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London BFI IMAX Screening of Masaaki Yuasa's Mind Game on August 25
posted on by Andrew Osmond
There will be a screening of Masaaki Yuasa and Studio 4°C's Mind Game anime film at BFI IMAX cinema in London, near Waterloo Station, on Sunday August 25 at 12 noon. It will be a digital 2K screening.
The screening will be presented by Michal Leader and Jake Cunningham of the Ghibliotheque podcast.
Based on a manga by Robin Nishi, Mind Game features a variety of experimental visual styles. The story follows Nishi, who wants to become a manga artist and marry his childhood sweetheart, Myon, but Myon is already engaged to someone else. Nishi goes to visit her family and runs into a pair of yakuza, kicking off an adventure that involves meeting God and being trapped in the belly of a whale.
From the London BFI IMAX site:
"This 2004 feature debut from the inimitable Masaaki Yuasa (INU-OH, Night is Short, Walk On Girl, Ping Pong the Animation, The Tatami Galaxy) announced the arrival of an offbeat and wholly unique visionary artist - one who has been at the forefront of Japanese and world animation ever since.
"Mashing together multiple art styles, including Yuasa's trademark elastic approach to character animation that's part Looney Tunes, part Yellow Submarine, part classic anime, Mind Game is a sight to behold: a psychedelic classic of 21st Century animation beloved by boundary-pushing animators such as Bill Plympton and Satoshi Kon."
