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Layer:09 Protocol
Summary (spoilers)
Short documentary-like segments connect real figures and theories from the history of computing, consciousness research and UFO lore. Alongside them, Lain looks into the network protocol at the heart of the Wired and the person who designed it. Meanwhile her household grows even less normal.
Full credits
| script | Chiaki J. Konaka 小中千昭 |
|---|---|
| storyboard | Rokuro Jinga (credited 'Rokuro Ninga' in the dub; pen name of Hiroyuki Kakudo) 仁賀緑朗（角銅博之） |
| episode director | Akihiko Nishiyama 西山明樹彦 |
| animation director | Masahiro Sekiguchi 関口雅浩 |
| key animation | 竹田逸子, 後藤隆宏, 後藤有宏, 千島知明, 中谷マリ, 高橋勇治, 須賀重行, 星山企劃 |
Sources: seesaawiki.jp · ja.wikipedia.org archived · animenewsnetwork.com archived
What it refers to (9)
- Roswell incident and grey aliens: A big-eyed grey alien in a striped sweater appears at Lain's door, and the newsreel ties Roswell to a supposed pact with extraterrestrials.
source: lawmune.net archived · lain.wiki
- MJ-12 / Majestic 12 documents: The newsreel shows the 'MJ-12 document' with photos of its alleged members and says TV producer Jaime Shandera got the film anonymously in 1984.
source: lain.wiki · lawmune.net archived
- Vannevar Bush and the Memex: The narrator credits Bush with the 1945 Memex idea, a microfilm desk for extending memory, and links him to the Manhattan Project.
source: lain.wiki · lawmune.net archived
- John C. Lilly, isolation tanks and E.C.C.O.: The newsreel describes Lilly's sensory-deprivation and drug experiments, his 'Earth Coincidence Control Office', and his later dolphin research.
source: lain.wiki · lawmune.net archived
- Ted Nelson and Project Xanadu: Nelson is presented as heir to Bush and Lilly, with Xanadu pictured as a satellite-borne hypertext library reachable from anywhere.
source: lain.wiki · lawmune.net archived
- Schumann resonance: The narration explains the roughly 8 Hz ELF resonance between ground and ionosphere and calls it the Earth's brain wave.
source: lain.wiki · lawmune.net archived
- Douglas Rushkoff and the global brain: The newsreel says Rushkoff (rendered 'Douglas Rachov' in one fan transcript) predicts that networking people will wake the Earth's own consciousness.
source: lain.wiki · lawmune.net archived
- Protocol 7 (and IPv6/IPv7?): Eiri Masami secretly wrote Schumann-resonance support into the seventh protocol before being fired from Tachibana. Eng notes that any link to real Internet Protocol numbering is unclear (?).
source: lain.wiki · lawmune.net archived
- Knights of the Eastern Calculus and 'one truth': Taro admits he is only a junior Knight and repeats their slogan that truth is strong and just because it is true.
source: lawmune.net archived · lain.wiki