* '''1st''' - A producer of the anime series releases a countdown website that lasts 24 hours. It's an April Fools Joke for the 25th anniversary of Serial Experiments Lain. ([https://en.serialexperimentslain.io/ source (en)], [https://jp.serialexperimentslain.io/ (jp)])
* '''17th''' - Wasei "JJ" Chikada releases his 4th album, "Cyberia Layer_4" with new art by Yoshitoshi ABe. ([https://en.wasei.tokyo/layer-04 source])
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* '''9th''' - Wasei "JJ" Chikada announced he will release his next record "Cyberia Layer_4" around April, 2022. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZadhSs5HTk source])