Mind Game 2004

7.481 / 10   260 vote(s)
Animation Romance Comedy Drama Fantasy

Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.

Homepage http://www.mindgame.jp
Release Date 2004-08-07
Runtime 1h 43m
Directors Masaaki Yuasa, Keisuke Sasagawa, Koji Morimoto, Yuichiro Sueyoshi, Michael Arias
Producers Eiko Tanaka, Takaaki Kusaka, Tamotsu Shiina, Yutaka Suzuki, Eiko Tanaka, Masarô Toyoshima, Munetoshi Matsuo, Rika Hatakeda
Writers Robin Nishi, Masaaki Yuasa

This anime is a chaotic, jarring, psychedelic, and philosophic masterpiece. A simultaneously simple, yet bizarre journey whose message becomes crystal clear by its end. It is a passionate and loving call to live a life of fewer regrets.

The first time I started watching it, I quit after a few minutes, but I consider it to one of the finest movies I've ever seen.

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