Robot Carnival
by Takashi Nakamura, K?ji Morimoto, Hiroyuki Kitazume
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Actor: Aya Murata, Keiko Hanagata, Koji Moritsugu, Kumiko Takizawa, Yayoi MakiDirector: Hiroyuki Kitazume, K?ji Morimoto, Takashi Nakamura
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Dubbed)
Format: Animated, Color, NTSC, Original recording reissued
Running Time: 90 minutes
Release Date: 1993-08-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Best Film And Video
Studio: Best Film And Video
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Movie Review: Great little treasure
Summary: 5 Stars
In the early 90s, the most widely available anime titles were released stateside through Streamline Pictures, largely thanks to Carl Maceck, who had much to do with the Americanized version of Macross, Mospeada, and Southern Cross in the form of Robotech. If you weren't exposed to anime in the underground world of fansubs and comic cons, then along with Robotech, you probably saw Vampire Hunter D, Akira, and this little jewel. Of the aformentioned titles, it's the only one not on DVD in the USA.
That's a shame too, because it's such a beautiful piece of work, featuring short segments by several directors. Even though it was early in the US popularity of anime, this was a different piece compared to anything else that had been released thus far. It wasn't the sci fi soap opera of Robotech nor the overly violent fare associated with Akira and Vampire Hunter D. Rather it was an anthology of gently created pieces that all had one thing in common - another great Japanese past time - Robots!
But these aren't robot sci fi stories in the traditional sense. Deprive, featuring a robot/humanoid a la Terminator, is the only one that comes close. The rest of the segments seem to have a rather warm feel with the possible unifying theme of man's relationship with robots. The creators choose interesting settings, as in a Tale of Two Robots, which features two opposing sides, Japan and a foreigner (who speaks English, but sounds like he has a German accent - and that's from the Japanese version) seems to take place in the past and both sides are using these wooden, mechanized robots, working when people turn wheels to make them walk and operate manual gears to move them. Another, "Prescence" involves Androids, but looks more like Victorian England and involves a toymaker who creates an android for companionship because he doesn't feel it with his family, yet guiltily destroys it.
But that just scratches the surface. Everything in here is brilliant and some of the design on it is better than anything that has since come out of Japan, just on the basis of pure creativity. To top it off, this boasts an incredible soundtrack. As would be fitting for a movie about robots, it's a largely electronic based scores. The melodies in "Cloud" and "Prescence" stand out, as they are simple, soft, haunting, and endlessly captivating.
That this has been out of print for so long is criminal, surely the result of a copyright snafu somewhere. If you long for it, though, there are two official out of print versions from Japan and Korea and in print version available in France (available from Amazon French website).
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