A man's day repeats until the walls of routine collapse into something darker. The animation doesn't flinch from the spiral, it shows you paranoia as a physical thing, anxiety as the only honest response to a grey world that grinds the same way every morning. King Gnu's song turns the knife while Yamada's direction holds your face to the damage, making a three-minute music video feel like watching someone disappear in real time.

Ryoji Yamada directed and animated this music video for King Gnu's song Prayer X, which also served as the ending theme of Banana Fish. In a dull grey world, the main character is stuck in a repeating daily schedule that gradually pushes him toward madness. Through abstract animation, the video touches on paranoia, anxiety, depression and suicide.