Neo Tokyo (film)
Neo Tokyo , Meiky Monogatari? , literally Labyrinth Tales , also titled ManieManie on its title card, is a 1987 anime science fiction anthology film produced by Project Team Argos and Madhouse. Conceived and produced by Madhouse founders Masao Maruyama and Rintaro, it adapts short stories by Taku Mayumura featured in the 1986 collection of the same Japanese title and is executive produced by publisher Haruki Kadokawa.
The short follows Sachi Hideko YoshidaCheryl Chase, a girl locked in a game of hideandseek with her cat Cicerone. Her search leads her to an old longcase clock which doubles as a doorway to a labyrinth world. The world is filled with supernatural oddities and characters, such as cardboard working class citizens, an invisible dog, a skeletonled train and a weird circus. Eventually, Sachi and Cicerone arrive at a circus tent where a viewing screen is displayed, leading to the following segments.Zack Hugh Banj Ginga is the titular Running Man, the undefeated champion of the Death Circus racing circuit and has raced foryears. Competitors race in highspeed Formula Onelike craft, and spectators bet on the lives of these people for huge winnings. A Marloweesque reporter Masane TsukayamaMichael McConnohie is sent to interview the mysterious Zack outside of the track and watches one of his races. He soon discovers Hugh has telekinetic abilities which he uses to destroy the other racers, after quietly observing him in the dark chronically overusing a training interface inside his penthouse. As the race ends in his favor, the monitors in the pit displays LIFE FUNCTIONS TERMINATED. Mysteriously, though seemingly dead, Hugh continues around the track and is overtaken by a spectral racer. He attempts to employ the same strategy, straining to destroy the opponent, but in truth it is against his own mind. The force of the telekinesis is directed inward which rapidly tears both Hugh and his car apart. The Death Circus is permanently shut down afterwards the reporter believing the events true draw was the spectators need to see how long Hugh could beat death. ........
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