Dead Leaves

I'd definitely say Dead Leaves qualifies as one of the craziest things I've ever seen. It begins with two people waking up naked in the future, one with a television for a head, neither remembering who they are or knowing why the moon appears to have been blown to pieces. They naturally decide to go on a wild crime spree, but then get captured and brought to a prison on said destroyed moon, leading to an escape attempt and more and more insanity piling on top of itself until the end. It's 45 minutes of pure animated energy, as things pretty much go without stopping, only pausing briefly to dole out little bits of its equally nuts plot. The art and animation are very kinetic and stylized, focusing on unique memorable imagery over smoothness of motion. Things are constantly moving and exploding, or just being a little disgusting. Besides the constant violence there's some weird sexual stuff too, not exactly explicit but it still can be disturbing if you're not expecting it. Definitely not something for the kids. The short running time seems about right for the pace and out-there nature of the story, and it does have a natural arc to it despite it never seeming to take a breath. I wouldn't call it great but it's an interesting, very watchable experiment. It's funny how despite how out of its mind it is, it wasn't actually that much out of line with any of the other strange movies or anime I've seen... maybe a little crazier, but not too much. Still, it was pretty fun.