An erudite, confusing, and chilling anime from the late 1990s, serial experiments lain is creepy awesome seinen cyberpunk, as well as a notable mind screw in the genre. Lain has neither the desire nor the experience to handle even basic technology. Masami eiri was the project director at tachibana laboratories where he worked with the experimental protocol 7. Serial experiments lain 1999 tv show behind the voice. Some content is for members only, please sign up to see all content. Lain is an artificially produced god created by masami eiri to push humanity into the next stage of human evolution by linking all humanity into a godlike collective consciousness. After numerous watchings and searching the web for explanations i think i have figured it out. The men in black make their first appearance in layer 02 in which karl conspicuously watches lain from behind a lamp post, notably without his eyepiece. The most ambiguous aspect of the entire thing is the topic of lain herself, and the struggle of trying to ascertain the nature of her existence. Director ryutaro nakamura doggedly reuses the same closeups of lain s eyes, the shots of power wires, the simple computer graphics, etc. Shonen has neon genesis evangelion, shojo has revolutionary girl utena, and seinen has lain.
Dec 08, 2010 lain being more powerful, and knowing right from wrong, turned masami eiri down as well. Masami later explains that lain is the artifact by which the wall between the virtual and material worlds is to fall, and that he needs her to get to the wired and abandon the flesh, as he did, to achieve his plan. Serial experiments lainwmg all the tropes wiki fandom. Lain explores the wired and feels as if shes being watched. Eiri masami is introduced as the project director on protocol 7 the next generation internet protocol in the series timeframe for major computer company tachibana labs. Masami yamada, teacher from the anime onegai teacher. Masami eiri, eiri masami, is the key designer of protocol 7. Looking for information on the anime serial experiments lain. Masami eiri is a character of anime serial experiments lain and of manga the nightmare of fabrication. Consequently, he was fired by tachibana labs, and was soon found dead on a railway. Of good use is the list of appropriate attributes and appropriate defects, as well as typical mundane, major, and minor items within the world of serial experiments lain, but only two characters lain iwakura and massami eiri have been given besmbased stats, and only three of the items in the series has similar besmbased details.
Explanation of serial experiments lain anime thoughts. He believed that humanity should evolve by ridding themselves of their physical limitations and live as digital entities only. Serial experiments lain is a episode original anime. Consequently, he was fired by tachibana labs, and was soon found dead on a railway, having seemingly committed suicide. This is my attempt to explain the story of the anime serial experiments lain. Shiriaru ekusuperimentsu rein is a 1998 japanese anime television series produced by yasuyuki ueda and animated by triangle staff. It was directed by ryutaro nakamura and written by chiaki j. The computers are called navis because its short for knowledge navigatoryou can see a little animation of this in episode ten, if i recall. He is able to tap into the thoughts of individuals and influence their actions as seen with chisas suicide. These characters will possibly be examined later on more in depth in a separate article. Konaka, and produced by yasuyuki ueda credited as production 2nd for triangle staff. The show takes an informationrich dive deep into the nature of reality and truth, and in the process leads the.
Whose god the nature of divinity in serial experiments lain. Right now i am going to look at the most important people in lains life, specifically. My personal explanation of serial experiments lain. Serial experiments lain shiriaru ekusuperimentsu rein is a 1998 japanese anime television series produced by yasuyuki ueda and animated by triangle staff the series focuses on lain iwakura, an adolescent middle school girl living in suburban japan, and her introduction to the wired, a global communications network that is similar to the internet. What she does at the end of the series after resetting the world. Only the ever present hum of the electrical wires is heard. This simulation serves as motivation for her to try and break the border between the worlds. Comics archive serial experiments lain manga online. The concept has informed a lot of what apple has done with the ipad, and the computers in serial experiments lain seem to act a lot like these. This wiki is a collaborative resource that anyone, including you, can edit. Shiriaru ekusuperimentsu rein is a 1998 anime series broadcast by tv tokyo. Feb 19, 2018 the tipping point where lain begins to pursue this goal is in episode 8 when eiri and antilain run a simulation to show lain what it could be like if she rewrote everyones memories of arisus scandal. Serial experiments lain bddvd box delayed 4 months nov 2, 20 universal sony home pictures to release anime in australia feb 17, 20 north american anime, manga releases, november 25. They reappear in layer 03 in front of the iwakura residence just as iwakura mika has returned, much to her confusion and anger.
Lain, like christ, had the strength to do the right thing over the easy thing. Lain accuses the men in black of the act but karl tells her that they planted a parasite bomb in her coolant system. Unlike others who see this as a prank, and ignore the email, lain replies to it. Serial experiments lain wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. In serial experiments lain, the knights were used by eiri masami, who needed them to believe in him so he would be perceived as a god. It was broadcast on tv tokyo from july to september 1998. Serial experiments lain bddvd box delayed 4 months nov 2, 20 universal sony home pictures to release anime in australia feb 17, 20. Serial experiments lain eiri masami is introduced as the project director on protocol seven for major computer company tachibana labs. Eiri masami is the main antagonist of the anime serial experiments lain.
He had secretly included code of his very own creation to give himself absolute control of the wired, a virtual realityworld that contains and supports the very sum of all human communication and networks, created with the telegraph, televisions, and telephone services. Director ryutaro nakamura doggedly reuses the same closeups of lains eyes, the shots of power wires, the simple computer graphics, etc. Masami eiri, villain from the anime serial experiments lain. To see more pages, select all time from sorting options at the top. Animen forutsatter att detta wired kan anslutas till ett system som mojliggor undermedveten kommunikation mellan manniskor och maskiner utan. Masami eiri, villain from the anime serial experiments lain masami oyamada, from the manga and anime somedays dreamers masami saotome, from the live action film. If you dont understand it, take a look, maybe youll get it after this. Eiri masami is introduced as the project director on protocol seven for major computer company tachibana labs. In the anime series serial experiments lain, the antagonist masami eiri embeds his memories and consciousness into the wired, the internet of the story universe. Serial experiments lain first previous page 7 of 8. Konaka, with original character designs by yoshitoshi abe. While working for tachibana laboratories, he illicitly included code enabling him to control the whole protocol at will and embedded his own consciousness in said protocol. The men in black depart, leaving lain speechless and shocked. Miho iwakura voiced by petrea burchard and 2 others.
Lain iwakura is the main protagonist of serial experiments lain. After receiving an email from chisa yomoda who had committed suicide, lain discovers the virtual world of the wired. An erudite, confusing and chilling anime from the late 1990s, serial experiments lain is creepy cool seinen cyberpunk, as well as a notable mind screw in the genre. Lain iwakura, an awkward and introverted fourteenyearold, is one of the many girls from her school to receive a disturbing email from her classmate chisa yomodathe very same chisa who recently. Love is the tenth episode of serial experiments lain. Find out more with myanimelist, the worlds most active online anime and manga community and database. Everyone is connectedlain lain is a young 8th grade schoolgirl, who is shy, and self. Setting the background masami eiri, chief engineer at tachibana laboratories, worked on protocol 7 and added code from his own initiative that introduced continue reading explanation of serial. Lain is still not convinced that the men in black are innocent, and karl states again that it was the work of the knights.
Lain is an introverted schoolgirl who knows little about computers, until after receiving an email from a girl who committed suicide. He created lain and was one of the main developers of the wired the internet in the series. The series is about an introverted girl named lain, who after the suicide of a classmate, acquires interest in the nexus an advanced internet browser, and goes into this virtual world, losing contact with reality. Serial experiments lain beskriver natverket wired som summan av mansklighetens kommunikationsnatverk, skapat av telegraf och telefontjanster, utokat med internet och senare utvecklade natverk. Lain debates the nature of god and free will with the masami eiri, who researched the idea that human minds are linked like electronic circuits on a subliminal levelbefore he was found murdered. This anime is rated tv14 for the dark morals and themes of reality and the internet, mimimal gore, and some bad langauge. God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets. Serial experiments lain is a series reputed far and wide for being confusing, slow and just generally hard to make sense of.
Masami eiri committed suicide to abandon the body and live forever as the one, true god of the wired. I spent a long time writing out this metaphor, because i really wanted to make sense of everything in the series. Serial experiments lain 1999 tv show behind the voice actors. Directed by ryutaro nakamura and written by chiaki konaka, the show takes an informationrich dive deep into the. Lain s house in serial experiments lain gains a worrying amount of mess and a nasty brown fog near the end of the series. The concept has informed a lot of what apple has done with the ipad, and the computers in serial experiments lain seem. Knowledge navigator is an imaginary class of computer that former apple ceo john sculley wrote a book about. As she searches for the source of her unease, she navigates through the data trails of her friends and family.
Click the edit button at the top of any page to get started. These details are unveiled around the middle of the series, but this is the point where the story of serial experiments lain begins. Religion, like real world and the wired, is a consensual hallucination. Photos of the serial experiments lain show voice actors. Like the kind of god he represents, masami eiri first appears only as a voice. As a regular human he wears a plain gray suit with a tie and has short black hair. Serial experiments lain, shiriaru ekusuperimentsu rein is an anime series directed by ryutaro nakamura, original character design by yoshitoshi abe, screenplay written by chiaki j. Lain being more powerful, and knowing right from wrong, turned masami eiri down as well. Eiri was fired from his position at tachibana after it was uncovered that he had been secretly inserting foreign code into the the wired, the next day he was found dead, an alleged suicide. Lain iwakura voiced by bridget hoffman and 3 others. The unconscious connections of man in serial experiments lain. Lain iwakura, an awkward and introverted fourteenyearold, is one of the many girls from her school to receive a disturbing email from her classmate chisa yomodathe very same chisa who recently committed suicide.
This is a community website about the avantgarde 1999 anime series written by chiaki j konaka and directed by ryutaro nakamura. They both turned down more power, and later selflessly sacrificed themselves so that others could live and not suffer. He is the one that tells lain that the wired is the next plateau of human existence. He is voiced by shou hayami in japanese version and kirk thornton in english dub. Serial experiments lain yoshitoshi abe page 7 of 8.