![]() Common to all of them is a sense of alienation – this place is no good let’s go somewhere happy. The death that opens 1998 techno-horror anime Serial Experiments Lain is threaded through with desperate entreaties for connection and attempts at disassociation that range from mocking to panicked. “I don’t know! It’s got nothing to do with me!” Anonymous voices rush to distance themselves. The businessman and his companion’s kiss is interrupted by a crash. Silently mouthing these words, junior high school girl Chisa Yomoda drops from a rooftop, tearing through the wires that crisscross the streets, into a seedy back alley in the Shibuya red light district. ![]() “I don’t need to stay in a place like this.” “Don’t play hard to get! Let’s go some place happy!”Ī businessman makes a grab for his young female companion’s ass and she fights him off. ![]() Behind her, a group of older girls point and laugh. ![]() Which greats of ’98 would you like to see covered? Comment below or drop our editor a line.Ī schoolgirl slumps against the wall of an alleyway, hyperventilating, caught in the grip of a panic attack. From now until the end of the year, Otaku USA e-News presents 98 Degrees: a deep dive straight into the anime of 1998.
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