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Title: Mind Game (2004)
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Kôji Imada | ... | Nishi (voice) |
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Sayaka Maeda | ... | Myon (voice) |
| Takashi Fujii | ... | Jiisan (voice) | |
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Seiko Takuma | ... | Yan (voice) |
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Tomomitsu Yamaguchi | ... | Ryou (voice) |
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Toshio Sakata | ... | Father of Myon and Yan (voice) |
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Jôji Shimaki | ... | Yakuza boss (voice) |
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Rintarou Nishi | ... | Yakuza (voice) |
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Kenichi Chujou | ... | Atsu (voice) |
The film follows Nishi, a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, the film follows Nishi as he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place. Nishi (and some friends) attempt to break out of their trap, and discover what it truly means to be alive along the way. This is a mind-bending trip that uses some of the most innovative animation ever created. Written by animenewsnetwork.com
I saw this piece on local Animefest and I tell you what. I honestly thought my head will blow. Such seemingly never-ending torrent of originality and imagination is truly unprecedented. There are numerous animation techniques mixed together, loads of standard anime exaggeration (no manga though), psychedelic trips, serious issues and silly sarcastic humor. There's no way an intelligent non-shallow adult would not like this masterpiece. Consider yourself as unprepared for what you will see but be ready to be surprised when you do and mentally exhausted once you did.
By the way, describing the plot of Mind Game would be utterly stupid. It's a mind game alright, you will get the message one way or another.
Straight 10/10