Synopsis
We're all connected... There is the world around us, a world of people, tactile sensation, and culture. There is the wired world, inside the computer, of images, personalities, virtual experiences, and a culture all of its own. The day after a classmate commits suicide, Lain, a 14-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... Has the line between the real world and the wired world begun to blur?
Episodes (13)
13 episodes
EP 01 Layer:01 – WEIRD
Lain Iwakura, a shy, 13-year-old schoolgirl, receives an email from a schoolmate...
EP 02 Layer:02 – GIRLS
Classmates Alice, Julie, and Reika wonder if that was Lain they saw at the night...
EP 03 Layer:03 – PSYCHE
Alice, Julie, and Reika are minor celebrities in their class after they witness ...
EP 04 Layer:04 – RELIGION
Some players of a Wired game called PHANTOMa are dying suspicious deaths. Lain i...
EP 05 Layer:05 – DISTORTION
Lain receives cryptic messages about existence, God, and a coming prophecy. Mean...
EP 06 Layer:06 – KIDS
Young children are acting strangely, arms outstretched and silently staring at t...
EP 07 Layer:07 – SOCIETY
As the Knights activities make the evening news, a strange man named Nazumi wand...
EP 08 Layer:08 – RUMORS
Still shaken by the information she received from the Men In Black, Lain discove...
EP 09 Layer:09 – PROTOCOL
A documentary about Roswell gives Lain some valuable information about the pione...
EP 10 Layer:10 – LOVE
Lain struggles with her identity. Is she a human being, or just a hologram? And ...
EP 11 Layer:11 – INFORNOGRAPHY
Alone and frightened, Lain immerses herself in the WIRED, processing the events ...
EP 12 Layer:12 – LANDSCAPE
Troubled by what she saw, Alice decides to visit Lain at home and find out what ...
EP 13 Layer:13 – EGO
The world is crumbling, people are dying and Alice's sanity is threatened. To sa...