Kick-Heart (キックハート) is a 2013 Japanese anime short film that uses surreal-psychedelic animation and storytelling to tell a love story between a professional wrestler and a nun. The film was directed by Masaaki Yuasa through Production I.G studios, who ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the short.[2] The short screened on Toonami in 2013 and has screened at several festivals such as the BFI London Film Festival.[3][4]
Regarding the film's production, Yuasa stated that he completed Kick-Heart's script and story before beginning work on the storyboards.[5]