Genius Party
Genius Party (Japanese: ジーニアス・パーティ, Hepburn: Jīniasu Pāti) is two anthology films made up of 12 short animated films from Studio 4°C. It was envisioned to form a single release.
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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Releases
The first volume, containing seven shorts and entitled Genius Party and was released on July 7, 2007. The second volume, containing five shorts and titled Genius Party Beyond, was released on February 15, 2008. Each short in the anthology has a distinctive animation style and unique story from the directors including Masaaki Yuasa, Shōji Kawamori, Shinichirō Watanabe, and Mahiro Maeda.[3] GKIDS and Shout Factory released both volumes on Blu-ray on October 15, 2019.[4]
Genius Party
The films
| No. | Title | Director | Summary |
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| 1 | "Genius Party" | Atsuko Fukushima | In a barren desert, a human-like figure with a bird-like mask and appendages interacts with sentient egg-like stones in what seems like a symbiotic relationship. |
| 2 | "Shanghai Dragon" | Shōji Kawamori | A young Chinese boy finds a futuristic device that can make his own drawings come to life, but it is part of a plan by humans from centuries in the future to save their civilization. |
| 3 | "Deathtic 4" | Shinji Kimura | A boy in world of zombies finds a living frog that falls from the sky and he tries to return the creature to its own world. |
| 4 | "Doorbell" | Yoji Fukuyama | A young man encounters other versions of himself causing confusion about his own existence. |
| 5 | "Limit Cycle" | Hideki Futamura | A salary man, seemingly trapped in an endless cycle of work, makes an existential examination of the world. Illustrated in the manner of a psychedelic hallucination. |
| 6 | "Happy Machine" | Masaaki Yuasa | An infant suddenly discovers that everything in its nursery is fake and goes out into the world outside where it encounters a range of alien like creatures, some friendly and some not. |
| 7 | "Baby Blue" | Shinichirō Watanabe | A bittersweet story about two high-school students and long-time friends who skip school for a day before one leaves for another city. |
Voice cast
- Tomoko Kaneda
- Rinko Kikuchi
- Lu Ningjuan
- Taro Yabe
- Yûya Yagira
- Yoko Kanno
Genius Party Beyond
The films
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| 1 | "Gala" | Mahiro Maeda | A massive object lands near a village filled with strange creatures. A boy and girl sense that it is alive and when they start playing music it begins to grow. |
| 2 | "Moondrive" | Kazuto Nakazawa | A group of violent criminals seek a rumored treasure on Giants Island, but after only finding huge disappointment, they destroy the entire island. |
| 3 | "'Wanwa' the Doggy" | Shinya Ōhira | While his mother prepares to give birth to another child, a child has vivid dreams revealing a bizarre mix of fears, hopes and joy. |
| 4 | "Toujin Kit" | Tatsuyuki Tanaka | In a steam punk world, a young woman illegally creates alien life forms inside stuffed animals, but the authorities eventually catch up with her. |
| 5 | "Dimension Bomb" | Kōji Morimoto | An eccentric young girl summons boy from another dimension but their relationship changes resulting in an explosion of visual pyrotechnics as they each follow their own destiny. |
Voice cast
- Arata Furuta
- Akiko Suzuki
- Shôko Takada
- Urara Takano
See also
- List of package films
- Robot Carnival - Anthology film from 1987.
References
External links
- Genius Party official site (in Japanese)
- Genius Party at IMDb
- Genius Party Beyond at IMDb
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