Am I crazy enough to drive a bit over a thousand miles to this?

Hmm...

Genius Party has been a series of shorts from Studio 4°C that I've been waiting for nearly a year now. Here's some information about the release:

7 animated shorts coming from Studio 4°C

Vol. 1 release date : Summer 2007 (Japan) ...

7 Directors - 7 Shorts :

#1 GENIUS PARTY - Atsuko Fukushima
#2 Space-Time Wars - Shoji Kawamori
#3 Death Take Four - Shinji Kimura
#4 Doorbell - Yoji Fukuyama
#5 LIMIT CYCLE - Hideki Futamura
#6 Dream Machine - Masaaki Yuasa
#7 BABY BLUE - Shinichiro Watanabe

http://www.genius-party.jp/

And Here's the third trailer:

Normally, I don't have many anticipated up-and-coming anime that I'm waiting for. I seem to have more of a wait-and-see attitude, and often will wait until others of watched and discussed the anime before I start watching. As it is, I already have quite a backlog of anime waiting to be watched. I find that this serves me well, and it's rare that I watch an anime that disappoints me. But sometimes, based on previous experiences with certain creators or an intriguing concept, I'll find myself looking forward to several animes, like right now. There's a number of anime, mostly films, coming out of Japan that I am keeping an eye out for.