Mind Game (2004)
A wildly psychedelic ride through Osaka's backstreets, the afterlife, and a whale's belly. Incorporating photo frames of the actual voice-actors' faces, the film reflects the rough aesthetic of the young production house Studio 4c, as well as an emerging anime trend toward DJ-style visual sampling. (Museum of Modern Art)
Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Mystery, Animation
Country: Japan
Directed By: Masaaki Yuasa
Written By: Robin Nishi
Starring: Koji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Takashi Fujii, Seiko Takuma, Tomomitsu Yamaguchi, Toshio Sakata
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Mind Game belongs to 36 collections
1. Mindfuck (public: moderated by moses - 63 stars)
2. Surreal (public: moderated by Spunkie - 42 stars)
3. Existential films (public: moderated by frederic_g54 - 39 stars)
4. Anime (public: moderated by Spunkie - 38 stars)
5. Certified weird (public: moderated by Dreamer - 33 stars)
6. Best of criticker: Mystery (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 7 stars)
7. Best of criticker: Animation (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 6 stars)
8. Doubling The Canon (2010 update) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 5 stars)
9. Best of criticker: Comedy (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 5 stars)
10. Anime World Order Podcast (public: moderated by Coheed - 3 stars)
11. Doubling the Canon (2011 update) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 1 star)
12. Best of criticker: Adventure (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 1 star)
13. Doubling the Canon (2012 update) (public: moderated by Cinephile - 1 star)
14. Studio 4°C (public: moderated by Hkit)
15. To See (public: moderated by adoongdong)
16. Best of criticker: 2004 (public: moderated by avgcrtckr)
17. Netflix instant LATAM (public: moderated by Roman_Herbom)
18. The Best of Anime (public: moderated by mattornot)
19. Fantastic and surreal (private: juandr - 5 stars)
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Visually mesmerizing, blending many different art styles. A Bakshi-esque celebration of the mundane and the ridiculous.
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| Apr 07, 2017 | tryer | 76 57% |
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| Apr 01, 2017 | flapjack6x | 100 99% |
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Absolutely enchanting, this movie is so colorful and bizarre, and even incredibly unsettling at times but it still manages to be so sweet, and whimsical. I really loved this it was so fun.
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PrinceKaro | 15 10% |
| Feb 28, 2017 | wildee | 95 99% |
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RYM-byrates | 77 96% |
| Feb 28, 2017 | Istarm | 85 89% |
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comepelicula | 75 79% |
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Quite bizarre, I really like bizarre movies so I enjoyed it, I think the action sequences are well done, also the characters are interesting and the editing is great, a bit hard to get into it but overall very good.
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| Jan 28, 2017 | Billeh64 | 10 87% |
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WHAT A RUSH. A completely unique experience that pushes the artistic possibilities of animation - and cinema itself - to the limit. Unforgettable.
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| Apr 14, 2016 | davide | 50 19% |
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I imagine the target audience for this animated fantasy to be an 18-24 year old male, art student. Lots of creativity in this--reminiscent of Edgar Wright's *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World*--and I liked the sketchy/crude animation, but the film bogs down about the half-way mark.
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porzano | 76 90% |
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ofpveteran73 | 80 80% |
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Corbad | 80 77% |
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A surreal, fantastical experience with an impact that grows on reflection. Unflinchingly bizarre and uncannily profound.
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Cheap nonsense.
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-How do you escape from a whale that swallows you? -You run. On water. For a long time.
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a very simple (simplistic?) story told in a kaleidoscopically life-affirming way.
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| Apr 24, 2015 | OldAle1 | 90 82% |
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| Apr 16, 2015 | cardsos01 | 85 97% |
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| Apr 15, 2015 | synthono | 80 47% |
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It's unique, and the montages at the end are enough to push my score as high as it is, but as a feature-length film it's really overly abrasive and off-putting.
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| Apr 06, 2015 | mfl | 57 39% |
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| Mar 31, 2015 | kamikaze66 | 90 92% |
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| Jan 11, 2015 | DreadTalon | 90 95% |
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Clepsydra | 30 56% |
| Dec 30, 2014 | padishakh | 0 0% |
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| Dec 23, 2014 | hobobski | 100 90% |
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| Dec 14, 2014 | 10kfilms | 100 97% |
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| Dec 07, 2014 | Col Blimp | 5 93% |
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| Oct 17, 2014 | teopii | 100 86% |
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woody130496 | 9 81% |
| Oct 10, 2014 | Glovestealer | 95 96% |
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| Oct 09, 2014 | MaoMao | 95 84% |
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| Oct 02, 2014 | sianaa | 70 62% |
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| Sep 24, 2014 | DrBroel | 55 21% |
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StrifeKnot | 95 90% |
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| Aug 30, 2014 | jspidah | 71 63% |
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| Aug 30, 2014 | klaudiulus | 89 80% |
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| Aug 28, 2014 | kindlepw1 | 90 65% |
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| Aug 11, 2014 | stascomedy | 67 52% |
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| Aug 08, 2014 | oldskool | 80 77% |
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LouisMazzini | 70 40% |
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Overrated. Honestly, you can turn on the TV any day in Japan and see better animation.
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| Jul 20, 2014 | zurnzurn | 40 3% |
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gogolit | 5 93% |
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Yuasa is the underrated animation genius of his time. This is what animation is all about. Almost to a throwback of the freedom of expression days in animation that's almost gone now.
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| Jul 03, 2014 | epicbud | 8 66% |
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| Jun 29, 2014 | estragon | 100 96% |
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| Jun 21, 2014 | moli | 8 32% |
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| Jun 08, 2014 | T86g | 76 13% |
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| Jun 01, 2014 | themagician | 80 77% |
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mewcifur | 90 87% |
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micmac | 72 70% |
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peekingpanda | 70 85% |
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C12H17N2O4P | 82 91% |
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