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Layer:07 Society
Summary (spoilers)
Lain spends more and more time inside the Wired, and Alice fears her friend is retreating from everyone. Two men in suits and sunglasses escort Lain to a meeting with someone from Tachibana General Laboratories, who presses her about her ties to the Knights. Lain is left asking herself a question she cannot yet answer.
Full credits
| script | Chiaki J. Konaka 小中千昭 |
|---|---|
| storyboard | Ryutaro Nakamura 中村隆太郎 |
| episode director | Johei Matsuura 松浦錠平 |
| animation director | Yasuhide Maruyama 丸山泰英 |
| key animation | 田村篤, 米林宏昌, 後藤孝宏, 後藤有宏, 前島和子, 三宅雄二, 渡辺律子, 横山義家, 山岸徹一, 中村基, 須賀重行, 星山企劃 |
Sources: seesaawiki.jp · ja.wikipedia.org archived · animenewsnetwork.com archived
What it refers to (4)
- Lisp and the Knights of the Lambda Calculus: Lain codes in Lisp on her HandyNAVI in class; the real Knights of the Lambda Calculus were a Lisp hacker in-joke, echoed by the Knights of the Eastern Calculus.
source: lain.wiki · lawmune.net archived
- Apple HotSauce (Project X): Nezumi's visor browser view resembles Apple's 3D HotSauce web interface.
source: lain.wiki · lawmune.net
- Tachibana Lab, Shinbashi Office: The Men in Black take Lain to an office signed 'Tachibana Lab'; Eng reads Tachibana (a Japanese citrus) as a pun on Apple/McIntosh.
source: lain.wiki · lawmune.net · lawmune.net archived
- Men in Black: Two men in black who watch Lain, after the MIBs of UFO folklore.
source: lawmune.net archived · lain.wiki