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.
Hu Tian is a 25-year-old delinquent leading a carefree life with Xiao Jin Ya, whom he considers to be like a sister. One day, a mysterious woman named Bing Lun appears with news of his long-lost parents, who disappeared for more than 20 years. A man named Lei Li also appears and claims to be a friend of his father. Along with his new-found friends, Hu Tian sets out on an expedition to find his long-lost family; while figuring out how to differentiate friend and foes.
Andro Melos (アンドロメロス Andoro Merosu) is a 1983 mini-series about four Ultra Warriors from the Ultraman series in mobile suits fighting aliens and monsters who are working for the evil Gua Empire.
The TV series "Your Name Is Varvara" reveals to the viewer what is hidden in the shadows of life, i.e. what human life (according to the latest findings) looks like in the modern world today. Without a classic main character, and with Varvara as the first among equals, this series, through ten episodes, describes in detail the fates of several main characters who are all focused on one common goal - the search for happiness.
The second adaptation of Alexandra Marinina's novels - "I died yesterday", "The stolen dream", "Men's games", "Everything must be paid for." Criminal investigation officer Anastasia Kamenskaya is able to calculate the criminal by the most insignificant details of his actions, character, psychology.
Chojin Barom One (超人バロム・1 Baromu Wan), or Superhuman Barom 1 is a live-action adaptation of a Japanese manga series written by Takao Saito, produced two years after the comic was originally released. It stars Hiroyuki Takano as Gentaro Shiratori and Hiroki Izuka as Takeshi Kido, the two protagonists.
The Robinson family set sail for a new life in America. After only a short time at sea, they are caught in a terrible, relentless storm that shatters their ship and they find themselves on the sandy beach of a deserted tropical island.
In the 1920's, Inaho ressurrects a vampire named Mosquiton with her blood. He awakens and becomes her slave. Now, Inaho is after the O-Part, which will grant her immortality. However, a bunch of supernatural monsters are out to stop them from achieving their goal.
The Turkish Air Force has a new unit made up of brave men and women: The Free Squadron whose brilliant pilots must succeed in dangerous missions while dealing with their inner demons.
Mourning the loss of her mother, nine-year-old Cassie Aisling daydreams of the magical, mythical world her mother left unfinished. Then, one day, a troll appears. Then another. And another. Before they know it, the Aislings find themselves in the vortex between worlds and transported to a ship called the Unicorn. Here, the Aislings discover that they’ve been chosen to find the magical dragon.
Kisumi Natsuki is a member of the karate club at Goujyu High School. Strong and very skilled, only the captain of the group, Masaoki Yanagisawa, is a match for her. Her life starts to get really complicated when a student named Rina Takaoka is transferred to her school and becomes her classmate. Takaoka's former colleagues are set to punish her for having left Jotoh Academy, a school famous for it's martial arts,
Snapphanar is a Swedish miniseries which aired in three parts on Sveriges Television during Christmas 2006, directed by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein. The historical drama is about the Snapphane peasant rebel movement which fought against the Swedish rule of Scania in the 17th century. The "Snapphanar" was a rebellion people, who fought secretly for Denmark during 1660-1700.
The miniseries were criticised by historians due to a perceived lack of historical accuracy. The Scanian nationalist attitudes portrayed in the series did not exist in the 17th century, and the term snapphane, which is used for self-identification in the series, was in fact a derogatory term used by Swedes.