Ani*Kuri15

15 one-minute shorts created by various people from Japan's animation industry. The title of the collection, Ani*Kuri15, is abbreviated from the words "anime" and "creators".Season One</strong> 1) Shinji Kimura - Attack of Higashimachi Ni Chome/Attack of Higashimachi 2nd Burough</em> 2) Akemi Hayashi - Namida no Mukou/From the Other Side of the Tears</em> 3) Yasufumi Soejima - Hyotoko/Blaze Man</em> 4) Osamu Kobayashi - Sancha Blues/The Aromatic Tea Blues</em> 5) Shinjiro Nishimi - Uchujin Raikou Hiroshi no Baai/Invasion from Space - Hiroshi's Case</em> Season Two</strong> 6) Mamoru Oshii - Project Mermaid</em> 7) Kazuto Nakazawa - "yurururu" ~Nichijou Hen~</em> 8) Range Murata and Tatsuya Yabuta - Gyrosopter</em> 9) Tobira Oda and Yasuyuki Shimizu - Sport Captain Episode No.18: Assassin Descended from the Mountain Hunt!!</em> 10) Atsushi Takeuchi - Wandaba Kiss</em> Season Three</strong> 11) Makoto Shinkai - Neko no Shuukai/A Gathering of Cats</em> 12) Mahiro Maeda - Onmitsu Hime</em> 13) Michael Arias - Okkakekko</em> 14) Shouji Kawamori - Project Omega</em> 15) Satoshi Kon - Ohayou/Good Morning</em>

Genius Party

An anthology of seven short animated films from Studio 4°C: 1.) Genius Party</b> (directed by Atsuko Fukushima) A bizarre bird-like creature runs through a barren desert and finds what seems to be a smiling egg lying on the ground. 2.) Shanghai Dragon</b> (directed by Shouji Kawamori) An imaginative Chinese boy finds a futuristic device that can make his own drawings come to life. After discovering the device, the town he lives in is about to be invaded by spaceships and machines of mass destruction that are all centuries ahead of Earth's time. 3.) Deathtic 4</b> (directed by Shinji Kimura) A tale set in a world full of zombies, living their normal zombie lives. A living frog falls from the blackened sky of the zombie world, and a little zombie boy with his friends try to bring the living creature back to its own world. 4.) Doorbell</b> (directed by Youji Fukuyama) The main character is a ghost in his own world. He must outrun the other versions of himself, or they will take over his life. 5.) Limit Cycle</b> (directed by Hideki Futamura) An existential examination of the world as seen through the lens of a man seemingly trapped in an endless cycle of work. 6.) Happy Machine</b> (directed by Masaaki Yuasa) An infant who is happily secured in his own nursery suddenly discovers that everything about the nursery is fake. Soon the infant is forced out of the nursery into the world that exists outside, where adventure awaits, and there are many alien-like creatures to encounter. 7.) Baby Blue</b> (directed by Shinichirou Watanabe) A small adventure of two young students who decide to go anywhere they can for just one day, to enjoy that day without caring about the rest, and simply be together. (Source: Anime News Network)

Genius Party Beyond

The sequel to Genius Party. It includes most of the films which were eventually finished but not included in the original Genius Party. 1.) Gala</b> (directed by 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</b> (directed by 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</b> (directed by Shinya Ohira) 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</b> (directed by 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</b> (directed by Kouji 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. (Source: Wikipedia)