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Happy Machine (movie)

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Alternative title:
Yumemiru Kikai (Japanese)
夢みるキカイ (Japanese)
Genres: adventure, fantasy
Objectionable content: Mild
User Ratings: 164 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 16 votes (sub:13, ?:2, dub:1)
 Excellent: 17 votes (sub:16, raw:1)
 Very good: 37 votes (sub:35, ?:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 32 votes (sub:28, raw:1, dub:1, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 23 votes (sub:22, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 So-so: 19 votes (sub:18, raw:1)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:5, raw:1)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:6, ?:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 234 users, rank: #3599 (of 10257)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.817 (Good−), std. dev.: 2.1619, rank: #4892 (of 10429)
Weighted mean: 6.780 (Good−), rank: #4921 (of 10429) (seen all: 6.86 / seen some: 0.00 / won't finish: 3.99)
Bayesian estimate: 6.827 (Good−), rank: #4376 (of 7918)
Running time: 15 minutes
Vintage: 2007-07-07
Premiere date:
2007-07-07 (Japan)
2009-01-28 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
Review:
Genius Party (Oct 20, 2008)
News: Show:
Director Masaaki Yuasa to Announce New Work on October 28 (Sep 25, 2018)
Interest:
We Are One: A Global Film Festival to Stream Yuasa's Genius Party Short on June 3 (Jun 1, 2020)
Other article:
The List - 8 Works by Masaaki Yuasa & Where to Find Them (Jan 13, 2018)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Masaaki Yuasa Five Films (Blu-ray) 2023-12-19
    Genius Party & Genius Party Beyond (Sub.Blu-ray) 2019-10-15
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Genius Party & Genius Party Beyond [UK] (BD+DVD) 2017-06-26
DVD (Region 4)
    Genius Party (Sub.DVD) 2009-06-25
    Genius Party & Genius Party Beyond - Box Set (Sub.DVD) 2010-12-10

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Script: Masaaki Yuasa
Storyboard: Masaaki Yuasa
Character Design: Masaaki Yuasa
Art Director: Kazuko Katsui
Animation Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Cgi Director: Akihiro Kawamura

Color design: Akihiro Kawamura
Color setting: Wakako Takahashi
In-Between Animation Director: Mutsuko Yokotani
Key Animation:
Nobutake Ito
Takamasa Ishikawa
Takayuki Hamada
Yasuyuki Shimizu
Kaoru Mizuhara as Baby

Kenichi Okuwaki as Creature Bike
Tomoko Kaneda as Fire Creature
Japanese companies
Animation: Studio 4°C
Production: Studio 4°C
English staff
English cast
Art Director:
Cynthia Segal (GKIDS; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Karrie Stouffer (Shout! Studios; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)

Blu-Ray Producer: Brian Ward (Shout! Studios; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Book Design: Fred Davis (GKIDS; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Liner Notes: Emily Yoshida (Essay extra; GKIDS; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Marketing:
Chance Huskey (GKIDS; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Erica Chon (GKIDS; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Lucy Rubin (GKIDS; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Packaging Concepts:
Cynthia Segal (GKIDS; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Jon Meharg (GKIDS; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Packaging Design: Fred Davis (GKIDS; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Packaging Supervision: Jeff Palo (Shout! Studios; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Project Director:
Alison Kozberg (GKIDS; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
David Jesteadt (GKIDS; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Project Management: Melissa Boag (Shout! Studios; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Sales:
Chance Huskey (GKIDS; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Erica Chon (GKIDS; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Lucy Rubin (GKIDS; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Special Thanks To:
Ayumi Inoguchi (Studio 4°C; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Francesco Prandoni (Production I.G; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
François Grosjean (Fuji Creative Corporation; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Fumie Takeuchi (Asmik Ace; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Mai Katō (Asmik Ace; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Satsuki Yamashita (GKIDS; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Yoshiko Nakayama (Fuji Creative Corporation; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Title Treatment Design: Pamela Zamora (GKIDS; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Video Production:
Jon Meharg (GKIDS; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
Jorge Soto (GKIDS; Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release)
(none)
English companies
Distributor:
Shout! Factory (North America)
Shout! Studios (Masaaki Yuasa Five Films release; North America)
Internet Streaming:
Hoopla
Screen Anime (United Kingdom and Ireland; September 2020)
Licensed by:
Anime Limited (UK & Ireland)
GKIDS (North America)
Siren Visual (Australia & New Zealand)
Subtitles: MX Media LLC (R4 DVD)
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