Genius party
Opening
Loved this, creative visuals and some really awesome music. A great start to the collection, as far as I'm concerned.
Shanghai Dragon
This was pretty fun to watch from a conceptual stand-point, but I wasn't a fan of the direction in some places, namely the "action" sequences felt confusing and hard-to-follow at times because of how was much going on in them. But it wasn't bad, and much better than what I expected from kawamori.
Deathtic 4
Did not like this, did not like the visual style, thought it was very uninteresting to watch, reminded me of a Tim Burton film but way more zzzz.
Doorbell
I loved the atmosphere and mood of this, but didn't feel the concept was strong enough to sustain it's momentum for the entirely of the short, felt a tad to long for it's own good, despite that I enjoyed the hell out of it regardless.
Limit Cycle
The dialogue is just rambling pseudo-intellectual garbage; but I really liked how the visuals and concept complimented the "unnerving" mood of the short, it's not particularly enjoyable to watch, but I thought what it was aiming for was quite effective to say the least.
Happy Machine
Fucking awesome - awesome visuals, awesome direction, awesome everything. <3 Yuasa
Baby Blue
The visual style in this reminded me of Kids on the slope the way the characters blended in with the realistic-looking backgrounds, the opening scene also gave me a real KitS vibe. Otherwise this was pretty damn good, it sorts of interesting to watch since it has a low-key premise, but has a lot of elements like the whole grenade thing which feels out-of-place within the narrative, but somehow works with what the director is trying to portray. The closing scene also had a really interesting direction choice too, that managed to somehow work, plus it had great music too.
