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MEMORIES

1995, Movie, 3 eps, 76%, Studio 4°C

Recommended by 39 Robot Carnival fans on AniList. The same kind of story: auteur sci-fi anthologies.

Memories is a compilation of three standalone short films encompassing different genres. Magnetic Rose — a science fiction tale that tells a chilling story of love, loss, and the unwillingness to forget. Stink Bomb — a tongue-in-cheek story of a chemical researcher who is just…

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About Robot Carnival

1987, OVA, 9 eps, 70%, APPP

9 of Japan's leading animators were asked to create a short segment that followed the theme of "Robots," for their inclusion in this film. Essentially, this "movie" is 9 short films, all independent of one another. The common element is human interaction with robots, namely the consequences of creating life with one's own hands, played in nine very different ways.

(Source: Anime News Network)

1. Opening (dir. by Atsuko Fukushima and Katsuhiro Otomo)
2. Franken's Gears (dir. by Koji Morimoto)
3. Deprive (dir. by Hidetoshi Omori)
4. Presence (dir. by Yasuomi Umetsu)
5. Star Light Angel (dir. by Hiroyuki Kitazume)
6. Cloud (dir. by Mao Lamdo)
7. A Tale of Two Robots (dir. by Hiroyuki Kitakubo)
8. Nightmare (dir. by Takashi Nakamura)
9. Ending (dir. by Atsuko Fukushima and Katsuhiro Otomo)

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