Serial Experiments Lain singles collection competition
Design a poster, desktop wallpaper or box-art for a chance to win one of two copies of Serial Experiments Lain singles V1~4.
Here’s another way to promote an anime you love. This competition will end on 25/11
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Serial Experiments Lain Volume 4
And so we reach the climax of the mind bending epic; Serial Experiments Lain. It’s been an incredibly challenging and thought provoking series, and will no doubt split viewer opinion in almost the same ways as Evangelion.Yoshitoshi Abe (Lain’s original creator) never gives us an easy way out of the story, instead preferring to grant … Continued
Ryutaro Nakamura Passes Away
Tragic news was recently announced in Japan informing the world that Ryutaro Nakamura, director of Kino’s Journey and Serial Experiments Lain, passed away at the age of 58 on June 29th after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. The official Twitter feed for the Chibi Neko Tom no Dai Bōken anime broke the announcement after … Continued
A Very Brief Examination of Japanese Science Fiction
Kenji Kamiyama said in an interview talking about ‘Ghost in the Shell’ that the greatest science fiction is that which touches on important issues within today’s society. What Kamiyama is trying to illustrate is that his version of ‘Ghost in the Shell’ is at the cutting edge of science fiction. Indeed some of the greatest … Continued
Yoshitoshi ABe in new anime project
“In a Thursday blog entry, manga creator and character designer Yoshitoshi ABe (Serial Experiments Lain, Haibane Renmei) confirmed reports from last month’s Sakura-Con 2009 event that he is developing a new anime with many of the staffers of the Lain anime, but made a clarification on the title. The correct title for the project is … Continued
Yoshitoshi ABe manga published in English on iTunes
Artist Yoshitoshi ABe has published his latest dōjinshi manga (self-published comic, 53 pages in length) on iTunes in both Japanese and English. You will need an Apple iPhone or Apple iPod Touch to view this manga, but this marks one of the first times a Japanese dōjinshi artist has used the internet to publish his … Continued