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"Serial Experiments Lain" Society (TV Episode 1998) Poster

(TV Mini Series)

(1998)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Jôhei Matsuura
Ryûtarô Nakamura
Lia Sargent ... (english voice director)

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Yoshitoshi Abe ... (character creator)
Chiaki Konaka ... (screenplay)
Chiaki Konaka ... (structure)
Chiaki Konaka ... (writer)
Yasuyuki Ueda ... (creator)
Yasuyuki Ueda ... (original plan)
Yasuyuki Ueda ... (original story)
Yasuyuki Ueda ... (planning)

Cast (in credits order)  

Kaori Shimizu Kaori Shimizu ... Lain Iwakura (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi ... Mika Iwakura (voice)
Yôko Asada Yôko Asada ... Arisu Mizuki (voice)
Jôji Nakata ... Man in Black #1 / Karl Haushofer (voice)
Takumi Yamazaki ... Man in Black #2 / Lin Sui-Xi (voice)
Shigeru Chiba ... Nezumi (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shinpei Adachi Shinpei Adachi ... Child / Shou Masatsugu (voice)
Natsumi Asaoka Natsumi Asaoka ... Secretary (voice)
Emilie de Azevedo Brown ... Arisu Mizuki (voice) (as Emily Brown)
Bob Buchholz ... Man in Black #2 / Lin Sui-Xi (voice) (as Robert Wicks)
Susumu Chiba ... Delivery Man (voice)
Rachael Harris ... Young Mother / Shoko Masatsugu (voice)
Bridget Hoffman ... Lain Iwakura (voice) (as Ruby Marlowe)
Hiroaki Ishikawa Hiroaki Ishikawa ... Apartment Man / Freeter (voice)
Hidetoshi Ito Hidetoshi Ito ... Announcer (voice)
Patricia Ja Lee ... Mika Iwakura (voice) (as PJ Lee)
Eriko Kawasaki Eriko Kawasaki ... Young Mother / Shoko Masatsugu (voice)
Michael Lindsay Michael Lindsay ... Delivery Man (voice) (as Dylan Tully)
Dan Lorge ... Additional Voices (voice)
Julie Maddalena ... Child / Shou Masatsugu (voice)
Michael McCarty Michael McCarty ... Cop (voice) (as Devon Michaels)
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn ... S / Lain's NAVI (voice) (as Melissa Williamson)
Steve McGowan Steve McGowan ... Multi-Tenant Building Man / Tachibana Employee (voice) (as Elliot Reynolds)
Randy McPherson ... Various voices (English Dub) (as Sean Mitchell)
Ali Moriizumi Ali Moriizumi ... DJ (Present Day announcer) (voice) (as Ari Moriizumi)
Jamieson Price ... Man in Black #1 / Karl Haushofer (voice) (as James Lyon)
Shigeru Shibuya Shigeru Shibuya ... Office Man / Takuyoshi (voice)
Eiichiro Suzuki Eiichiro Suzuki ... Multi-Tenant Building Man / Tachibana Employee (voice)
Kuniko Yoshioka Kuniko Yoshioka ... S (voice)

Produced by 

Shojiro Abe ... producer
Mie Ide ... assistant producer
Akihiro Kawamura ... executive producer
Tarô Maki ... executive producer
Yasuyuki Ueda ... producer

Music by 

Wasei Chikada
Ben Henderson
Reichi Nakaido
Akira Takemoto

Cinematography by 

Takashi Azuhata ... director of photography

Editing by 

Takeshi Seyama

Art Direction by 

Masaru Satô

Art Department 

Akihiro Hirasawa ... artboards
Michiyo Iriomote ... color key
Yoshinori Shiozawa ... artboards

Sound Department 

Phil Brewster ... re-recording mixer
Les E. Claypool III ... final mix (as Les Claypool III)
Shôji Hata ... sound mixer
Nono Ishizaki ... sound effects assistant
Fumiaki Tanaka ... recording assistant
Yôta Tsuruoka ... sound director

Special Effects by 

Takashi Maekawa ... special effects

Visual Effects by 

Mitsuru Sugiura ... graphics operation

Camera and Electrical Department 

Akiko Nishikawa ... camera operator: Azuhata Production
Shin'ichi Sasano ... camera operator: Azuhata Production (as Shinichi Sasano)
Izumi Takahashi ... camera operator: Azuhata Production
Atsuo Tsukioka ... camera operator: Azuhata Production

Animation Department 

Yoshitoshi Abe ... original character designer
Kôichi Arai ... animator: opening/ending sequences (as Koichi Arai)
Takahiro Kishida ... character designer
Hidenori Matsubara ... animator: opening/ending sequences
Tokuyuki Matsutake ... animator: opening/ending sequences (as Noriyuki Matsutake)
Tomoko Miyata ... inbetween checker
Hirofumi Suzuki ... animator: opening/ending sequences
Tomokazu Tokoro ... animator: opening/ending sequences
Toshiyuki Tsuru ... animator: opening/ending sequences
Masato Ujibe ... inbetween checker
Akihiko Yamashita ... animator: opening/ending sequences

Casting Department 

Wataru Matsuoka ... casting

Editorial Department 

Tsuyoshi Imai ... editor: Jay Film (opening/ending sequences)
Mari Kobayashi ... editor: video
Keiko Mizuta ... assistant editor
Yasuki Morimitsu ... editor: video
Kumio Onaga ... editor: video
Kaoru Saitô ... assistant editor (as Kaoru Saito)
Megumi Uchida ... assistant editor

Music Department 

Emi Itô ... musical producer: 7thMother
Kôji Kasamatsu ... second music & sound designer (as Koji Kasamatsu)
Akira Takemoto ... second music & sound designer

Additional Crew 

Takashi Hirokawa ... production desk
Jun'ya Itô ... program marketing
Junshi Nakahara ... subtitle/programming & cg works
Kazuhiro Satô ... setting production
Osamu Takahashi ... subtitle/programming & cg works
Masahiko Takai ... subtitle/programming & cg works
Kôji Yamagiwa ... subtitle/programming & cg works

See also

Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs

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