This isn't even a film why is this here on this site

A masterwork of existential post-humanism, gnosticism, and the genuine avant garde. A long strange trip through the bardo of technology. The Kid A of anime. Inception for adults.

While narratively and philosophically dense there is a clear narrative not to mention extreme emotional depth, but it all unfolds with the logic of a dream. First few episodes, expect to be a bit perplexed.

Ya'll don't seem to understand

My review:
http://94214.tumblr.com/post/152296592201/tuesday-3am-bôa-duvet

It's incredible how human you can make such an abstract, surreal, and large-scale story. This gets into deep philosophical waters, but at its core it is a very human story about isolation and the need to connect with others.
"Who is Lain?" Lain is the socially awkward, wired voice of a generation who find themselves in a sea of data and disembodied voices, who wonder who and where and what and why and how they are in the Information Age. Every emotional core at this series may not have been evident in 1998, but they are evident two decades later, when quite a few very important things have gone south but technology has continued moving north.

my favorite movie of all time? oh it’s gotta be serial experiments lain

Simplesmente o melhor anime que eu já vi na vida.
PERFEIÇÃO. NUNCA VOU ME CANSAR DE EXALTAR ESSA OBRA DE ARTE ATEMPORAL.

"I only exist in the memories of others. Once you forget something, it never happened."

Woah. That hurt my head. Imagine The Matrix (1999), Transcendence (2014), and existentialism except with anime school girls. It's better than you think.

This goes waaay deeper into all kinds of crazy avenues with its exploration of existence, connectivity, memory, consciousness, and technology.

I'm not sure I could sit through it again because the first 10 episodes are a bit of a push to get through, but the last 3 definitely make it worth the effort. I think overall this anime feels very unstructured and is largely unnecessarily vague and cryptic. Still a great, unique show, just could have benefited from some tightening up.

Glad I saw it, but probably won't visit it again. Also, googling 'Lain' is crazy meta, isn't it?

Pretty much the peak of anime as an art form along with Texhnolyze.

A surreal mindfuck mediation on humanity's relationship with technology, the tangability of identity, and the very nature of what it even means to exist.

Also the theme song is perfection.

Its quite possibly the greatest piece of art and commentary Anime has ever produced. Its a work of inspired genius and gets more relevant by the minute. Prophetic it is frankly

i feel this had to have influenced the matrix in some way. laughable outdated tech gibberish nonsense about coding, but this show is a masterpiece. very lynchian cutscenes with hauntingly awkward pacing here and there. be prepared for a mindfuk

excuse me what the fuck

لماذا يظهر هذا الشيء ويخيفني كلما طال اتصالي بالشبكة.. يقف في زاوية الغرفة.. انا خائفه

اعجبني الغموض في الانمي وتسلسل الاحداث اضافة الى الرعب كان عالي جدًًا في بعض المشاهد اما الجانب السايكلوجي فكان متفاوت.
انمي ممتاز بالمجمل.

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∼ And you don't seem to understand ... ∼

Death, friendship, the net, machines, technology, reality, secret organizations, time, avatars and double identities, the world and his perception, memories.

Best anime serie ever with Evangelion, probably.