Where can I watch Serial Experiments Lain online?

You can stream Serial Experiments Lain on NettMovies. Open the series page and pick a season and episode to start watching.

When did Serial Experiments Lain first air?

Serial Experiments Lain first aired in 1998.

What genre is Serial Experiments Lain?

Serial Experiments Lain is a animation, drama, and sci-fi & fantasy series.

How many seasons of Serial Experiments Lain are there?

Serial Experiments Lain has 1 season and about 13 episodes in total.

Who stars in Serial Experiments Lain?

Serial Experiments Lain stars Kaori Shimizu, Yoko Asada, Ayako Kawasumi, and Ryusuke Ohbayashi.

How is Serial Experiments Lain rated?

Serial Experiments Lain currently scores 8.2 out of 10 based on aggregated viewer ratings.

Series

Serial Experiments Lain

Name: Serial Experiments Lain
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery
Released: 1998-01-01
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Kaori Shimizu, Yoko Asada, Ayako Kawasumi, Ryusuke Ohbayashi, Rei Igarashi

1998 | ★ 8.2

Animation · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Mystery

Seasons & episodes

Season

Layer:01 – WEIRD

1998-07-06

Lain Iwakura, a shy, 13-year-old schoolgirl, receives an email from a schoolmate after her suicide. Is it a prank? Lain doesn't feel horror, but curiosity.

Layer:02 – GIRLS

1998-07-13

Classmates Alice, Julie, and Reika wonder if that was Lain they saw at the nightclub Cyberia. To find out, they invite Lain to go with them to the club.

Layer:03 – PSYCHE

1998-07-20

Alice, Julie, and Reika are minor celebrities in their class after they witness a shooting at The Cyberia. Lain is given a black-market chip for her computer, but it seems she is also being followed.

Layer:04 – RELIGION

1998-07-27

Some players of a Wired game called PHANTOMa are dying suspicious deaths. Lain investigates, but her growing interest in the Wired worries her father, as well as classmates Mika and Alice.

Layer:05 – DISTORTION

1998-08-03

Lain receives cryptic messages about existence, God, and a coming prophecy. Meanwhile, Mika's world changes in ways both surreal and hyperreal.

Layer:06 – KIDS

1998-08-10

Young children are acting strangely, arms outstretched and silently staring at the sky. A shocking vision suddenly appears in the skies; it looks like Lain! Determined to get to the bottom of this, Lain's investigations finally bring her to the creator of KIDS -- but what she discovers is not what she hoped for.

Layer:07 – SOCIETY

1998-08-17

As the Knights activities make the evening news, a strange man named Nazumi wanders the city with machines strapped to his body. People on the WIRED are asking: ""Who is Lain"". Meanwhile, the two MIB agents take Lain to the Techibana offices where Lain's identity is challenged by a man; how well does she know her parents, her sister, herself? Can Lain answer him?

Layer:08 – RUMORS

1998-08-24

Still shaken by the information she received from the Men In Black, Lain discovers that she is being blamed for spreading an ugly rumor in the WIRED. Is what the MIB said is true; is she another person in the WIRED? Or is she doing it herself? Lain must find out or risk losing the one true friend she has.

Layer:09 – PROTOCOL

1998-08-31

A documentary about Roswell gives Lain some valuable information about the pioneers of the WIRED. Later, at the Cyberia, J.J. tells Lain that she left something the day before and hands her an envelop with the Knight's logo on it. The envelop contains a chip. Believing this was the other 'Lain's' doing again, she decides to call Taro's bluff and go on a 'date'. Taking him to her room, Lain demands that he tell her what he knows. Together, with Taro's information and the mysterious chip, Lain finds out more then she expected.

Layer:10 – LOVE

1998-09-07

Lain struggles with her identity. Is she a human being, or just a hologram? And are the Knights responsible for the Evil Lain? Lain decides to deal with the Knights once and for all.

Layer:11 – INFORNOGRAPHY

1998-09-14

Alone and frightened, Lain immerses herself in the WIRED, processing the events of the past few weeks and searching for the truth of who she is.

Layer:12 – LANDSCAPE

1998-09-21

Troubled by what she saw, Alice decides to visit Lain at home and find out what is going on. Meanwhile, the two MIB agents receive a terrible shock and Eiri reveals his real motive for removing the barrier between the real world and the WIRED.

Layer:13 – EGO

1998-09-28

The world is crumbling, people are dying and Alice's sanity is threatened. To save humanity, there is only one thing Lain can do; she must make the ultimate personal sacrifice.

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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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Where can I watch Serial Experiments Lain online?: You can stream Serial Experiments Lain on NettMovies. Open the series page and pick a season and episode to start watching.
When did Serial Experiments Lain first air?: Serial Experiments Lain first aired in 1998.
What genre is Serial Experiments Lain?: Serial Experiments Lain is a animation, drama, and sci-fi & fantasy series.
How many seasons of Serial Experiments Lain are there?: Serial Experiments Lain has 1 season and about 13 episodes in total.
Who stars in Serial Experiments Lain?: Serial Experiments Lain stars Kaori Shimizu, Yoko Asada, Ayako Kawasumi, and Ryusuke Ohbayashi.
How is Serial Experiments Lain rated?: Serial Experiments Lain currently scores 8.2 out of 10 based on aggregated viewer ratings.

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