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Welcome to the Tachibana General Laboratories blog.
This is a Serial Experiments Lain fan blog where I document the history of the series, the fandom’s latest creations, and general interesting news about Lain.
Blog Posts by Category
- Events (2)
- Fan Art (1)
- Garage Kits (1)
- lainttl (2)
- Merchandise (3)
- media (2)
- music (2)
- Research (1)
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Other Site Resources
Serial Experiments Lain Archival Scans
This page holds all of the scans I’ve taken of various Lain merchandise, fan works, etc.
Lain Merchandise Database
This is the page where I list all of the various official Serial Experiments Lain merchandise that I know of. This page is a constant work-in-progress.
Latest Blog Posts
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The Lain Lunchbox Collectors Edition was a special edition of the Serial Experiments Lain anime, created via a collaboration between Pioneer USA and Palisades Marketing. It included four DVDs and a limited edition Boa CD. Details: Contents: Photo Gallery Original Website Unfortunately, it seems like the Palisades Marketing pages advertising the Lain Lunchbox DVD Set…
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Recently, I was diving through the Internet Archive, looking through old Serial Experiments Lain fan sites. One of those websites was the so-called “diosa_lain” website, also known as “Serial Experiments Lain: Who is Lain?” The website seems to have been created by a fan of Lain from Mexico, and has archives that stretch all the…
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I recently learned about a cool Japanese website: The Media Arts Database! From their own “About” page, this is how they describe the database: In order to promote media arts in Japan,＊the Agency for Cultural Affairs has been conducting a survey on media arts that have been created so far in Japan since FY 2010.…
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As of a few days ago, I’ve finally begun uploading some of my Serial Experiments Lain scans. Over the next few months, I plan on slowly going through my whole collection and scanning anything and everything, so it can all be preserved on the Internet Archive. I began with uploading the art from the USA…
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Today, I was reminded of Anique’s Serial Experiments Lain 2020 eXhibition event, launched way back in October of 2020. It was an extremely cool event, and I’m sad I didn’t take more pictures or do more to archive the content they had available – the museum portion of it felt as if it would stay…
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Recently, a very old Serial Experiments Lain doujin (fan-made) album was discovered and uploaded to the internet! Album Information Title: sound sketch for lainComposer: 坂本秀一 (Sakamoto Suichi)Release Date: 1999-12-19 Track List Additional Credits Cover Design: 高井 真R-Works: 前田 肇S-Thanks: 島居 克己·志尾原 英史・酒井 強 Album Discovery Information The album was first uploaded to the Chinese video…
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In June of 2024, the Japanese company Anique announced a new project: The “Weird Exhibition” (Japanese: Weird展), a new online-only event themed around Serial Experiments Lain and hosted in the game VRChat. We are pleased to announce the “Weird Exhibition: Welcome to the Wired,” an online event where you can relive the eerie world of…
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Starting 2025 off strong, a new Lain garage kit has just been announced! Created by sculptor Ayumu Hamano, this garage kit is set to release at WonderFest 2025, on February 9th. The figure is set to cost 15,000円 (~$97 USD at the time of writing), and will be sold in-person at the event. Future mail…
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The brand Peak Figures announced two new Lain plushies a number of months back. One version of her in her white dress, and one of her in her bear pajamas. I pre-ordered the set waaaay back in June, and they finally arrived! Because it was the holiday season, I had to grab a picture of…
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I have a deep appreciation for the LainTTL project, so I’d like to take the time to highlight my favorite recent fan works that have been published as part of LainTTL. Tukinuke_10’s Lain Artwork While these pieces weren’t explicitly published as part of LainTTL, I have been absolutely obsessed with this artist’s work this week.…
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