Serial Experiments Lain VHS Releases

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The Serial Experiments Lain anime was released on VHS tape, in addition to DVD.

The VHS releases of Lain differed in each country - in the United States, the series was released as a set of four tapes in paper sleeves. In Japan, it was released as a set of five tapes in plastic cases. The full details of each release and their differences have been included below.

United States - Dubbed VHS Tapes - 1999

In the United States, Serial Experiments Lain was released as a set of four VHS tapes in paper sleeves. The right side of each tape's sleeve also contained a section of artwork - when all four tapes were aligned next to each other on a shelf, their designs combined into artwork of Lain.

Vol.01 - NAVI

Release Information
Title	Serial Experiments Lain Vol.01 - NAVI
Producer	Pioneer
Release Date	1999-07-13
MSRP	$24.98
Audio	English
Subtitles	None
Runtime	100 Minutes
Catalog Number	PIVA-2231D
UPC	013023045033

Vol.02 - KNIGHTS

Release Information
Title	Serial Experiments Lain Vol.02 - KNIGHTS
Producer	Pioneer
Release Date	1999-08-24
MSRP	$24.98
Audio	English
Subtitles	None
Runtime	75 Minutes
Catalog Number	PIVA-2232D
UPC	013023045231

Vol.03 - DEUS

Release Information
Title	Serial Experiments Lain Vol.03 - DEUS
Producer	Pioneer
Release Date	1999-10-12
MSRP	$24.98
Audio	English
Subtitles	None
Runtime	75 Minutes
Catalog Number	PIVA-2233D
UPC	013023045439

Vol.04 - RESET

Release Information
Title	Serial Experiments Lain Vol.04 - RESET
Producer	Pioneer
Release Date	1999-08-24
MSRP	$24.98
Audio	English
Subtitles	None
Runtime	75 Minutes
Catalog Number	PIVA-2234D
UPC	013023045637

United States - Subtitled VHS Tapes - 1999

In addition to the English Dubbed VHS release, a set of English subtitled VHS tapes with original Japanese audio were also released in the United States.

There were a number of changes from the dubbed VHS tapes that made the subtitled variant unique:

• The subtitled VHS tapes use a red mark on the spine of the tape's sleeve to note that the tapes are the subtitled variant.
• The catalog number of each tape (for example, PIVA-2231S) will end in "S" for Subtitled, rather than "D" for Dubbed.
• The subtitled VHS tapes were more expensive than the dubbed variants, with an MSRP of $29.98 per tape.

These differences have been marked in bold in the table below, to make them easier to visually parse.

Vol.01 - NAVI

Release Information
Title	Serial Experiments Lain Vol.01 - NAVI
Producer	Pioneer
Release Date	1999-07-13
MSRP	$29.98
Audio	English
Subtitles	None
Runtime	100 Minutes
Catalog Number	PIVA-2231S
UPC	013023045132

Vol.02 - KNIGHTS

Release Information
Title	Serial Experiments Lain Vol.02 - KNIGHTS
Producer	Pioneer
Release Date	1999-08-24
MSRP	$29.98
Audio	English
Subtitles	None
Runtime	75 Minutes
Catalog Number	PIVA-2232S
UPC	013023045231

Vol.03 - DEUS

Release Information
Title	Serial Experiments Lain Vol.03 - DEUS
Producer	Pioneer
Release Date	1999-10-12
MSRP	$29.98
Audio	English
Subtitles	None
Runtime	75 Minutes
Catalog Number	PIVA-2233S
UPC	013023045538

Vol.04 - RESET

Release Information
Title	Serial Experiments Lain Vol.04 - RESET
Producer	Pioneer
Release Date	1999-08-24
MSRP	$29.98
Audio	English
Subtitles	None
Runtime	75 Minutes
Catalog Number	PIVA-2234S
UPC	Unknown

Japan

In Japan, Serial Experiments Lain was released as a set of five VHS tapes in plastic cases. An additional sixth VHS tape named "lif.00 - Preview" was also available.