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Serial experiments lain9/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Lain regularly checks her Navi (high-powered computers that have become so commonplace, even schoolchildren have them), and shadows don’t appear as black splotches – not as the series progresses. Throughout the show, there are constant exterior shots almost always populated with telephone lines, or interior scenes plagued with computer screens and mobile phones. Serial Experiments Lain features a number of different themes, though chief of them being the concept of cyberspace. (Photo credit: Serial Experiments Lain, Triangle Staff, directed by Ryūtarō Nakamura) It’s certainly an anime that warrants re-watching if you’re a stickler for that sort of thing. I would say that it makes sense after the series’ climax, but that probably wouldn’t be true. You’ll just have to make your peace with that. It’s a relatively regular occurrence to be pretty perplexed throughout, and at times have absolutely no clue what’s going on. I mean, I thought The End of Evangelion was weird, but Lain gives that a run for its money. One word brought up time and time again in regards to Lain is ‘weird’. Her friends and family become sucked in, and soon the reality Lain knows begins to merge with something else entirely, and the boundaries between our world – and the Wired – start to crumble. As Lain becomes more involved in its cyberspace, she hears rumours of a hacker-group-turned-religious-cult, the Knights, and starts seeing strange things in her own world. So what’s SEL about? Well, a troubled young girl (Lain) finds herself drawn into a virtual world – the Wired – not unlike the internet of our own. Although it never really became the animated titan Neon Genesis Evangelion would prove, Lain is often compared to Hideaki Anno’s creation – namely in its use of complex psychology and existentialism in trying to find out who we are, and what makes a person real. Konaka and directed by Ryūtarō Nakamura, with animation from Triangle Staff. Serial Experiments Lain is a 1998 experimental anime television series, written by Chiaki J. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – ‘Mojo’ Album Review – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: ‘Southern Accents’ – Reviewed by Jacob Bishop.Come Find All The Rest: Tom Petty’s Vision, Reborn – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Queen: Jazz – Reviewed by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Lost in Space: Queen’s ’39 – by Kaitelyn Chappell.Queen: The Essentials – Part II – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Queen: The Essentials – Part I – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.A New Sensation – INXS: Live Baby Live – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Hear That Sound: INXS’ Top Ten – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.INXS: The Essentials – Part II – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.INXS: The Essentials – Part I – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Ghost On the Square: Ghost Live at Wembley Arena – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Osculum Obscenum: Ghost’s 7 Inches of Satanic Panic – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Ghost – ‘Meliora’ Album Review – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Ghost – Infestissumam Review by Jacob Wingate-Bishop. ![]() Ghost: Opus Eponymous – Reviewed by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.The Mac’s Masterstroke: Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Tusk’ – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Heroes to Zeroes: David Bowie’s ‘Never Let Me Down’ Reviewed – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.David Bowie’s ‘Hunky Dory’: An Album Review – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop. ![]()
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