

Genius Party
7 Impacts by 7 Directors
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
102 min
Release Date
2007-07-07
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
52
Vote Average
6.5
Tomoko Kaneda
Rinko Kikuchi
Taro Yabe
Yuya Yagira
Nanase Iwai
Miki Yamamoto
Gakuto Furuhara
Hiroshi Mikami
Lu Ningjuan
5.5
The Big First-Grader and the Small Second-Grader
First-grader Masaya is a crybaby despite his large stature, so he can't walk by himself on the dark path to school. The one who holds his hand is Akiyo, a tiny but capable second-grader. Masaya wants to be strong like Akiyo and admires her, but one day, something happens that leaves Akiyo in tears. To lift Akiyo's spirits, Masaya goes trekking to the distant Ipponsugi forest to find the spotted bellflowers that Akiyo loves.
2014-03-01 | ja
6.0
Paroru's Future Island
There is a tiny island floating on the other side of a distant sea. Strange animals, still unknown to humans, live there. One of the island's children, Paroru, comes across a photo of the human world one day, and fascinated by this beautiful wonder, breaks the rules and rushes out of the island. Paroru and others are surprised and excited to see the human world for the first time. However, unforeseen pitfalls await them there... Can they safely reach their journey's destination?
2014-03-01 | ja
7.2
Tamako Love Story
Devoted to her family’s rice-cake–making business and the high school baton club, Tamako is a little slow when it comes to love. She’s oblivious to her childhood friend Mochizo’s affections, even though all their friends know. With graduation closing in and Mochizo leaving for Tokyo, will Tamako realise her feelings and tell him in time?
2014-04-26 | ja
6.9
Case Closed: The Sniper from Another Dimension
A vicious sniper has appeared in Tokyo, rendering the people too scared to go outside, once again it's up to Conan to figure out the meaning behind the killings and capture the mysterious sniper before more lives are lost.
2014-04-19 | ja
7.9
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
The Red Ribbon Army, an evil organization that was once destroyed by Goku in the past, has been reformed by a group of people who have created new and mightier Androids, Gamma 1 and Gamma 2, and seek vengeance against Goku and his family.
2022-06-11 | ja
0.0
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
1986-04-23 | en
10.0
Futari wa Precure Splash☆Star: Maji Doki Theater
A seed of hope descends from the sky, landing atop Flappy's head and sprouting between his ears. Goyaan is sent after the seed of hope and uses a seed of despair to transform an Uzaina, causing big trouble for the Precure!
2006-07-01 | ja
0.0
Kirakira Kirari ☆
2022-06-10 | ja
10.0
JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death - The Movie
Pursued by a religious cult and other curse users, former friends Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto are the only sorcerers capable of carrying the difficult task of protecting Riko Amanai, a student designated to be sacrificed as the Star Plasma Vessel, until she can fulfill her duty. A compilation of the five-episode "Hidden Inventory / Premature Death" series arc.
2025-05-30 | ja
6.0
100 Years
An animated history of American health care provider, Planned Parenthood.
2017-01-17 | en
7.9
Persepolis
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.
2007-06-27 | fr
6.8
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein
The Chipmunks work in an amusement park attraction. After Alvin drives a crazy tour group, they miss their next performance and are locked in the park after closing time. Little do they know that the real Dr. Frankenstein has been hired in a new attraction called, "Frankenstein's Castle"; figuring that the castle isn't scary enough, the mad scientist recreates the real Monster.
1999-09-28 | en
4.4
Frankenstein General Hospital
A mad doctor puts together a new body by using body parts he steals from a mortuary at the hospital where he works.
1988-03-11 | en
6.4
Bambi Meets Godzilla
Bambi is nibbling the grass, unaware of the upcoming encounter with Godzilla. Who will win when they finally meet? Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.
1969-07-10 | en
4.0
World, Before You End
Two people separated by time and space must unravel their tangled history before the world comes to an end.
2021-02-28 | ja
7.2
Lost in Starlight
When an astronaut leaves Earth for Mars, the vast infinite space divides star-crossed lovers in this animated romance that crosses the cosmos.
2025-05-30 | ko
8.1
My Neighbor Totoro
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
1988-04-16 | ja
4.1
The Dustwalker
An alien spaceship crash-lands in an isolated town in the middle of the Australian desert, releasing an insidious parasite that attacks the brain of all creatures including humans, making them disorientated, unnaturally strong and violent. Sargeant Jo Sharp, readying for a return to the big city beat, wakes to find the township, her family and friends falling victim to an evil that is spreading faster than it can be contained.
2020-03-20 | en
1.0
TANK S.W.A.T. 01
Masamune Shirow presents a story about the Dominion Tank Police dealing with terrorists taking over the NT Building with AI driven tanks.
2006-03-24 | ja
6.9
Steamboy
After receiving a package from his grandfather, Ray, a young inventor who lives in England during the mid-19th century, finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict related to a revolutionary advance in steam power.
2004-07-17 | ja