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: Geneon
: Anime, Science Fiction Anime, Drama Anime, Fantasy Anime
: 75 min.
: English, Japanese
: English
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This heavily cerebral anime series uses its quiet, young protagonist, Lain Iwakura, to explore traditional philosophical elements of the cyberpunk genre: God, the digital world, physicality, and the collective conscious. The story opens with the suicide of one of Lain's classmates, Chisa Yomoda. Lain is shy and childish, even for a girl of 14, and knows almost nothing of computers. It is very strange then, when Lain receives an e-mail from Chisa sent after her death. The message says that Chisa is not dead but simply abandoned her flesh and is still alive in the Wired, the limitless world inside all computers, portrayed similarly to the Internet. Lain then begins to explore the Wired, and as she does, a seemingly new person emerges from her. It appears that there are two Lains, the one in this world and the one in the Wired -- or even that Lain is omnipresent, a force greater than either of the two. Serial Experiments Lain poses many questions, perhaps the most important of which is just how contained is the Wired? Does the Wired exist within this world or is this world just an image projected by the Wired? ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
Contains episodes 11-13:
- Infornography
- Landscape
- Ego
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| The Greencine description above is A. wrong and B. spoilerific
by RFrazier
March 19, 2004 - 11:56 AM PST
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First, my feelings about this disk. Lain's story comes to completion here - and it's definitely been worth the trip. The disk starts weak with a "clips" episode, recapping the series so far - but then hits its stride with a great series of episodes that wrap up the series in a very satisfying faction.
OK, now for Greencine's blurb. If you've been watching the series up to this point, you know that there's a lot more going on here than just the "real world" and "the wired" (ie, cyberspace). The primary decisions made by Lain and other characters in this episode don't have to do with Lain "giving up her body" or with her unhappiness with her "real world" life. |
| ending let down
by rarcher
October 10, 2003 - 2:02 PM PDT
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1 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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this last dvd felt just like filler
the other ones intrigued me and kept me interested
they pretty much finished it with the last dvd
and this one just kind of takes forever to put the bow on
i can particularly do without the huge collage recap
the animation isn't THAT good to warrant this
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| Draws you in and makes you think
by hneline1
November 16, 2002 - 1:45 PM PST
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3 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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These concluding episodes keep up the high standards of the series. We get the answer to "what is Lain?" in a way, but, in the same way that we can ask ourselves, "what am I?", the answer is simply the beginning of the next question -- "what do I do?" In other words, once we think we know ourselves, we still have to decide how we want to interact with the world around us, or if we want to interact at all. We see what Lain does, and yet, like in real life, we don't get all the answers.
Yes, Lain continues to be a headtrip. This is an excellent, philosophical, cyberpunk series that draws you in and makes you think, so watch it if you're in the mood to think. It's become of my favorite anime titles and one of the few that I'd like to own. I just need to find the time to watch it all over again to get all the things that I missed the first time through! |
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GreenCine Member Rating
(Average 7.57)
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