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23 December 1995 (Japan)
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Plot:
"Memories" is made up of three separate science-fiction stories. In the first, "Magnetic Rose," four...
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The surreal masterpiece of anime
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Cast
 | Shigeru Chiba | ... | Aoshima (voice) |
| Hisao Egawa | ... | Swiveler (voice) |
| Kayoko Fujii | ... | Sakiko (voice) |
| Nobuaki Fukuda | ... | Chief Shell Handler (voice) |
| Ami Hasegawa | ... | Emily (voice) |
| Isamu Hayashi | ... | Boy (voice) |
| Michio Hazama | ... | Nirasaki (voice) |
| Masato Hirano | ... | Mr. A (voice) |
| Hideyuki Hori | ... | Nobuo Tanaka (voice) |
| Shôzô Iizuka | ... | Ivanov (voice) |
| Hiroaki Ishikawa | ... | Announcement in Station 1 (voice) |
| Takkô Ishimori | ... | Doctor (voice) |
| Tomoko Ishimura | ... | Robot (voice) |
| Tsutomu Isobe | ... | Heinz (voice) |
| Tetsuya Iwanaga | ... | Nobuo's Younger Brother (voice) |
| Yoshio Kawai | ... | Male 2 (voice) |
| Yukimasa Kishino | ... | Executive Officer 2 (voice) |
| Takurô Kitagawa | ... | Announcement in Station 3 (voice) |
| Michitaka Kobayashi | ... | Reporter (voice) (as Sanshirô Nitta) |
| Hisako Kyôda | ... | Grand Mother (voice) |
| Chie Kôjiro | ... | Miki (voice) |
| Naoki Makijima | ... | Pirot (voice) |
| Atsuko Mine | ... | Female 1 (voice) |
| Stefan Mori | ... | U.S. Soldier (voice) |
| Takashi Nagasako | ... | Announcement in Station 2 (voice) |
| Ryûji Nakagi | ... | Teacher (voice) |
| Hidetoshi Nakamura | ... | Commander (voice) |
| Naoko Nakamura | ... | Nurse (voice) |
| Kenichi Ogata | ... | Omaeda (voice) |
| Makoto Ohba | ... | Voice 1 (voice) |
| Hideaki Ono | ... | Announcer (voice) |
| Youko Otomo | ... | Female 3 (voice) |
| Osamu Saka | ... | Kamata (voice) |
| Tetsuo Sakaguchi | ... | Voice 2 (voice) |
| Ai Satou | ... | Weather Forecaster (voice) |
| Hiroyuki Satou | ... | Operator (voice) |
| Masaharu Satô | ... | Operator (voice) |
| Bin Shimada | ... | Master (voice) |
| Kôzô Shioya | ... | Male 1 (voice) |
| Kazuyuki Sogabe | ... | Workmate (voice) |
| Keiichi Sonobe | ... | Soldier 3 (voice) |
| Yôko Soumi | ... | Anna (voice) |
| Katsumi Suzuki | ... | Soldier 1 (voice) |
| Gara Takashima | ... | Eva (voice) |
| Kazumi Tanaka | ... | Soldier 2 (voice) |
| Ryôichi Tanaka | ... | Executive Officer (voice) |
| Seiko Tomoe | ... | Female 2 (voice) |
| Keaton Yamada | ... | Father (voice) |
| Kôichi Yamadera | ... | Miguel (voice) |
| Keiko Yamamoto | ... | Mother (voice) |
| Shinya Ôtaki | ... | Operator 2 (voice) |
| Akio Ôtsuka | ... | Military Official (voice) |
| Chikao Ôtsuka | ... | General Manager (voice) |
Directed by | |||
| Kôji Morimoto | (segment 1 "Magnetic Rose") | ||
| Tensai Okamura | (segment 2 "Stink Bomb") | ||
| Katsuhiro Ôtomo | (segment 3 "Cannon Fodder") | ||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Satoshi Kon | segment 1 "Magnetic Rose" | |
| Katsuhiro Ôtomo | mangas (segments 1, 2 and 3) | |
Produced by | |||
| Shigeru Watanabe | .... | producer | |
| Katsuhiro Ôtomo | .... | executive producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Yôko Kanno | (segment 1 "Magnetic Rose") | ||
| Jun Miyake | (segment 2 "Stink Bomb") | ||
| Hiroyuki Nagashima | (segment 3 "Cannon Fodder") | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Takeshi Seyama | |||
Music Department | |||
| Takkyu Ishino | .... | composer: opening/closing music | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Bandai Visual Company
- Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2004) (Argentina) (all media)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video
- LK-TEL (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
- LK-TEL (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Nelonen (2007) (Finland) (TV)
- Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
- Studio Ghibli photography
- Studio Ghibli photography (segment 3)
Additional Details
Also Known As:
"Memorîzu" - Japan (original title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violent and disturbing images
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Runtime:
113 min
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Certification:
Australia:PG | Germany:12 | Sweden:11 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-11 | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Brazil:12 | South Korea:15 (2012)
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The sound effect of the Nostromo's computers turning on in the opening scene of Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) can be heard briefly at an elapsed time of 00:24:57 (Region 1 DVD).See more »
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Edited from Kanojo no omoide (1995)See more »
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Memories conveys three of the best anime segments ever done, even if so many anime fans don't know about it. The first time I saw Memories in a film festival in 1998 left me with such an impression that I never forgot about it. Now that finally I own the DVD, I can say that it's the same as I remembered: magnificent.
The "Magnetic Rose" segment feels at times like an homage to Kubrick's "2001 : Space Odissey", and now I could say it's a straight antecedent of the sci-fi tendency about the human mind in a simulated space which we have seen in "Dark City", "Matrix", etc. How a simulation program triggers the memories of the explorers and gets mixed with synthetic memories is done in a very intriguing form. The opera music plays a most important role, since it's the soundtrack what gives depth to the happenings here told.
"Stink Bomb" is funny as hell, taking the typical idiot hero in the Nintendo kind of plot (thhink Koji in Mazzinger, or Seya in Knigths of the Zodiac) as for what he should be (an idiot, every day man with the flu) , the story revolves around on the accidental creation of a human stinking bomb who treat hens the whole island of Japan. Real funny in a way most kid's animes aren't.
Finally, "Cannon Fodder" is the segment which I feel is the true masterpiece in this little anthology. A metaphorical world where a country is in a war against an unknown (and probably inexistent) enemy, and how the cannons are not only weapons, but the complete essence of the cultural, economical and social layers of this surreal "totalitarian" country. Some reminiscence of Orwell's 1984 is present, but the execution is really like anything I have ever seen or read before. It's a one shot segment, so I can hardly imagine the size of some background panels and the animation logistics of this. The music accentuates this strange feeling (very much like in Aeon Flux), and the unusual rendering style makes this a little strange jewel, not only from anime, but from all styles of animation.
As I said before, most movie and anime fans don't seem to know, or don't have any memories about this surreal collection of animated storied. I'm glad I'll never forget them.