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Genius Party

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.

20071h 42mNRAnimation, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action, Drama, Comedy

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About Genius Party

Directors
Yoji Fukuyama, Shinji Kimura, Hideki Futamura, Shinichiro Watanabe, Masaaki Yuasa, Shoji Kawamori, Atsuko Fukushima
Cast
Miki Yamamoto, Lu Ningjuan, Kenyu Horiuchi, Kenji Utsumi, 山本俊介, Hong Bo
Genres
Animation, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action, Drama, Comedy
Content rating
NR
Original language
Japanese
Production countries
Japan
Status
Released

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