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** BellyOfTheWhale: Also invoked in the classic sense. Stuck inside the whale, every protagonist confronts that which they have been running from before their escape.
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** BellyOfTheWhale: CantRefuseTheCallAnymore: Also invoked in the classic sense. Stuck inside the whale, every protagonist confronts that which they have been running from before their escape.
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* XMeetsY: A good description of this film would be a Japanese, art-house "Jonah and the Whale".
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* PastelChalkedFreezeFrame: Parodied in Nishi's fantasy sequence in which he's a famous {{Badass}} author.
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* PastelChalkedFreezeFrame: Parodied in Nishi's fantasy sequence in which he's a famous {{Badass}} badass author.
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* LikeABadassOutOfHell: Nishi TookALevelInBadass while there, and even pulled a fast one on God... Or did he?
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Nishi is a 20-year-old, self-deprecating loser who dreams of drawing manga for a living. Since the age of nine, he has always been in love with a girl named Miyo - but although she has feelings for him, his shyness and inability to confess his love have led her to think about marrying another man.
Shortly after learning of this, Nishi is shot through the butt by an angry Yakuza mobster and dies - and thus begins the story of Mind Game, a movie about second chances and living life with no regrets.
Shortly after learning of this, Nishi is shot through the butt by an angry Yakuza mobster and dies - and thus begins the story of Mind Game, a movie about second chances and living life with no regrets.
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Nishi is a 20-year-old, self-deprecating loser who dreams of drawing manga for a living. Since the age of nine, he has always been in love with a girl named Miyo - but although she has feelings for him, his shyness and inability to confess his love have led her to think about marrying another man.
man. Shortly after learning of this, Nishi is shot through the butt by an angry Yakuza mobster and dies - and thus begins the story of Mind Game, a movie about second chances and living life with no regrets.
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* DinerBrawl: In which [[spoiler:TheHeroDies]]. Or does he?
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''Mind Game'' (マインド・ゲーム) is a Japanese animated feature film based on the comic by Robin Nishi. It was written and directed by Creator/MasaakiYuasa and animated primarily by Studio4C.
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''Mind Game'' (マインド・ゲーム) is a Japanese animated feature film based on the comic by Robin Nishi. It was written and directed by Creator/MasaakiYuasa and animated primarily by Studio4C.
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* GreenAroundTheGills: Nishi's head turns blue after tasting the food prepared by Myon. Apparently, she wasn't such a good cook.
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* LemmingCops: Lemming Yakuza crashing their cars. On the upside, no tax money was wasted.
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* LemmingCops: A bunch of Lemming Yakuza are crashing their cars.cars while in pursuit of the protagonists. On the upside, no tax money was wasted.
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* AllJustADream: It is being [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452039/board/nest/85321909 theorized]] that the bulk of the story takes place inside the senior Yakuza's head while waiting in the car. That explains the {{Bookends}} ending scene where he snaps out of his day dream and takes a different turn.
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* AllJustADream: It is being [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452039/board/nest/85321909 theorized]] that the bulk of the story takes place inside the senior Yakuza's head while waiting in the car. That explains the {{Bookends}} ending closing scene where he snaps out of his day dream and takes to give the story a different turn.
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* GainexEnding: The climatic TimeCompressionMontage does clear up some aspects but it doesn't come together in a coherent way.
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* TrainEscape: In the opening sequence Myon tries to escape Atsu with a couragous jumps into the subway train. However, he manages to enter the next car unknowns to her. This scene plays out differently in the end, where Myon successfully shakes off Atsu.
* TrashTheSet: In a moment of frsutration, Nishi trashes the old man's dwelling.
* TrashTheSet: In a moment of frsutration, Nishi trashes the old man's dwelling.
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* TrainEscape: In the opening sequence Myon tries to escape Atsu with a couragous courageous jumps into the subway train. However, he manages to enter the next car unknowns to her. This scene plays out differently in the end, where Myon successfully shakes off Atsu.
* TrashTheSet: In a moment offrsutration, frustration, Nishi trashes the old man's dwelling.
* TrashTheSet: In a moment of
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[[caption-width-right:220:Your life is the result of your own decisions.]]
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* DerangedAnimation: The message may be clear, but the presentation leaves one occasionally baffled at just what sort of chemicals would be required to envision what plays out on screen.
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* DerangedAnimation: The message may be clear, but the presentation leaves one occasionally baffled at just [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs what sort of chemicals would be required required]] to envision what plays out on screen.
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* LukeIAmYourFather: It is revealed to the viewer via flashbacks that [[spoiler: Ji-san is actually the father of Aniki (the older Yakuza) who went missing when his son was a boy after he got swallowed by the whale. None of any of the characters ever find out about this, at least in the movie.]]
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* LukeIAmYourFather: It is revealed [[TheReveal revealed]] to the viewer via flashbacks that [[spoiler: Ji-san is actually the father of Aniki (the older Yakuza) who went missing when his son was a boy after he got swallowed by the whale. None of any of the characters ever find out about this, at least in the movie.]]
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* NoEnding: The movie specifically ends with "This movie has no ending."
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* NoEnding: The movie specifically ends with "This movie has no ending.never ended."
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* TrainEscape: The protagonists end up narrowly avoiding a train (among other things) while escaping from inside a ''whale''.
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* TrainEscape: The protagonists end up narrowly avoiding In the opening sequence Myon tries to escape Atsu with a train (among other things) while escaping from inside a ''whale''. couragous jumps into the subway train. However, he manages to enter the next car unknowns to her. This scene plays out differently in the end, where Myon successfully shakes off Atsu.
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* {{Yakuza}}: The movie features two of them, Atsu and his senior partner.
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* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Atsu [[spoiler:shooting Nishi's brains out (through his ass)]], which most likely wasn't planned to happen.
* ImagineSpot: Early on, when Myon tells Nishi she wanted to marry someone else, he has a HeroicBSOD and retreats into a short wish dream of Myon falling around his neck, asserting she still loved him.
* ImagineSpot: Early on, when Myon tells Nishi she wanted to marry someone else, he has a HeroicBSOD and retreats into a short wish dream of Myon falling around his neck, asserting she still loved him.
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* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Atsu [[spoiler:shooting [[spoiler:blowing Nishi's brains out (through his ass)]], which most likely wasn't planned to happen.
* ImagineSpot: Early on, when Myon tells Nishi shewanted wants to marry someone else, he has a HeroicBSOD and retreats into a short wish dream of Myon falling around his neck, asserting she still loved him.
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* InnocentInnuendo: Half-jokingly Nishi suggests to Myon to look for a Love Hotel after they met on the subway. Then the scene cuts to a series of misleading close-ups: on a disposed package of what could be condoms, a zipping sound, Nishi telling Myon not to move, Myon's straining face, Nishi's grinning face with grunting sounds. Cut to the RevealShot of how he patched up her anckle. What else were you thinking?
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* InnocentInnuendo: Half-jokingly Nishi suggests to Myon to look for a Love Hotel after they met on the subway. Then the scene cuts to a series of misleading close-ups: on a disposed package of what could be condoms, a zipping sound, Nishi telling Myon not to move, Myon's straining face, Nishi's grinning face with grunting sounds. Cut to the RevealShot of how he patched up her anckle.ankle. What else were you thinking?
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** GoodTimesMontage: Extended montage of the team of four enjoying themselves with good food and water games inside the whale.
** TrainingMontage: Of them practicing rowing for their big escape.
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** GoodTimesMontage: Extended montage of the team of four inside the whale, enjoying themselves with good food and water games inside the whale.
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** TrainingMontage: Of thempracticing doing rowing practice for their big escape.
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* MultipleGunshotDeath: Atsu empties his magazine into [[spoiler: his partner, who shot Nishi]].
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* MultipleGunshotDeath: Atsu The senior Yakuza empties his magazine into [[spoiler: his partner, Atsu, who shot Nishi]].
* SiblingYinYang: Myon and Yan are on opposite ends of the spectrum, both in breast size and general femininity.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Nishi, after being BackFromTheDead.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Nishi, after being coming BackFromTheDead.
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* AllJustADream: It is being [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452039/board/nest/85321909 theorized]] that the bulk of the story takes place inside the senior Yakuza's head while waiting in the car. That explains the {{Bookends}} ending scene where he snaps out of his day dream and takes a different turn.
* AlwaysNight: Most of the locations are set in a dark environment. The first part plays out at night in typical rainy CityNoir style. The second part is set inside a whale with limited artificial lighting.
* AnAesop: Live life to the fullest.
* {{Blipvert}}: The intro and final scene show fast-paced flashes of images depicting events going on before and after the timeline of the movie.
* BondOneLiner: The senior Yakuza, after [[spoiler:shooting Atsu for killing Nishi]]: "Think about what you did on your way to hell."
* {{Bookends}}: The film starts with Atsu and the senior Yakuza waiting in the car, when they see Myon run by. We return to the same scene at the end of the movie. See AllJustADream for a possible explanation.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Nishi and Myon.
* CatapultNightmare: Half-way through the movie, Nishi has a nightmare in which he is locked away in a cell by God. Cue the Catapult Nightmare.
* BondOneLiner: The senior Yakuza, after [[spoiler:shooting Atsu for killing Nishi]]: "Think about what you did on your way to hell."
* {{Bookends}}: The film starts with Atsu and the senior Yakuza waiting in the car, when they see Myon run by. We return to the same scene at the end of the movie. See AllJustADream for a possible explanation.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Nishi and Myon.
* CatapultNightmare: Half-way through the movie, Nishi has a nightmare in which he is locked away in a cell by God. Cue the Catapult Nightmare.
* DisneyAcidSequence: Many parts of the movie fit the bill.
* GainexEnding: The climatic TimeCompressionMontage does clear up some aspects but it doesn't come together in a coherent way.
* HomoeroticSubtext: Many believe the old man to be gay and eventually coming to terms with his orientation towards the end of the movie.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Atsu [[spoiler:shooting Nishi's brains out (through his ass)]], which most likely wasn't planned to happen.
* ImagineSpot: Early on, when Myon tells Nishi she wanted to marry someone else, he has a HeroicBSOD and retreats into a short wish dream of Myon falling around his neck, asserting she still loved him.
* ImportantHaircut: Yan cuts her hair short, supposedly as a sign of new found self-confidence to live out her masculine side.
* InnocentInnuendo: Half-jokingly Nishi suggests to Myon to look for a Love Hotel after they met on the subway. Then the scene cuts to a series of misleading close-ups: on a disposed package of what could be condoms, a zipping sound, Nishi telling Myon not to move, Myon's straining face, Nishi's grinning face with grunting sounds. Cut to the RevealShot of how he patched up her anckle. What else were you thinking?
* HomoeroticSubtext: Many believe the old man to be gay and eventually coming to terms with his orientation towards the end of the movie.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Atsu [[spoiler:shooting Nishi's brains out (through his ass)]], which most likely wasn't planned to happen.
* ImagineSpot: Early on, when Myon tells Nishi she wanted to marry someone else, he has a HeroicBSOD and retreats into a short wish dream of Myon falling around his neck, asserting she still loved him.
* ImportantHaircut: Yan cuts her hair short, supposedly as a sign of new found self-confidence to live out her masculine side.
* InnocentInnuendo: Half-jokingly Nishi suggests to Myon to look for a Love Hotel after they met on the subway. Then the scene cuts to a series of misleading close-ups: on a disposed package of what could be condoms, a zipping sound, Nishi telling Myon not to move, Myon's straining face, Nishi's grinning face with grunting sounds. Cut to the RevealShot of how he patched up her anckle. What else were you thinking?
* LemmingCops: Lemming Yakuza crashing their cars. On the upside, no tax money was wasted.
* MaleGaze: Nishi, looking at Myon's boobs after exiting the subway.
* MissedTheBus: Atsu, the young Yakuza, missed the metro in the end when pursuing Myon. This scene plays out differently in the beginning where he actually manages to get onto the same train so that he can follow and find Myon at her sister's place.
* {{Montages}}: Several.
** GoodTimesMontage: Extended montage of the team of four enjoying themselves with good food and water games inside the whale.
** TrainingMontage: Of them practicing rowing for their big escape.
** TimeCompressionMontage: The movie's last act is a montage of key events in the lives of all characters.
* MultipleGunshotDeath: Atsu empties his magazine into [[spoiler: his partner, who shot Nishi]].
* {{Montages}}: Several.
** GoodTimesMontage: Extended montage of the team of four enjoying themselves with good food and water games inside the whale.
** TrainingMontage: Of them practicing rowing for their big escape.
** TimeCompressionMontage: The movie's last act is a montage of key events in the lives of all characters.
* MultipleGunshotDeath: Atsu empties his magazine into [[spoiler: his partner, who shot Nishi]].
* SlowMotionFall: Of Myon diving into the subway car.
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* TrashTheSet: In a moment of frsutration, Nishi trashes the old man's dwelling.
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* YouWakeUpInARoom: Nishi wakes up in a dark room after [[spoiler:being killed by the Yakuza. It turns out to be some kind of gateway to the TheNothingAfterDeath.]]
* YouWakeUpInARoom: Nishi wakes up in a dark room after [[spoiler:being killed by the Yakuza. It turns out to be some kind of gateway to the TheNothingAfterDeath.]]
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* DirtyOldMan: Jiisan, the old man in the whale.
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* ForgivenessRequiresDeath: Done to Atsu Atsu, the junior Yakuza, by "Aniki" (his real name is never revealed and his nickname is a Japanese term of respect literally meaning 'older brother'), the senior Yakuza, after he killed Nishi.
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**It is also revealed via flashbacks that [[spoiler: Aniki is actually the first boyfriend of the girls' mother, before she was seduced away from him by their father. Furthermore, it is shown that the mother is still alive and has apparently gotten back together with her ex-boyfriend after she left her husband, presumably for his philandering with Atsu's girlfriend]]
**It is also revealed via flashbacks that [[spoiler: Aniki is actually the first boyfriend of the girls' mother, before she was seduced away from him by their father. Furthermore, it is shown that the mother is still alive and has apparently gotten back together with her ex-boyfriend after she left her husband, presumably for his philandering with Atsu's girlfriend]]
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* AFateWorseThanDeath: Nishi narrowly avoids being erased from existence by God after he dies.
** Actually, it's rather TheNothingAfterDeath than the CessationOfExistence.
** The scene where the people trapped inside the claustrophobic darkness of the whale are helplessly listening to the radio... and the weatherman describing the beautiful day, hoping everyone enjoys the warm sunlight and lovely breeze...
** Actually, it's rather TheNothingAfterDeath than the CessationOfExistence.
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* AFateWorseThanDeath: Nishi narrowly avoids being erased from existence by God after he dies.
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** The scene where the people trapped inside the claustrophobic darkness of the whale are helplessly listening to the radio... and the weatherman describing the beautiful day, hoping everyone enjoys the warm sunlight and lovely breeze...
** Actually, it's rather TheNothingAfterDeath than the CessationOfExistence.
** The scene where the people trapped inside the claustrophobic darkness of the whale are helplessly listening to the radio... and the weatherman describing the beautiful day, hoping everyone enjoys the warm sunlight and lovely breeze...
* NoEnding: The movie specifically ends with "This movie has no ending."
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* TheGodsMustBeLazy: God.
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* TheGodsMustBeLazy: God.
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* MagnificentBastard: God.
** And in second place, everyone involved with the film crew. Every last one of 'em.
** And in second place, everyone involved with the film crew. Every last one of 'em.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Most of the movie, but the whale in particular.
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''Mind Game'' (マインド・ゲーム) 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.
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* Swallowed Whole: Invokes the trope in classic fashion by using a gigantic whale.
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* AssKicksYou: Saves Nishi's bacon on the second time around.
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The whole movie is told in several different styles of animation, visual metaphors, intertwining plots and philosophical messages. Since it srelease, it has become something of a cult classic, being praised by directors from both the West and the East for its storytelling and visual style(s).
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The whole movie is told in several different styles of animation, visual metaphors, intertwining plots and philosophical messages. Since it srelease, its release, it has become something of a cult classic, being praised by directors from both the West and the East for its storytelling and visual style(s).
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[[caption-width-right:220:Your life is the result of your own decisions.]]
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Nishi is a 20-year-old, self-deprecating loser who dreams of drawing manga for a living. Since the age of nine, he has always been in love with a girl named Miyo - but although she has feelings for him, his shyness and inability to confess his love have led her to think about marrying another man.
Shortly after learning of this, Nishi is shot through the butt by an angry Yakuza mobster and dies - and thus begins the story of Mind Game, a movie about second chances and living life with no regrets.
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* KingOfAllCosmos: {{God}}, "In all his infinite manifestations" manifestations".
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* BeyondTheImpossible: The entire whale escape sequence. Notably the obstacles that crop up.
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