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'''Ueda Yasuyuki''' (上田 耕行) is the producer of ''Serial Experiments Lain''. He stylizes his name as yasuyuki ueda and is sometimes credited as Production 2nd. He came up with the original concept and story for the [[game]] and the [[anime]] and enlisted the aid of other staff members, [[Konaka Chiaki]], [[Nakamura Ryuutarou]], and [[ABe Yoshitoshi]].

'''Ueda Yasuyuki''' (上田 耕行) is the producer of ''Serial Experiments Lain''. He stylizes his name as yasuyuki ueda and is sometimes credited as Production 2nd. He came up with the original concept and story for the [[game]] and the [[anime]] and enlisted the aid of other staff members, [[Chiaki Konaka]], [[Nakamura Ryuutarou]], and [[Yoshitoshi ABe]].

==The Infamous Interview==

==The Infamous Interview==

In a 1999 ''Animerica Magazine'' interview of Ueda, Konaka, and Nakamura, he made some ambiguous and controversial statements regarding the [[anime]]. The introductory paragraph of the article states, "While all three agree on certain points of ''Lain's'' production and design, each are beholden to different interpretations of the show's philosophy and what it means to them individually... Producer Yasuyuki Ueda states that ''Lain'' is an attack against American values."  

In a 1999 ''Animerica Magazine'' interview of Ueda, Konaka, and Nakamura, he made some ambiguous and controversial statements regarding the [[anime]]. The introductory paragraph of the article states, "While all three agree on certain points of ''Lain's'' production and design, each are beholden to different interpretations of the show's philosophy and what it means to them individually... Producer Yasuyuki Ueda states that ''Lain'' is an attack against American values."