Serial Experiments Lain (1998)

Animation · Drama · Horror

Lain—driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmate—logs on to the Wired and promptly loses herself in a twisted mass of hallucinations, memories, and interconnected-psyches.

IMDb rating: 8.0 (23,037 votes)
Episode average: 7.9 -0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: JA
Type: Mini-series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1998)

7.93 avg 13 episodes 7.6 → 8.7 25 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Weird	7.6	1,064
2	Girls	7.8	925
3	Psyche	7.5	856
4	Religion	7.7	826
5	Distortion	7.9	820
6	Kids	7.6	777
7	Society	7.8	759
8	Rumors	8.3	780
9	Protocol	7.8	721
10	Love	8.4	773
11	Infornography	7.5	710
12	Landscape	8.5	779
13	Ego	8.7	857