17 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestAs a university freshman, "I" joins a club dedicated to fantasizing about a fictional railway.
It is August 12th. After the remote control to his boarding house's only air conditioning unit is inadvertently destroyed by spilled cola, "I" devises a plan to return to yesterday in a time machine to recover the remote before it breaks. However, his prankster friend Ozu cannot resist playing with past events, even if it means bringing the universe to the brink of destruction. Now "I" finds himself racing through time to avoid disaster.
Direction
Yuasa's signature hyperkinetic style cranked to eleven.
Writing
Rapid-fire monologues that somehow land every emotional beat.
Editing
Visual chaos that never loses narrative thread.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is a sequel to The Tatami Galaxy — same voice cast, same dizzying energy, but now with added time loops.
The 'I' narrator is a staple of Japanese literature (boku/geneigo), but here weaponized for maximum comic anxiety.
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