While in retrospect this seems like an almost primitive time, the world was abuzz with new technologies. Emailing was still novel, as was text messaging, and with the proper aim and force, you could probably use the popular Nokia models of the time as a murder weapon. The Internet had only very recently entered the mainstream. More importantly, the series asks how our very existence and relationship with ourselves will change as we become more dependent on The Wired, a question that seems more important to ask every day. By slightly warping the concept of the Internet, which in the series is referred to as The Wired, the series asks how our interaction with one another will change. The unfolding events ask thought-provoking questions regarding existence but in the context of a rapidly increasing tech-obsessed world. Serial Experiments Lain (1998) is a cyberpunk anime which follows the main character, Lain Iwakura, as she experiences a rather bizarre chain of events following the suicide of her classmate. ![]() ![]() Warning: Spoilers may follow for Serial Experiments Lain.
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