Tuzki - Love Assassin

Tuzki is a popular illustrated Chinese rabbit mascot who enjoys the same type of niche popularity as Sanrio's Hello Kitty cast. Created back in 2006, the character became popular over the years in broadcasting, icons for messenger programs and cellphones, as well as various media ranging from comics to animated shorts.

In this latest collaboration with Japanese Studio 4°C, we get to see Tuzki get prompted to kill a mysterious figure with a heart and bazooka in tow. Using a mixture of CG and hand animation, we're given a taste of Tuzki's hatred of ducks and ill fated attempts at romance.

PES - "Koshin"

Directed by Tanaka Tatsuyuki from Studio 4°C, this wonderfully chipper music video was created as part of the studios collaboration with Toyota on an anime called PES (Peace Eco Smile). The video, starring the musical stylings of Akai Koen features a girl on a journey through the cosmos and multiple dimensions in her space junker known as the 'Red Park.'

Tanaka is best known for his role as a key animator on projects including Akira and Bubblegum Crisis, as well as putting out multiple art books like the memorable Cannabis Works, showcasing his love for gritty, dieselpunk scifi as well as contributing to Koji Morimoto's (Also Studio 4°C) Orange illustration book.

Gotham Knight - "Have I Got A Story For You"

Warner Brothers recently made the Michael Arias (Tekkon Kinkreet)/ Studio 4°C short 'Have I Got A Story For You,' revolving around four kids sharing wildly exaggerated stories about their encounters with the Dark Knight, fueled by their wild imaginations. The short is from the 2008 Gotham Knight anthology, which premiered just prior to The Dark Knight the same year.

Keep Walking Theater

Studio 4C recently realized this odd animation for of all companies, Johnnie Walker as part of their 'Keep Walking Theater.' Huh? If you're confused, we can't blame you. The idea behind this project was to have different studios take a stab at interpreting illustrating the classic slogan, "Keep walking." The only thing that could be seen as confusing is that this short looks like it would appeal to kids more than hardened, Whiskey swigging adults like ourselves. Oh well, guess you might as well get them started young.

Dimension Bomb By Koji Morimoto

Continuing with our mission to expose everyone to all the Genius Party shorts, featuring the works of some of the most successful and celebrated anime directors and artists of their time...Here is a trailer for Dimension Bomb, a visually striking short by Koji Morimoto (Memories, Tekkonkingreet, Macross Plus) about a girl who unleashes something terrible by summoning a boy from another dimension for her own amusement. The colorful style, the beautiful animation and surreal, at times abstract imagery left an impression.

If you're looking for a mind blowing short, check out Part 1 and 2 of Dimension Bomb right after the break!