Masaaki Yuasa

  • Masaaki Yuasa – Yoake tsugeru Rû no uta AKA Lu Over the Wall (2017)

    2011-2020AnimationFantasyJapanMasaaki Yuasa

    Kai is talented but adrift, spending his days sulking in a small fishing village after his family moves from Tokyo. His only joy is uploading songs he writes to the internet. When his classmates invite him to play keyboard in their band, their practice sessions bring an unexpected guest: Lu, a young mermaid whose fins turn to feet when she hears the beats, and whose singing causes humans to compulsively dance – whether they want to or not. As Kai spends more time with Lu, he finds he is able to tell her what he is really thinking, and a bond begins to form. But since ancient times, the people in the village have believed that mermaids bring disaster and soon there is trouble between Lu and the townspeople, putting the town in grave danger.Read More »

  • Masaaki Yuasa – Yoru wa mijikashi aruke yo otome AKA The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl (2017)

    2011-2020AnimationFantasyJapanMasaaki Yuasa

    As a group of teens go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as “The Girl with Black Hair” experiences a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife – all the while unaware of the romantic longings of Senpai, a fellow student who has been creating increasingly fantastic and contrived reasons to run into her, in an effort to win her heart.Read More »

  • Masaaki Yuasa – Kimi to, nami ni noretara AKA Ride your Wave (2019) (HD)

    2011-2020AnimationComedyJapanMasaaki Yuasa

    A surfer and firefighter meet and fall in love.Read More »

  • Masaaki Yuasa – Mind Game (2004)

    2001-2010AnimationComedyJapanMasaaki Yuasa

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    From IMDB:
    The film follows Nishi, a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, the film follows Nishi as he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place. Nishi (and some friends) attempt to break out of their trap, and discover what it truly means to be alive along the way. This is a mind-bending trip that uses some of the most innovative animation ever created. Written by animenewsnetwork.com

    This award-winning film is a journey of self-discovery based on Japan’s cult underground comic “Mind Game” by Robin Nishi. The story follows Nishi himself through the life experiences that directly inspired the semi-autobiographical “Mind Game” comic. As a college-age loser addicted to porn and aspiring to write seedy adult comics, Nishi aspires to overcome his addiction to perversion in a tale that is lighthearted yet painful and touching. What starts off as an innocent meeting between old friends quickly turns into a psychedelic extravaganza, filled with violence, sex, love, redemption, and the infinite possibilities of the human mind. Director Masaaki Yuasa rejoices in experimental animation techniques, filling the screen with virtuoso wackiness, mixing in rough lines and storyboards, then inserting photographic touches. Written by Anonymous “Read More »

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