Kick-Heart (2013)

Original title

キックハート

Directed by

Masaaki Yuasa

Genre

comedy film, action film, romance film, comedy anime and manga, action anime and manga, romance anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

12 min

Rated

NR

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 57 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A love story between a professional wrestler and a nun. The animation is surreal and psychedelic.

quirkyplayfulsurrealenergeticwhimsicaloffbeatfast-paced

What happens

Kick-Heart (キックハート, Kikkuhāto) is a 2013 Japanese anime short film that uses surreal-psychedelic animation and storytelling to tell a love story between a professional wrestler and a nun. The film was directed by Masaaki Yuasa through Production I.G studios, who ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the short. The short screened on Toonami in 2013 and has screened at several festivals such as the BFI London Film Festival. Regarding the film's production, Yuasa stated that he completed Kick-Heart's script and story before beginning work on the storyboards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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