Robot Carnival (1991)
"Robotto kânibaru" (original title)

An anthology of various tales told in various styles with robots being the one common element among them.

Directors:

Atsuko Fukushima, Hiroyuki Kitakubo,

Stars:

Kôji Moritsugu, Yayoi Maki, Keiko Hanagata

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kôji Moritsugu	...	Main Character (segment "Presence")
Yayoi Maki	...	Girl (segment "Presence")
Keiko Hanagata	...	Grandma (segment "Presence")
Kumiko Takizawa	...	Daughter, voice of Small Robot (segment "Presence")
Aya Murata	...	Daughter (child) (segment "Presence")
Nariko Fujieda	...	Grandchild (segment "Presence")
Satoru Inagaki	...	Man A (segment "Presence")
Hideyuki Umezu	...	Man B (segment "Presence")
Ikuya Sawaki	...	Man C (segment "Presence")
Hidehiro Kikuchi	...	Child A, Child D (segment "Presence")
Daisuke Namikawa	...	Child B (segment "Presence")
Tatsuhiko Nakamura	...	Child C (segment "Presence")
Kei Tomiyama	...	Miyoshi (segment "Meiji karakuri bunmei kitan")
Chisa Yokoyama	...	Yayoi (segment "Meiji karakuri bunmei kitan")
Katsue Miwa	...	Fukusuke (segment "Meiji karakuri bunmei kitan")

Storyline

This is a Fantasia-like anthology of robots. The most noble are Presence, Deprive, and Nightmare. Nightmare is the story of an evil, cybernetic overlord that rises one night and unleashes its robotic servants. Deprive is a science fiction tale of a young girl who has been abducted by an invading army of robots, and only a mysterious cyborg can help her. Presence is about a young toy-maker who makes a beautiful, female cyborg. When she becomes "a bit too real", he destroys her, only to be haunted by her spirit for the rest of his life.

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Plot Keywords:

robot | anthology | android | piloted giant robot | steampunk | 

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Taglines:

Nine Animators. One Vision.

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Drama | Fantasy

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Details

Country:

Japan

Release Date:

15 March 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Robot Carnival

Company Credits

Production Co:

APPP, Studio 4°C

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Blank Check (1994)

User Reviews

A very nice collection of short anime tales all involving robots.

Almost every story in this film was very well done and enjoyable. I just wish I could get a hold of a DVD of this fine film so I can do a better review of it as there are a lot of the stories I can not remember to clearly as it has been a while since I last saw this film. I remember it starting with a bang as a giant robot carnival comes to town and begins to blow up everything in sight and this is also part of the ending tale too. There is a story of a woman kidnapped and a mysterious young man comes to save her, I enjoyed this one as the music was very good and this one had good action as well. Another one I remember is a Frankenstein one that is the shortest of the bunch if I remember correctly. Then there is one where a girl goes to a fair and somehow a ride she goes on ends up as being an action sequence. The funniest one involves two robots as a mad engineer does battle with kids using what was intended to be a float for a fair. Then there is a strange one involving a guy and this female bot, this story made the least sense, but I am guessing a lot of it was cut as I watched it on TBS so I am guessing it would make a lot more sense if seen in its entirety. The final one I remember is one about a robot that looked a bit like Mega Man just walking through the clouds, very simple but well done. I think there was more, but this is all I remember, like I said I would love to get a hold of the DVD so I can watch it all again and uncut this time.