Anime Limited launch Mind Game Blu-ray crowdfunding campaign

It's been a while since we last saw a new Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign from distributor Anime Limited (not least because of the time it took to fulfil rewards from their previous Mai Mai Miracle campaign), but today sees the company launch a new campaign alongside Japanese STUDIO4°C.

In what is proving to be a busy year for acclaimed director Masaaki Yuasa (of Ping Pong the Animation and The Tatami Galaxy fame), with two films on his docket, the studio is looking to return to one of his first works in the form of 2004's Mind Game, aiming to release the film on Blu-ray for the first time. To that end, STUDIO4°C are themselves handling a domestic crowd-funding campaign, while it's down to Anime Limited to raise just £4,500 to secure a Blu-ray release for English speaking territories.

If you're unfamiliar with the film, then here's a synopsis for you:

Nishi has always loved Myon since they were little. And now as adults, he wants to pursue his dream of becoming a manga artist and marrying his childhood sweetheart. There’s one problem, though. She’s already been proposed to and thinks Nishi is too much of a wimp. But upon meeting the fiancé while at her family’s diner and accepting him as a good guy, they encounter a couple of yakuza, only to have Nishi grasp a certain revelation. And, with his newly acquired look on life, adventures abound as he, Myon, and her sister, Yan, escape the yakuza into a most unlikely location where they meet an old man…

You can find more details on the All the Anime Blog, while the Kickstarter campaign itself can be found over here. To receive Mind Game as a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack in a hardcover digibook presentation with art cards, stickers and eight-page booklet requires a pledge of £38 or more (plus £5 shipping).