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The archive grows from what people send. Scans of magazines and booklets, photos of merchandise, recordings, and corrections to anything here are all welcome.

How to send something

Email [email protected]. For large files, send a link (any file host works) rather than an attachment. Please say:

what it is: the magazine and issue, the item, the episode;
where it came from: your own copy, a friend's, an old website (which one);
who scanned or photographed it, and when, and how you would like to be credited;
for corrections, a source: a page, a scan, a credit roll.

Scans are best at 600 dpi or more, uncropped, as PNG or high quality JPEG. Every contribution is credited on the item it belongs to and listed in the change log.

Wanted

Known to exist, but with no scan or photo anywhere the archive could find:

Monthly AX, May and June 1998: the first two chapters of the ABe and Konaka serial.
Monthly AX: Layers layer:01 Weird, May 1998 issue (1998-05)
Monthly AX: Layers layer:02 Girls, June 1998 issue (1998-06)
FRUiTS No.15: interview with producer Yasuyuki Ueda, No.15 (October 1998) (1998-10)
Weekly Famitsu (probably): the review that refused to score the game, probably No.520 (the issue that cross-reviewed every other PlayStation game released on 26 November 1998) (1998-12-04 ?)
Yuriika: Yoshitoshi ABe special issue, October 2010 issue (2010-09)
GIGAZINE: serial experiments lain REUNION event report, two-part report (2010-11-23)
4Gamer.net: 20th anniversary staff play session, web article (2018-09-29)
CONTINUE Vol.85: 50-page lain feature, Vol.85 (2024-12-18)
Famitsu.com: news on the authorized fan game //signal., web article (2025-04-02)
AnimeOnDVD: sneak.01 (LPR-309) promo DVD review, web review (1999-12-31 per the review's own header (its Release Date field shows the same 12/31/1999, which looks like a placeholder, so treat the day as nominal); written from Pioneer's pre-release US promo kit)
Sci-Fi Weekly: Serial Experiments Lain review, issue 123 (1999-08-23)
Anime News Network: Serial Experiments Lain DVD Vol.1-4 review, web review (about 7 January 2001 ? (between 7 December 2000, when it is not yet on ANN's front page, and 18 January 2001, when it is listed; the server dates of its images point to 7 January))
THEM Anime Reviews: Serial Experiments Lain, web review (1999 ? (between May 1999, absent from THEM's index of 30 April 1999, and March 2000, its first archived copy; most likely mid 1999, after the first US volume))
Mania.com (formerly AnimeOnDVD): Serial Experiments Lain Vol.1 review, web review (1999-07-13)
EX: Serial Experiments Lain follow-up, 5.2 (2000-05-11)
Anime Academy: Serial Experiments: Lain, web review (2002-03-16)
Games Are Fun: Import Review, Serial Experiments Lain (PlayStation), web review (2003-04-25)
Newtype USA: Serial Experiments Lain DVD Box Set: Lost in the Wired, Vol.4 No.1 (January 2005), p.179 (2005-01)
Anime News Network Buried Treasure: Serial Experiments Lain, column (2008-11-20)
The Mike Toole Show: Evangel-a-like, column (2011-06-05)
The Ringer: The Terrifyingly Prescient Serial Experiments Lain, 20 Years Later, web article (2018-07-09)
Otaku USA: 1998's Serial Experiments Lain Predicted Our Modern Internet Demons, web article (2018-09-24)
/Film: Serial Experiments Lain Is A Mind-Twisting Sci-Fi Anime About The Horrors Of The Internet, web article (2019-11-27)
OTAQUEST: lainTSX recreates the PS1 game in English, web article (2021-03-29)
The Michigan Daily: Interacting with mental health in Serial Experiments Lain, web article (2021-11-03)
Grimoire of Horror: Serial Experiments Lain (1998) Video Game Review, web review (2023-03-02)
Automaton West: unopened copy of the lain game valued over $3000, web article (2024-02-27)
Reactor: Revisiting Serial Experiments Lain: We Never Really Left, web article (2026-09-10)
Weather Break end cards, Layers 01 to 12 (1998-07 to 1998-09)

Also wanted: any Lain coverage in Newtype, Animedia, Quick Japan or Weekly Famitsu from 1998 to 2000, which the archive has not been able to confirm.