Robot Carnival (Video 1987)

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Kôji Moritsugu	...	Toymaker (voice)
	Yayoi Maki	...	Android (voice)
	Keiko Hanagata	...	Wife (voice)
	Kumiko Takizawa	...	Grown Daughter / Clock (voice)
	Aya Murata	...	Daughter (voice)
	Nariko Fujieda	...	Granddaughter (voice)
	Satoru Inagaki	...	Man (voice)
	Hideyuki Umezu	...	Man (voice)
	Ikuya Sawaki	...	Man (voice)
	Hidehiro Kikuchi	...	Kid (voice)
	Daisuke Namikawa	...	Kid (voice)
	Tatsuhiko Nakamura	...	Kid (voice)
	Kei Tomiyama	...	Sankichi (voice)
	Chisa Yokoyama	...	Yayoi (voice)
	Katsue Miwa	...	Fukusuke (voice)

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Storyline

This is a Fantasia-like anthology of robots. The most noble are Presence, Deprive, and Nightmare. Nightmare is the story of an evil, cybernetic overlord that rises one night and unleashes its robotic servants. Deprive is a science fiction tale of a young girl who has been abducted by an invading army of robots, and only a mysterious cyborg can help her. Presence is about a young toy-maker who makes a beautiful, female cyborg. When she becomes "a bit too real", he destroys her, only to be haunted by her spirit for the rest of his life. Written by Chuck "Dark-Side" Williamson

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Nine Animators. One Vision.

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Animation | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Release Date:

21 July 1987 (Japan) See more »

Also Known As:

Robot Carnival See more »

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Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$10,642, 17 March 1991

Gross USA:

$10,642

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$10,642

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Company Credits

Production Co:

A.P.P.P., Studio 4°C See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

According to the soundtrack liner notes, the "Starlight Angel" short was inspired by the Steve Barron-directed music video A-Ha: Take on Me (1985). See more »

Alternate Versions

The version released in the United States by Streamline Pictures has the following differences compared to the original Japanese release:

Dialog in the segments Presence and A Tale of Two Robots was dubbed into English (even the dialog of John Jack Walkerson III, which was already in English with Japanese side titles, was re-dubbed.)
The order in which the interior segments were shown was altered. In the Japanese version, the order was: 1. Franken's Gears 2. Deprive 3. Presence 4. Starlight Angel 5. Cloud 6. A Tale of Two Robots 7. Nightmare In the Streamline version, the order was: 1. Franken's Gears 2. Starlight Angel 3. Cloud 4. Deprive 5. Presence 6. A Tale of Two Robots 7. Nightmare
A short segment to signify the end of the film was moved from after the credits to just before the credits.
Part of the credits which showed a series of still shots of the Robot Carnival while it was in its glory years (but included Japanese titles) was replaced with a series of character sketches with English titles.

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Featured in The Memory of Robot Carnival: A Look Back at the History of the Classic Anthology (2018) See more »

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this is so cool!

22 February 2001 | by GreyFox37 – See all my reviews

eight stories from japanese anime directors. they all show off their talent through mini movies. when i first saw this, i thought it was something i would like to do when i get older. now, i'm 18, and creating my own anime comics and mini movies. my personal favorites are "Starlight Angel" "Deprive" "Presence" and "A Tale of Two Robots" see this if you want to get into anime directors heads

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