

The first ripple on the pond of Lain's lonely life appears when she learns that many girls from her school have received an e-mail from Yomoda Chisa, a schoolmate who committed suicide. Lain lives with her average, middle class, normal family, composed of her inexpressive older sister Mika, her cold-as-ice mother, and Yosuo, her father obsessed with computers. Serial Experiments Lain relies heavily on philosophical subjects, such as reality, identity, and communication, to follow Lain Iwakura, an adolescent girl living in suburban Japan, and her introduction to the Wired, a global communication network. Konaka, and the original character design is by Yoshitoshi ABe. Serial Experiments Lain is an anime series by Ryutaro Nakamura produced by Triangle Staff, and broadcast on TV Tokyo from July to September 1998.
