![]() The word “weird” was used in multiple contemporary reviews of the show. The first episode of “Serial Experiments Lain” is called “Weird,” which is as fitting a description for the entire series as ever there was. Don’t worry if this isn’t quite your cup of tea–there will still be other reviews folded in as well. So, we’ll be posting an analysis of each episode using its title as a kind of guide to the series as a whole. Each title provides a handy entry point for analysis. Each episode of “Lain”–technically they’re called “layers,” which is pretentious as get out, but if anything deserves to take that approach it’s this show–sports a one-word title. Well, I think that time has proven I’m not most critics. ![]() In fact, the only reason there probably haven’t been more analyses of the series is that it’s too small and strange for most critics to have bothered looking. Famous for its abstract narrative and obscure references, the oddly influential series has been given technological readings, psychological readings, existentialist readings and conspiratorial readings. Today marks the 20th anniversary of the airing of the first episode of “Serial Experiments Lain,” a cult anime that is still boggling minds decades later. ![]() We’re trying something a little different at Idols and Realities this summer.
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