Serial Experiments - Lain: Knights (Layers 5-7) (Geneon Signature Series)

Serial experiment Lain is perhaps the best anime i have seen on the year. However, in order to really hope to understand it you will need a lot of patience and go through the four discs. On the Knights disc the plot thickens and a lot of weird things keep happening to Lain, there are three layers on this DVD (distortion, kids and society), all three fit into the story in a strange kind of way leaving more questions open than revealed. If you really want to understand what is really going on wait for the fourth disc (Deus) and the stunning conclusion (Reset). As far as the quality of the anime goes, the image is crisp and the sound great, the voice acting is very good and i liked both the english and the japanese versions. Try it and be amazed!

So many layers to Lain. Is she or isn't she? But sucha question isn't answered simply. Probably would require a PhD. But for the rest of us, the elegant design and ambiguous audio can keep us entertained. This anime is of a see- and-see-again sort. Each time I've seen the series (three, I think)I come upon more thought-starters. And yes, most are philosophic, in a wired sense. (And if my view seems lofty, I'll finish with a guess that even pre- ten youngsters will understand what's what with Lain. If they're computer-savvy.)

So happy

Weird masquerading as profound

Lain is great. All of it. It's a bit dark, goes in for a few anime tropes, and isn't terribly energetic but it's also quite unique, well-scored, and very atmospheric. Give it a watch.

cool and werid !!

A+++

But oh, so much more interesting than those films. Keeps you guessing and thinking. I like this kind of anime so much...I can not wait until I get Deus and Reset on DVD. This series is great!!!