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?

(Source: Geneon Entertainment)

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Genres

Studios

• Funimation
• TV Tokyo
• TV Tokyo Music
• Genco
• Pioneer LDC
• NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
• Fujipacific Music
• Triangle Staff

Staff

• Tarou Maki — Executive Producer
• Hirofumi Suzuki — Key Animation (OP)
• Chiaki Konaka — Script (eps 1-13)
• Toshihiro Nakajima — Key Animation (ep 12)
• Tokuyuki Matsutake — Key Animation (OP)
• Philippe Roullier — ADR Director (French)
• Yuuichi Tanaka — Animation Director (eps 3, 8), Key Animation (ep 12)
• Hidenori Matsubara — Key Animation (OP, ep 12)
• Youta Tsuruoka — Sound Director
• Takahiro Kishida — Animation Director (ep 12), Character Design
• Toshiyuki Tsuru — Key Animation (OP)
• Shigeru Ueda — Episode Director (ep 8)
• Toshihiro Kikuchi — Key Animation (eps 6, 13)
• Akihiko Yamashita — Key Animation (OP, ep 12)
• Masahiko Murata — Episode Director (eps 5, 10)
• Kouichi Arai — Key Animation (OP, ep 12)
• Hiromasa Yonebayashi — Key Animation (eps 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13)
• Tomokazu Tokoro — Navi Layout Supervisor (eps 4-13)
• Takuya Satou — Storyboard (ep 10)
• Yasuyuki Ueda — Producer
• Ryuutarou Nakamura — Director