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Serial Experiments Lain (1998)

Serial Experiments Lain is a science fiction and cyberpunk anime produced by Triangle Staff that first aired July 6, 1998 on TV Tokyo. The series runs 13 episodes, about 24 minutes each.

Of the 8 Triangle Staff titles in this guide, this is the 5th by release date (the catalogue spans 1992 to 2000). 12 other science fiction anime premiered in 1998, among them Flint the Time Detective, Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 and Brain Powerd. It was directed by Ryūtarō Nakamura, who also directed Ghost Hound, Legend of Crystania and Kino's Journey: Country of Illness -For You-.

Original title	serial experiments lain
Type	Anime
First aired	July 6, 1998
Ended	September 28, 1998
Episodes	13
Runtime	24 min
Studio	Triangle Staff
Director	Ryūtarō Nakamura
Writer	Chiaki J. Konaka
Music	Reichi Nakaido
Network	TV Tokyo
Genres	science fiction and cyberpunk

Serial Experiments Lain characters

Lain Iwakura
Alice Mizuki voice: Yōko Asada
Masami Eiri voice: Shō Hayami
Yasuo Iwakura voice: Ryūsuke Ōbayashi
Miho Iwakura voice: Rei Igarashi
Mika Iwakura voice: Ayako Kawasumi
Taro voice: Brianne Siddall
Chisa Yomoda voice: Sumi Mutō
Reika Yamamoto voice: Chiharu Tezuka
Julie Kato voice: Manabi Mizuno
Masayuki voice: Dorothy Elias-Fahn
Myu-Myu voice: Sandy Fox
Karl Haushoffer voice: Jōji Nakata
Lin Suixi voice: Takumi Yamazaki
Kurosawa voice: Eiichirō Suzuki
Tachibana General Laboratories

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