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Serial Experiments Lain VHS Releases (view source)
Revision as of 00:52, 16 April 2025
, 4 months agoCompleted basic information on US VHS tape releases, both Subtitled and Dubbed variants.
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.
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=
=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.
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==
==Vol.01 - NAVI==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! colspan=2 | Release Information<ref>Pioneer Animation - Lain, 2001-04-14, https://web.archive.org/web/20010414024501/http://www.pioneeranimation.com/titles/lain/lain_01.htm</ref>
! colspan=2 | Release Information<ref>Pioneer Animation - Lain Vol.01, 2001-04-14, https://web.archive.org/web/20010414024501/http://www.pioneeranimation.com/titles/lain/lain_01.htm</ref>
|-
|-
| Title || Serial Experiments Lain Vol.01 - NAVI
| Title || Serial Experiments Lain Vol.01 - NAVI
|-
|-
| UPC || 013023045033
| UPC || 013023045033
|}
==Vol.02 - KNIGHTS==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=2 | Release Information<ref>Pioneer Animation - Lain Vol.02, 2001-04-14, https://web.archive.org/web/20010414025315/http://www.pioneeranimation.com/titles/lain/lain_02.htm</ref>
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| 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==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=2 | Release Information<ref>Pioneer Animation - Lain Vol.03, 2001-04-14, https://web.archive.org/web/20010414030805/http://www.pioneeranimation.com/titles/lain/lain_03.htm</ref>
|-
| 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==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=2 | Release Information<ref>Pioneer Animation - Lain Vol.04, 2001-04-14, https://web.archive.org/web/20010414025658/http://www.pioneeranimation.com/titles/lain/lain_04.htm</ref>
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| 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==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=2 | Release Information<ref>Pioneer Animation - Lain Vol.01, 2001-04-14, https://web.archive.org/web/20010414024501/http://www.pioneeranimation.com/titles/lain/lain_01.htm</ref>
|-
| 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==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=2 | Release Information<ref>Pioneer Animation - Lain Vol.02, 2001-04-14, https://web.archive.org/web/20010414025315/http://www.pioneeranimation.com/titles/lain/lain_02.htm</ref>
|-
| 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==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=2 | Release Information<ref>Pioneer Animation - Lain Vol.03, 2001-04-14, https://web.archive.org/web/20010414030805/http://www.pioneeranimation.com/titles/lain/lain_03.htm</ref>
|-
| 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==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=2 | Release Information<ref>Pioneer Animation - Lain Vol.04, 2001-04-14, https://web.archive.org/web/20010414025658/http://www.pioneeranimation.com/titles/lain/lain_04.htm</ref>
|-
| 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
|}
|}