The artwork in this series was that of I had never seen before. Of course there's nothing wrong with it, it's just a different style with a nice appeal of eye candy and detailed but somewhat creepy designs. The unique computer and electrical designs/styles were done very beautifully. I curiously noted much of the Navi features and I thought about the terrific effort that was placed into animating each of the visually features. If you look hard enough at Serial Experiments Lain's art, you'll spot marvelous examples of well done (and not to mention talented) Japanese animation creations. So, although the visual artwork can be a tad strange and confusing every once and awhile, it is fine non-the less and is something oddly different.

A major part of Serial Experiments Lain to me was the puzzling, tragic, and disturbing story to it. I have to tell you I was completely lost during the first and second volumes, but after watching each episode 2-3 times, everything starts to slowly make sense.