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Summary: Realy Fricken Cool
Review: I was at the local mall yesterday because my PS2 had just come in, i didn't have money for a game so i went to the video store to buy an anime dvd, there wern't all that many left, so I looked for the first volume of any series, I found Navi, so i bought it. I took it home and put it in,it was freaky, a young girlthat seemed to have done all this wired stuff before but wanted to hide it? I can't wait to get the 2nd volume, it's nice having both sub and dub on one tape. Very interesting. Yes and one more thing, i saw no reason for it being rated 16 Up ecxept it might confuse a younger child, so you won't have to worry about flipping it off if a younger veiwer walked into the room.
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Summary: Totally freaky
Review: This series is really trippy. Really trippy. But it makes you think, and wonder about the border between imagination and reality. Good animation, but it's really surreal, and it gives you the sense of Neon Genesis Evangelion, but takes it one (or several) steps further and delves deeper into the human psyche.
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Summary: a unique anime
Review: i think this is one of the best animes i've ever seen. the storyline is complicated, which makes it very hard to grasp the 1st time you're seeing it. but the visual and audio techniques used in the anime pull you in. the plot does take a while to reveal itself, but i think it makes the story even more intriguing. one must have a lot of patience while seeing this anime, especially if you like fast paced ones. but personally, the visual displayes and not knowing what'll happen next is what makes me think this is one of the best animes yet.
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Summary: There is a reason they give you 4 episodes on this one...
Review: This series doesn't get interesting until the last 30 seconds of the fourth episode. And even then, it doesn't get very interesting, at least not interesting enough to spend more money.The characters are very bland, and there is no empathy for their plights. The first episode is about a girl committing suicide- but why do I care? That question isn't answered, and her death is virtually meaningless. Is this series worth watching? Maybe. It has interesting ideas about the future of computing. Is it really worth watching all the way through? No, the entire series is as discordant and unworthwhile as this DVD, and much of it is RECYCLED FOOTAGE. A friend of mine suggested that you could reproduce the entire series using nothing but the first four episodes, and with the costs of DVDs, it is probably worth your while to try.
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Summary: come and share the weirdness
Review: I bought this DVD only because the image on the cover was so intriguing, and I had no prior knowledge of the story whatsoever. Now that I just finished watching twice -- each time with dub and sub (both are great), I am very happy with it. Lain is an exellent anime with a very different style. Although character design may seem overly stylized, too simple maybe, combination with computer-generated images, and effective use of sound, such as the eerie hum of electric lines, create the perfect atmosphere for its story. I've only seen this first DVD which has 4 episodes, and I'll be honest with you, I have no idea what's going on. My advice is that if you are looking for fast action and excitement, stay away from this one. "Lain" is really slow most of the time, and will certainly test your patience. I don't mind the slow pace at all because the visual is just wonderful, and music is great too. One more thing -- for the first time, I got goosebumps from watching an animation. Some scenes from "Lain" can get really creepy, which is another reason I love this anime!
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Summary: I tried to enjoy it, but I just dont get it
Review: I love Anime and while I enjoy the genre immensely, I just did not like this series. I know that I am in the minority and I bought this DVD on the strength of all these reviews, but I found the entrire seires, incredibly slow and overwhelmingly boring. The quality of the animation is very good and the design of the characters and computers is top notch, but the story is so unbelievably lacking that I had to force myself to watch the entire thing and was absolutely disappointed at the end. I am not one of those people who need constant action or wanton violence to enjoy a movie either. I love great plot and strong dialogue, but this series does not have it in my opinion. This series is just a graphic art showcase of images that while beautiful, do not create a decent story.
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Summary: a quiet masterpiece!
Review: There aren't too many things to say that haven't already been said about this DVD. It's an absolutely beautiful, serene, mindbending, and wonderful!! Buy it! You won't be disappointed!
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Summary: I know I'm in the minority :-(
Review: Ok, lain is a series followinga young girl named Lain through her odyssy of computers, I really don't understand why so many people liked this, It has good animation, good voice acting and Lains character design isn't bad but the story was just strange, I found no attachment or empathy towards any of the characters and I had no Idea what the hell was going on, the only thing that attracted me to this video in the first place was I liked the opening and ending segments (which I still think are pretty good) so unless you get off on this type of freaky stuff I'd strongly recomend you stay away from this, or at least rent it to see what you think first.
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Summary: 'matrix'; kid's style
Review: story somehow similar to that of 'Matrix', only 'reveresed.' I just wish it had the animation/drawing style that of 'Ghost in the Shell'; if so, this would have been one of the best ever, but the style is so cartoony that you really have to try and see past the cartoon and get into the story. Another thing is the dialogue. Either the translation is screwed up, or the dialogue is that bad, at times it's really, really cheesy and u just wanna foward it... will I buy the next LAIN? dunno, it has only 3 episodes on it for the same price... as much as I wanna see what happenes next, I think I can hold off on the next one... but I will watch it again, and I am glad I have this one in my collection...
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Summary: all about the images: bizarre, beautiful, fascinating
Review: i can't think of enough adjectives to describe this series. from the opening sequence, with its almost creepy play of time and space, and great music, lain had me. for the rest of layer 01 i watched the images go by in an almost trancelike state. the basic idea of this series: our world and the Wired are not separate entities. they exist in parallel, sometimes elements from one cross over to the other, and it's possible to leave this (physical) world to exist solely in the Wired. lain, a painfully shy, disconnected young girl, finds this out through an e-mail sent to her by a classmate who committed suicide. this series does move more slowly than most anime i've seen, but each image has so much to it and it's all so bizarrely beautiful that it needs to move slowly in order for us to absorb it all. the pacing also reflects lain, who moves around in a slow deliberate daze throughout most of the first 4 layers. the almost silent scenes do a wonderful job of showing us the alienation she feels from the rest of her world. the story is mostly within lain's mind, and mostly in the images, and so excessive dialogue/action would have added nothing to the experience. the series has been compared to the x-files by other reviewers, and i agree, in the sense that the plot and pacing of the layers and general "atmosphere" is similar to that of the x-files, especially earlier episodes. there is no clear beginning and conclusion to the layers, and in the end, the viewer is left with more questions than answers. in other words, the viewer is actively involved, is thinking, during the entire series. someone looking for an action movie with your basic beginning and end shouldn't watch this, it will be extremely frustrating. however, if you're looking for something that leaves the conclusions and thinking to the viewer, with unusual and striking imagery, and sometimes unsettling similarities to our own world, then lain is the series for you.
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