this be one surreal mess . say one character in the film and and yessir and how right she be a weird doesn not even begin to describe the highly experimental anime mind game and maasaki yuasa adaptation of robin nishi manga . it simultaneously an assault to the sens ( oh and what bright color . oh what loud drum roll . ) and an assault to logic ( what the hell do they just do . ) though it not to say it not a hilariously entertaining trip . the film narrative if you can even call it that involve the struggle comic artist nishi ( voice by koji imada ) who have just meet his childhood girlfriend myon ( sayaka maeda ) and they catch thing up in her father yakitori pub where they come face to face with two yakuza member . nishi get kill in the process but in a highly bizarre encounter with god in the afterlife and he be bring to life and manage to kill both gangster and and make a run for it with myon and her sister yan ( seiko takuma ) a they be pursue by other gang member . the three be then swallow whole by a giant whale . trap inside with a man who have spend the last 30 year inside the whale belly and nishi and myon and yan finally get a chance what true happiness mean for them . a dali painting by way of a french new wave film and the wildly unpredictable head trip of the aptly title mind game beguile all logical convention and present in dumbfound temporal edits and inebriate close up transition and and vary degree of crude yet proficient artwork . unsuspecting viewer be likely to be throw off by yuasa helter skelter bombast ( an outlook substantiate by not a few walkout from the film screen ) but with exactly the right frame of mind and notwithstanding a sometimes bloated feel courtesy of the film clock at a little over 100 minute and this heckuva kaleidoscopic joyride should delight a it trample all cinematic formality and show and should you decide to break the rule and how to do it with style .