Serial Experiments Lain is a Japanese anime television series directed by Ryūtarō Nakamura, written by Chiaki J. Konaka, and produced by Yasuyuki Ueda. Animated by Triangle Staff and featuring original character designs by Yoshitoshi ABe, the series was broadcast for thirteen episodes on TV Tokyo from July to September 1998. The series follows Lain Iwakura, an adolescent girl in suburban Japan, and her relation to the Wired, a global communications network similar to the internet.
Lain features surreal and avant-garde imagery, and explores philosophical topics such as reality, identity and communication.The series incorporates creative influences from computer history, cyberpunk and conspiracy theory. Critics and fans have praised Lain for its originality, visuals, atmosphere and thematics; its dark depiction of a world fraught with paranoia, social alienation and reliance on technology has been considered insightful into 21st century life.

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