Serial Experiments Lain Season 1
01. Layer:01 – WEIRD
Lain Iwakura, a shy, 13-year-old schoolgirl, receives an email from a schoolmate after her suicide. Is it a prank? Lain doesn't feel horror, but curiosity.
Kaori Shimizu
Lain Iwakura (voice)
Youko Asada
Arisu Mizuki (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Mika Iwakura (voice)
Ryūsuke Ōbayashi
Yasuo Iwakura (voice)
Rei Igarashi
Miho Iwakura (voice)
Chiaki J. Konaka
Writer
Ryutaro Nakamura
Director
Ryutaro Nakamura
Storyboard Artist
Akira Itou
Background Designer
Izumi Hoki
Background Designer
Yuka Ôhashi
Background Designer
Sohei Koizumi
Background Designer
Masahiro Sekiguchi
Animation Director
Asami Endo
Key Animation
Noriko Ōzeki
Key Animation
Tatsuya Furukawa
Key Animation
Tomoaki Chishima
Key Animation
Yuko Matsuo
Key Animation
Yuri Takasaki
Key Animation
Yuko Matsuo
Key Animation
02. Layer:02 – GIRLS
Classmates Alice, Julie, and Reika wonder if that was Lain they saw at the nightclub Cyberia. To find out, they invite Lain to go with them to the club.
Kaori Shimizu
Lain Iwakura (voice)
Youko Asada
Arisu Mizuki (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Mika Iwakura (voice)
Ryūsuke Ōbayashi
Yasuo Iwakura (voice)
Rei Igarashi
Miho Iwakura (voice)
Chiaki J. Konaka
Writer
Ryutaro Nakamura
Director
Ryutaro Nakamura
Storyboard Artist
Osamu Honda
Background Designer
Yuichiro Miyake
Key Animation
Takahiro Goto
Key Animation
Masahiro Ando
Key Animation
Mari Nakatani
Key Animation
Arihiro Goto
Key Animation
Yoshihiro Sugai
Animation Director
Tomoaki Chishima
Key Animation
Yuichiro Miyake
Key Animation
Masahiro Andou
Key Animation
03. Layer:03 – PSYCHE
Alice, Julie, and Reika are minor celebrities in their class after they witness a shooting at The Cyberia. Lain is given a black-market chip for her computer, but it seems she is also being followed.
Kaori Shimizu
Lain Iwakura (voice)
Youko Asada
Arisu Mizuki (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Mika Iwakura (voice)
Ryūsuke Ōbayashi
Yasuo Iwakura (voice)
Rei Igarashi
Miho Iwakura (voice)
Chiaki J. Konaka
Writer
Yuichi Tanaka
Director
Ryutaro Nakamura
Storyboard Artist
Osamu Honda
Background Designer
Kazuya Morimae
Key Animation
Yuichi Tanaka
Animation Director
Jōji Ōshima
Key Animation
Kaori Ikeda
Key Animation
Kazutaka Ozaki
Key Animation
Koji Taniguchi
Key Animation
Manabu Yasumoto
Key Animation
Miyuki Inoue
Key Animation
Ooshima Jouji
Key Animation
04. Layer:04 – RELIGION
Some players of a Wired game called PHANTOMa are dying suspicious deaths. Lain investigates, but her growing interest in the Wired worries her father, as well as classmates Mika and Alice.
Kaori Shimizu
Lain Iwakura (voice)
Youko Asada
Arisu Mizuki (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Mika Iwakura (voice)
Ryūsuke Ōbayashi
Yasuo Iwakura (voice)
Rei Igarashi
Miho Iwakura (voice)
Chiaki J. Konaka
Writer
Akihiko Nishiyama
Director
Ryutaro Nakamura
Storyboard Artist
Osamu Honda
Background Designer
Young Jae Park
Key Animation
Tae-jung Kim
Key Animation
Seung Hyun Hong
Key Animation
Myung Byun Kim
Key Animation
Kazuko Maejima
Key Animation
Il Bae Kim
Key Animation
Yūji Takahashi
Animation Director
Yuji Takahashi
Animation Director
05. Layer:05 – DISTORTION
Lain receives cryptic messages about existence, God, and a coming prophecy. Meanwhile, Mika's world changes in ways both surreal and hyperreal.
Kaori Shimizu
Lain Iwakura (voice)
Youko Asada
Arisu Mizuki (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Mika Iwakura (voice)
Ryūsuke Ōbayashi
Yasuo Iwakura (voice)
Rei Igarashi
Miho Iwakura (voice)
Chiaki J. Konaka
Writer
Yuichi Tanaka
Director
Masahiko Murata
Director
Masahiko Murata
Storyboard Artist
Satoko Shinohara
Background Designer
Yuka Hirama
Background Designer
Kazuki Higashiji
Background Designer
Shinji Takasuka
Background Designer
Takamasa Mashiki
Background Designer
Kaori Chuubachi
Background Designer
Masahiro Sekiguchi
Animation Director
Asami Endo
Key Animation
Noriko Ōzeki
Key Animation
Tatsuya Furukawa
Key Animation
Yuko Matsuo
Key Animation
Yuri Takasaki
Key Animation
Atsushi Tamura
Key Animation
Hayato Tejima
Key Animation
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Key Animation
Misuzu Kurata
Key Animation
06. Layer:06 – KIDS
Young children are acting strangely, arms outstretched and silently staring at the sky. A shocking vision suddenly appears in the skies; it looks like Lain! Determined to get to the bottom of this, Lain's investigations finally bring her to the creator of KIDS -- but what she discovers is not what she hoped for.
Kaori Shimizu
Lain Iwakura (voice)
Youko Asada
Arisu Mizuki (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Mika Iwakura (voice)
Ryūsuke Ōbayashi
Yasuo Iwakura (voice)
Rei Igarashi
Miho Iwakura (voice)
Chiaki J. Konaka
Writer
Ryutaro Nakamura
Director
Ryutaro Nakamura
Storyboard Artist
Osamu Honda
Background Designer
Noriko Ōzeki
Key Animation
Yoko Takanori
Key Animation
Toshinobu Kikuchi
Key Animation
Yoshihiro Sugai
Animation Director
Katsumi Tamegai
Key Animation
Masahiro Emoto
Key Animation
Masayo Ogura
Key Animation
Minoru Ueta
Key Animation
Miyuki Nakamura
Key Animation
Masahiro Satō
Key Animation
07. Layer:07 – SOCIETY
As the Knights activities make the evening news, a strange man named Nazumi wanders the city with machines strapped to his body. People on the WIRED are asking: ""Who is Lain"". Meanwhile, the two MIB agents take Lain to the Techibana offices where Lain's identity is challenged by a man; how well does she know her parents, her sister, herself? Can Lain answer him?
Kaori Shimizu
Lain Iwakura (voice)
Youko Asada
Arisu Mizuki (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Mika Iwakura (voice)
Ryūsuke Ōbayashi
Yasuo Iwakura (voice)
Rei Igarashi
Miho Iwakura (voice)
Chiaki J. Konaka
Writer
Masahiro Sekiguchi
Director
Johei Matsuura
Director
Ryutaro Nakamura
Storyboard Artist
Osamu Honda
Background Designer
Shinobu Yamaguchi
Background Designer
Yasuhide Maruyama
Animation Director
Yuichiro Miyake
Key Animation
Takahiro Goto
Key Animation
Arihiro Goto
Key Animation
Kazuko Maejima
Key Animation
Atsushi Tamura
Key Animation
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Key Animation
Shigeyuki Suga
Key Animation
Yoshie Yokoyama
Key Animation
Tetsukazu Yamagishi
Key Animation
Ritsuko Watanabe
Key Animation
Motoi Nakamura
Key Animation
08. Layer:08 – RUMORS
Still shaken by the information she received from the Men In Black, Lain discovers that she is being blamed for spreading an ugly rumor in the WIRED. Is what the MIB said is true; is she another person in the WIRED? Or is she doing it herself? Lain must find out or risk losing the one true friend she has.
Kaori Shimizu
Lain Iwakura (voice)
Youko Asada
Arisu Mizuki (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Mika Iwakura (voice)
Ryūsuke Ōbayashi
Yasuo Iwakura (voice)
Rei Igarashi
Miho Iwakura (voice)
Chiaki J. Konaka
Writer
Yuichi Tanaka
Director
Shigeru Ueda
Director
Ryutaro Nakamura
Storyboard Artist
Asami Endo
Key Animation
Noriko Ōzeki
Key Animation
Masahiro Ando
Key Animation
Yuichi Tanaka
Animation Director
Atsushi Tamura
Key Animation
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Key Animation
Masahiro Sekiguchi
Key Animation
Shoji Yabushita
Key Animation
Takahiro Kishida
Key Animation
Eiji Suganuma
Key Animation
Masahiro Andou
Key Animation
09. Layer:09 – PROTOCOL
A documentary about Roswell gives Lain some valuable information about the pioneers of the WIRED. Later, at the Cyberia, J.J. tells Lain that she left something the day before and hands her an envelop with the Knight's logo on it. The envelop contains a chip. Believing this was the other 'Lain's' doing again, she decides to call Taro's bluff and go on a 'date'. Taking him to her room, Lain demands that he tell her what he knows. Together, with Taro's information and the mysterious chip, Lain finds out more then she expected.
Kaori Shimizu
Lain Iwakura (voice)
Youko Asada
Arisu Mizuki (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Mika Iwakura (voice)
Ryūsuke Ōbayashi
Yasuo Iwakura (voice)
Rei Igarashi
Miho Iwakura (voice)
Chiaki J. Konaka
Writer
Masahiro Sekiguchi
Director
Akihiko Nishiyama
Director
Rokurō Jinga
Storyboard Artist
Masahiro Sekiguchi
Animation Director
Tomoaki Chishima
Key Animation
Takahiro Goto
Key Animation
Mari Nakatani
Key Animation
Arihiro Goto
Key Animation
Yūji Takahashi
Key Animation
Itsuko Takeda
Key Animation
Yuji Takahashi
Key Animation
10. Layer:10 – LOVE
Lain struggles with her identity. Is she a human being, or just a hologram? And are the Knights responsible for the Evil Lain? Lain decides to deal with the Knights once and for all.
Kaori Shimizu
Lain Iwakura (voice)
Youko Asada
Arisu Mizuki (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Mika Iwakura (voice)
Ryūsuke Ōbayashi
Yasuo Iwakura (voice)
Rei Igarashi
Miho Iwakura (voice)
Chiaki J. Konaka
Writer
Masahiko Murata
Director
Takuya Sato
Storyboard Artist
Osamu Honda
Background Designer
Yoshihiro Sugai
Animation Director
Asami Endo
Key Animation
Noriko Ōzeki
Key Animation
Tatsuya Furukawa
Key Animation
Masahiro Ando
Key Animation
Atsushi Tamura
Key Animation
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Key Animation
Shigeyuki Suga
Key Animation
Shoji Yabushita
Key Animation
Masahiro Andou
Key Animation
11. Layer:11 – INFORNOGRAPHY
Alone and frightened, Lain immerses herself in the WIRED, processing the events of the past few weeks and searching for the truth of who she is.
Kaori Shimizu
Lain Iwakura (voice)
Youko Asada
Arisu Mizuki (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Mika Iwakura (voice)
Ryūsuke Ōbayashi
Yasuo Iwakura (voice)
Rei Igarashi
Miho Iwakura (voice)
Chiaki J. Konaka
Writer
Johei Matsuura
Director
Ryutaro Nakamura
Storyboard Artist
Yasuhide Maruyama
Animation Director
Tomoaki Chishima
Key Animation
Miyuki Inoue
Key Animation
Takahiro Kishida
Key Animation
Yūji Takahashi
Key Animation
Akira Inoue
Key Animation
Yuji Takahashi
Key Animation
Akira Inoue
Key Animation
12. Layer:12 – LANDSCAPE
Troubled by what she saw, Alice decides to visit Lain at home and find out what is going on. Meanwhile, the two MIB agents receive a terrible shock and Eiri reveals his real motive for removing the barrier between the real world and the WIRED.
Kaori Shimizu
Lain Iwakura (voice)
Youko Asada
Arisu Mizuki (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Mika Iwakura (voice)
Ryūsuke Ōbayashi
Yasuo Iwakura (voice)
Rei Igarashi
Miho Iwakura (voice)
Chiaki J. Konaka
Writer
Ryutaro Nakamura
Director
Shigeru Ueda
Assistant Director
Ryutaro Nakamura
Storyboard Artist
Osamu Honda
Background Designer
Shinobu Yamaguchi
Background Designer
Hirofumi Haginiwa
Background Designer
Takahiro Kishida
Animation Director
Tomoaki Chishima
Key Animation
Kouichi Arai
Key Animation
Masahiro Sekiguchi
Key Animation
Shigeyuki Suga
Key Animation
Shin Matsuo
Key Animation
Shoji Yabushita
Key Animation
Takuya Saitō
Key Animation
Tomokazu Tokoro
Key Animation
Toshihiro Nakajima
Key Animation
Yasuhiro Imagawa
Key Animation
Yoshihiro Sugai
Key Animation
Yuichi Tanaka
Key Animation
Masahiro Ando
Key Animation
13. Layer:13 – EGO
The world is crumbling, people are dying and Alice's sanity is threatened. To save humanity, there is only one thing Lain can do; she must make the ultimate personal sacrifice.
Kaori Shimizu
Lain Iwakura (voice)
Youko Asada
Arisu Mizuki (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Mika Iwakura (voice)
Ryūsuke Ōbayashi
Yasuo Iwakura (voice)
Rei Igarashi
Miho Iwakura (voice)
Chiaki J. Konaka
Writer
Ryutaro Nakamura
Director
Ryutaro Nakamura
Storyboard Artist
Izumi Hoki
Background Designer
Yuka Ôhashi
Background Designer
Satoko Shinohara
Background Designer
Kazuki Higashiji
Background Designer
Shinji Takasuka
Background Designer
Takamasa Mashiki
Background Designer
Masanobu Nomura
Background Designer
Michiru Nakatani
Background Designer
Kuniharu Kyoda
Background Designer
Yuji Shimada
Background Designer
Hitoshi Chosokabe
Production Assistant
Yoshitoshi ABe
Animation
Masahiro Sekiguchi
Animation Director
Yasuhide Maruyama
Animation Director
Noriko Ōzeki
Key Animation
Masahiro Ando
Key Animation
Atsushi Tamura
Key Animation
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Key Animation
Toshinobu Kikuchi
Key Animation
Masahiro Emoto
Key Animation
Shigeyuki Suga
Key Animation
Shoji Yabushita
Key Animation
Takahiro Kishida
Key Animation
Yūji Takahashi
Key Animation
Hitoshi Kagiyama
Key Animation
Masahiro Andou
Key Animation
Yuji Takahashi
Key Animation