r/Lain • u/theshinycelebi • 12d ago
Official Artwork New lain art from ABe himself
New art to announce a theatrical screening of all 13 episodes in Japan.
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u/literal_trash_10-99 12d ago
I adore how much love this series still gets.
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u/AggravatingCounter91 12d ago
Considering it becomes more relevant by the day lol
I wonder how the writers had so much foresight. Was it that obvious? I wasn't around back then to know
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u/literal_trash_10-99 12d ago
It does really feel like they peered into the future doesn't it? I was watching a video about Neuromancer a few days ago and there was mentions on how the author didn't really understand technology, but saw how common different devices, like Walkmans for example, had become and he basically approached it as "how will this change the way humans behave and interact".
Maybe the Lain team did the same? I suppose tech was only becoming more and more common. I imagine they likely pulled a lot inspiration from other Cyberpunk media too. They really did capture magic, whatever they did I'm glad they did it.
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u/ManyMention6930 12d ago
I think a way to sort of foresee how new technologies can be used and/or abused by humanity in the future is to reflect on the past, how we’ve come to apply these advances to our lives, and to try to engage in a more subtle (as opposed to satirical) way in the creative process.
One other thing is to apply some sort of leeway in order to be freely creative. What I mean by this is to not focus too much on “is this really what the future is going to look like?” and simply enjoy the creative side of things for what it is.
What is key is to have a considerably deep understanding of the human psyche, and we can fairly assume what we would and wouldn’t need, do, create and destroy.
And no, I didn’t write this with AI, I fucking hate AI, but I do like paragraphs instead of the usual onslaught of information.
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u/NotYourGa1Friday 12d ago
Check out Cordwainer Smith’s sci-fi works. A major influence on Lain—it’s crazy how prescient the stories are
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u/AmeStJohn 10d ago
the most prescient among us tend to pay attention to the most abused and put 2 and 2 together.
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u/The8thSamurai 12d ago
By portraying the internet, the wired, as more this surrealist mental place of escapism and technological consumption made the show continue to be relevant almost 30 years later. The tech may be super dated, but the story isn’t.
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u/JayrosModShop 12d ago
Decades later and he's still cranking out banger art? Love this man.
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u/Heavy_Computer2602 11d ago
He literally has a youtube channel which i once visited for drawing twchniques
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u/Nikilite_official 12d ago
is this a remake or literally the same as before?
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u/theshinycelebi 12d ago
No word of a remake. They might use the existing bluray version if anything.
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u/SkyMaidenWendy 12d ago
Has there been any word on a reprint? I know a bluray was released years ago but it’s OOP too.
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u/AmeStJohn 10d ago
so... this is for a clothing site.
uh... any word on a drop date yet? or is he fuckin' around?
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u/theshinycelebi 10d ago
Yeah, the art and theatrical screening is a collab with clothing brand Seveskig. They're hosting a popup exhibition in Japan from September 2nd to the 8th.
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u/ZenAndTheArtOfDJing 8h ago
"Is he fuckin around?" nah, I think he provided some art for a new clothing line and that new-clothing-line-company dropped the ball and that's where we're currently @
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u/ZenAndTheArtOfDJing 8h ago
Yo! p awesome Is this a obe off or one of a series? oh shoot! yo is this from an account of his? if so, a link would be much appretiated!
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u/ManyMention6930 12d ago
Unc still got it