List of Serial Experiments Lain media

"Serial Experiments Lain" was created as a multimedia production, including an anime, a video game, a manga, and several artbooks and soundtracks.

Anime episodes

This is the complete episode listing of the anime produced for "Serial Experiments Lain", which first aired on TV Tokyo on 6 July 1998 and concluded on 28 September 1998 with the thirteenth and final episode. The series consists of 13 episodes of 24 minutes each, except for the sixth episode, "Kids" (23 minutes 14 seconds).

Video game

Artbooks

*"Omnipresence In The Wired": Hardbound, 128 pages in 96 colors with Japanese text. It features a chapter for each layer (episode) and concept sketches. It also features a short color manga titled "The Nightmare of Fabrication". It was published in 1998 by Triangle Staff/SR-12W/Pioneer LDC. (ISBN 4-7897-1343-1)
*"Yoshitoshi ABe lain illustrations ab# rebuild an omnipresence in the Wired": Hardbound, 148 pages. A remake of "Omnipresence In The Wired" with new art, added text by Chiaki J. Konaka, and a section entitled "ABe's EYE in color of things" (a compilation of his photos of the world). It was published in Japan on 1/10/2005 by WANIMAGAZINE Co.,Ltd (ISBN 4-89829-487-1), and in America as a softcover version translated into English in July of 2006 by Digital Manga Publishing (ISBN 1-56970-899-1).
*"Visual Experiments Lain": Paperback, 80 full-color pages with Japanese text. It has details on the creation, design, and storyline of the series. It was published in 1998 by Triangle Staff/Pioneer LDC. (ISBN 4-7897-1342-3)
*"Scenario Experiments Lain": Paperback, 335 pages. By "chiaki j. konaka" (uncapitalized in original). It contains collected scripts with notes and small excerpted storyboards. (ISBN 4-7897-1320-2)
*"Serial Experiments Lain Official Guide": Paperback. A guide to the PlayStation game.

oundtracks

*"Duvet": Opening song. Written by the British band Bôa as their first single, it is performed in English.
*"Toi Sakebi": Ending song. Lyrics and composition by Nakaido "Chabo" Reichi.
*"Serial Experiments Lain Soundtrack": The first OST featuring music by Nakaido "Chabo" Reichi. It features the closing theme song and some of the tracks included in the television series.
*"Serial Experiments Lain Soundtrack: Cyberia Mix": A second OST featuring electronica songs inspired by the television series, including a remix of the opening theme song.
*"lain BOOTLEG": 2 CD, Soundtrack, 45+ tracks, limited edition. Contains ambient music from the series and a mixed-mode data and audio CD with a clock program and a game. Released by Pioneer Records. Because "bootleg" appears in its title, it is easily confused with the Sonmay counterfeit edition of itself, which is 1 CD of 45 tracks, some with shorter lengths than the original.

Further reading

*en icon cite web
url = http://www.tv.com/serial-experiments-lain/show/16143/episode_listings.html
title = Unofficial site listing of all episodes
publisher = TV.com
accessdate = 17 May
accessyear = 2006