god she could do whatever she pleased. 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. Its visual style is unlike any other animated work, western or eastern, and constantly evolves through the course of the.
Like evangelion, people have discussed and debated the plot and the ending for years. Masami eiri is introduced as the project director on protocol seven the nextgeneration internet protocol in the series timeframe for major computer company. A brief introduction to serial experiments lain otaquest. When i watched it the first time, i came away intrigued, confused, challenged but i did not feel cheated. What happens in serial experiments lain is that lain is tasked to link humanity together as it once was. Lain debates the nature of god and free will with the masami eiri, who researched the idea that human minds are linked like electronic circuits on a subliminal levelbefore he was found murdered. Unlike others who see this as a prank, and ignore the email, lain replies to it. Lain and eiri have a conversation in which they speak in each others voices, and eiri explains how he put his consciousness into protocol 7. At myanimelist, you can find out about their voice actors, animeography. Her preferences are also quite childish, and she possesses a large number of toys and other childthemed objects. The concept has informed a lot of what apple has done with the ipad, and the computers in serial experiments lain seem to act a lot like these. Read more information about the character masami eiri from serial experiments lain. When lain or eiri realized her mortality and solitude in the physical world she turned to the wired to become something that had only temporal need of a physical body and that which could expand her neural network everywhere anonymously. Serial experiments lain is a very dense series, one packed with provocative ideas and images.
Perhaps the most important character to lain, alice is the one that gives the viewer a way to measure reality within serial experiments lain. See over 378 serial experiments lain images on danbooru. More importantly shes the one who loved lain without worshipping her. Consequently, he was fired by tachibana labs, and was soon found dead on a railway, having seemingly committed suicide.
Serial experiments lain lain iwakura masami eiri mizuki arisu and the wired serial experiments lain sexy lain tshirt, long sleeve, sweatshirt. There are clearly three distinct lains throughout the series. While working for tachibana laboratories, he illicitly included code enabling him to control the whole protocol at will and embedded his own consciousness in said protocol. Fortunately, before eiri is able to harm lain or alice, lain smashes him into a bloody pulp by telekinetically throwing all of her hardware and equipment at him. Serial experiments lain ps1 todas as cutscenes ptbr. Storyif the purpose of serial experiments lain is to get your mind whirling, it succeeds. While working for tachibana laboratories, he illicitly included code. This wiki is a collaborative resource that anyone, including you, can edit.
He had secretly included code of his very own creation to give himself absolute control of the wired, a virtual realityworld that contains and supports the very sum of. 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. Main characters lain iwakura titular character and. Serial experiments lainwmg all the tropes wiki fandom. He has secretly included code of his own creation to give himself control of the wired through the wireless system described above. According to eiri, lain s purpose for existing is to merge the real world with the world of the wired creating a single consciousness on earth that would ultimately eliminate individuality. In the end of an episode cant remember which lain blows into pieces a weird headset of a guy without any physical contact but in other parts of the series she doesnt seem to have any telekinetic feats so wtf 4. He created lain and was one of the main developers of the wired the internet in the series. In 1998, when you were still using windows 95, a television show came out of japan called serial experiments lain.
Eiri uploaded his consciousness on the wired and then killed himself. Serial experiments lain eiri masami is introduced as the project director on protocol seven for major computer company tachibana labs. The meeting between alice and lain runs two ways lain expresses that her singling out of. Yet the sudden suicide of a schoolmate, and a number of strange occurrences, conspire to pull lain into the world of the wired, where she gradually learns that nothing is what it seems to be. Across all the works in the serial experiments lain series, lain is portrayed as introverted, shy and quiet. Serial experiments lain 1999 tv show behind the voice. Find out more with myanimelist, the worlds most active online anime and manga community and database. Religion, like real world and the wired, is a consensual hallucination.
Then its time for mark to watch serial experiments lain. In layer 12, eiri becomes infuriated by lains resistance and attempts to manifest himself physically, becoming an abominable floating creature sprouting a prehensile tongue and bizarre fleshy growths all about his misshapen body. Who is the girl who looks like lain but acts like a jerk and always smiles. He created lain and was one of the main developers of the wired the internet in the.
Pics of the serial experiments lain voice actors show. Masami eiri is introduced as the project director on protocol seven the next generation internet protocol in the series timeframe for major computer company. 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. The only mistake was that temptation was waiting around every corner for her, but just like jesus, she overcomes the temptations placed by eiri and others. However, sprinkled in there, it raises some questions about religion, most notably what makes someone or something a god. Eiri masami is the main antagonist of the anime serial experiments lain. A cyberpunk multimedia project including an anime series by triangle staff, a playstation game by pioneer lcd, plus a. This paper introduces nakamura ryutaros anime, serial experiments, lain 1998 as a new type of anime, a genre nameable as an expository anime, for the reason that it creates a. Serial experiments lain is a work of art for an anime show. She constantly rushed to lain s side when lain was in a touch position while reika and juri stood by on the side. Looking for episode specific information serial experiments lain on episode 10. Serial experiments lain 1999 tv show behind the voice actors. 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 lainheadscratchers all the tropes. There are many visual representations like the typography to the perspective angles. In layer 12, serial experiments lain reaches its cyberpunk apex, not only in the technological evolution of lain s room and the grotesque imagery of eiri s incarnation, but in reaching a climax of sorts in the philosophy thats being expressed. This is a community website about the avantgarde 1999 anime series written by chiaki j konaka and directed by ryutaro nakamura. He is voiced by shou hayami in japanese version and kirk thornton in english dub.
Chizumatic too many words about serial experiments lain. Masami eiri, eiri masami, is the key designer of protocol 7. As she, back in her own body, comes home, yasuo says his farewell, after realizing she knows the. The computers are called navis because its short for knowledge navigatoryou can see a little animation of this in episode ten, if i recall.
The interviewer is suggested to be eiri in disguise, speaking to lain by a means similar to that seen in layer 05, in which he uses a holographic image of a doll, lain s mother miho and lain s father yasuo to speak to and influence lain. Serial experiment lain is one of those shows thats vague to begin with and as it crawls on only gets more mystifying as it goes. I honestly dont know what bugs me more the fact that this makes little in the way of sense, or the fact that the voice sounds weirdly familiar. As both are seen to have switched bodies, eiri introduces himself to lain as the creator of protocol seven, saying that lain no longer needs to have a body in order to be alive. Get info on masami eiri, played by kirk thornton on serial experiments lain. The company tachibana labs in contrast wanted the real world and the. In the tenth episode of serial experiments lain, the illusion shatters.
Lain s house in serial experiments lain gains a worrying amount of mess and a. One of the centralmost points of serial experiments lain is the question of lains identity. Lain rejects this in favor of resetting the present timeline where all her friends and family live normal lives without her. Lain being more powerful, and knowing right from wrong, turned masami eiri down as well. Lain is the titular character of serial experiments lain. Lain is an introverted schoolgirl who knows little about computers, until after receiving an email from a girl who committed suicide. Serial experiments lain bruce baugh, lucien soulban on. Welcome to the cutting edge part japanese anime series, serial experiments lain. Masami eiri, in his desire to conquer reality, uses her as a pawn. Serial experiments lain is an anime that deals primarily with the relations between man and technology. This anime is a hitormiss philosophical cesspool that could either captivate or disgust. What on earth is the whole present day, present time thing all about. Masami eiri serial experiments lain characters sharetv.
Looking for information on the anime serial experiments lain. Lain rejects this in favor of resetting the present timeline where all. The unconscious connections of man in serial experiments lain. In serial experiments lain, the knights were used by eiri masami, who needed them to believe in him so he would be perceived as a god. Explanation of serial experiments lain anime thoughts.
Lain iwakura appears to be an ordinary girl, with almost no experience with computers. As far as animation quality goes, it was pretty much on par with anything else from that period no fancy 3d cg or expensive korean inbetweeners. Masami eiri, who thinks he is a god, tries to tempt lain in joining her powers with his to rule the world of the wired. Masami eiri bio, photos, listings, quotes, episode screenshots. This is further made interesting by what the main deity character of masami eiri claims makes him a god.
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