Genius Party
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.
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Cast
Crew
Takuma Sakamoto
CGI Director
Tokuyuki Matsutake
Key Animation
Takahiro Tanaka
Character Designer, Second Unit Director, Animation Director, Key Animation
Toshiyuki Kubooka
Storyboard Artist, Second Unit Director
Yoko Kanno
Original Music Composer
Masaaki Yuasa
Director, Screenplay, Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, Animation Director
Hideki Futamura
Director, Screenplay
Shinichiro Watanabe
Director, Screenplay, Storyboard Artist
Shoji Kawamori
Director, Screenplay, Mechanical Designer