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“Anthology of shorts by renowned anime creators exploring deep themes like relativity, oppression, and inner darkness.”
Genius Party Beyond
ジーニアスパーティービヨンド
7.15
3,909 rank · 24,476 viewers · 86 favorites
Avant Garde
Fantasy
Sci-Fi
Music
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Synopsis
Anthology of shorts by renowned anime creators exploring deep themes like relativity, oppression, and inner darkness.
Containing shorts that could not be included in the original, Genius Party Beyond weaves stories that are both deep and insightful: the idea all life is relative in size, the consequences of an oppressive government, and how to deal with your darker desires, among others. From the directors and artists of works such as Samurai Champloo, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Akira, come a multitude of thought-provoking tales, to create a collection equalling the original in storytelling genius.
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Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
6.6
/10
What 5 viewers settled on.
75%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.96
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.96 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 3.0
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No
Score over time
↓ 1.40
Running avg · May 2011 → Dec 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Moondrive and Toujin Kit are very, very excellent - former is a very wacky almost Diebuster style thing with colours and explosions, while latter is classic grim "brown" anime a la 2003 Kino's...”
- 8 “Just like I did in my review for the first Genius Party, i'll give a rating for each short then an overall rating. 1. Gala - 8 2. Moondrive - 8 3. Wanwa the Puppy - 7 4. Tojin Kit - 8 5. Dimension...”
- 8 “Like previous Studio 4c collaborations "Batman: Gothic Knight" and "The Animatrix", the Genius Party shorts are less about showcasing deep stories than they are about showcasing the wonders of...”
Verbosity
Short · 40%
Medium · 60%
Long · 0%
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- Format 5 × 16′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 20m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2008 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-4736 catalog