Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
1998 · 1 season · Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery
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.
Starring Kaori Shimizu, Yoko Asada, Ayako Kawasumi, Ryusuke Ohbayashi and Rei Igarashi.
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