Season 1
(1998)
Cast
as Lain Iwakura (voice)
as Arisu Mizuki (voice)
as Mika Iwakura (voice)
as Yasuo Iwakura (voice)
as Miho Iwakura (voice)
Episodes
Layer:01 – WEIRD 7.8
July 6, 1998
Lain Iwakura, a shy, 13-year-old schoolgirl, receives an email from a schoolmate after her suicide. Is it a prank? Lain…
Layer:02 – GIRLS 8.0
July 13, 1998
Classmates Alice, Julie, and Reika wonder if that was Lain they saw at the nightclub Cyberia. To find out, they invite …
Layer:03 – PSYCHE 7.6
July 20, 1998
Alice, Julie, and Reika are minor celebrities in their class after they witness a shooting at The Cyberia. Lain is give…
Layer:04 – RELIGION 8.0
July 27, 1998
Some players of a Wired game called PHANTOMa are dying suspicious deaths. Lain investigates, but her growing interest i…
Layer:05 – DISTORTION 8.2
August 3, 1998
Lain receives cryptic messages about existence, God, and a coming prophecy. Meanwhile, Mika's world changes in ways bot…
Layer:06 – KIDS 8.2
August 10, 1998
Young children are acting strangely, arms outstretched and silently staring at the sky. A shocking vision suddenly appe…
Layer:07 – SOCIETY 8.2
August 17, 1998
As the Knights activities make the evening news, a strange man named Nazumi wanders the city with machines strapped to …
Layer:08 – RUMORS 8.4
August 24, 1998
Still shaken by the information she received from the Men In Black, Lain discovers that she is being blamed for spreadi…
Layer:09 – PROTOCOL 8.2
August 31, 1998
A documentary about Roswell gives Lain some valuable information about the pioneers of the WIRED. Later, at the Cyberia…
Layer:10 – LOVE 7.7
September 7, 1998
Lain struggles with her identity. Is she a human being, or just a hologram? And are the Knights responsible for the Evi…
Layer:11 – INFORNOGRAPHY 7.4
September 14, 1998
Alone and frightened, Lain immerses herself in the WIRED, processing the events of the past few weeks and searching for…
Layer:12 – LANDSCAPE 7.8
September 21, 1998
Troubled by what she saw, Alice decides to visit Lain at home and find out what is going on. Meanwhile, the two MIB age…
Layer:13 – EGO 8.1
September 28, 1998
The world is crumbling, people are dying and Alice's sanity is threatened. To save humanity, there is only one thing La…