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Memories

Memories

Fantasy · Animation · Science Fiction · 1995

Three back-to-back anime films by three different directors make up this sci-fi trilogy three years in the making.

Movie details

Memories

“Three unforgettable tales from the masters of anime.”

1995 Fantasy · Animation · Science Fiction 1h 53m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

7.5 / 10

Community rating

Three back-to-back anime films by three different directors make up this sci-fi trilogy three years in the making.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Memories?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Katsuhiro Otomo · Koji Morimoto · Tensai Okamura

Written by

Satoshi Kon · Katsuhiro Otomo

Tsutomu Isobe

Tsutomu Isobe

Heinz Beckner (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Koichi Yamadera

Miguel Costrela (voice)

Shozo Iizuka

Shozo Iizuka

Ivanov (voice)

Shigeru Chiba

Shigeru Chiba

Aoshima (voice)

Gara Takashima

Gara Takashima

Eva Friedel (voice)

A

Ami Hasegawa

Emily (voice)

Hideyuki Hori

Hideyuki Hori

Nobuo Tanaka (voice)

Court is in session

Put Memories 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.