


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.


Collection
Part of Genius Party Collection
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Afternoon
2007 · Movie
Messy Christmas
2007 · Movie
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea
2026 · Movie
The Dangers in My Heart: The Movie
2026 · Movie
Marquise
1997 · Movie
The Fisherman and His Wife
2005 · Movie
Room 10
2006 · Movie
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving
1999 · Movie
I Am the Other Woman
2006 · Movie
Patong Girl
2014 · Movie
The World of Sholom Aleichem
1959 · Movie
Assassination Classroom: Jump Festa 2013 Special
2013 · Movie
Madonnas
2007 · Movie
Bunnylovr
2026 · Movie
Love Exchange
2001 · Movie
JUJUTSU KAISEN: Execution
2025 · Movie
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987 · Movie
Mondkalb
2008 · Movie
Hallåhallå
2014 · Movie
Shrek
2001 · Movie