Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

The director is known for his weird style of directing of characters and animation and it definitely works making one of the most uniquely told movies of the year and I loved it. Some beats in the middle can drag and characters make some weird decisions but for the most part, this is a well done animated movie and one of the best films of the year.

Ok, ok, this is the most bonkers movie i've ever seen in my life, expected no less by the famed Masaaki Yuasa(devilman crybaby guy). The sheer visuals alone is enough to take you to the tipsy lane and doesnt let you go home easy, the movie is just jam packed with content, 30 mins feels like a 2 hour watch, and after the 1 hour mark i had to take a break from overworking by brain to exhaustion just trying to keep up itself! if anything watch this alone first and then with friends, the expierence is surreal after you're done with it, or should i say when Yuasa is done with you, looking forward to more from this extremely talented, visually addicting and insightful director. From boy to love....

Super psychedelic romantic night in Kyoto Wonderland. But with the many, many nods to the Tatami Galaxy series, I would recommend that as mandatory viewing first to be in on all the jokes.

The highest rated anime on Letterboxd for the year 2018 is too many things at once: crazy, trippy, lively, jovial, carefree, heartfelt, hilarious, bizarre, breezy & intoxicating. High on spirits, full of energy & overflowing with imagination, Night Is Short, Walk on Girl is a wild, rambunctious & rollicking ride that unfolds only in fast-forward mode.

Night Is Short, Walk on Girl covers a long night of partying, drinking & unexpected adventures in the life of a young girl who livens up the whole town with her vibrant demeanour. The plot also follows her college senior who goes on (mis)adventures of his own during the same night while trying to confess his romantic feelings to her.

Directed by Masaaki Yuasa, his latest is an unabashedly freewheeling feature that unravels at such breakneck speed that it's difficult to keep up and grasp everything it keeps hurling at the screen. The rapid-fire interactions, fast-moving plot, quickly changing set pieces & swift tonal shifts are overwhelming at times and isn't going to please all.

It is only when you stop trying to make sense of it all and decide to sit back, relax & allow yourself to be swept away by its magical tide that you start seeing through its intricate & confusing outer shell and get a feel of the beauty & heart that lies within. At its core, it's a simple rom-com about a girl who prefers going with the flow and an incel who desires her.

On an overall scale, Night Is Short, Walk on Girl is a story about love, hesitation, anxiety, uncertainty, fate, chance encounters & human connection that's crafted with vigour, executed with flair & is exaggerated beyond reason. In short, this booze-fuelled trip through pubs, parties, drinking game, book fair, guerrilla theatre & musical numbers is one madcap remedy that promises to melt all your worries away. Give it a shot.

I saw this film at the Animation is Film festival in LA, on a huge screen in a packed theater fairly late at night -- probably the best way to see it. The story opens on a wedding, though the bride and groom play only an incidental role in the remainder. The heroine spends an incredibly long and eventful night at first drinking everyone under the table, then searching for a long-lost book, accidentally acting in a guerrilla play, and finally passing out remedies to a town overwhelmed by the same nasty cold. Various subplots proceed simultaneously, the most important of which is the pursuit of our heroine by Senpai, a smart but insecure fellow who is infatuated with her. None of this is in the least constrained by reality, and all of it is funny and sometimes touching. Catch it in a theater if you can.

(Warning: if you have a family history of alcoholism or have had problems with it yourself, you might want to skip this film! It unashamedly glorifies consumption of lots of alcoholic beverages while happily ignoring the real-world consequences.)