Robot Carnival
Rated: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Status: Finished Airing
Source: Original
Score: 7.22
Rank: 3277
Popularity: 4404
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 independant 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: ANN) 1: Opening (Atsuko Fukushima and Katsuhiro Otomo) 2: Franken's Gears (Koji Morimoto) 3: Deprive (Hidetoshi Omori) 4: Presence (Yasuomi Umetsu) 5: Star Light Angel (Hiroyuki Kitazume) 6: Cloud (Mao Lamdo) 7: A Tale of Two Robots (Hiroyuki Kitakubo) 8: Nightmare (Takashi Nakamura) 9: Ending (Atsuko Fukushima and Katsuhiro Otomo)
Character dan Voice actor
Sankichi
Main
Tomiyama, Kei
Shoujo
Main
Shujinkou
Main
Moritsugu, Kouji
Daimaru
Supporting
Nishio, Toku
Denjirou
Supporting
Shiozawa, Kaneto
Review
psypher
While simply a series of short films, Robot Carnival really is artisic creativity unbound. Each story in and of itself is an exploration into the various aspects of artifical life forms and various implications thereof. As written by Justin Sevrakis on ANN "The show's credits reads like a whose-who of anime"- and it truly does. I cannot recommend this enough for mecha fans and really anyone who enjoys seeing artists doing what they do best.
pyroromancer
Robot Carnival is a bunch of smaller pieces that forms a masterpiece. 30 years before Hollywood, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Stephen hawking fear mongered the hell out of AI, these brilliant writers and animators theorize and demonstrate multiple short stories as how the AI/Robot singularity may playout, from beginnings, to present to future and post human worlds. These films each have their own theme and tone. You might up in deep thinking, dreading, laughing and crying in this one sitting. Enjoy these short films as they depict the struggles and joys AI/robots will face as they walk the same path as "us."
