Customer Reviews

Lain: Deus [VHS]

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"Lain" is ambitious. It's about consciousness existing in two places at once; both the "wired", or internet; and the our real world. The synopsis says that a girl has committed suicide yet was able to send an email to a griendfriend explaining that she is still alive in the "wired". I didn't see that on first viewing.

I give Lain four stars because it tackled an interesting concepts, such as: If you can't remember someone or something, did it ever really exist? If you have a bad memory, rewrite the experience. (I like that one because of its simplicity and consequence.)

Being the sucker for existentialism that I am, I have continued with the series by purchasing two more videos. (So far they seem much better.) That in itself should stand as an endorsement that there is something here but please be warned that it is quite a stretch to say that this particular video is enjoyable from start to finish.

The artwork takes a different approach towards the illustration of the human eye. It's not your usual stylized or usual "anime" type of eye. Its more round and sketchy and it took awhile for me to get use to.

The opening theme is quite infectious and the general animation, in which the animators have taken some very creative shortcuts to save money actually very cool.

The sound production was great. Very very managed and very vreative.

If this is your first experience with anime, I would check out "Evangelion" or "Ghost in the Shell" first.

is how I'd describe the entire series. If you're a fan of the abstract, and don't mind that vague feeling, I suggest you look into the series. I don't know how this ends yet- so the ending might ..., but then again, it might not. The only way to find out is to see it for yourself. Then again, it's all subjective isn't it? - Let me just say that every time I watch a Lain episode, it gives me shivers. The animation itself is pretty surreal. Some of the long shots of Lain, or the vision-type things she sees are just trippy.