Then there's a little girl who chases people around the city. Then there're these guys with laser pointers over one of their eyeballs (stolen right from the French film City of Lost Children, although I don't personally condone stealing when it comes to filmmaking). Then they start to hint that Lain and others are possessed. Then there's a drug-like object that drives people insane.
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A good concept they should have stuck with it (well, they do stick with it, but they set it on the backburner for the rest of the series).
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The series begins with a young girl killing herself, who then contacts her peers by email. And people can say, "Wait until episode 8 and you'll know a lot more," all they want, because I'll just reply that any good animated series, or even a bad network sitcom, would have developed its characters much more thickly in one episode than does Lain in four.Įvery ounce of the writer's/s' energy goes into making the film more mysterious. Her teacher? Charlie Brown's teacher had more personality, and she was just a distorted trumpet. I'm sure someone will point her "development" out when they argue with me about it, so I'd like to establish the pettiness of her development.
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By the end of the fourth episode, she has changed. Mystery does not automatically equal intelligence (or entertainment, for that matter). It strives to be really mysterious, so much so that eventually I didn't care any more. The writing is the aspect which really destroys this series, or these four episodes, anyway. They are long sequences in the first place, and when Pioneer claims that there is 96 or 100 or however many minutes on the DVD, make sure you realize that a good half hour of those are for these opening and closing sequences. Whoever at Pioneer decided to keep the opening and closing credits in all four episodes, instead of placing an opening credits sequence at the beginning of the DVD and a closing at the end, should have his or her head examined closely. To watch four back to back is nearing torture. The internal rhythm of both the editing and story become extremely and annoyingly repetitive even in a single episode. Once in a while, the direction in Lain 1: Navi is impressive, but its devices are overused and end up growing repetitive. Of course, in animation, everything is drawn in order to emulate the cinematic devices used in live action film. Direction is the choice of things like camera angles, camera movement, use of slow motion, and mise-en-scene among other things. First off, let me explain what direction is in animation, because that confuses a lot of people. The direction is somewhat disappointing, though. The drawing is the series' one saving grace. Judging from the first four episodes in the series, its fantastic reputation is wholly undeserved.īut let me stress how utterly beautiful and magnificent the artistry is of the drawings before I get into ripping it to shreds. This anime series has been getting a lot of attention on the internet lately from fanboys, film buffs, and lay people alike. These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles. Overall I'd say this certainly won't be for everybody but I'd certainly recommend trying it if you are looking for something a little different. Given that this is almost twenty years old now and is effectively about an alternate version of the internet if feels surprisingly fresh while other early films about the internet often feel very dated. The backgrounds are also impressive with the omnipresent power cables that remind us of The Wired. The series looks good with character designs that suit the darker tone of the show Lain has a distinctly sorrowful look. From the start there is a good sense of mystery and that only increases as the series progresses. I really enjoyed this series but feel it would benefit from viewing a second time as I was a bit confused, in a good way, at times. Then the nature of reality starts to be doubted as events in the real world and the wired become hard for Lain to distinguish. Soon things get rather strange people claim that they have met another Lain in the Wired and two men are seen watching her house.
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She soon starts to take an interest and her father gets her a new computer it isn't long before she has customised it. Not being particularly interested in 'The Wired', their version of the internet, she doesn't immediately realise that she has been sent one too. After a girl from her school commits suicide pupils start receiving emails from her. Lain Iwakura is a fairly ordinary, if rather quiet, middle school girl whose life is about to change.