Mind Game (film)
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| Japanese | マインド・ゲーム |
| Hepburn | Maindo Gēmu |
| Directed by | Masaaki Yuasa |
| Produced by | Eiko Tanaka |
| Written by | Masaaki Yuasa |
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Mind Game by Robin Nishi |
| Starring | Kōji Imada Sayaka Maeda Takashi Fujii |
| Music by | Seiichi Yamamoto |
| Edited by | Kyōko Mizuta |
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| Distributed by | Asmik Ace Entertainment |
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103 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Mind Game (マインド・ゲーム?) is a 2004 Japanese animated feature film based on Robin Nishi's Japanese comic of the same name. It was planned, produced and primarily animated by Studio 4°C and adapted and directed by Masaaki Yuasa, with chief animation direction and model sheets by Yūichirō Sueyoshi, art direction by Tōru Hishiyama and groundwork and further animation direction by Masahiko Kubo.
It is unusual among features other than anthology films in using a series of disparate visual styles to tell one continuous story. As the director commented in a Japan Times interview, "Instead of telling it serious and straight, I went for a look that was a bit wild and patchy. I think that Japanese animation fans today don't necessarily demand something that's so polished. You can throw different styles at them and they can still usually enjoy it."
The film received a cult audience and was well received, winning multiple awards worldwide, and has been praised by directors Satoshi Kon and Bill Plympton. Allegedly, according to Tekkonkinkreet director Michael Arias, there was consideration for a release of the film on R1 DVD but it fell through. The film is now available to stream on Netflix in the United States and Australia (Australia as of 2016).
Nishi is a 20-year-old loser with dreams of becoming a comic book artist. One late evening he runs into his childhood crush, Myon, on the subway. Nishi declares he has always loved her, but she tells him she is due to marry someone else.
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