5. Layer:05 – DISTORTION (1998)
Lain receives cryptic messages about existence, God, and a coming prophecy. Meanwhile, Mika's world changes in ways both surreal and hyperreal.
Release date: 1998-08-03
User rating:
8.1 / 10
8 votes
Season number: 1
Episode number: 5
Runtime: 24 minutes
Director: Masahiko Murata
Writer: Chiaki J. Konaka
Cast
Kaori Shimizu
as Lain Iwakura (voice)
Yoko Asada
as Arisu Mizuki - Lain's friend (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
as Mika Iwakura - Lain's older sister (voice)
Ryusuke Ohbayashi
as Yasuo Iwakura - Lain's father (voice)
Rei Igarashi
as Miho Iwakura - Lain's mother (voice)
Sumi Mutoh
as Chisa Yomoda (voice)
Manabi Mizuno
as Yūri Katō (voice)
Show Hayami
as Eiri Masami (voice)
Shigeru Chiba
as Office worker
Jouji Nakata
as Karl Haushoffer - Man in Black 1(voice)
Takumi Yamazaki
as Lin Sui-Xi - Man in black 2 (voice)
Rest of the cast - click here to expand
Keito Takimoto - Tarō (voice), Chiharu Tezuka - Reika Yamamoto (voice), Yuki Yamamoto - Myū-Myū (voice), Sora Fujimatsu - Masayuki (voice)