#Serial experiments lain op 1 lyrics series#

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#Serial experiments lain op 1 lyrics series#

I highly recommend this bittersweet, highly unique series to any who want to branch out from familiar territory.Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. For those having troubling getting into this series, I say focus on the directing, the atmosphere, the metaphors used throughout. So, to me, the entire series is a metaphor for this increasing isolation of Japanese youth in an ever-expanding high tech world. Other than some brief instant messaging via a palm pilot, Lain and Arisu's relationship exists entirely in the real world, not on the Wired.

The only meaningful relationship we, the audience, see Lain have with another person is with Arisu. Many are concerned with Japan's trouble youths and the increasing difficulty many have forming meaningful relationships with others. At the same time, Japan also has one of the highest suicide rates amongst developed nations (which brings to mind a scene early in the series of the girl who commits suicide). Japan is one of the most `online' nations in the world, with almost 40% of the population having Internet access. There have been studies that have shown a paradoxical relationship between time spent on the Internet and isolation and loneliness. These facets, which we only get a rare glimpse of, are her `online-self'. Yet we know she has a deeper personality because of what other characters say about her (`weren't you the girl at Cyberia?' Etc). We, the audience, exist in the real world as we watch Lain, but we hardly ever get to know her. The direction in `Lain' is brilliant in depicting this. It's all done to emphasize how far, how detached, how alienated Lain is from everyone else. Even look at the name of the club, Cyberia (as in Siberia: a cold, desolate place of exile). Look at the scene where Lain shows her father the Psyche processor and look how far she stands from him. Look at the shots in Lain's classroom when the teacher is writing on the blackboard all the other students except Lain are grayed-out. But one must understand, that's the whole essence of the series: alienation. Some have complained about the lack of character development during the series. Although exactly what the show is `about' is subjective and is open to interpretation to all who see it, I believe some people are completely missing some key points. Watching `Lain' is not an easy trip to take, certainly, but one that is totally engaging nonetheless. Navis and Macintoshes are both built by companies named after fruit, Tachibana (a type of orange) and Apple, respectively.Īs most have already pointed out, `Serial Experiments: Lain' is a rather unique Japanese anime series. The HandiNAVI, the handheld computers which both Lain and Arisu used was based off the Apple Newton, the first PDA. The child's Navi that Lain used to use was modeled after the 20th Anniversary Macintosh. The electronic voice heard saying the episode titles is the 'Whisper' voice from the MacOS Speech Control Panel, a program that permits text-to-speech. All of the Navis shown in the series use one-button mice as Macintosh computers do. Open the NeXT' is a reference to the NeXT company, founded by Steve Jobs in the late '80s and purchased by Apple Computer in December 1996. Arisu's Navi resembles the original Apple iMac. Navi's operating system has a graphical user interface (GUI) similar to that of MacOS. The Navis use an operating system named Copeland, which was the codename for Apple's MacOS 8. The Be company was founded by Jean-Louis Guasse, a former Apple executive. This is a reference to BeOS, whose logo has similar coloring. There are numerous references to Macintosh and Apple Computers: The phrase 'To Be Continued', with a colored 'Be' is shown at the end of most of the episodes.