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5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing! Totally terrific series!, June 29, 2000
This review is from: Serial Experiments - Lain: Reset (Layers 11-13) (DVD)
After watching all of the Lain DVDs I can confidently say that this series has soared to my #3 favorite anime series of all time. Lain is basically a show of metaphores concerning the Internet, so if you don't have a firm grasp over the concepts of computers and the Internet or "wired" (as the series terms it) world such as what hackers, chips, etc. are you may not enjoy it. The art is really different and beautiful - every frame looks like a painting, with interesting use of colors and negative space. These episodes really need to be watched in order, so make sure you start with the first volume. The last episode literally had me crying! Lain's world is totally absorbing and not just a little bit creepy, and although you don't get all the answers at the end of this series, the last volume has a sufficiant wrap-up, leaving a jumping off point for the viewer's imagination. I reccomend this to everyone who can stand a little intelligence in their anime!
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Slow beginning, but this volume picks up quickly., December 7, 1999
This review is from: Serial Experiments - Lain: Reset (Layers 11-13) (DVD)
With with Layer:11 almost all clips from the previous ten layers, I was sort of wary of watching the rest of the DVD. But in tradition, Lain surprised me with two and half layers of first-rate story telling. Like LAIN: DEUS, the story is X-Files style but highly original and creative. The animation here come close to the gripping marvel AKIRA in its most intense scenes. Watching the finale of LAIN would make anyone want to watch the entire series over again to fill in the gaps they experienced the first time they watched it. Highly recommended anime masterpiece! If you like The X-Files you are bound to like Lain: Navi, Knights, Deus, and Reset. Enjoy!
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Close the DVD - txen eht nepO, August 10, 2001
This review is from: Serial Experiments - Lain: Reset (Layers 11-13) (DVD)
I have to warn you, if you're planing on buying LAIN. I bought the whole series without knowing what I was in for, but odds are one of two things will happen. Either you will think "what a load of crap" and then try hastilly to forget how much money you spent on it, or you will find yourself completely hooked and addicted to Lain, feeling those greedy eyes watching you get more and more lost in the complex universe of this twisted series. Ahem. Anyway, that's what hapened to me. I strongly recommend watching this series in it's entirety (probably twice or three times) if you're into stuff that makes you think. Don't o.d. though. Enjoy it in small doses as it has a tendency to pickle your brain if consumed in large quantities. It's like a mix of X-files, the Maxx, Perfect Blue, And perhaps most of all: Alice in wonderland/through the looking glass. And of course it's filled with mythical stuff. I guess it could be interpreted as a modern techno version of the bible with an all new cyber Christ told though colourful images and an amazing soundtrack. Anime style. Or maybe it's just too original to describe properly. God knows how many have tried and failed. Guess, LAIN is something you just have to see for yourself.
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