Serial Experiments Lain

Synopsis

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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Cast

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)

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Keito Takimoto

Tarō (voice)

Chiharu Tezuka

Reika Yamamoto (voice)

Manabi Mizuno

Yūri Katō (voice)

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Yuki Yamamoto

Myū-Myū (voice)

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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)

Crew

Art

• Masaru Sato Art Direction

Camera

• Takashi Azuhata Director of Photography

Editing

• Tsuyoshi Imai Editor

Production

• Yasuyuki Ueda Producer
• Taro Maki Producer

Sound

• Reichi Nakaido Original Music Composer
• Paul Turrell Theme Song Performance
• Ben Henderson Theme Song Performance
• Lee Sullivan Theme Song Performance
• Alex Caird Theme Song Performance
• Steve Rodgers Theme Song Performance
• Jasmine Rodgers Main Title Theme Composer
• Jasmine Rodgers Theme Song Performance

Visual Effects

• Toshiyuki Tsuru Opening/Ending Animation
• Tomokazu Tokoro Opening/Ending Animation
• Tokuyuki Matsutake Opening/Ending Animation
• Akihiko Yamashita Opening/Ending Animation
• Hidenori Matsubara Opening/Ending Animation
• Hirofumi Suzuki Opening/Ending Animation
• Kouichi Arai Opening/Ending Animation
• Yoshitoshi ABe Visual Effects
• Yoshitoshi ABe Character Designer

Writing

• Chiaki J. Konaka Screenplay
• Chiaki J. Konaka Series Composition
• Yasuyuki Ueda Original Series Creator
• Yasuyuki Ueda Original Story

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