2005
Mainichi Film Concours
大藤信郎獎
Directed by 湯淺政明
大藤信郎獎
腦洞大開😭😭😭😭 即便不知道終點在哪，很遜的我也會努力力爭上游😭
「Your life is the result of your own decision.」 「因為我知道，即使我沒有才能，即使我很遜，很悲慘，可是我想要用自己的雙手創造出自己的人生啊！」
整部電影不斷挑戰感官的視覺轟炸與時間線的混亂流動，仿若進入一場異次元的狂歡派對。
「2004年後湯淺開始有機會擔任導演、監督等決定作品整體走向的崗位。其中，《心靈遊戲》與《獸爪》（2006）分別為他首次執導的動畫長片與原創電視動畫。湯淺自此大展身手，在形式上大量使用變形透視與極具動態感的分鏡；敘事上則採取既非線性，亦非意識流，而是一種「圍繞中心」的散文式敘事。 許多評論都快速地將非線性敘事辨識為「意識流」，然而，先不論將非線性等同為意識流的說法已充滿諸多漏洞，許多在作品中看似超脫常理、奔放自由的動作設計與拼貼手法，與其說是意識流，毋寧說是湯淺把握了動畫的媒介特質，營造出一種發揮「動畫性」的媒介美學。」 https://giloo.ist/zh-TW/readings/70c1ed6c-26a1-470e-9d2d-65d84fc99a9c
張晉瑋／朝向空無才能抵達的豐盈：湯淺政明與《心靈遊戲》的散文徵候 | Giloo紀實影音湯淺政明創立的動畫公司Science SARU（科學猴子）前後推出過眾多傑出的作品，包括《春宵苦短，少女前進吧！》、《宣告黎明的露之歌》（Lu Over the Wall，2017）、《乘浪之約》（Ride Your Wave，2019）等作。不過湯淺將辭去社長一職，由共同創辨人崔恩映接手，目前暫定退位時間為製作完《犬王》（INU-OH）後。
湯淺政明後續也影響了許多新生代的日本動畫導演，其中，在湯淺的《四疊半神話大系》（The Tatami Galaxy，2010）擔任分鏡、演出、原畫；《春宵苦短，少女前進吧！》（Night is Short, Walk On Girl，2017）擔任分鏡；以及未來將擔任《四疊半神話大系》衍生作品《四疊半時光機藍調》（四畳半タイムマシンブルース，時間未定）監督（本作雖非湯淺執導，但製作公司為湯淺創立的 Science SARU）的夏目真悟於去年夏季推出（擔任導演、原作、編劇）的驚人之作《漂流少年》（Sonny Boy，2021）也非常值得觀賞，目前於巴哈姆特動畫瘋、Myvideo等平台串流中。
本作音樂監督渡邊信一郎（Shinichirō Watanabe）除了在《心靈遊戲》與湯淺政明合作外，後來他們也在製作《心靈遊戲》的動畫公司 Studio 4°C 發行的《Genius Party》（2007）中一同出現，其中湯淺負責第六段「夢みるキカイ」，渡邊則負責第七段「BABY BLUE」。
片中其實並未直接交代人物關係，僅主角四人的背景資訊較為明顯（但鯨魚爺爺在片中只被稱為「jiisan」，也就是爺爺，並沒有名字）。而未直接闡明的人物關係可在首尾蒙太奇片段中推導而知，其中，鯨魚爺爺是黑幫眼鏡哥的父親、小妙的母親年輕時曾和幫派眼鏡哥有一段姻緣。
和渡邊信一郎的合作讓湯淺學習到許多關於配樂的技巧與心法，根據湯淺本人表示，這段經驗亦應用於2020年推出的電視動畫《別對映像研出手！》（Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!）。而這兩部除了有這樣的間接關係外，其實在《心靈遊戲》中一幕角色變形後乘著特殊飛行載具的畫面也與《別對映像研出手！》中天馬行空的各種想像物十分相似（當然，兩部作品皆為改編作品，並非湯淺自行創造的物件，但這不失為兩部作品的有趣關聯）。關於湯淺的說法，可見：https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20211028insight022/。
《心靈遊戲》初體驗成靈感 《別對映像研出手！》藏祕密花絮本文以湯淺首部動畫長片《心靈遊戲》（2004）為例，試圖將形式美學分析降至次要，著重檢視電影敘事的散文特質，並將其與散文敘事特質明顯、改編自文學家森見登美彥論著的《春宵苦短，少女前進吧！》與《四疊半神話大系》對照，提出分析湯淺作品的另種可能。
I love the beauty and knowledge found in films. People from different times and cultures continue to face an unknown future. As the stories unfold, the world always surpasses my imagination. I constantly seek out and find solace in meanings that are friendly, interesting, and profound.
Drifting along the blurred edges of consciousness— Remembered in sleep, Forgotten upon waking. The beginning is lost, The ending unknown. Verses linger like scent, Images revive forgotten touch. When the senses blur truth and illusion, When light and shadow, good and evil, no longer beg to be divided— All I want is to dive deeper into myself.
Isolated by the vast ocean, Taiwan has preserved the insularity and self-evident nature of its micro-evolutionary cultural identity. At the same time, its ever-shifting landscapes and unique geopolitical position have long subjected the island to waves of diverse cultural influences. As a result, the people of Taiwan have developed remarkable adaptability in sharing resources and integrating cultures, along with a high receptivity to external information. These vivid and agile characteristics are deeply embedded in Taiwan’s cultural DNA, shaping what we call its unique form of “elastic connectivity.” For the 2023 Taiwan Design Week, the Taiwan Design Research Institute collaborates with Giloo Documentary to present an online film program. Curated by Frank Huang, Cho-Hao Wu, and the curatorial team, the selection of films explores possibilities of departure and displacement within the tension between the virtual and the real. This program urges us to reflect on the essence of creation in an age defined by rapid consumption and AI-driven change, engaging with a contemporary world saturated in virtual fantasy through critical and poetic dialogue.
In Taipei, literature is free—and always has been. Precisely because literature has no fixed answers or interpretations, its boundaries are omnipresent throughout life. What we need, perhaps, is a pair of wild eyes—to confront directly or approach obliquely the myriad forms of literature. Lo Fu pioneered a new landscape in Chinese poetry with his unique narrative style; director Chen Yu-hsun cultivated a distinctive Taiwanese romance with his focus on ordinary people and fantastical black comedies; performance art godmother Marina Abramović, fashion maverick Alexander McQueen, and acclaimed director Emir Kusturica all unleashed their thoughts from their bodies, transforming them into immortal art itself. Even a farm can become a rock base, mind-bending animated masterpieces, with minds ready to blossom. The Taipei Literature Festival presents a selection of 7 works, inviting you to freely roam and unearth the vibrant literary energy within visual storytelling.