Synopsis

[City Lives]: The largest animal in the world is not an animal at all—it’s a “city.” A massive lifeform that mimics cities, reading human memories and disguising itself as urban landscapes, “the city” is the world’s biggest living creature. Sato Shori (playing himself) and documentary filmmaker Mizutani Kentaro, (Itakura Takeshi) were told they were filming an animal documentary, but when they waited in their car, they were suddenly swallowed up and trapped inside “the city.” In order to document the mysterious ecology of “the city,” they begin an intensive investigation, focusing on Tsuji Misaki (Katayama Yuki), the only human living within the city—an agent of the Urban Organism Protection Agency. As they witness strange phenomena inside the city, such as mobile building complexes roaming the wilderness and artificial “pseudo-residents” grown as part of the city itself, Sato and Mizutani work to uncover why the city has trapped them inside.

[Ah Sokoku yo!]: “I” (Onoe Matsuya), who works in program production at a television station, receive a phone call from my superior (Tsuda Kanji). The small African nation of the Republic of Pagizia had suddenly declared war on our country, with two small ships approaching to attack. Following my superior’s orders, “I” am assigned to cover a special news program and begin investigating the newly independent Republic of Pagizia. What could be the reason for this small nation’s attack? And what will be the fate of our country!?

[第1回田中家父親オーディション]: Tanaka Kenichi (Tanaka Takushi), a salaryman, was spending his days entirely consumed by continuous overtime work. On this day, after finishing overtime and returning home, his wife Azusa (Ikezu Shoko) told him she had an important announcement. Thinking it might be about divorce, he instead learned that she had decided to hold the “First Tanaka Family Father Audition.” This news spread quickly throughout society, and Kenichi found himself challenged to participate in an audition for the Tanaka family father, competing against unique members…

[Free]: Shinozaki Rika (Seino Nana), who works at a video production company, was overwhelmed with editing videos for men’s beauty treatments. On the screen, various stock footage “men” lined up – a man “cooking”, a man “having an evening drink”, a man “standing still” – featuring an older gentleman (Fukutsu Kenzo). Rika paused her work and returned from a break, only to find that the stock footage “middle-aged man” who had been on her computer screen had vanished. When she heard a sound from the seemingly empty office and turned around, the “middle-aged man” who had been on the screen was standing right there…