Serial Experiments Lain (1998)

Close the world. txen eht nepO.

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.

Cast (15)CrewGenresDetailsMediaAwards

Kaori Shimizu

Lain Iwakura (voice)

Yoko Asada

Arisu Mizuki - Lain's friend (voice)

Ayako Kawasumi

Mika Iwakura - Lain's older sister (voice)

Ryusuke Ohbayashi

Yasuo Iwakura - Lain's father (voice)

Rei Igarashi

Miho Iwakura - Lain's mother (voice)

Sumi Mutoh

Chisa Yomoda (voice)

K

Keito Takimoto

Tarō (voice)

Chiharu Tezuka

Reika Yamamoto (voice)

Manabi Mizuno

Yūri Katō (voice)

Y

Yuki Yamamoto

Myū-Myū (voice)

S

Sora Fujimatsu

Masayuki (voice)

Show Hayami

Eiri Masami (voice)

Shigeru Chiba

Office worker

Jouji Nakata

Karl Haushoffer - Man in Black 1(voice)

Takumi Yamazaki

Lin Sui-Xi - Man in black 2 (voice)

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