"Before me lay open countless doors to that rose-coloured campus life."

Opportunity is always dangling in front of you...

A chance meeting with at a late-night ramen stand causes a nameless university student to dismantle the pretentious social barriers he has imposed on himself.

His friend Ozu (a reckless class-clown who takes pleasure in torment) seems to wield a psychic grip on trouble, and when not cross-dressing or shooting fireworks at crowds of strangers seeks guidance from a familiar self proclaimed deity.

And so a secret society within a Chinese restaurant, a seemingly living love doll (which belongs to the most popular deviant on campus), a gum-massage from a dental hygienist, a health food cult, a mystical tortoise hairbrush and a ramen cart which may or may not use cats in their food all seem normal on 4.5 tatami mats.

Directed by the acclaimed Masaaki Yuasa (Mindgame, Kaiba, Welcome to the Space Show) and with stunning, hybrid animation from Madhouse Studios (Summer Wars, Tokyo Godfathers, Highschool of the Dead), The Tatami Galaxy is a head spinning ride through a modern man's neurosis and the torment of imagination.