The Tatami Galaxy (2010)
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Takayuki Hamada — Key Animation
Episodes 5
Tennis Circle "Cupid"
A college dropout in search of ramen crosses paths with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony. This bizarre meeting sends the young man hurtling through a horrifying flashback to his days as a “black cupid.”
Read MoreDisciples Wanted
A lowly college student signs on as a disciple to a madman who’s wanted by the library police. His first assignment: accompany the girl of his dreams on a quest to attain a mystical toilet brush.
Read MoreReading Circle "Sea"
A name scrawled inside a secondhand novel leads to a romantic exchange of letters, but the storybook ending takes a bizarre turn when the two star-crossed pen pals meet face-to-face.
Read MoreThe 4.5 Tatami Ideologue
An unusual young man with no interest in the outside world tries to survive the college experience by refusing to leave his room. Will it be extreme hunger or a desire for female companionship that forces him out first?
Read MoreThe End of the 4.5 Tatami Age
The angst-ridden narrator becomes lost in a maze of 4.5 Tatami rooms as he searches for what lingers just out of reach. Will he finally make the long-awaited, often-hinted-at love connection he’s sought for so long?
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