A couple of our faithful readers pointed out after episode four that it’s difficult to tell what’s real and what’s not in Lain, what the truth is and what isn’t. It’s a tricky series, one that keeps you guessing and, if we didn’t already know how acclaimed the show is, at times makes you wonder… Read More Serial Experiments Lain Revisited: Episode 05

As we continue our rewatch of Serial Experiments Lain, 20 years after it first aired, we arrive at episode three, perhaps the first one in which decisions and actions are made which will have an ultimate impact on how the series turns and ends. Layer 03 12-year olds are supposed to be concerned with school… Read More Serial Experiments Lain Revisited: Episode 03

Lain is both a very current series and a relic of the past. The questions it asks are still as significant today as back then, though the answers and context may be different. The animation is obviously of its time, but I can still appreciate it today. The storyline, direction, and structure is of a… Read More Serial Experiments Lain Revisited: Episode 02

Twenty years ago this summer, a series premiered in Japan that tackled the complex topics of communication, reality, depression, and even theology. Serial Experiments Lain, the brainchild of a number of individuals but most closely associated with Yoshitoshi ABe for his character designs, became an influential series both in Japan in the west. Mesmerizing in… Read More Serial Experiments Lain Revisited: Episode 01