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Serial Experiments Lain Volume 3 
Details
Director: Ryutaro Nakamura
Catalogue Number: MVD2021
Certificate: 12
Date Released: April 5th 2004
Screen: Fullscreen 4:3
Languages: Japanese; English - Dolby Digital (2.0)
Stereo
Subtitles: English
Duration: 75 minutes
Special Features
- Trailers
- Hidden extras
Synopsis
I am God in the wired...I created you Lain.
There are rumors that lain is stealing people's secrets and spreading
them in the wired. Her friends, including Arisu, abandon Lain, and even
her parents leave, telling Lain that they are not her real parents. Then
Lain discovers the one in the wired causing the trouble - her other self.
"Which is the real me!?" Lonely and confused, Lain then encounters
a man who calls himself "God" in the wired.
layer 08: Rumours
layer 09: Protocol
layer 10: Love
Cover
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To view the whole cover... click here
Reviews
If David Lynch was commissioned to direct an anime series he would probably come up with something similar to Lain. This is not a typical animated series, it is weird it is confusing and it is wonderfully hypnotic. Lain centres on a 13 year old girl by the name of Lain Iwakura. Lain is a shy and distant girl that has her life turned upside down when she receives an email from a friend that committed suicide a few days earlier. This strange event results in Lain becoming more and more interested in the 'wired'; a sort of Internet v2.0 in which the boundaries between real life communication and digital communication are difficult to distinguish. As she becomes more proficient in the ways of the wired the lines between the two realities become increasingly blurred.
Visually Lain is a beautiful patchwork of differing visual styles. There are stark colours and clean lines in the 'real world' which are juxtaposed with the vibrancy and complexity of the wired. As the series progresses these two styles begin to merge with greater regularity which produces some stunning visual effects.
The soundtrack is also up to the high standards set by the animation. The theme tune by Boa is an ideal lead in track to the series and is quite unusual for an anime programme. Likewise the music throughout is a perfect accompaniment to the images with more and more digitally produced music being used as the show progresses.
Lain is an exceptional series that will intrigue and
confound you in equal measure. Its unusual narrative structure and lack
of any real closure will put some people off, but for those that are sick
of watching identikit anime and want something that will provide you with
the opportunity to think then I urge you to seek out a copy.
Lain is essential viewing as long as you don't mind being challenged.
9/10
(Adam Cook, Anime Boredom)