It is also a lot easier to follow and understand the plot/character motivation, while still managing to be confusing and trippy as S.E.L at times.Ī parallel world can be found in the universe of both anime, in which the Main Characters explore in order to discover more about their past, about the technology they're using, and trying to crack every mystery/conspiracy. What it lacks in symbolism compared to S.E.L is compensated with fun and heart-warming moments. It is not as deep and thought-provoking, however, that does not mean it is inferior. If you watched and liked one of these, you definitely should take a look at the other.ĭennou Coil is kinda like a modern version of S.E.L as it plays around with the technology used at the moment each was released. We have 2 must-watch Sci-Fi/Mystery anime over here. They're both excellent works of art in their own right. GITS is a work that carefully balances standard cinematic execution against its underlying ideas Lain takes those ideas to their logical extremes, using some pretty unconventional narrative and artistic methods in the process. GITS sacrificed a thorough explanation of its themes in order to achieve a little bit more conventional enjoyment (plot, action, etc) while Lain is an uncompromising avaunt-garde trip into the rabbit hole of personal identity in a connected world. Much longer running time than GITS allowed Lain to explore the implications of a connected and computerised world to a much further degree than GITS managed to do in its way too short feature length. It's very visible that Lain was thematically heavily inspired by Ghost in the Shell, and it certainly does an excellent job on expanding upon the basic ideas and concepts.
Ghost in the Shell and Lain are essentially a parent work and its child, and they complement each other extremely well.
However I am pretty sure that if you liked one, you really might like the other. Overall those shows, as I said above, are very different. SEL is gloomy and disturbing since the beginning while Perfect Blue begins as fairly normal before gradually falling into madness, but both will give you a similar feeling of anxiety but also need to know more about what is going on. Both shows have a very immersive feel, and the atmosphere is particularly well done. However, the way it is handled makes for an immersive experience instead of a simple confusing mess. The line between reality and illusion is blurred and until the very end, it is considerably difficult to fully proceed what is going on. Both shows will make you question what exactly makes us who we are and both will show the mc undergoing an identity crisis in a very interesting, impactful way. One of the main themes of Perfect Blue is the identity, something also very important to SEL. It is difficult to explain why without spoiling though. The main characters, while very different at first glance, really reminded me of each other the more I watched SEL. However, it also shares some important similarities that might make the fan of one love the other as well.
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Serial Experiments Lain and Perfect Blue are very different on many levels (mostly pacing, ost and themes).
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