Episode guide · episode
Layer:01 Weird
Summary (spoilers)
Soon after schoolgirl Chisa Yomoda takes her own life, her classmates begin receiving messages that seem to be written by her. Lain Iwakura, a withdrawn fourteen-year-old who barely touches technology, answers and is told that God can be found in the Wired. From then on, Lain senses that the network and ordinary life are closer together than she thought.
Full credits
| script | Chiaki J. Konaka 小中千昭 |
|---|---|
| storyboard | Ryutaro Nakamura 中村隆太郎 |
| episode director | Ryutaro Nakamura 中村隆太郎 |
| animation director | Masahiro Sekiguchi 関口雅浩 |
| layout | Takahiro Kishida 岸田隆宏 |
| key animation | 大関紀子, 古川達也, 高橋由利, 松尾裕子, 千島知明, えんどう麻未 |
Sources: seesaawiki.jp · ja.wikipedia.org archived · animenewsnetwork.com archived
What it refers to (5)
- Cordwainer Smith, 'Think Blue, Count Two': Yasuo's password string 'Think Bule Count One Tow' garbles the title of this Instrumentality of Mankind short story.
source: lain.wiki archived · lawmune.net archived
- Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (Apple, 1997): Lain's old child-model NAVI is styled after this flat-panel Mac.
source: lawmune.net · lain.wiki archived
- NeXT / NEXTSTEP: NeXT-style icons sit on the desktop of Lain's father's computer.
- C programming language: The English text the teacher writes on the blackboard is C source code.
- WEIRD / WIRED anagram: The episode title is an anagram of 'Wired'.