Genius Party

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.

Trailer

Play trailer: WFAC 2008 Trailer -Genius Party- Trailer

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Cast and crew

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  Miki YamamotoChen Gonglong (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)

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  Lu NingjuanMeihua (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)

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  Kenyu HoriuchiCrane Shumer (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)

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  Kenji UtsumiSai (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)

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  山本俊介Da Niu (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)

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  Hong BoTV Hero (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)

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  Gao KewenTV Heroine (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)

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  Wang ChunAdditional Voices (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)

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  Shouhei FukudaGlasses Minion (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)

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  子系 卓Additional Voices (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)

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  裴 杰运Additional Voices (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)

• 平

  平昌浩Additional Voices (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)

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  Masashi TanakaBoy 3 (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)

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  Zhao YueyueBoy 4 (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)

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  Yoshimasa KawataAdditional Voices (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)

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  Kiyohito YoshikaiAdditional Voices (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)

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  Sou AsakuraAdditional Voices (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)

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  Imaizumi KotaroAdditional Voices (Shanghai Dragon segment) (voice)

Director

Atsuko Fukushima, Yoji Fukuyama and Hideki Futamura

Writer

Shinichiro Watanabe, Yoji Fukuyama and Hideki Futamura

Music

Nobukazu Takemura, Yoko Kanno and Christian Fennesz