Lain—driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmate—logs on to the Wired and promptly loses herself in a twisted mass of hallucinations, memories, and interconnected-psyches.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Weird | 1998-07-06 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Girls | 1998-07-13 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Psyche | 1998-07-20 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Religion | 1998-07-27 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Distortion | 1998-08-03 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Kids | 1998-08-10 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Society | 1998-08-17 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Rumors | 1998-08-24 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Protocol | 1998-08-31 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Love | 1998-09-07 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Infornography | 1998-09-14 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Landscape | 1998-09-21 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | Ego | 1998-09-28 | 30 min |
| Writing | Chiaki J. Konaka | Screenplay |
| Writing | Chiaki J. Konaka | Series Composition |
| Writing | Yasuyuki Ueda | Original Series Creator |
| Writing | Yasuyuki Ueda | Original Story |
| Sound | Reichi Nakaido | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Paul Turrell | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Ben Henderson | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Lee Sullivan | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Alex Caird | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Steve Rodgers | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Jasmine Rodgers | Main Title Theme Composer |
| Sound | Jasmine Rodgers | Theme Song Performance |
| Visual Effects | Toshiyuki Tsuru | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tomokazu Tokoro | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tokuyuki Matsutake | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Akihiko Yamashita | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hidenori Matsubara | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hirofumi Suzuki | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kouichi Arai | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshitoshi ABe | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Yoshitoshi ABe | Character Designer |
| Production | Yasuyuki Ueda | Producer |
| Art | Masaru Sato | Art Direction |
| Editing | Tsuyoshi Imai | Editor |
| Camera | Takashi Azuhata | Director of Photography |
| Production | Taro Maki | Producer |
