Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for Mind Game (2004) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Koji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Takashi Fujii, Seiko Takuma, Tomomitsu Yamaguchi, Toshio Sakata DIRECTOR: Masaaki Yuasa MUSIC: Fayray, Seiichi Yamamoto PRODUCTION: STUDIO4℃, Asmik Ace Entertainment, Rentrak Japan, Beyond C.

Box Office Performance

Mind Game earned $36,613 domestically, for a worldwide total of $36,613. The film skewed heavily domestic (100%), suggesting strong North American appeal.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

The film's music, produced by Shinichirō Watanabe, as well as the score by Seiichi Yamamoto includes an image song by Fayray and piano performed by Yōko Kanno.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Summary: 1 win total

Awards Won: ★ Ōfuji Noburō Award

CRITICAL RECEPTION

The film has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 14 reviews. The film's accolades include the Ōfuji Noburō Award at the 2005 Mainichi Film Awards and the Animation Division Grand Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2004, outranking nominee Howl's Moving Castle. Outside Japan, the film had its international premiere at the New York Asian Film Festival in June 2005. It had possibly its biggest success at the Fantasia Festival in Canada in July 2005, wherein it beat many live-action films to win all three of the festival's own jury awards it qualified for: Best Film, Best Director (tying with Gen Sekiguchi for Survive Style 5+) and Best Script. It also received an additional Special Award for "Visual Accomplishment", as well as placing first (Golden Prize) in the audience award for Best Animation Film and second (Silver Prize), behind Survive Style 5+, for Most Groundbreaking Film.

Legacy

Filmmaking duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert have cited Mind Game as a influence for their 2022 comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once, which was met with widespread acclaim and would be nominated for eleven awards and won seven at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Original Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture.