Season 1 (1998)

Layer:01 – WEIRD
7.7

July 6, 1998 • 24m

Lain Iwakura, a shy, 13-year-old schoolgirl, receives an email from a schoolmate after her suicide. Is it a prank? Lain doesn't fe...Read more

Layer:02 – GIRLS
7.8

July 13, 1998 • 24m

Classmates Alice, Julie, and Reika wonder if that was Lain they saw at the nightclub Cyberia. To find out, they invite Lain to go ...Read more

Layer:03 – PSYCHE
7.3

July 20, 1998 • 24m

Alice, Julie, and Reika are minor celebrities in their class after they witness a shooting at The Cyberia. Lain is given a black-m...Read more

Layer:04 – RELIGION
7.8

July 27, 1998 • 24m

Some players of a Wired game called PHANTOMa are dying suspicious deaths. Lain investigates, but her growing interest in the Wired...Read more

Layer:05 – DISTORTION
7.8

August 3, 1998 • 24m

Lain receives cryptic messages about existence, God, and a coming prophecy. Meanwhile, Mika's world changes in ways both surreal and hyperreal.

Layer:06 – KIDS
8.2

August 10, 1998 • 24m

Young children are acting strangely, arms outstretched and silently staring at the sky. A shocking vision suddenly appears in the ...Read more

Layer:07 – SOCIETY
8.2

August 17, 1998 • 24m

As the Knights activities make the evening news, a strange man named Nazumi wanders the city with machines strapped to his body. P...Read more

Layer:08 – RUMORS
8.4

August 24, 1998 • 24m

Still shaken by the information she received from the Men In Black, Lain discovers that she is being blamed for spreading an ugly ...Read more

Layer:09 – PROTOCOL
8.2

August 31, 1998 • 24m

A documentary about Roswell gives Lain some valuable information about the pioneers of the WIRED. Later, at the Cyberia, J.J. tell...Read more

Layer:10 – LOVE
7.7

September 7, 1998 • 24m

Lain struggles with her identity. Is she a human being, or just a hologram? And are the Knights responsible for the Evil Lain? Lai...Read more

Layer:11 – INFORNOGRAPHY
7.4

September 14, 1998 • 24m

Alone and frightened, Lain immerses herself in the WIRED, processing the events of the past few weeks and searching for the truth of who she is.

Layer:12 – LANDSCAPE
7.8

September 21, 1998 • 24m

Troubled by what she saw, Alice decides to visit Lain at home and find out what is going on. Meanwhile, the two MIB agents receive...Read more

Layer:13 – EGO
8.1

September 28, 1998 • 24m

The world is crumbling, people are dying and Alice's sanity is threatened. To save humanity, there is only one thing Lain can do; ...Read more