Mind Game

7.5/10 • 296

2004-08-07 • 1h 43m

AnimationRomanceComedyDramaFantasy

This Story Has Never Ended.

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.

Directors: Masaaki Yuasa
Editors: Keiko Mizuta

AnimationRomanceComedyDramaFantasy

Mind Game

2004-08-07 • 1h 43m

7.5/10 • 296

This Story Has Never Ended.

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.

Directors: Masaaki Yuasa
Editors: Keiko Mizuta

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Koji Imada
Nishi (voice)
Sayaka Maeda
Myon (voice)
Takashi Fujii
Jiisan (voice)
Seiko Takuma
Yan (voice)
Tomomitsu Yamaguchi
Ryou (voice)
Toshio Sakata
Father of Myon and Yan (voice)
Jôji Shimaki
Yakuza boss (voice)
Rintaro Nishi
Yakuza (voice)
Kenichi Chujou
Atsu (voice)

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ZincLinux

Sep 7, 2023

10/10

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.