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Serial Experiments Lain is definitely a classic cyberpunk anime. But it's also incredibly slow. This isn't an action anime, it's a psychological anime. And I wonder just how dated it feels. Aside from the CRT monitors everywhere, are the themes still applicable today? I think the anime was enamored with the idea of what The Internet could become. But now, in 2023, does that message still hold up?

What do you think? For those who have already watched Lain, would you recommend it today to someone who has never heard of it?

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5y4nQ5Y1V8
It's streaming on Funimation. For some reason it isn't on Crunchyroll yet, even though Crunchyroll and Funimation were supposed to merge libraries over a year ago.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A masterpiece will be a masterpiece forever

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It might not be easy to watch by today's standards but then it was the foundation for those standards.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

True , in all kind of arts a lot of masterpieces are out of standard nowadays . It’s fine. I never have been into standards.