EDEN'S GARDIANS
2026 · 2m
Directed by Mitaka
Genres: crime, sci-fi, thriller
In the glittering metropolis of EDEN, where AI and machines rule every aspect of life, a synthetic drug called KISS awakens pleasure and devours souls, until the mayor creates a secret force: the Eden's Guardians.
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A synthetic drug that eats souls in a neon dystopia run by machines—yeah, it's pulp, but Mitaka leans hard into the surreal fever dream of it, refusing the boring cop-procedural beat you'd expect from a 'secret force' premise and instead letting KISS become almost philosophical about pleasure and dissolution.
The premise arrives fully formed in genre language, but the film's visual restraint and tonal commitment to surrealism—even at 2 minutes—suggests a director aware of cyberpunk lineage without genuflecting to it; the editing economy here is deliberate.
In 120 seconds, Mitaka makes the choice to stay *inside* the drug-logic rather than outside it, letting surrealism overtake exposition, and that single commitment to disorientation over clarity is what separates this from every other neon-noir thumbnail.