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Serial Experiments Lain (SEL) is a Japanese animated series, consisting of thirteen episodes, broadcast for the first time in Japan in July 1998 on TV Tokyo, in the late night. The success achieved…
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Serial Experiments Lain Thematic Analysis
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Serial Experiments Lain
Ascendence. Transcendence. Unknown. Supernatural. Technology. Fear. These things need not have anything in common, but more often than not, for better or worse, the human race considers them…
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[Analisi] Serial Experiments Lain
Serial Experiments Lain (SEL) è una serie animata giapponese composta da tredici episodi, trasmessa per la prima volta in patria nel lontano luglio 1998 sull’emittente TV Tokyo, in…
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“I wanted people to understand Lain, the girl. Ultimately, I want them to love her.” -Yasuyuki Ueda Serial Experiments Lain came out in 1998, twenty years ago. It…
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[Analysis] Bokurano – Ours
Bokurano (ぼ く ら の Bokura no, literally “Ours”) is a manga written and drawn by Mohiro Kitoh (鬼頭 莫 宏, Kitō Mohiro; 8 August 1966). Consisting of…
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