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1. Light and Imperialism: Tanizaki

2. Sound and Imperialism: The Wired buzz replacing the cicadas as an alien drone

3. Colour and imperialism: Red, White, Blue  over Pure White, as opposed to Orange

4. Sensation of Speed: The Wired as "Rich living Speed personified" versus a dull slow and empty real world.

5. Lain is an inverted Magical Girl, and Arisu provides the grounding for her to control her innate powers properly. Refer to "Theory of a Young Girl" by Tiqqun . Lain moves from the disoriented Young-Girl to the Magical Girl at point of self realization. Alternatively, Lain becomes Hermes Trismesgestus.

6. Japan Media arts festival

7. Konaka on Generative Cinema as the original intention behind Lain

8. Each episode is a detailed commentary on the title's subject in context of 90's Japan.

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