Serial Experiments Lain - Boxed Set (Signature Series)
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Actor: LainDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 325 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-01-11
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
Movie Reviews of Serial Experiments Lain - Boxed Set (Signature Series)
Movie Review: Intriguingly amazing
Summary: 5 Stars
Lain is one of the most well-developed anime series ever made. What's particularly cool about it is enmeshing a number of fundamental questions (e.g., what is god? what am I? What is real?)and creating a powerful storyline that, unlike some other series, remains consistent and enchanting till the last shot. Great choice of soundtrack, well-chosen characters and lack of redundant episodes with little relevance to the main theme are other points of strength. Highly recommended.
Summary of Serial Experiments Lain - Boxed Set (Signature Series)
Disturbing, perplexing, sometimes infuriating, Ryutaro Nakamura's serial experiments lain covers some of the same themes as The X-Files and the films of David Lynch. When introverted 13-year-old Lain receives an e-mail from a dead classmate, she gains access to "the Wired," a virtual world that promises unlimited power to those who can exploit it. Gradually the borders between the real and the virtual blur, and Lain's own identity begins to fade and fragment. Her parents tell her that she is not really their child, her online self grows in power and independence, and shadowy organizations pursue her in both worlds. Finally she begins to realize that she is either reality's only hope, or its worst enemy.Nakamura keeps the pace of serial experiments lain deliberately slow, imbuing the early episodes with a sense of mounting dread that pays off as the plot develops. The anime technique of panning across static images creates a meditative stillness that works perfectly, and the repetition of certain key images gives them a dreamlike significance. Viewers will either love or hate the complex plot, which seems intent on incorporating every possible paranoid conspiracy, from sinister nanotechnology to alien plots. However--unlike many other anime--it somehow hangs together, and frankly not understanding everything is part of the pleasure of this kind of story. Fans of action-heavy anime and people who like every loose end tied up should steer clear, but those who surrender themselves to the slowly unfolding mysteries of the plot will be amply rewarded. --Simon Leake
We're all Connected. The world around us, made of people, tactile sensation, and culture has begun to blur with the wired world inside the computer, of images, personalities, virtual experiences. The day after a classmate commits suicide, Lain, a thirteen year-old girl, discovers how closely the two worlds are linked when she receives an e-mail from the dead girl: "I just abandoned my body. I still live here..."
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