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Mind Game

"This Story Has Never Ended."

2004

1h 43m

7.5(344 votes)

Animation

Romance

Comedy

Drama

Fantasy

Adventure

Overview

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.

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STUDIO4℃

Asmik Ace Entertainment

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Cast & crew

9 featured cast members

Starring

Koji Imada

Koji Imada

Nishi (voice)

Sayaka Maeda

Sayaka Maeda

Myon (voice)

Takashi Fujii

Takashi Fujii

Jiisan (voice)

Seiko Takuma

Seiko Takuma

Yan (voice)

Tomomitsu Yamaguchi

Tomomitsu Yamaguchi

Ryou (voice)

Toshio Sakata

Toshio Sakata

Father of Myon and Yan (voice)

Jôji Shimaki

Jôji Shimaki

Yakuza boss (voice)

Rintaro Nishi

Rintaro Nishi

Yakuza (voice)

Kenichi Chujou

Kenichi Chujou

Atsu (voice)

Creative team

Directed by: Masaaki Yuasa
Written by: Masaaki Yuasa
Produced by: Eiko Tanaka
Munetoshi Matsuo

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