Episode guide · episode
Layer:04 Religion
Summary (spoilers)
Players of the online game Phantoma are dying after encountering a phantom child inside it. Lain follows the trail and finds the fingerprints of the Knights, an elusive group of hackers who operate in the Wired. Her growing talent online starts to attract attention of its own.
Full credits
| script | Chiaki J. Konaka 小中千昭 |
|---|---|
| storyboard | Ryutaro Nakamura 中村隆太郎 |
| episode director | Akihiko Nishiyama 西山明樹彦 |
| animation director | Yuji Takahashi 高橋勇治 |
| layout | Yuji Takahashi 高橋勇治 |
| key animation | 前島和子, 星山企劃（金一培、金泰亨、朴英齋、金明變、洪承玄）, Pak Production |
Sources: seesaawiki.jp · ja.wikipedia.org archived · animenewsnetwork.com archived
What it refers to (3)
- PK (player killer): A boy playing the game Phantoma shouts about a 'PK'; Eng explains the online-game slang for players who kill other players, going back to MUDs.
source: lawmune.net archived · lain.wiki
- Phantoma: The network tag game whose 'hole' in the protocol, blamed on the Knights, blurs the Wired and the real world.
source: lawmune.net archived · lain.wiki
- HAL Power 5000: Hardware labelled 'HAL Power 5000' is part of Lain's computer rig.
source: lain.wiki