Memories (1995)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1995
Running Times: 113 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Mash Room / Memories Production Unit / Bandai Visual Co Ltd / Kodamsha Co / Shochiku Co Ltd / Studio 4°C
Executive Producer: Katsuhiro Otomo
Producer: Shigeru Watanabe

MUSIC
Opening / Closing Music: Takkyu Ishino

Kanojo no omoide

SCRIPT
Script: Satoshi Kon
Comic: Katsuhiro Otomo

DIRECTION
Director: Koji Morimoto

ANIMATION
Chief Animator: Toshiyuki Inoue

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Takeshi Seyama

MUSIC
Music: Yôko Kanno

SOUND
Sound: Sadayoshi Fujino

DESIGN
Art Directors: Yuji Ikehata, Mitsuo Koseki, Nizou Yamakawa, Akira Yamakawa

Saishu heiki

SCRIPT
Script / Comic: Katsuhiro Otomo

DIRECTION
Director: Tensai Okamuro

ANIMATION
Chief Animators: Hirotsugu Kawasaki, Morifumi Naka

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Takeshi Seyama

MUSIC
Music: Jun Miyake

SOUND
Sound: Sadayoshi Fujino

DESIGN
Art Director: Tatsuya Kushida

Taiho no machi

SCRIPT
Script / Comic: Katsuhiro Ôtomo

DIRECTION
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo

ANIMATION
Chief Animator: Shuichi Ohara

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Takeshi Seyama

MUSIC
Music: Hiroyuki Nagashima

SOUND
Sound: Sadayoshi Fujino

DESIGN
Art Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo

PLOT SUMMARY

An anthology of three short stories. Kanojo no omoide / Magnetic Rose: two space travellers find themselves in a world created from a woman's memories. Saishu heiki / Stink Bomb: a young scientist is transformed into a biological weapon and is heading straight for Tokyo. Taiho no machi / Cannon Fodder: the inhabitants of a city built solely to fire huge weapons at the enemy try to come to terms with their lot in life.

AVAILABILITY

Japan
Theatrical Distributors: Bandai Visual Co Ltd

USA
DVD Distributors: Columbia

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Germany
Rating: 12

Sweden
Rating: 11

USA
Rating: PG-13 (for violent and disturbing images)

TIMELINE

1995
July
Day Unknown: USA - shown at the Anime Expo, Los Angeles

2004
February
24: USA - DVD release (Columbia)

POSTER TAGS

Three Unforgettable Tales From the Masters of Anime

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Animato no.39 (Spring 1998) p.69 (USA)
article, review

Variety 13 January 1997 p.153 (USA)
credits, review

KEYWORDS

anime, animation, anthologies, astronauts, bio-weapons, cities, memories, scientists, space travel, war

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009