Roboto kanibauru (1987)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1987
Running Times:
Format: colour/35mm
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: A.P.P.P. Company Ltd/Studio 4°C
Producers: Kazufumi Nomurama, Carl Macek, Katsuhiro Otomo

MUSIC
Music: Isaku Fujita, Joe Hisaishi

Coming Soon

DIRECTION
Directors: Atsuko Fukushima, Katsuhiro Otomo

See You Again

DIRECTION
Directors: Atsuko Fukushima, Katsuhiro Otomo

Meiji Karakuri Bumei Kitan: Koumoujin Shurai no Maki  (aka: A Tale of Two Robots; A Strange Tale of Meiji Machinery: The Episode of the Red-Haired Man's Invasion)

DIRECTION
Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubo

VOICES
Kei Tomiyama (Miyoshi)
Chisa Yokoyama (Yayoi)
Katsue Miwa (Fukusuke)
Kaneto Shiozawa (Denjirô)
Toku Nishio (Ômaru)
James R. Bowers (John Jack Walkerson III)

Starlight Angel

DIRECTION
Director: Hiroyuki Kitazume

Cloud

DIRECTION
Director: Mao Lamdao

Franken no Haguruma (aka: Franken's Gear)

DIRECTION
Director: Kouji Morimoto

Niwatori Otoko to Akai Kubi (aka: Nightmare; The Chicken Man and the Red Neck)

DIRECTION
Director: Takashi Nakamura

Deprive

DIRECTION
Director: Hidetoshi Omori

Presence

DIRECTION
Director: Yasuomi Umetsu

VOICES
Koji Moritsugu
Yayoi Maki (girl)
Keiko Hanagata (grandma)
Kumiko Takizawa (daughter/voice of small robot)
Aya Murata (daughter as a child)
Nariko Fujieda (grandchild)
Satoru Inagaki (man A)
Hideyuki Umezu (man B)
Ikuya Sawaki (man C)
Hidehiro Kikuchi (child A/child D)
Daisuke Namikawa (child B)
Tatsuhiko Nakamura (child C)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE VERSION VOICES
Barbara Goodson (old lady)
Lisa Michelson (girl)

Ending

DIRECTION
Directors: Atsuko Fukushima, Katsuhiro Ôtomo

PLOT SUMMARY

An anthology of animated short stories about robots.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Streamline Pictures

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: PG

TIMELINE

1991
March
15: USA – theatrical release

POSTER TAGS

Nine Animators. One Vision.

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Robot Carnival – US title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Variety 18 March 1991 (USA)
credits, review

KEYWORDS

androids, animation, anime, robots, steampunk

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009