Mind Game

...expression, with a very human carpe diem story that's emotionally involving, it's difficult to imagine someone not enjoying Mind Game. Mind Game has screened in North America, but never been licensed for DVD release. Its Japanese DVD...

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is a Japanese animated feature film based on the comic by Robin Nishi. It was written and directed by Masaaki Yuasa and animated primarily by Studio 4°C. It is unusual among features other than anthology films in using a series of...

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...Hitchcock's film ''Psycho '' (1960). More recent examples include the Can-can scene in Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! (2001 ). The film Mind Game makes extensive use of fast cutting to convey hundreds of short scenes in the space of fifteen...

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...CD by instrumental standards. Furthermore Japanese film maker Masaaki Yuasa stated that he listened to Hans Dulfer's music while working on Mind Game . Hans Dulfer is the father of saxophonist Candy Dulfer and the two worked together on the...

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The pacing of an anime TV series does not always fit nicely into a DVD release. Presumably, this is not one of the higher concerns when scripting the series. The North American DVD is generally a tertiary form after the original weekly...

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...which initiated the project with Michael Arias that became ''Tekkon Kinkreet''. Tanaka was an executive producer on Tekkon Kinkreet and Mind Game, both Studio 4°C films. She was also an animation producer on Beyond '' and ''The Second...

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...of his own movie outside Toei's studios he produces a work of art. Hosoda's approach is less obviously experimental than films like Mind Game. Working with Madhouse Studios, his animation makes the motion that one sees every day captivating,...

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...animation on the FUNimation disc features the work of Masaaki Yuasa, whose fluid shaped work can also be seen in Cat Soup, Kaiba, and Mind Game. It's been called crudely drawn, but that label suggests an imprecision that isn't true of the...

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...produce this one with Studio 4C - it was done at Madhouse - but he first made a name for himself directing 4C's brilliant feature MIND GAME and also appears on the first GENIUS PARTY film and he's one of the hottest directors affiliated...

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...Yuasa may very well represent the future. Still barely known outside of Japan Yuasa was the force behind brilliant animated feature MIND GAME and also my favorite animated series of the past decade, KEMONOZUME and he's back at work on...

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