Genius Party
In a barren desert, a man in a strange bird costume encounters a group of egg-like stones that burrow into the ground. One stone produces a heart after stopping to admire a flower and the bird-man eats the heart; producing glowing wings and flying into the sky. The stone awakens when it begins to rain and creates another heart just as its fellow stones come out of the ground. It then produces a large glowing flower that transcends into the sky and imbues the stone with powers that electrify the other stones. They create a giant pulsating brain in the ground (showcasing the title of the film) before panning out to reveal the bird-man again, who is standing in front of what appears to be a hive with the stones coming out of it.
- Directed by Atsuko Fukushima
Shanghai Dragon
In China, a young boy who likes to draw named Gonglong is picked on by bullies with a girl named Meihua defending him. Suddenly, a glowing pen falls out of the sky and lands in front of the school. Gonglong picks it up and uses it to draw food which becomes real and allows him to eat it. It quickly becomes apparent that he is the only one who can use it. Giant alien robots suddenly attack the city, but Gonglong and Meihua are protected by two agents from the future; a human named Chase and a cyborg named Sai. Upon seeing Gonglong's capabilities of using the pen, they try to protect him and Meihua. After Sai is blown up and left with simply his head, Gonglong draws a superhero costume for himself and battles the robots; destroying many in the process. However, he is unable to blow up the mother ship and Chase forces him to draw a missile to destroy it; saving the city, but making Gonglong cry due to his harshness. Chase reveals that 300 years in the future humans cannot have children anymore and they came back to learn from the imagination of children. Empowered, Gonglong draws a glowing dragon and a new body for Sai as the four of them rebuild the city before flying off into space.
Deathtic 4
In a world populated by zombies, Rått prepares to go to school when he discovers a frog. As living things are prohibited in this world, Rått takes it upon himself to hide it from everyone. He befriends a student at his school named Plåsse who wears a bag over his head and claims to be a superhero with super strength. He is accompanied by Plåsse, a boy who spits water, and Ashe, a boy who can set himself on fire. Rått shows the frog to them and asks that they help him with getting it to an "Uzu Uzu", a giant tornado with a glowing hole at the top. They run afoul of the zombie police who want the frog, but after a long chase, they make it to the Uzu Uzu and release the frog; its fate is unknown.
- Directed by Shinji Kimura
Doorbell
A little girl with her mother looks at a young man and thinks she sees two of them. The young man comes home, only to find that there is another one of him there and that he is invisible to everyone. The doubles, who ambiguously seem to acknowledge his existence, continue to arrive at places before him, resulting in him becoming invisible to others, yet occasionally can be seen by people. He finally goes to see his girlfriend and makes it before his scheduled time and calls for her to come down from her apartment. As she does so, he sees in the reflection of the door another double and turns to toss his bag at it. His girlfriend is confused by his action but admits that she thought she saw another him. The young man admits that it was his "old self" and that he is happy that she is seeing him now. After a short chat, he goes up to her apartment and smiles at his double watching him from outside.
- Directed by Yoji Fukuyama
Limit Cycle
In this plotless segment, a salaryman, seemingly trapped in an endless cycle of work, makes an existential examination of the world. Illustrated in the manner of a psychedelic hallucination.
- Directed by Hideki Futamura
Happy Machine
An infant lives in a bright colorful nursery that caters to his every whim, only for it to suddenly break down; revealing a stoic and lifeless room. The floor gives way and the baby finds himself underneath a strange structure with legs containing holes in the shape of people. The baby examines his surroundings and finds his bottle, but encounters a small fire being that begins to eat everything he owns and chases him. Soon, giant water droplets full of small fish creatures fall from the sky and the baby finds sanctuary from the fire creature, though he cries afterward when the fire creature dies from getting too close to the water. The baby then meets a tall awkward creature to ride and a green plant creature that eats the baby's urine and feces to produce plants. The tall creature is swallowed by a hole while the green plant turns into a glowing seed and gets eaten by a giant flower creature, despite the baby's efforts to rescue him. Years later, the baby, now a full-grown and bearded man with prosthetic limbs, finds himself back at the structure and enters it to find another baby. He leaves some mementos and feeds her before going back down to the legs and entering the hole. This apparently jumpstarts the nursery's functions as it springs to life for the new baby. The segment ends with the phrase to be continued...
- Directed by Masaaki Yuasa
Baby Blue
High school student Sho approaches his childhood friend Hazuki about skipping school and she surprisingly agrees. When they were children, they broke into a warehouse and found a box of grenades; taking one as a souvenir. Sho reveals that he plans to bury it with her while going to the beach. They take a train, but fall asleep and miss their stop. They steal a bike and outrun a cop, before getting stopped by a street gang. Sho uses the grenade to blow up one of the gang leader's cars, and the two flee before finally making it to the beach at sunrise. They try and fail to set off firecrackers. Sho reveals that he is moving away and wanted to have one last time with Hazuki whom he is aware already has a boyfriend. She admits that she looked up to and had a crush on him, but promises to remember him. As Sho and his mother leave to move away, Sho looks out the window of the train and sees Hazuki setting off the firecrackers from the beach, successfully this time.
- Directed by Shinichirō Watanabe
Voice cast
- Tomoko Kaneda
- Rinko Kikuchi
- Lu Ningjuan
- Taro Yabe
- Yûya Yagira
- Yoko Kanno
