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MONEY
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1 season · 13 episodes total · ~13 per season.
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Serial Experiments Lain
1998 1 seasons · 13 eps Japanese
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BANGER
★8.2TMDB · 671
AnimationDramaSci-Fi & FantasyMystery
Synopsis
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Lain—driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmate—logs on to the Wired and promptly loses herself in a twisted mass of hallucinations, memories, and interconnected-psyches.
“Close the world. txen eht nepO.”
Where to watch · US
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Cast
Kaori Shimizu
Lain Iwakura (voice)
Yoko Asada
Arisu Mizuki - Lain's friend (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Mika Iwakura - Lain's older sister (voice)
Ryusuke Ohbayashi
Yasuo Iwakura - Lain's father (voice)
Rei Igarashi
Miho Iwakura - Lain's mother (voice)
Sumi Mutoh
Chisa Yomoda (voice)
Keito Takimoto
Tarō (voice)
Chiharu Tezuka
Reika Yamamoto (voice)
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CRAFT
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Roughly 5 hours end-to-end — 1 full workdays of television.
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RUNTIME
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Premiered 1998 and has since ended.
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WILD
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TMDB status: "Ended".
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WORLD
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Show type: Scripted.
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CAST
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15 series regulars — a large ensemble that can carry branching arcs.
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CAST
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Airs on TV Tokyo.
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The technical file
- Seasons
- 1
- Total episodes
- 13
- Avg episode length
- 24 min
- Premiered
- 1998-07-06
- Last aired
- 1998-09-28
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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