Weird and Wonderful: Serial Experiments Lain

Weird and wonderful comes to mind when summarising this anime BUT i must admit i really liked it. I think it's even worthy of a rewatch and that's simply due to the complicated nature of the story. You can't turn your head away from the screen for a minute or you'll probably miss another twist in the story.

The story itself follows the life of what appears to be a normal introverted kid, Lain who isn't really too much into computers. Until a classmate commits suicide and here is when it starts getting really eerie.....she sends text messages from beyond the grave saying really out there stuff like ...i just abandoned my body!!!!! This strange turn of events leads Lain like Alice in Wonderland down the HOLE and believe me it's a LONG LONG LONG way down.

What follows is a whirlwind of events between the real world and that of cyberspace and the idea that the two worlds are merging together. The way the animation is filmed is also eerie with the sound effects and the murkiness in the scenes and the contrast of the bold colours. The trip down the rabbit hole that Lain takes makes you THINK it's definitely a thought provoking story. It makes you question your existence, the possibility of life after death, what defines your existence, communication and many many more things.

I don't like to BLAH BLAH BLAH too much about the details of what happens in each and every episode of an anime and I don't want to give you too much information....just want to give you an idea of what this one is all about. So, if you like science fiction mixed with a bit of the paranormal and a you're a little philosophical then you might want to check this anime out!!!!! Like i mentioned you may want to watch this one twice as it has a lot of twists and turns and sometimes you miss somethings. Overall, I expect mixed reactions from watching this one^___^

On top of all the above...it has a great opening and ending song and I'll leave you with the opening theme ---Duvet by BoA!!!!!

Paprika - Awesome Anime Movie

This anime is fairly new in that it was released in 2006 and was directed by Satoshi Kon. It is such an amazing anime and different in that most of the animes I've seen to date are adaptations from the Manga. BUT----Paprika is an anime adaptation of a novel of the same title by Yasutaki TsuTsui in 1993.

Ok OK enough of the history already....is this anime worth watching. Yes of course!!!!! I think this anime is personally a masterpiece and I guess this is because I'm quite fond of Science Fiction and fantasy and just plain old BRILLIANT ideas. This story is great because it uses one of my most favourite things in life and that is DREAMS. If you can successfully use dreams in a story than I reckon it's bound to be successful.

This anime is like stepping into and out of someone's dream. The whole story itself focuses around a new technology which allows psychotherapists to help diagnose and hopefully heal people's pyschological problems by entering their dreams. Dr Tokita is a somewhat overweight genius who is like a child and he manages to create the device that allows you to enter people's dreams.

The renowned scientist, Dr. Atsuko Chiba enters the dream world under her spicy alter-ego - PAPRIKA much against the Chairman's wishes she has been using this technology to help patients when the technology itself is still in it's infancy. The problem occurs when this technology becomes used to fulfil a deluded dream of someone who wants to merge the real world and the dream world together. As you watch this story unfold to discover who is behind this CRAZY idea to change the world, you'll be amazed by the brilliant animation and the beauty of watching this story like looking into the mind of someone while they Sleep.

Absolutely brilliant----don't believe me...hmmmm....check out the trailer and judge for yourself!!!!