Serial Experiments Lain

Serial Experiments Lain

1998 | 1 Seasons | TV-MA
Close the world, Open the nExt.
Serial Experiments Lain

Storyline

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

Kaori Shimizu

Kaori Shimizu

Lain Iwakura (voice)
Yoko Asada

Yoko Asada

Arisu Mizuki (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi

Ayako Kawasumi

Mika Iwakura (voice)
Ryusuke Ohbayashi

Ryusuke Ohbayashi

Yasuo Iwakura (voice)
Rei Igarashi

Rei Igarashi

Miho Iwakura (voice)

Crew

Masaru Sato

Art Direction
Ryutaro Nakamura

Ryutaro Nakamura

Storyboard Artist

Osamu Honda

Background Designer

Riko Shinohara

Background Designer

Takamasa Masuki

Background Designer

Izumi Hoki

Background Designer

Kazuki Higashiji

Background Designer

Yuka Ohashi

Background Designer

Shinobu Yamaguchi

Background Designer

Shinji Takasuka

Background Designer

Kaori Chuubachi

Background Designer

Masanobu Nomura

Background Designer

Kuniharu Kyoda

Background Designer

Michiru Nakatani

Background Designer

Sohei Koizumi

Background Designer

Yuji Shimada

Background Designer

Hirofumi Haginiwa

Background Designer

Akira Ito

Background Designer

Yuka Hirama

Background Designer

Rokurō Jinga

Storyboard Artist

Takuya Sato

Storyboard Artist
Masahiko Murata

Masahiko Murata

Storyboard Artist

Takashi Azuhata

Director of Photography
Ryutaro Nakamura

Ryutaro Nakamura

Director

Yuichi Tanaka

Director

Shigeru Ueda

Assistant Director
Masahiko Murata

Masahiko Murata

Director

Akihiko Nishiyama

Director

Johei Matsuura

Director

Tsuyoshi Imai

Editor

Yasuyuki Ueda

Producer

Taro Maki

Producer

Hitoshi Chosokabe

Production Assistant
Jasmine Rodgers

Jasmine Rodgers

Theme Song Performance

Reichi Nakaido

Original Music Composer

Steve Rodgers

Theme Song Performance

Lee Sullivan

Theme Song Performance

Alex Caird

Theme Song Performance

Paul Turrell

Theme Song Performance

Ben Henderson

Theme Song Performance
Yoshitoshi ABe

Yoshitoshi ABe

Visual Effects

Kouichi Arai

Key Animation

Tomokazu Tokoro

Key Animation

Hidenori Matsubara

Opening/Ending Animation
Tokuyuki Matsutake

Tokuyuki Matsutake

Opening/Ending Animation

Toshiyuki Tsuru

Opening/Ending Animation
Akihiko Yamashita

Akihiko Yamashita

Opening/Ending Animation
Hirofumi Suzuki

Hirofumi Suzuki

Opening/Ending Animation

Noriko Ozeki

Key Animation

Masahiro Sekiguchi

Key Animation

Masahiro Andoh

Key Animation

Takahiro Kishida

Key Animation

Tomoaki Chishima

Key Animation
Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Key Animation

Atsushi Tamura

Key Animation

Shigeyuki Suga

Key Animation

Shoji Yabushita

Key Animation

Yoshihiro Sugai

Key Animation

Yuji Takahashi

Key Animation

Asami Endo

Key Animation

Yuichi Tanaka

Key Animation

Tatsuya Furukawa

Key Animation

Yasuhide Maruyama

Animation Director

Arihiro Goto

Key Animation

Takahiro Goto

Key Animation

Masahiro Emoto

Key Animation

Miyuki Inoue

Key Animation

Kazuko Maejima

Key Animation

Toshihiro Kikuchi

Key Animation

Yuri Takasaki

Key Animation

Yuko Matsuo

Key Animation

Mari Nakatani

Key Animation

Masayo Ogura

Key Animation

Takuya Saito

Key Animation

Yasuhiro Imagawa

Key Animation

Young Jae Park

Key Animation

Shin Matsuo

Key Animation

Yuichiro Miyake

Key Animation

Misuzu Kurata

Key Animation

Kaori Ikeda

Key Animation

Il Bae Kim

Key Animation

Koji Taniguchi

Key Animation

Hitoshi Kagiyama

Key Animation

Yoshie Yokoyama

Key Animation

Kim Tae-Jung

Key Animation

Manabu Yasumoto

Key Animation

Ritsuko Watanabe

Key Animation

Eiji Suganuma

Key Animation

Hayato Tejima

Key Animation

Yoko Takanori

Key Animation

Akira Inoue

Key Animation

Myung Byun Kim

Key Animation

Masahiro Sato

Key Animation

Minoru Ueta

Key Animation

Jouji Ooshima

Key Animation

Seung Hyun Hong

Key Animation

Toshihiro Nakajima

Key Animation

Motoi Nakamura

Key Animation

Miyuki Nakamura

Key Animation

Yuko Matsuo

Key Animation

Kazuya Morimae

Key Animation

Katsumi Tamegai

Key Animation

Itsuko Takeda

Key Animation

Tetsukazu Yamagishi

Key Animation

Kazutaka Ozaki

Key Animation

Yasuyuki Ueda

Original Series Creator
Chiaki J. Konaka

Chiaki J. Konaka

Screenplay