Serial experiments lain is a work of art for an anime show. Konaka, with original character designs by yoshitoshi abe. Looking for information on the anime serial experiments lain. Shonen has neon genesis evangelion, shojo has revolutionary girl utena, and seinen has lain. Lains father projection tells her how prophecy is a way of deus to interfere in the real world, and mika seems to be a target of these actions, aimed to make her doubtful about her perceptions and, later, causing her dissociation.
Serial experiments lain 1999 tv show behind the voice actors. At the beginning of the anime, she is a regular teenage girl who often stays out late. A couple of our faithful readers pointed out after episode four that its difficult to tell whats real and whats not in lain, what the truth is and what isnt. One of my favorite parts of the anime disregard the tag, i used a free trial version for the program. To me mika always seemed kind of out of place compared to lains parents, who always seemed to know about more than just the surface. Index a freely organisable overview on all anime listed on anisearch. Mika lain s voice toppled over the childrens merry laughter. Iwakura lain iwakura rein, also rendered as, lain or is the main protagonist of the series. Its a masterpiece of intellectuality, and utterly unparalleled in providing a mindwarping trip into extreme psychological and philosophical themes whose. Like when she told alice that she could erase what everyone heard on the rumors that another lain told. Mika iwakura voice serial experiments lain show behind.
A week after chisa committed suicide, her classmates begin to receive emails from her. Its visual style is unlike any other animated work, western or eastern, and constantly evolves through the course of the. Mika becomes the first target chosen by the knights. After a while she seems to care and show more interest and became obsessed, leading to her downfall of later on losing her sanity. Lain s father projection tells her how prophecy is a way of deus to interfere in the real world, and mika seems to be a target of these actions, aimed to make her doubtful about her perceptions and, later, causing her dissociation. Mar 22, 2018 on the way to her bedroom, she sees that lains light is on. Serial experiments lain is an avantgarde anime series directed by ryutaro. It is their plan that by taking control of mika using their kids technology that they can discourage lain from finding her true mission. This is a community website about the avantgarde 1999 anime series written by chiaki j konaka and directed by ryutaro nakamura. Can anyone explain the ending of serial experiments lain to me. Mika, before all of this stuff happened to her, was followed by these prophecy messages, so it becomes pretty apparent that masami eiri and the knights are. After numerous watchings and searching the web for explanations i think i have figured it out. This is my attempt to explain the story of the anime serial experiments lain.
Mika enters and finds lain in a thin negligee working. Oct 17, 2018 one idea that serial experiments lain does a lovely job of delving into is the idea of what happens when one becomes his or her own personal god. Serial experiments lain is a 1998 japanese anime television series produced by yasuyuki ueda and animated by triangle staff. Serial experiments lain all the tropes wiki fandom. They have been indexed as female teen with brown eyes and brown hair that is to chest length. It has been subject to commentary in the literary and academic worlds such as the asian horror encyclopedia and the problem of existence in japanese animation by the american philosophical society. Dec 26, 20 can anyone explain the ending of serial experiments lain to me. Toplist the leaderboard where all anime are listed according to their overall ranks. Masami eiri, in his desire to conquer reality, uses her as a pawn. Serial experiments lain bddvd box delayed 4 months nov 2, 20 universal sony home pictures to release anime in australia. Serial experiments lain season 2 episode 5 youtube. There are many visual representations like the typography to the perspective angles. Visually, she is characterized by her short, brown, asymmetrical hair, one lock of which is secured by a hairclip.
Perhaps her changed character is supposed to be the modem that connects lain even further into the wired. Follow along as fourteen year old lain driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmate logs on to the. Can anyone explain the ending of serial experiments lain. See over 380 serial experiments lain images on danbooru. Mika iwakura is a character from the anime serial experiments lain. Although she dotes on mika, she is indifferent towards lain. Hearing rumors fly at school, a quiet withdrawn girl named lain goes home that day, turns on her dusty navi computer for the first time and has a conversation with the dead girl. Why was that alien spying on her in that one episode. She asks why she is dressed so skimpily to which lain responds that she heard wearing too many extra clothing during this kind of work could result in electrocution through static.
Personally i think that the knights drove mika insane in hopes of drawing lain even further into the wired. Its not godly perfect or anything, but it gets up there. Lain is initially portrayed as a emotionless fourteen year old girl being raised by her ineffectual mother and computer obsessed father in a cyberpunk japan. Whatwho causes lains older sister mika to go insane. At myanimelist, you can find out about their voice actors, animeography, pictures and much more. Mika visits lains room, only to find her sister tinkering very adeptly with computer hardware and wearing nothing but her underwear.
Mika visits lain s room, only to find her sister tinkering very adeptly with computer hardware and wearing nothing but her underwear. To me mika always seemed kind of out of place compared to lain s parents, who always seemed to know about more than just the surface. Mika iwakura bio, photos, listings, quotes, episode screenshots. Find out more with myanimelist, the worlds most active online anime and manga community and database. Lain is the titular character of serial experiments lain. Pics of the serial experiments lain voice actors show. A scene from layer 09 protocol where mika goes beep. Its visual style is unlike any other animated work, western or eastern, and constantly evolves through the course of the series, serving as a metaphoric device in and of itself. Her preferences are also quite childish, and she possesses a large number of toys and other childthemed objects. Introduction serial experiments lain is a paragon of many dimensions, and completely unrivaled in many more. Images of the voice actors who play the voice of mika iwakura in serial experiments lain show.
More importantly shes the one who loved lain without worshipping her. Serial experiments lain 1999 tv show behind the voice. Serial experiment lain, wtf even happened spoilers for whole. At mikas bewildered response, lain happily welcomes her sister home. She is female, 14 in the anime, 1114 in the game, and of an unknown age in other works. This anime is a hitormiss philosophical cesspool that could either captivate or disgust.
Mika iwakura is a character of anime serial experiments lain. Find the latest news, discussion, and photos of mika iwakura online now. Explanation of serial experiments lain anime thoughts. In that sense, lain the anime has a distinct postmodern identity, the type of identity that lain the character is searching for. Background serial experiments lain won the excellence prize in the 1998 japan media arts festival. This wiki is a collaborative resource that anyone, including you, can edit. At myanimelist, you can find out about their voice actors, animeography. The show takes an informationrich dive deep into the nature of reality and truth, and in the process leads the viewer to come to his or. When i watched it the first time, i came away intrigued, confused, challenged but i did not feel cheated. It is an experience to watch serial experiments lain, and there is no definite answer for this anime show. 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. Mika iwakura serial experiments lain jp characters sharetv. Major serial experiments lain spoilers there are many interpretations of this, and there are supposed to. Lains god of the wired is omniscient, but not omnipotent.
After receiving a mysterious email from a recently deceased classmate she is thrown into a. I know im just five episodes into this show, but serial experiments lain does psychological horror really well. A cyberpunk multimedia project including an anime series by triangle staff, a playstation game by pioneer lcd, plus a. Her dreary walk seemed to dance lazily towards mika s twisted body that lay on the floor. Get info on mika iwakura, played by ayako kawasumi on serial experiments lain jp. After lain erased herself from all memory mika continues to live on in the world. Mika is considered to be the only normal member of lains family. Of all the people in her family, mika seems to care the most for lain in her own detached way. She is a sentient computer program designed to sever the barrier between the material world and the wired, introduced as a shy japanese girl in middle school at the beginning of the series. Her grin widened even more as weight burdened down on mika s bones making them crack and break. Lain and its deceptively ordinary title character redefined an entire generations concept of the world wide web, prompting us all to suspiciously take note of humming power lines and central processing units. It is also very confusing, and can be interpreted many ways.
What if lain s parents were really just fosterparents for tachibana labs experiment, and mika would be the more or less unknowing sister who was just told not to talk about lain s origin. Popular the mostrated anime on anisearch during the current season. The knights capture mikas soul and trap it in the wired. Across all the works in the serial experiments lain series, lain is portrayed as introverted, shy and quiet. Its a tricky series, one that keeps you guessing and, if we didnt already know how acclaimed the show is, at times makes you wonder read more serial experiments lain revisited. Although serial experiments lain does not attempt or pretend to offer a totally new vision, it succeeds wildly as a new and wonderfully constructed synthesis of older elements. Lain moved through the door as if she were a ghost. Main characters lain iwakura titular character and.
What if lains parents were really just fosterparents for tachibana labs experiment, and mika would be the more or less unknowing sister who was just told not to talk about lains origin. Can anyone explain the ending of serial experiments lain to. Serial experiments lain won the excellence prize in the 1998 japan media arts festival. Storyif the purpose of serial experiments lain is to get your mind whirling, it succeeds. Lain intends to help mika change her life for the better before something horrible happens to mika. Chizumatic too many words about serial experiments lain. Its hardly a surprise that in a country where shinto temples and belief in kami run alongside buddhist precepts and practical atheism that the concept of god as presented in lain is very different from that of a christocentric view. Mika enters and finds lain in a thin negligee working on her computer modem.
Oct 17, 2018 a couple of our faithful readers pointed out after episode four that its difficult to tell whats real and whats not in lain, what the truth is and what isnt. At first, she doesnt seem to mind her family away from home and spends all day talking with them. Myanimelist is the largest online anime and manga database in the world. The city lights shine down as kids are escorted out of the club where they are corralled into vans to go to the station downtown. 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. Lain is a little beyond that, with fearsome powers and the ability to mind wipe or even destroy others. Serial experiments lain about what happened to mika. 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. Lain iwakura is the main protagonist of serial experiments lain. Setting the background masami eiri, chief engineer at tachibana laboratories, worked on protocol 7 and added code from his own initiative that introduced.
Serial experiments lain question spoilers anime and manga other titles this is a split board you can return to the split list for other boards. At mika s bewildered response, lain happily welcomes her sister home. Shiriaru ekusuperimentsu rein, stylized in lowercase as serial experiments lain is a 1998 japanese anime television series produced by yasuyuki ueda and animated by triangle staff. At a certain point in the series, her consciousness is seriously damaged by violent hallucinations. But the wire lain still exists and threatens to end mikas life. One interpretation of what happens to mika in episode 5. Jul 10, 2011 mika becomes the first target chosen by the knights. If its purpose is to get you thinking, not so much. They wrongly assume that the iwakura sisters share a close connection. It was directed by ryutaro nakamura and written by chiaki j. She constantly rushed to lains side when lain was in a touch position while reika and juri stood by on the side. Read more information about the character mika iwakura from serial experiments lain. Theres a bunch of lain theories this one is my favorite, which claims its all aliens out there, whole websites dedicated to it, so go searching a bit if you want. Lain says that she heard that she had to look out for static electricity, so she decided to take her clothes off.
After receiving an email from chisa yomoda who had committed suicide, lain discovers the virtual world of the wired. Serial experiments lain is a very dense series, one packed with provocative ideas and images. 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. The series episodes were originally broadcast on tv tokyo from july 6 to september 28, 1998, and explore themes such as reality, identity and communication through philosophy, computer history, cyberpunk literature and conspiracy theory. Perhaps the most important character to lain, alice is the one that gives the viewer a way to measure reality within serial experiments lain.
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