Serial Experiments Lain
1998 · 24 min
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Lain Iwakura, an awkward and introverted fourteen-year-old, is one of the many girls from her school to receive a disturbing email from her classmate Chisa Yomoda-the very same Chisa who recently committed suicide. Lain has neither the desire nor the experience to handle even basic technology; yet, when the technophobe opens the email, it leads her straight into the Wired, a virtual world of communication networks similar to what we know as the internet. Lain's life is turned upside down as she begins to encounter cryptic mysteries one after another. Strange men called the Men in Black begin to appear wherever she goes, asking her questions and somehow knowing more about her than even she herself knows. With the boundaries between reality and cyberspace rapidly blurring, Lain is plunged into more surreal and bizarre events where identity, consciousness, and perception are concepts that take on new meanings.
Emotional fingerprint
Serial Experiments Lain (1998) — Series. Top emotional signals: Confusion 30%, Anxiety 25%, Awe 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Confusion30%
- Anxiety25%
- Awe20%
- Disturbing15%
- Curiosity10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Confusion, Anxiety, Awe. Genres: Drama, Animation, Horror. AI estimate.
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Consider this title if you are looking for Confusion, Anxiety and Awe. Its IMDb rating of 8.0/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.
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Cast
Arisu Mizuki - Lain's friend (voice)
Tarō (voice)
Reika Yamamoto (voice)
Yūri Katō (voice)
Myū-Myū (voice)
Masayuki (voice)
Details
- Created by
- Yasuyuki Ueda, Chiaki J. Konaka
- Type
- Animation
- Released
- 1998
- Runtime
- 24 min
- Country
- Japan
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Confusion
- Data updated
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