Finally, the late director Ryutaro Nakamura put the show together, who also manned the original Kino’s Journey. Konaka screenwriting this one, making it siblings to other out there works like The Big O and Digimon Tamers. Maybe most notably is the involvement of illustrator Yoshitoshi ABe, who later went on to create the also quite good Haibane Renmei, whose striking character designs and illustration work are unmistakable. It’s no wonder Serial Experiments Lain was such a success when it was the meeting of several icons at exactly the right time. It is one of the last few shows to come out of the 90s experimental period in anime (no pun intended) and we think it’s absolutely required watching for anyone that has an invested interest in going through all the classics.

Everyone on the OTAQUEST team adores this 1998 anime gem that largely predicted just how intertwined the internet would become in our daily lives. If you’ve come here to look up information on the cult classic Serial Experiments Lain, we salute you.

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