Current Events > Serial Experiment Lain gets an ARG to celebrate 25th anniversary

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Digital collectible anime studio Kasagi and Tokyo-based company Anique announced on Thursday that they will launch an alternate reality game (ARG) titled Layer 3301: De-Cipher, based on the Serial Experiments Lain anime, in celebration of its 25th anniversary.

The companies did not announce the game's launch date. Players will gain access to the game by purchasing a digital collectible called a Protocol Key. Early access to the Protocol Keys will launch this month on the Serial Experiments Lain anime's 25th anniversary website.

Players can unlock new aspects of the anime's storyline by using their Protocol Key to interact with digital elements, and players will get rewards for clearing the game. Rewards include limited digital, physical, and "phygital" memorabilia, and never-before-seen cel art (hand drawn or painted stills from the animation) that were used to produce the anime.

The original anime's producer Yasuyuki Ueda is supervising the immersive ARG. The anime's original character designer Yoshitoshi ABe provided a comment regarding the game:

[E]arly in production, one of our team members remarked that we should design lain's world so that whenever someone watches it, it'll feel like a near future that's just three years away. Our hope is that Serial Experiments Lain and the 25th anniversary's Layer 3301 event invokes the Japanese zashiki-warashi spirit - the idea that something is lurking or quietly hiding in the small hollow spaces of the Internet. Sometimes, you might find a sign or symbol that could mean something, only to realize that it has disappeared before you know it.

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lain is the best anime ive seen but im not a fan of args

Cool idea. Will be interesting to see how it's executed. Lain is such a wild anime.

Don't be fooled, this isn't for Lain, it's to celebrate the release of IP Protocol 7, which is so advanced it allows you to upload yourself.

Not gonna chance it awakening my desire to ditch my physical body

I watched it and it was interesting but I also really abstract >_> idk if I'd ever watch it again