Japan Synopsis
ジーニアスパーティー
“7 Impacts by 7 Directors”
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.
The 2006–2008 Japan Window
372 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Genius Party sits at position #274.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Genius Party. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Genius Party premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,448 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (25th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.6 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #2,118 of 2,532 (top 84%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | STUDIO4℃ |
| Runtime | 1h 42m |
| Release Date | July 7, 2007 |
| IMDb | tt0962762 |
| Official Site | genius-party.studio4c.co.jp |