The Happiness of the Katakuris
Why this pick
Its wildly shifting style, musical bursts and gleefully handmade absurdity share Love & Peace’s anything-can-happen energy, while keeping an unexpectedly sincere affection for flawed people.
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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
Its wildly shifting style, musical bursts and gleefully handmade absurdity share Love & Peace’s anything-can-happen energy, while keeping an unexpectedly sincere affection for flawed people.
Why this pick
A buoyant, music-powered chain of unlikely connections that turns eccentric comedy into a warm-hearted celebration of small acts having outsized consequences.
Why this pick
Its deadpan odd-couple journey has the same off-kilter Japanese comic sensibility, but finds real tenderness and renewal beneath its casually surreal encounters.
Why this pick
This animated fever dream matches the manic visual invention and emotional openness of Love & Peace, using wild tonal leaps to arrive somewhere affirming rather than cynical.
Why this pick
A dazzling collage of bizarre characters and pop-art flourishes, with rapid shifts between absurdist comedy, fantasy and unexpectedly human longing.
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01 / THE STORY
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME








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