Genius Party
2007•15•1h 42m•6.5•Released
AnimationScience FictionFantasyActionDramaComedy
The seven short films making up GENIUS PARTY couldn’t be more diverse, linked only by a high standard of quality and inspiration. Atsuko Fukushima’s intro piece is a fantastic abstraction to soak up with the eyes. Masaaki Yuasa, of MIND GAME and CAT SOUP fame, brings his distinctive and deceptively simple graphic style and dream-state logic to the table with “Happy Machine,” his spin on a child’s earliest year. Shinji Kimura’s spookier “Deathtic 4,” meanwhile, seems to tap into the creepier corners of a child’s imagination and open up a toybox full of dark delights. Hideki Futamura’s “Limit Cycle” conjures up a vision of virtual reality, while Yuji Fukuyama’s "Doorbell" and "Baby Blue" by Shinichiro Watanabe use understated realism for very surreal purposes. And Shoji Kawamori, with “Shanghai Dragon,” takes the tropes and conventions of traditional anime out for very fun joyride.
Director
Yoji Fukuyama
Writer
Masaaki Yuasa, Shoji Kawamori, Hideki Futamura, Shinichiro Watanabe, Yoji Fukuyama
Languages
Japanese, Mandarin
Studio
STUDIO4℃
Cast
Tomoko Kaneda
Rinko Kikuchi
Taro Yabe
Yuya Yagira
Nanase Iwai
Miki Yamamoto
Gakuto Furuhara
Hiroshi Mikami
Lu Ningjuan
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