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{{DISPLAYTITLE:List of fanworks based on ''Serial Experiments Lain''}}
This is a list of notable fanworks based on ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]'', which includes (but is not limited to) derivative websites, fan projects, forums, and academic research dedicated to the series. The list is '''perpetually incomplete''', since it is updated based on notability.

'''If you have any suggestions for sites to add or if any of the links stop working, write so over [https://lain.wiki/wiki/User_talk:Prince here]. The site will be added or updated with Wayback Machine links.'''
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==Websites==
===English===
* [http://www.cjas.org/~leng/lain.htm Thought Experiments Lain] ([[Thought Experiments Lain|article]]) is owned by Lawrence Eng aka Lawmune. It includes, among other things, a review, fanart contest and glossary. It is perhaps best known for the [http://www.cjas.org/~leng/apple-lain.htm list of Apple references in Lain].
* [https://lainzine.org lainzine]: a lain-themed online magazine about hacking, art, culture, and related topics.
* [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/ Omnipresence] is full of information about SEL and includes episode transcripts, screencaps, a fanlisting and a very outdated list of links. It is impossible to navigate. Content is [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/wired.html here].
* [http://asphyxia.su/ asphyxia.su] is a collection of every background image from mebious, going back over a year.
* [https://mebi.wirechan.org/ Wirechan Mebious] clone of [[Mebious.co.uk]] hosted on wirechan website.
* [https://mebious.neocities.org wired.entry.neocities] Fansite under constant occasional development.
* [https://lainchan.org lainchan] Anonymous lain-themed imageboard that mainly focuses on programing, technology, and other things. It has a lain board that isn't as active and mainly uses the lain name to attract people interested in technology and coding.
* [https://wirechan.org/ wirechan] Anonymous lain-themed imageboard centered around technology, with its own mebious instance.
* [https://initiate.space/ initiate.space] Spiritual successor to systemspace. Themed around Lain, has an anonymous imageboard and discord server.
* [http://www.konaka.com/ konaka.com] the english version of a site made by [[Chiaki J. Konaka]]. It has interview, info, links, and images about the show. You could also download the font used in the anime.
* [https://fauux.neocities.org/ fauux] fan website (note: contains rapidly flashing images)
* [https://blackwings.neocities.org/ blackwings] fan website, inspired heavily by fauux (note: contains rapidly flashing images)
* [http://lain.sk/ lain.sk] slovakian lain fan website, originally published in 2006
* [https://lain.church/ lain.church] services offered by lainchan users
* [https://lain.la/ lain.la] - services offered by lainchan user
* [https://lainon.life/ lainon.life] lainchan radio with songs similar to that of serial experiments lain's OST
* [https://re.wire.zone/ re.wire.zone] wirechan group
* [https://distortiongallery.tripod.com/distortion.htm distortiongallery] displays a private collection of lain cels and other merchandise
* [https://www.angelfire.com/anime/lainpage/index.html angelfire] just another lain fan site
* [https://cff.ssw.net/forum/ old-home-bulletin-board] the name is a reference to haibane renmei and they mainly discuss the show as well as [[Yoshitoshi ABe| ABe]]
* [https://ain-and-lain.tumblr.com/ ain and lain] a fan blog site run by ain with various scans and unofficial translations of ABe and Konaka's works.
* [https://modesofdesign.wixsite.com/explained expLAINed] a fan site dedicated to "finding the complete 'true answer' of serial experiments lain."

===Japanese===
* [http://www.konaka.com/alice6/lain/ konaka.com], a site by Chiaki J. Konaka, has interviews, information about [[Books|books]], and links related to Lain, as well as a font that was used in the anime.
* [http://www.geocities.jp/zatugakubeya/lain/index.html Deep Researches Lain] has a glossary of terms from the anime and a quiz game.
* [http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/grifonsgarden/garenwarehouse.htm Grifon's Garden] has pictures and descriptions of at least 6 homemade Lain figurines.
* [http://page.freett.com/boondock/lain/ LAINてんぷら] is a website used to start Lain threads on the 2channel BBS. Has links to many Lain threads on 2ch and many other obscure and edifying Lain-related links. てんぷら (tempura) is slang for template.
* [http://page.freett.com/m_utsumi/ Protocol of lain's world] has lots of great and rare info, but mostly in Japanese, because the English portion of the site is unfinished. (Click lain's face to access the content.)

===Russian===
* [http://boards.haruhiism.net/abe/ Old Home], an image board that is primarily for discussions related to ABe.
* [http://lain.ru/index.php lain.ru]
* [https://lain.in.net/ lain.in] russian speaking, lain themed forum
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010405072957/http://lain.narod.ru/ lain.narod] old website with lots of lain related information.

===French===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051027100229/http://serialain.ifrance.com/ serialain.ifrance.com], a site that stores a lot of lain related, info and images.
* [http://supagil.chez.com/sitehtmlain/laintml.htm supagil.chez] a lain fan site made in pure html with pics, videos, glossary and links to other lain sites.
* [http://memelaraison.chez.com/serialexp-intro.htm memelaraison.chez.com] is a lain fan site, with pictures of the anime and lain magazines as well as lyrics.

===Spanish===
* [https://wired-7.org wired-7] Spanish speaking, lain themed imageboard.
* [https://disboard.org/server/779888683967971359 LaiÑ] Spanish speaking, lain discord server.

===Korean===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051018025112/http://www.lain.pe.ky/ lain.pe.ky] Korean speaking, lain themed imageboard

===German===
* [http://www.lain-disconnected.de/phpBB/index.php lain-disconnected] is a german forum board based around lain which is ran on phpBB

===Polish===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070108042514/http://experimentslain.ovh.org/index2.php experimentslain.ovh] Fansite, with fanart, cyberpunk, and other lain related info.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081023233154/http://lain.klub.mylog.pl/ lain.klub] Polish speaking, lain themed imagedboard

===Chinese===
* [https://geocities.haggenso.org/Lain/ Haggenso Lain Geocities] One of the only Chinese-language Lain fansites, created by Dr. Haggen So.

==Defunct websites==
* [http://www.mebious.co.uk/ Mebious.co.uk] ([[Mebious.co.uk|article]]) comes from a URL that appears briefly on a pressure gauge. Sometimes called "Mebi" or "Mebby". Allows anonymous text or image posting. The most recent 10 lines of text are displayed. It has been inactive since November 11, 2020.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100515000251/http://thewired.info/ Thewired.info] ([[Thewired.info|article]]) just another lain related image-board
* [http://per.hedbor.org/lain/ Serial Experiments Lain: Root] ([[Serial Experiments Lain: Root|article]]) had a collection of Lain media for download, including cover scans and soundtracks.
* [http://misslain.homestead.com/index.html Lain - Alive in Cyberspace] included reviews, screencaps, poetry, and a rather intriguing [http://misslain.homestead.com/cyberqs.html dialogue] on Lain. Site has been disabled.
* [http://hr.deadgods.net/hr/index/ Wakachan's ABe board], R.I.P.
* [http://cerealexperiments.com cerealexperiments.com] Website that had an imageboard that was barely Lain-related. 
* [http://easterncalcul.us/ ahania's boards] are available intermittently. /ec/ is for general discussion and /l/ is for all things Lain. Feel free to start or join in a discussion.
* [http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Gulf/9755/ serial experiments lain - Unnoficial Homepage in the Wired]
* [http://www.mebious.mobi/ Mebious.mobi] ([[Mebious.mobi|article]]), sometimes called "Mobi", is inspired by Mebious and notably includes features such as music upload and auto-refresh. (defunct as of May 10th 2015)
* [https://mebio.us Mebio.us] ([[Mebio.us|article]]) was another clone of the original .co.uk site, created after the closure of Mobi.
* [[VisualWired]]
* [https://legacy.arisuchan.jp/ arisuchan] anonymous lain-themed cyberpunk imageboard with a dedicated /lain/ board, it has since been archived.
* [https://discord.gg/Zwe6v35WRv lainland] Was a biggest lain discord server at one point, currently archived.
* [https://systemspace.link/ systemspace.link] Religion lightly themed around SEL. Has an anonymous imageboard named TSUKICHAN and a Rocket.Chat server.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061208075509/http://www.cyberia-anime.com/ cyberia-anime] Cyberia Cafe - one of the first Lain fansites, started on 1999-04-18.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030330214322/http://kokujin.members.animeirc.com/ kokujin] Kokujin
* [http://www.lainspotting.com/ lainspotting] images of lain in different places

==Essays==
* [[VKK 320: Decoding Virtual Culture in the Media - a case-study of Serial Experiments Lain]]
* [[Serial Experiments: Lain as a Reflection of Modern Japanese Anxieties in the Digital Era]]
* [[The Role of Technology in Modern Society according to Serial Experiments Lain]]
* [[The Problem of Existence in Japanese Animation]]
* [[The Sight of Your God Disturbs Me: Questioning the Post-Christian Bodies of Buffy, Lain, and George]]
* [[Give some examples of cybernetic systems at play in specific visual texts. What metaphors of the body in contemporary society do they suggest? And to what commodity end are they marketed?]]
* [[To What Commodity End are Concepts of the ‘Post-Human’ and the ‘Cyborg’ Marketed? Give screen and theoretical examples of each.]]
* [[The Real Verses the Virtual]] [sic]
* [[All I Ever Needed To Know In This Fragile Layer Of Existence We Call The Real World I Learned From Serial Experiments Lain]]
* [[Tumbling Down the Rabbit Hole: An Essay on Serial Experiments Lain]]

==Scholarly articles and books==
*"Topologies of Identity in Serial Experiments Lain" by Craig Jackson, published in ''Mechademia'', Volume 7, 2012, pp. 191-201 [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/mec/summary/v007/7.jackson01.html]
*"The Signal of Noise" (manga) by Adèle-Elise Prévost and MUSEbasement, published in ''Mechademia'', Volume 3, 2008, pp. 173-188 [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/mec/summary/v003/3.prevost.html]
*"When the Machines Stop: Fantasy, Reality, and Terminal Identity in Neon Genesis Evangelion and Serial Experiments Lain" by Susan J. Napier, published in ''Science Fiction Studies'' vol.29, No. 3, Japanese Science Fiction (Nov. 2002) pp. 418-435 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4241108]
*"The Problem of Existence in Japanese Animation" by Susan J. Napier, published in ''Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society'', Vol. 149, No. 1 (Mar., 2005), pp.72-79 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4598910]
*"Screening Anime" by Steven T. Brown, an essay published in the 2006 book ''Cinema Anime'', a collection of essays by various authors, edited by Brown. [http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781403970602]
*''Tokyo Cyberpunk: Posthumanism in Japanese Visual Culture'' by Steven T. Brown. This time the whole book is by Brown. [http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9780230103597]

==Games==
* [https://laingame.net/ Lain Game] contains files from the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|Serial Experiments Lain PSX game]], extracted using jPSXdec. It also includes a playable web-version of the game.
* [[Lain Visual Novel Project]], a project to create a Serial Experiments Lain visual novel, started on [[mebious.co.uk]] and worked on here.

==Software==
* [[Serial Experiments Lain Winamp Skins]] contains a collection of Lain-themed skins that have been created for the audio playback software Winamp

==Analysis==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjaG8gqE7uY&feature=g-u-u Youtube video] Analyzing exactly what happened in the anime.

==Fan fiction==

===English===
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2196634/1/Stopped Stopped], a short story that concisely captures the essence of Serial Experiments Lain.
"Lain's watch stopped..."
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6974007/1/The_Gods_Themselves The Gods Themselves], an odd crossover between SEL and Puella Magi Madoka Magica in which Lain and Madokami are indistinguishable and [[Alice Mizuki]] discusses [[God]] with Homura.
""Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens.*" Lain. Madoka. Homura. Arisu. I am uncertain what genre to classify this under."
(*Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.)

===Japanese===
* [http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=14756418 せりあｌ　えｘぺりめんｔｓ　ぁいｎ], a manga by Gomennasai on Pixiv, probably inspired by [[Chibi Chibi Lain]].
* [http://ifs.nog.cc/i25127.at.infoseek.co.jp/281/rakkatan.html Ganbare Rakka-tan], a Lain/NieA/Haibane crossover manga in the style of Abe, drawn by a user of the 2channel board "hankaku nijigen ita" who went by the name ''281''.
* [http://elephant.2chblog.jp/archives/52044575.html One], [http://elephant.2chblog.jp/archives/52064879.html two], [http://elephant.2chblog.jp/archives/52067572.html three] threads archived from news4vip at 2ch.

==Music==
* [https://archive.org/details/keif_mesa_earth_brain_waves Earth Brain Waves], A concept album. The theme imaged the world of the network by the Schumann resonance in serial experiments lain.
* [http://3x6x.com/discography.html SUBHUMAN], serial experiments lain image album
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