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Den-noh Coil

Dennou Coil

2007, TV, 26 eps, 78%, MADHOUSE

Recommended by 77 Serial Experiments Lain fans on AniList. Both have Augmented Reality, Denpa, Philosophy.

Imagine if the internet was 'projected' over the living world and you interacted with it using a portable device - glasses and visors which connect you to an augmented reality. In 2026, this technology becomes reality... Yuuko Okonogi moves with her family to Daikoku, home of…

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Manga for fans of Serial Experiments Lain

Shimeji Simulation2019, Manga, 49 ch, 85% Neon Genesis Evangelion1994, Manga, 97 ch, 85% Return of the Blossoming Blade2021, Manga, ongoing, 85% Goodnight Punpun2007, Manga, 147 ch, 88% A Bride's Story2008, Manga, ongoing, 85% Nisekoi: False Love2011, Manga, 240 ch, 75% Omniscient Reader2020, Manga, ongoing, 86% Villains Are Destined to Die2020, Manga, ongoing, 84%

About Serial Experiments Lain

1998, TV, 13 eps, 80%, Triangle Staff

We're all connected... There is the world around us, a world of people, tactile sensation, and culture. There is the wired world, inside the computer, of images, personalities, virtual experiences, and a culture all of its own. The day after a classmate commits suicide, Lain, a 14-year-old girl, discovers how closely the two worlds are linked when she receives an e-mail from the dead girl: I just abandoned my body. I still live here...

Has the line between the real world and the wired world begun to blur?

(Source: Geneon Entertainment)

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