Serial Experiment Lain

What kind of science fiction anime blog would it be without Lain. We feel somewhat sad not to have seen it when the series came out. There is a lot of science fiction here, a lot of cyberpunk stuff. Don't get turned off by the innocent, cute looking little girl. The thirteen episode series will blow your mind up until the last minute.

Directed by Ryutaro Nakamura, animated by Geneon. Written by Chiaki J. Konaka, with help of Yoshitoshi ABe on character designs. A very successful collaboration between very talented people. They have many great titles to show off, just look them up. It is a perfect time to say that they all are gathering together again, to bring us some very unique science fiction anime. The project is called Despera, wait for it with us.

There is no story at all. Nothing happens through out the entire anime. You just have to see it yourself, we can only say this much... There is a cute little girl, she has these weird hallucinations. The story is connected to computers and reality. The episodes are presented as layers, each bringing many mind blowing concepts. We loved the way they start exactly the same.

Characters in the story are designed very well, considering there are quite a lot of them. The main characters are very well though out. Bulk action is everywhere, which makes you really believe their world. Serial Experiment Lain came out in 1998 - we will love to see how these guys have developed over this time.

Animation was good in 1998, perhaps now it may look different, but this way it only adds more cyberpunk effect. The movement of the characters, their reactions are very well drawn. Even their eye pupils move in some situations. The hallucinations are wonderful to look at, horrifying at some points. We can't say a bad thing about this unique style of drawing. This anime is meant to look like the way it does.

The sound effects are pretty good, the noises of the crowded streets, the bubbling and walking on water are pretty believable. Not to mention the great music themes and intro track by Boa, they are pleasant to listen to every time.

There is now way of describing this anime in a few sentences. It is a must-have for science fiction anime fans. With lots of philosophical and psychological twists it will make you want to watch it again straight away. It is made by very well known artists, animated in one big studio. This is a mind twister, with killings straight from the very first minutes. We recommend it to 16 and over.

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