The episode of Lain that aired after 9/11

This notice helped me to pinpoint when Lain started airing on KTEH.
For the record, the episode was Layer 07 - Society.
Full version: / 1553954918527946753
Full episode:
archive.org/details/lain-7

[@OtakuD50]

The song is "Duvet" by Boa. Yes, this is real. No, it is not a Japanese broadcast - the use of English in both the scrolling announcement and the credits should have been a huge tip-off. KTEH, a San Jose-based PBS station, started airing Serial Experiments Lain in 2001. This broadcast was from September 16, 2001.

[@ANGEL234-0]

First reply, wow

[@Holynx.]

2nd reply zomg

[@gojosensei8757]

3rd reply omfg

[@ManLikeBro]

4th reply

[@isuck6049]

5th reply no way

[@lasarousi]

This is hilarious, they choose one of the most depressing animes to air instead of whatever travel show they had. Lmao.

[@Mr_Schizo]

And it would be funnier if Lain san is actually a 4Chan user because... Y'know

[@santiagoarias2401]

​@@Mr_Schizo pls elaborate

[@Mr_Schizo]

@@santiagoarias2401Because 4Chan were fulled with radical people, religious one for example.

[@zobiya17]

@@Mr_Schizo you really actually should browse it for a day before you post about it.

[@idot3331]

​@@zobiya17 lmao why try to defend 4chan? The whole point of the website is to be the toilet of the internet, the people who use it revel in being hateful rejects of society. If a normal well-adjusted person browsed 4chan for a day they'd lose several IQ points and get a migrane from cringing at the unfiltered tripe that people type out. Even if you avoid the really obnoxious containment boards, they leak into the others so easily. It was probably a pretty decent image board a decade or more ago before the extremism was ramped up, but nowadays it really is just a big pit full of shit.

[@tecc9999]

imagine it’s 2001. some grandma is tuning in to KTEH in hopes of watching The Travel Auction to take her mind off the news, but there's another show airing instead. she'll decide she'll watch it anyway, absolutely unprepared for what was about to ensue

[@chromagyro839]

Thaiboy digital pfp is awesome

[@GalactemTPG]

@@chromagyro839 dee jay billy bool

[@ShadeATV]

My OT teacher said that her children love anime and after reading my Serial Experiments Lain review, she would tell them to watch it I can imagine them shaking in their own skin during episode 11

[@NicDoesDumbThings]

Picturing a grandma tuning in and seeing PRESENT DAY.... PRESENT TIME.... is sending me

[@benijager1372]

I would be sad and say, only 3000? if it was 300 millions the world would be a better place

[@functionatthejunction]

Showing traumatized people Lain to make them feel better is like showing a depressed person "Grave of the Fireflies" to cheer them up.

[@katiefrances531]

i watched that movie at a really fucked up point in my life and it did not help lmao

[@nnnnmhughuuhhjiijj9457]

Might as well, show them Perfect Blue and to make it worse.

[@Samsungor]

If I brought over a girl who told me "Im into anime" I'd always ask if they wanted to watch grave of the fireflies. I never got many call backs.

[@Mariesun]

Nah low-key having depressing media can be really helpful when you're on your own sour mood, it just depends on how you respond afterwards that makes it better or worse

[@TheKing60210]

Lord of the Flies?

[@Kostur-P]

Its so uncanny how the quality of the anime fits perfectly with the 9/11 text

[@i_used_adblock_to_watch_this]

I noticed that too! Usually when you add text to a photo or video the contrast between the two is obvious. You can tell the text is not originally part of either the photo or video. But the text present in this broadcast looks like it's actually part of the episode itself!

[@captsorghum]

It looked like they mistranslated "Present day, present time."

[@itscorvid358]

Mr incredible super gaming house gassy incredible canny

[@Ac3sdg]

The quality of it all is consistent because of the medium this recording was made on. Most likely some crummy VHS recorder and a crummy heavily used tape. Likely also stored improperly and deteriorated slightly over time.

[@thespacemanfil4921]

9/11 was 3 years after lain so the tech was basically the same.

[@QkiJose]

This lost media is gold man. The closest thing I watched here in Argentina was the Locomotion channel and I watched Lain when I was kinda 12.

[@lir489]

No tenia idea de que habian pasado lain en argentina Que loco

[@blur4504]

@@lir489 Si y encima el doblaje de Latinoamérica lo hicieron acá en argentina

[@lir489]

@@blur4504 epicoooooo

[@unrealisticdiversity6427]

ITS LOST MEDIA TOO??? WTF???

[@palomarivera5475]

@@blur4504 lain tiene la actriz de voz de zamba dato real

[@Who-ru6hj]

0:19 looks like Lain started to read it

[@s3c0nd1mpact]

@Sneed Not being able to watch The Travel Auction because of 9/11 was her own personal 9/11. It's her favorite show

[@Skyrdt]

readed it all in 2 seconds

[@carlosguillermo566]

The frozen dove's shadow and Lain's stare (who, of all characters, should be able to read a prompt in the TV thanks to her digital omnipresence) give this video a really nice touch

[@ian9050]

she is god like inside wired so its canon that she can read the news

[@pacificfederationpeacekeep999]

"damn ... They hit the second tower"

[@loverfighterwildbullrider]

"I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning Help me to breathe I am hurting, I have lost it all."

[@thaliabirrueta8456]

Depressingly, this is kind of fitting from the perspective of a jumper.

[@rawbones4117]

Yeesh.

[@dylanbuchanan6511]

*we here at KTEH have our deepest condolences for the tragedy of 9/11. So here’s a depressing Japanese cartoon to soothe your troubles!*

[@AccipiterSmith]

They are adding existential problems on top of another existential problems.

[@pieflingerpt2]

Them calling an anime a cartoon is accurate. 😂

[@isuck6049]

​​​​​@@pieflingerpt2 tbf during that time, anime wasn't as mainstream as it is today, plus it was also revolutionary for a pbs channel to broadcast anime considering the importation of rights, as well as acquiring them, on top of that, being very expensive to do, so that's why kteh was only funding these animes to air by donations at the time.

[@pieflingerpt2]

@@isuck6049 I didn't know that. I also didn't know PBS was playing anime since I was still young and watching PBS Kids at the time. Although my first anime experience watching PBS would be a great way to shape me as a child especially Lain.

[@scillavanilla5356]

Really catches the mood. So melancholic and sooo…early 2000s.

[@LostSoulSilver]

I miss the early 2000s so much man...

[@sbp___9865]

Frfr, videogames, music, hardware... Nothing's been at that level of taste since

[@WeavileShiny]

I find kinda interesting of the aesthetic of the 2000s anime, feels so liminal and out of this world

[@SparkyCas]

@@WeavileShiny I wonder if it has to mostly do with the transition to another century that feels so 'liminal', or the fact some parts of the our lives are influenced of tech that were predecessors to what we know today.

[@spectra1_]

@@SparkyCas not just a century a whole millennium

[@A_Nobbit]

the chorus of Duvet really resonated in that moment of grief and sorrow that aside, that's some wild footage ya got.

[@TheExtremeOne]

Took the words out of my mouth.

[@theprussianviking]

This somehow the worst timing yet the best timing at the same time.

[@Mitzi-chan224]

for real.

[@alastor4323]

The timing of her looking at the shadow of the bird though, it felt like a symbolism of the plane. I got goosebumps

[@line4169]

true

[@Sykroid]

I made a comment talking about how you could say it's a metaphor because time also stops at that exact moment. Pretty interesting

[@bones._]

Lol

[@Letsalllovelain98]

I even felt that bro

[@ArquaticDreamer1994]

That’s what kills me every time. It is otherworldly scary how close the symbolism is to these corresponding events in time and space

[@jeffmicklos]

i really appreciate, and am equally confounded by, the fact that the network thought this was a lighter program to air during that time

[@Wohlfe]

Most likely it was chosen quickly, based on something like fitting cleanly in the time slot and cost to air. Either that or the employee who had to find a replacement was a fan of Lain.

[@jameshill8493]

@@Wohlfedude just happened to have a lain vhs in his car

[@BeardFaceSuper]

Back then the general public didn't really know what anime was. It's not like today. Back then I was made fun of for liking anime. Who ever chose this likely just saw some cartoon vhs and thought it would be a fun show.

[@jameshill8493]

@@BeardFaceSuper or some chad intern worked for the station lol

[@mojavefry2617]

@@Wohlfe Obviously they were a member of the Knights. LET’S ALL LOVE LAIN

[@nightmare-nightmarenightma1147]

Duvet fits the situation so well. The fact that they chose to show Lain, with this message, at this turning point in history...it just fits.

[@naherathe]

lmao ur name BLOOD NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE OLD BLOOD NIGHTMARE

[@Intrspace]

"turning point in history" lol maybe for Americans who have no history

[@blazecraze3652]

​@@Intrspace America was definitely not the only one that changed after 9/11. Dont act like Islamophobia was relevant out of thin air

[@jasonvoorhees5640]

how was this cartoon a "turning point in history"

[@jasonvoorhees5640]

@@Intrspace is he saying this chinese kids cartoon is part of american history? lmao

[@faithnamer]

God this intro just emanates melancholy, the tone, the lyrics, even the visuals really give the general feeling of sadness.

[@boysteacher3818]

You do seem to understand

[@iantaakalla8180]

You really are an honest man

[@OkOkJoJo]

You don't hold your fears

[@ftravler]

They won't turn to whisper in your ear.

[@ManLikeBro]

What they say might hurt you

[@cl0vvntiem]

LAIN TURN ON THE TV! THEY HIT THE PENTAGON!!! THEY HIT THE FUCKING PENTAGON!!!!

[@tadghgibson4523]

Turn on tv, doesn’t matter what channel! Fuuuck!

[@cl0vvntiem]

@spawnerist malding lmao

[@stocking283]

@spawnerist imagine dick-riding the us this hard LMFAO

[@SpecialSoundsFM]

its been 23 years dude u gotta let it go at least a little bit

[@yojeli]

This is weirdly nostalgic even though i have no memory of this, its sweet that they gave their condolences to the victims of 9/11

[@chuchu9649]

But no later condolences to the victims of the war in Afghanistan whose deaths were justified by the President as punishment for 9/11

[@user-fy4ob5uq3h]

​@@chuchu9649 remove kebab ☝️

[@olivercharles2930]

@@chuchu9649 Yeah yeah, don't shit on them for not apologizing to every possible victim ever.

[@fourpvrk]

Would be pretty neat watching Lain in the early 2000s.

[@olivercharles2930]

@@fourpvrk And then seeing the internet slowly turn into a shitty version of the wired.

[@pastapirate]

As if the vibes couldn't get any worse

[@E4439Qv5]

It's not worse, exactly. Just raw and melancholic.

[@kayochan1983]

​@@E4439Qv5 you're facial expression says a lot

[@taxinvasion260]

_"I am hurting,_ _I have lost it all~"_

[@nnnnmhughuuhhjiijj9457]

I hate to break it to you, terrorist attacks happens a lot more than you can imagine at least globally, not sure about number of terrorist attacks on America. So the coincidence of this happening alongside the depressing show like this isn't very low.

[@robertagren9360]

Shrugs shoulder

[@Adrianovaz2007]

" *I am falling* *I am fading* *I have lost it all* *Help me to breathe* " Oh yeah that feels appropriate instead of a travel show.

[@SeanGM]

I was 13 when 9/11 happened-almost every channel was like this for the rest of the day. Some of them completely suspended programming because of it. Seeing stuff like this unlocks a lot of memories.

[@thevictoryoverhimself7298]

Life before 9/11 was amazing. The soviets were defeated. America won. The race riots of the early 90s were a distant memory. There was never going to be a war again.

[@owllymannstein7113]

Where I was the only 2 channels on our cable that didn't switch over to news coverage were Comedy Central and Nickelodeon. I've always wondered how many people watched comedy central all day and didn't know anything was going on until The Daily Show came on at 11.

[@thevictoryoverhimself7298]

@@owllymannstein7113 I was a daily show viewer at the time (16/yo) the show was cancelled for the next 3 days. It happened at 8-9am so everyone had time to figure out what was going on by the afternoon. Everyone was watching CNN all week anyway

[@i_used_adblock_to_watch_this]

Yep. I remember QVC being one of those channels. I heard cartoon Network suspended programming as well. But I did not have that channel at the time so I cannot confirm.

[@Venom3254]

​@@i_used_adblock_to_watch_this CN didn't neither did Nick from what I remember. All I remembered was there was no Fox Kids or Kids Wb.

[@The2mightybeanfans]

I’ve always found 9/11 era stuff like this interesting since i was born only 5 months after it happened, the culture and media like this around the time is cool to look back at

[@yuzat]

Same here man, was born 6 months after. The early 2000s was more of a continuation of the 90s than a new decade and its cool to look back on

[@Sonicfalcon16]

I came back from the beach and all the electricity didnt work so I just slept and went to do my thing and I missed the event only to be told after the fact

[@karmacharma8526]

​@@yuzat 7!!!!

[@shizukagozen777]

@@yuzat Like every decade actually.

[@yuzat]

@@shizukagozen777 true

[@wacopaco2099]

This is such an unreal artifact of such a specific moment in world history. This really encapsulates the turning point of american culture that was 911. That feeling of a melancholic early internet, when things were just beginning to turn into what they are today. Imagine the night after 911 happened, sitting down after the emotional whirlwind of the day and watching, out of all things, Lain. Slowly coming to the realization that the world you knew is gone, and the world is going to be crazy for the next decade and a half.

[@chunkymilk]

ok zoomer.

[@viljamtheninja]

@@chunkymilk Don't be that guy. You don't have to find every genuine expression cringe, and you don't have to be sarcastic, cynical and emotionally detached about everything. It's just sad and makes you look childish.

[@chunkymilk]

@@viljamtheninja ok bloomer.

[@sethstoll8525]

@@chunkymilk anime avatar

[@SuperMiIk]

@@chunkymilk ur gonna die alone

[@kenm.a.d.7196]

This is both fascinating, creepy, eerie and sad all at the same time. I’m not sure what this show or channel is but seeing this and the thing they cancelled just goes even further to show the major impact 9/11 had on everyone

[@kenm.a.d.7196]

@@konosek4iI’ll look into it :)

[@The_Licker]

This show is Serial Experiment Lain and it was broadcasted on KTEH

[@kamimatsuyama]

​@@konosek4i it s also impossible to understand 💀

[@konosek4i]

@@kamimatsuyama ikr the first time I watched it I had no idea what was going on💀

[@Kumire_921]

@@kamimatsuyama I've watched it so long ago I vaguely remember the themes, loss of individuality and digitization of the soul being some of them. Since it was released in 1998 it was heavily influenced by the various huge social changes technology was going to have in the new century, I find this anime fascinating since I haven't really experienced that time myself, the change from analog to digital, the impact Internet had on society at the very start when it became worldwide and so on.

[@gyrosplater]

Port this to physical media, it needs to be preserved.

[@amerashi1111]

why do we need physical when we have the wired

[@wiredmind]

milk pfp

[@MiyakoPisces2_0]

​@@amerashi1111Cuz we do.

[@wendigo2442]

Save it to your hard drive, bababoey

[@angelicgirl888]

Burn it to a CD, if you still have a CD reader that is.

[@danielpridemore3997]

The imagery, outside of the show's context, of Lain looking to the skyline in a typical city morning, then continuing to walk on as the world seems to stop is rather poignant within the historical context of 9/11. She's obviously not seeing the tragedy unfold right there, but it becomes an accidental reflection of reactions during the time: having to keep moving when the world comes to a halt. In other words, not something you play in deference to 9/11!

[@jemoah]

Lain is looking at a bird

[@danielpridemore3997]

​@@jemoah yeah I know, I'm just observing from an impressionistic view. I also can't count how many times where I was seeing a bird fly away to then see how nice the sky was or random smoke emissions, or the bird and my hat stop mid-air, then I walk away casually. This actually happened to my buddy Frankie last week, what an odd day

[@jemoah]

@@danielpridemore3997 My hat always stops mid-air. I think it's the material that let's it float 😔

[@Kumire_921]

@@Onepieceistheworstfuckinganime You need more brain cells

[@user-vi4xy1jw7e]

It's not that deep

[@im_KAITO_shion]

It's crazy to think that KTEH aired one of the most depressing animes on the most depressing day in American history

[@typhonsentra]

One of the lost artifacts of the days after 9/11 is that there was essentially no regular television for at least 2 days in the US after the attack occured, everything transitioned to 24 hour news broadcasts.

[@matiasfpm]

Something similar happened here in Argentina too...

[@seriouslyunamused9780]

11 days*

[@parmesancheez6087]

@@matiasfpm call me a braindead American all you want, but what happened in Argentina? I would say the falklands but that shit literally happened in the 80s

[@matiasfpm]

@@parmesancheez6087 no offense given... In 2001 the economy was on the verge of collapse, and in regular hours , the state channel was airing Superman (the very old seasons, but at least was in color). Or, anything recorded that it had no copyright trouble. But on 9-11 , every news media was on THAT event, nothing else, non-stop. So, for us, it was the end of a "relatively" good decade, and started the "socialist decay" that is reaching to this year, or the next one...

[@parmesancheez6087]

@@matiasfpm ah I see, yeah I can understand why they would be similar, but in any case, I know my words aint gonna do shit, but im sorry you guys are going through that, sounds like a pain in the ass to me

[@nixiety]

wow, what a historical yet creepy video.. definitely getting a nostalgic feeling from it too

[@TornaitSuperBird]

The video seems creepy thanks to the low quality.

[@abrahamlima6852]

Agreed asuka

[@nirvanafan58]

@@TornaitSuperBirdyeah

[@umjammereddy]

wait this is real? i can’t tell if it’s legit or not since there’s so many fake videos on here

[@matiasfpm]

​@@umjammereddyit seems plausible. Lots of re-scheduling on other channels too

[@moquitofeo]

this makes me so unbelievably sad especially because of how unreal the song makes it seem

[@anotherrandomasian]

I wish we had more archived videos like this. Tapings from the days after 9/11, showing how channels like this, MTV, CN, Disney, Nick, AS (which if I remember correctly was only a few days old at the time), and more handeled the tragedy and how the culture of the US and the world change because of that day. Especially in cartoons and media meant for young adults and kids like this. Sadly, most of this is lost media. And not the kind easy to find....

[@abreckenridge3001]

Me too, Cartoon Network removed Gundam From their slot that day

[@i_used_adblock_to_watch_this]

@@abreckenridge3001 really? That's the first I've ever heard of that happening! That is fascinating if it's true. Thank you for sharing

[@Jordan3DS]

I haven't seen this anime, but after reading it about it on Wikipedia it definitely doesn't seem like something for kids or young adults. In Japan, there's animation for people of all ages, not just kids.

[@timelymirror7826]

so who has tapes lying around

[@anotherrandomasian]

​@@timelymirror7826Wish I had some but my Mom and Dad were in Europe at the time and ik 100% they didnt tape anything because they just got off the nigh shift

[@jimmybob5541]

I’ve never seen Lain, but the visuals of the intro along with Duvet and its lyrics fit almost too well with 9/11. It’s haunting.

[@scillavanilla5356]

If you were a kid or preteen during those times, THIS is how you knew something was big. Your tv schedule changes to address it.

[@desertchannel7]

I was in 2nd grade during this time. All I remember is my teacher turning the TV on and gasping when the 2nd plane hit. I didn't really notice what was happening, so I just kept coloring. Apparently, my mom also picked me up early, too. I wonder if anyone else's parents have done that.

[@4556vahg]

when USSR was collapsing all of the TV channels changed their schedule to Swan Lake to distract people from this situation. since then if they show Swan Lake on TV you know that something is fucked up

[@capresenooj4359]

I was in 10th grade when it happened and I remember wanting to watch something that wasnt covering it and the only channel that wasnt rebroadcasting other news was disney channel

[@dangerousdays2052]

9/11 was a fart in the wind compared to the violence that America was inflicting on the globe and still does to this day. The US is the most genocidal organization in human history.

[@Venom3254]

​@@desertchannel7 It did, schools were dismissing early in NYC. I was in first grade when it occurred and had no idea why I was getting picked up early.

[@glitchz1]

Crazy that this was 21 years ago. I know I didnt see this live. And yet I feel like I had.

[@TheHomiePit]

It's actually crazy because the first line to that show goes like "just between you and me. Let me tell you something, something that's going on in our society without you being even vaguely conscious of it." It's absolutely one of the most chilling things to hear while reading the words. "We can help" followed by a hotline number while hearing her say those lines. It's like she's speaking to the viewer at that point. It's crazy to think I was alive in that time. I remember every detail of it though, I remember my mom walking through the living room into the kitchen, turning on the radio and then just shrieking and crying. Riddled in panic from head to toe. We were alone in the house at the time so she picked me up and went to a neighbors house and we ended up having a really somber dinner with them while we waited for my dad to get home from work. The whole street was in an uproar. People shouting outside, crying. Some getting weapons ready in case we were attacked. Some just speeding away from home in their cars. It was actual panic. Stuff straight out if a disaster movie scene. After that day, nobody seemed the same. That shiney yellow tint to the world was gone. Replaced with the fear that said "it could happen again, any day" 9/11 the day that ended the world as we knew it and ushered in a new era of fear, control, restriction, obedience, and apathy. Rest in peace, to an era... I know I commented the other day by saying "the world we grew up in was gone" but I was really busy at the time and wanted to use that as a mental bookmark to come back here and type this out whenever I got the chance. Sorry for the double comment.

[@Saenene]

Don't say sorry! You described this feeling with such incredible emotion that me as a foreigner got emotional for this. Actually, thank you for commenting. (๑`✪̤◡✪̤)◞ღԵհɑղƘՏღ

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

Big buildimg go boomz

[@talhasiddiqui3719]

Okay now, imagine the same panic and anguish multiplied thousand-fold, and spread across populations ten-fold that of the USA across all the countries the US has terrorized and bombed. I'm not saying that 9/11 was justified or that the people of USA deserved to witness it, but it's ridiculous to me how all of what went down on the other side of the world goes unnoticed.

[@TheHomiePit]

@Talha Siddiqui it isn't, there's people that notice the other side of the world everyday. the world sucks. People are allowed and are going to have traumatic moments bro.

[@MangoSmoothy]

Damn, people thought for a second it was gonna be full on red dawn, huh

[@interndouglas5103]

i am so glad youtube showed this to me. i’ve never seen or heard of Lain before and now it’s my favorite anime ever.

[@brownpaperbag1651]

Experiencing the same thing! Most shows are just entertaining but this one really shifts your perspective

[@PiesZdzislaw]

Same happened to me

[@nerusual]

im amazed that lain was even airing in 2001

[@RealLotto]

To be fair, the late 90s, early 00s (before 9/11 at least) was filled with growing concern about the rise of the internet.

[@angelicgirl888]

@@RealLotto I wish we listened.

[@Wohlfe]

It was licensed in North America in 1999. I remember watching it on Adult Swim/Toonami alongside other classics like Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, FLCL, and GITS.

[@arguy_4420]

I think it's more weird that a local PBS news channel of all things had a regular anime block for like 7 years. They're also apparently the first to air NGE in America

[@Pozorrogo]

When I was young maybe age 11 in the early 90s I got into anime only because a channel I believe to be TBS? at the time showed an anime block in the middle of the night on weekends. I watched Robot Carnival, Vampire Hunter D and others I cant recall right now. Then theyd show a commericial during the breaks for some VHS subscription service where they send you a VHS anime once per month for some outrageous price. It truly was the wild west of anime back then in America lol

[@lorddalek]

KTEH got a lot of money from Silicon Valley guys. Hence why they aired anime and British sci-fi you couldn't see anywhere else (they were the first channel in this country to pick up Red Dwarf IIIRC), and co-produced shows like Computer Chronicles.

[@GoldenDaggerProductions]

It's sad that KQED bought them. KTEH was doing great on it's own. It's like the case of WNYC in New York and NJN in New Jersey.

[@woooooooooooooooooooooooo]

Oh hey I know red dwarf :) it still shows on many British TV channels, didn't know it was that old :)

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

That's genuinely fascinating to me

[@joshuanishanthchristian5217]

​​@@shonenjumpmagneto in addition, one of the old guys who actually ran the channel was apparently a weeb as well. Edit: Thomas Fanella, regional VP

[@josephvalenzuela311]

@@GoldenDaggerProductions Well said. Facts.

[@Mukyoukai]

People need to understand, EVERYTHING made some kind of reference to the tragedy after it happened For a couple months, _the Disney Channel_ ran a series of shorts of their teen celebrities talking about how they were processing 9/11 Looking back, it was a bizarre time

[@chlades4364]

please dont ever take this video down. it fills me with indescribable nostalgia without ever knowing this show existed

[@Hazzymane56]

Song matches the tragedy

[@seronymus]

@@koala-s3q You know who ELSE was falling then?

[@burkanx5546]

@@seronymus how original

[@computer3210]

"Help me to breathe"

[@dzraa]

True

[@aki0562]

Growing up in the Silicon Valley, this kinda unlocked a memory for me. My grandma frequently tuned into KTEH/KQEH, sometimes leaving it on long enough for anime to play. Yet I was too young at the time to really recognize how devastating 9/11 really was. It makes me wonder how life pre-9/11 was.

[@LostSoulSilver]

Pre 9/11 was probably less militaristic and nationalist, more civil. Maybe, just a conjecture

[@DGTelevsionNetwork]

@@LostSoulSilver Nahhh there was a whole car brand that was jump started into popularity because of the gulf war. The late 80s and early 90s were probably just as if not more militarized as they are today.

[@marioandwes]

@@DGTelevsionNetwork which brand?

[@scopesnake]

@@marioandwes Hummer I think

[@conejodemercurio6301]

it was very gay honestly

[@Screw064]

This reminds me of that one hxh episode where they jus had sept 11 as date in on a board and they had to put “this was made before the events of September 11th” in the subtitle lol

[@Alex-nq1jk]

What episode was it?

[@wessed]

It makes sense "I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning // people fell from skyscrapers Help me to breathe // After the destruction, a large amount of dust rose I am hurting, I have lost it all I am losing Help me to breathe"

[@matiasfpm]

Non english guy here, until now i did not paid atention to the lyrics. Tho i watched the original videoclip, seems it was more "happy". [DISSONANCE INTENSIFIES]

[@VisualTorrent]

This is a PBS television station in the bay area. Apparently they were at the forefront of airing never before seen anime in America. This also would have been on the night after 9/11, since that's when they aired anime.

[@estradacesar49]

PBS aired anime ? Crazy I Thought toonami was the only one back then

[@WeaponXSigma]

I remember that. I was like, "when the hell did PBS of all stations start airing anime?"

[@captsorghum]

They also had a lot of British shows like Dr Who and The Prisoner. And Red Dwarf and Blake's Seven.

[@Hbot208]

God, now I can't stop thinking about where the new millennium would've gone if it wasn't for 9/11.

[@3bdullah547]

imagine waking up after the tragedy and turn on the tv just to see this depressing intro for an equally depressing anime

[@carlcarlington7317]

“Given recent tragic events we’ve choosen to not bore the living shit out of you with our regular scheduled auction show and instead air something interesting”

[@DaWhiteHowhard]

My question is why tf would they air an unsleepable nightmare type shit of an anime instead of a News about Travel and other bs

[@thaizzz]

@@DaWhiteHowhard not enough time to reschedule something other than a re-run, which this probably was, and there's also airing rights to consider: Probably the contract they had with the series allowed them to just use it right away, or the people in charge gave the okay really fast. Also they were evading the topic of "travelling" because just after 9/11 talking about anything related to planes would be seen as tactless. Or maybe the channel director felt it was fitting to air Lain in a day like that idk. Which would be based.

[@gradualdecay]

ngl this adds to the aesthetic

[@kawhiie1108]

I always found 911 era (being within the next following weeks of the incident) to be so interesting. Some of the exclusive merch made in support of first responders. an example is the final fantasy first responders tshirt.

[@ash11331]

this is strangely nostalgic; despite being born way after 9/11 and never experiencing it, watching stuff from around that time period can give me a view into a world i never even knew

[@kayfarah]

"oh god i can't believe what just happened....... i'll watch some cooking show or whatever to calm myself down..." AND YOU DONT SEEM TO UNDERSTAA~ND

[@imjustacasual2813]

I discovered that song about 4 months ago and I really love it. Never knew it was used in Lain since I never watched the show.

[@TriniGamerGirl7]

What’s the name of the song?

[@ImGioHunter]

​@@TriniGamerGirl7 Duvet by Bôa

[@jasonvoorhees5640]

nonce

[@JBrander]

Man, that late 90's to 2000's vibe of anime is just so good. Shows like Lain and Ergo Proxy really has some good songs in their opening.

[@otapic]

This is giving me mixed weird feelings I didn't know humans had

[@Batmantherealbatman]

Right? Like I'm unsettled but also comforted and also sad

[@matiasfpm]

The VHS quality nowadays give a sensation of old, but not-so old days, given the circunstances on that airing and the song gives to some people a dissonance or melancholic effect.

[@sim5090]

Like it's delusional and hopeless,there i nothing you can do about it,just embrace the void of hope as you feel more confortable with it.

[@strawberryp0p894]

frrr

[@HaouDeSoul]

So it's true! An irl acquaintance of mine told me that this happened but this sounded really crazy to me haha. Thank you for the upload! 💖

[@gummypistol]

my mom often talks about 9/11 and the impact it had on america at the time. even though i wasn’t alive when the events happened, coming across this video reminds me of old tv commercials that would run while i stayed up late watching tv. so eerily nostalgic.

[@hiccup7457]

yeah thats how i feel aswell

[@Krankhafter]

As someone who witnessed 9/11 and lived through the changes of the country, the world changed literally overnight. The fact that the country is so divided now was set in motion by 9/11. It's not as though the USA didn't have it's problems in the 90s but things were night and day compared to now. 9/11 launched an economic recession and what has essentially been a 20+ year war overnight. It's been twenty years and our country still hasn't recovered from the effects and it's wild to see.

[@jasonvoorhees5640]

@@Krankhafter is 911 when america became losers? lmao

[@thevictoryoverhimself7298]

Life before 9/11 was amazing. The soviets were defeated. America won. The race riots of the early 90s were a distant memory. There was never going to be a war again.

[@therealone1288]

Ok zoomer

[@Get_yotted]

Feels as eire as when you’re a kid watching cartoons late at night and there’s a tornado warning on the TV from your cable provider

[@guidomista2907]

Imagine after a tragedy where someone might have lost a loved one, you wake up and turn on the tv to just hear this banger

[@elitebrothers4256]

Here in Brazil we have this weird Mandela effect were we think Goku Transformed in super saiyan 3 right as the towers fell

[@lucy4660]

That’s so funny, any idea if there’s any webpages or forums discussing that?

[@Miguel516]

​@@lucy4660I know the comment is 11 months old, but this story is interesting, as it was practically a Mandela effect on a large scale, I can't put links here, but there are many Brazilian sites They talk about this, but the short story is: a lot of people think that the news interrupted Dargon Ball Z, but that never happened, and the news interrupted a cartoon called "garrafinha" And the worst thing is that to this day we don't know the moment before the interruption because that day's programming from globo (the largest TV channel in the country) is lost media. But recently the TV channel Globo itself confirmed this on its website

[@theawesomebat1244]

@@lucy4660 Canal mundix uploaded a video

[@Nevatric]

Never knew Lain intro combined with 9/11 message would be a perfect match.

[@Jakepearl13]

I’m now remembering that this is how I first experienced lain. I would later get into the series thanks to “I am balling I am fading”,but I thought THAT was my first experience …also looking back,this recording feels very surreal. Just something chilling about duvet being paired with the message in memory of the attack. I cant really say it dosent fit because well,it does.

[@walp8408]

Same lol

[@captsorghum]

I thought it was "I am falling, I am fading..."

[@hectrogram]

@@captsorghum it is but the meme is i am ballin

[@captsorghum]

@@hectrogram Huh. I guess it's like "pwned" vs "owned" then.

[@Jakepearl13]

@@captsorghum you’re right,though there’s a meme where the lyrics to duvet are interpreted as “balling and faded” instead. That’s how I rediscovered lain.

[@wrathengel82]

i am falling, i am fading, i am drowning

[@LinkZeraus]

the music, the quality image, the moment, it really feels nostalgic. Makes you wish to live those times again, before the tragedy i mean, and feel the calmness of a quite world

[@Ark00]

something about this feels eerie to me...

[@YumeBasil]

There’s something unsettling about this, like, I feel uncomfortable in so many ways from this, mostly physical discomfort

[@meh563]

this fits the vibes of the show so well

[@Takimeko]

I genuinely thought the text was just some aesthetic thing

[@Flinch9000]

Watching this on the said day makes this feel even worse. Edit: And the episode was named Society. And I’d like to clarify, I’ve never watched this anime, but from what people told me, it was a huge turning point.

[@nightb0x]

the fact that this popped up on my feed today….

[@Scatmanseth]

Jeez the turn of the millenium feels like an entirely different world, there was so much more optimism even after a tragedy like 9/11. I know it wasn't as simple as it seemed when I was a kid but that doesn't stop me from missing it.

[@anthonyfranco88]

It’s moody. It’s cold. It’s melancholy. I love it.

[@NnotKnott]

Truly a one of a kind mint version of such a classic

[@lordsiomai]

I wonder how it felt to watch TV at the same moment as this airing. I mean, the typical programming being interrupted because of the most horrifying attack in the country's history. Must've been real surreal.

[@matiasfpm]

Believe me, "most horrifying" is exagerating. Knowing US history, there are better examples of that "category"

[@forbleu]

Horrors don't bother me anymore. I've played countless horror games, watched movies, and although I am usually scared, I don't get the chills. This hits different. Just.. the fact that it's real, makes it so much more terrifying than all the tapes you can find. It really gives you chills.

[@matiasfpm]

This happens because your sub-conscient does not know what it is, you must be a gen Z. Older boys got accustomed to the VHS crap (and its problems) 😅

[@forbleu]

@matiasfpm yeah, that's actually right - I am a gen z, hehe. the explanation actually makes a lot of sense, I didn't think about it from such perspective, thanks!

[@nnnnmhughuuhhjiijj9457]

Don't worry, you'll get used to this, if you look at more real-life tragedies because usually fiction is inspired by real-life experiences or trying to capture the same feeling.

[@Oceantaikutsuu]

What a weird time to be alive

[@Wood_969]

Perhaps.

[@osricen]

I'm from Bolivia and even down here 9/11 hit like a truck! Those were some very strange days, weeks, and months, to say the least. Remember them like they were yesterday because of how clear they are in my memory. All media and the internet of younger days were places of both escapism, and self flagellation related to the events on going.

[@adamabramson2504]

STILL THE SAME!!!

[@LegoCameraman6900]

This is the one and first video that brought me to Serial Experiments Lain 💀

[@TankTheArtist777]

Me too

[@EpicFroggz]

I don’t know anything about this show, but just the song, the animation, the scrolling text… Something makes me come back to this video every once in a while, and just feel.

[@walp8408]

I recommend checking out the show, it's a sci-fi show but the 90's big clunky computers kinda sci-fi

[@nisenobody8273]

You should definitely give it a try

[@EEEEEEE36364]

@@walp8408 Does it have anything that could be potentially scary or creepy? I wanna check it out but get easily scared, especially by blood or stuff like that.

[@parmesancheez6087]

you should give it a try, its very confusing but its very captivating

[@nnnnmhughuuhhjiijj9457]

Trust me this show is pretty weird and amazing in it's predictions for future in areas.

[@elloowu6293]

9/11/2001. The end of the 90s.

[@proctordoctor5756]

Gave me goosebumps. Such a ethereal song and reading about such a tragedy and knowing they occured at the same time takes me back.

[@extazychou1731]

Whats the song?

[@isuck6049]

​@@extazychou1731 1 month late, but it's duvet by boà

[@thepooroldsoul8179]

Man, there was a HUGE amount of impact on a lot after 9/11. Pokemon had to pull an episode which can still be seen in the Indigo League intro, GTA III was almost CANCELLED, other games like Metal Gear Solid 2, Spider-Man 2, or Twisted Metal had to be delayed, Etc. :(

[@ferxqua]

I remember when I first watched Serial Experiments of Lain, it was at night and I honestly didn't understand anything that was going on apart from some things. But, there was always some sort of eerie undertone to this show whenever I watched it and almost as if there were hidden messages within the show with some of the lines that Lain spoke

[@boysteacher3818]

the part of the fun and appreciation of the show is by delving to the many many theories of the series and its interesting but bizzare cult following.

[@firered88]

This was in my recommended and ever since ive watched this non stop

[@usbaudio2.0]

Wtf stop copying me

[@firered88]

@@usbaudio2.0I’m not bro

[@firered88]

How am I copying you?

[@loochtunes]

It feels like something I'd watch while I'm comfy yet sad on my bed with such early nostalgic and melancholy 2000s vibes

[@nonyodambiz]

Jesus this is eerie

[@TookDKids]

Its so eerie the song matches the vibe of that text.

[@yungmaksr2001]

Insane feeling of early 2000 with the vibes you described nostalgic immensely, especially when the guitar started playing it gave me 2000 summer vibes

[@solidkingcobra]

The message being broadcasted while the OP is playing is fucken on point.

[@elderberryva9282]

this is like nightmare levels of surreal, i think i would’ve like passed out or something if i saw this as it happened

[@flakeyflakes]

I think airing lain after 9/11 was truly something not done accidentally, and it could’ve been the channel possibly trying to convey a message to others after the outcry

[@TheZombieCurryKid]

Well, they regularly aired anime on Sunday nights during the time, Lain being one of them.

[@redtacticz618]

0:10 the part when she appears like that is my favorite in the opening

[@bubblegum03]

This video goes hard af

[@hiccup7457]

i cant believe i was born 8 years after this, ive watched lain and its crazy to think about videos that are saved like this. it makes me wonder for a long time, i cant believe that im someone whos able to even see this video

[@combinownage]

It’s really interesting seeing comments like this. I was 10 when this happened, right around the age you were when COVID Lockdowns occurred. It’s really weird thinking about seeing stuff like this as it happened, and now looking back in a weirdly nostalgic way. I wonder if you’ll look back on COVID in a similar fashion when you get my age.

[@computer3210]

@@combinownage Huh I haven't thought about that. I wonder if I'll be saying "I was 14 when COVID Lockdowns started" to people when I'm an old wrinkly person. Though the pessimistic side of me believes much worse/more defining events are to come in the near future.

[@Boeing__747]

@@combinownage same. cant really grasp the idea of younger generation being nostalgic about stuff like that given that early 2000's till 2010-ish including 80-90's were the start of insane technological improvement and merely just exciting decades for games and consoles in general. nowadays its all about realism and no creativity, cartoon shows back then doesn't feel bland as compared to what we have right now which is just typical cash grab like spongebob or tom and jerry shows coz everything has to be modernized. the boring digitized artstyle, jokes, plots everything in general is more like targeted for new born babies compared to first few years when both of these cartoons were aired.

[@HYPNOTlZEtv]

I grew up on the anime they showed on KTEH. First channel outside of Japan to air Evangelion. I was only 12 and saw some of the most psychological anime I have ever seen at that time. It truly shaped my tastes for anime and movies moving forward.

[@PiesZdzislaw]

I have a strange false memory of early 2000's, living in a city full of skyscrapers, that was filled with a gloomy atmosphere that felt "warming" and watching this on a CRT TV. Human brain is really capable of doing things.

[@REDDYPRODUTHION]

yeah bro very like to do review bout Lain ith the scenes with skyscrapers. recently made a trailer

[@striderofderp7820]

This is so profound to even be able to have the privilege to see this. What a time to even be airing this show too. Blows my mind I’m seeing this right now.

[@Dan-kr9bm]

Every time i look back at my childhood, i'm surprised how technology, media and society as a whole has changed. You don't notice change as it is passing by.

[@notadochimo]

this video increased the fanbase for lain lmfao

[@apriltimelady5006]

Damn I wish I could find these tapes out in the wild

[@PRubin-rh4sr]

TV Producers: Its time for cartoons for this trying times. Oh, this one looks cute and lighthearted. Air it