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Genius Party (2007)
Directed by Yoji Fukuyama, Shinji Kimura, Hideki Futamura, Shinichiro Watanabe, Masaaki Yuasa, Shoji Kawamori, Atsuko Fukushima
Animation, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action, Drama, Comedy · 1h 42m
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.
Cast
Miki Yamamoto
Chen Gonglong (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)
Kenyu Horiuchi
Crane Shumer (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)
Kenji Utsumi
Sai (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)
Crew
- Director
- Yoji Fukuyama, Shinji Kimura, Hideki Futamura, Shinichiro Watanabe, Masaaki Yuasa, Shoji Kawamori, Atsuko Fukushima
- Screenplay
- Masaaki Yuasa, Shoji Kawamori, Hideki Futamura, Shinichiro Watanabe, Yoji Fukuyama
- Original Music Composer
- Nobukazu Takemura, Yoko Kanno, Christian Fennesz, Seiichi Yamamoto, Toshio Nakagawa, Akio Izutsu, Kaoru Inoue, Takuma Watanabe
Details
- Release date
- 2007-07-07
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Animation, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action, Drama, Comedy
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese, Mandarin
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- STUDIO4℃