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Robot Carnival

Robot Carnival

Animation · Science Fiction · 1987

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

Movie details

Robot Carnival

“Nine Animators. One Vision.”

1987 Animation · Science Fiction 1h 33m

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TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

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

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Atsuko Fukushima · Takashi Nakamura · Hiroyuki Kitakubo

Written by

Atsuko Fukushima · Yasuomi Umetsu · Hiroyuki Kitazume · Hiroyuki Kitakubo

Kumiko Takizawa

Kumiko Takizawa

Daughter / Small Robot (voice)

Katsue Miwa

Katsue Miwa

Fukusuke (voice)

Chisa Yokoyama

Chisa Yokoyama

Yayoi (voice)

Kohji Moritsugu

Kohji Moritsugu

The Main Character (voice)

K

Keiko Hanagata

Grandma (voice)

A

Aya Murata

Daughter (child) (voice)

N

Nariko Fujieda

Grandchild (voice)

Court is in session

Put Robot Carnival on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.