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− | Chiaki Konaka is the scenario writer for the [[Serial Experiments Lain]] [[anime]] and [[game]]. He is known for his dark storylines and for using cyberpunk or Lovecraftian concepts in his work - examples of these include Texhnolyze and Malice@Doll.
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| + | ===English=== |
| + | * [http://per.hedbor.org/lain/ Serial Experiments Lain: Root] ([[Serial Experiments Lain: Root|article]]) has a collection of Lain media for download, including cover scans and soundtracks. |
| + | * [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]. |
| + | * [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Omnipresence] is full of information about SEL and includes episode transcripts, screencaps, a fanlisting and a very outdated list of links.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://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. |
| + | * [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. |
| + | * [http://mebious.com/ Mebious.com] hosts this very wiki. |
| + | * [http://asphyxia.su/ asphyxia.su] Collection of every background image from mebious, going back over a year. |
| + | * [http://cerealexperiments.com cerealexperiments.com] Website that has an imageboard that is sometimes 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. |
| + | *[[VisualWired]] |
| + | ===Japanese=== |
| + | *[http://www.konaka.com/alice6/lain/ Serial Experiments Lain], a site by [[Chiaki Konaka|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. |
| + | ===Russian=== |
| + | *[http://boards.haruhiism.net/abe/ Old Home], an image board that is is primarily for discussions related to [[Yoshitoshi ABe| ABe]]. |
| + | *[http://lain.xq3.ru/ lain game] contains files from the Serial Experiments Lain [[Game|PSX game]], extracted using jPSXdec. |
| + | ==Past Related Websites== |
| + | ===English=== |
| + | * [[Thewired.info]] |
| + | * [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. |
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− | ===Trivia=== | + | ==Essays== |
− | *Prior to doing SEL, he wrote the 1995 television drama ''Alice 6''. Here are the names of the six main characters of the drama: | + | ===English=== |
− | **Gotoh Miki (後藤 美姫) | + | * [[VKK 320: Decoding Virtual Culture in the Media - a case-study of Serial Experiments Lain]] |
− | **Katou Juri (加藤 樹莉) | + | * [[Serial Experiments: Lain as a Reflection of Modern Japanese Anxieties in the Digital Era]] |
− | **Oh Reika (王 麗華) | + | * [[The role of technology in modern society according to Serial Experiments: Lain]] |
− | **Koga Michiru (空閑 ミチル) | + | * [[The Problem of Existence in Japanese Animation]] |
− | **Masatsugu Shoko (真次 祥子) | + | * [[The Sight of Your God Disturbs Me: Questioning the Post-Christian Bodies of Buffy, Lain, and George]] |
− | **Yomoda Chisa (四方田 千紗) | + | * [[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] |
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− | *He also wrote the scenario of ''Alice in Cyberland'', a 1996 PlayStation game, as well as an OVA animation of the same name. The game is described on ja.wikipedia as a combination gal game and adventure game. | + | ==Other articles== |
− | [[Category:Staff]] | + | ===English=== |
| + | * [[All I Ever Needed To Know In This Fragile Layer Of Existence We Call The Real World I Learned From Serial Experiments Lain]] |
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| + | ==Games== |
| + | * [[Lain visual novel project]], a project to create a Serial Experiments Lain visual novel, started on [[mebious.co.uk]] and worked on here. |
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| + | ==Analysis== |
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjaG8gqE7uY&feature=g-u-u Youtube video] Analyzing exactly what happened in the anime. |
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| + | ==Fanfiction Recommendations== |
| + | ===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]] 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://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. |
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| + | [[Category:Media]] |