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The people on the lain mailing list for being so generous with their resources.Įverybody who has made a lain webpage, thanks for the good reading! Janice (whose art I discovered on Joysuke's page) for the beautiful fanart. ( This ended on 3/1/03, but check out the gallery and results)Īnthony Yan, who was an invaluable sounding board over the Wired (IRC) and put up with my wild late night speculations.

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(a serial experiments lain fanart contest) ( Final update: 4/26/05) Also see: layer:14 SIMULACRA ( New version! Updates no longer listed here) I am also subscribed to the various lain mailing lists.įor my latest thoughts and lain news, be sure to check out my blog: Finally, if you have different theories (you probably do) or something to add to mine (also likely), let's talk. If there are obvious factual errors, I will be appreciative if you bring them to my attention. I have tried to separate what is more-or-less factual from what is less clear and more interpretive. They are not rigid beliefs, and should not be taken overly seriously. The interpretations offered below are personal opinions and the result of multiple (and continuing) iterations of watching and thinking about the series. However, as I researched and wrote, I realized that such a reference could be useful to other fans of lain, or at least provoke some interesting conversation. Initially, I wrote these notes as a reference to help me in a paper I am writing. As such, lain will always be open to interpretation and always encourage us to do our own research, our own experiments, which is why I call this document thought experiments lain. No single explanation or speech or essay can hope to encompass all that is serial experiments lain. The creators of lain have made a progressive cyberpunk anime which is highly informed and operative on multiple layers, both figuratively and literally. In that sense, lain the anime has a distinct postmodern identity, the type of identity that Lain the character is searching for. 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. If anything, it explicitly showed (through references) that there is a lot more out there beyond the scope of what 13 episodes of anime can explain, that these ideas are not brand new, that other people have a lot to say about all of this, and those sources are available to anyone with more than a passing interest in what serial experiments lain is all about. By refusing to explain itself any more than it did, serial experiments lain avoids that trap.

serial experiments lain could have easily fallen into the same trap that so many other 'meaningful' anime fall into, that is: take itself too seriously. When dealing with prophetic speech or prophetic anime, it is our responsibility to be skeptical and questioning just like Lain was, even though the uncertainty can be painful at times. Even when things are explained in the form of commentary and 'speeches' throughout the show, we are shown that the views put forth in those speeches (such as given by Eiri Masami) are not necessarily correct and truthful. While the story gives us a lot of hints as to what might be going on, nothing is ever explicitly explained. Serial experiments lain is an anime which begs to be interpreted (read my review for a basic description of the show). Originally based on serial experiments lain translation Ver1.1 by Keisuke Shindo Opened to the public on: August 4th, 1999 Infomania: What is the relationship between Apple and lain? (Apple Computer references in serial experiments lain) MisceLAINeous (images, basic info, merchandise, figures, publications, music, etc.) Version 2.0 (last modified: November 21st, 2009) Related pages on this server: