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Title (English) Robot Carnival

Title (Japanese) Robot carnival

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Fantasy Novel

Notes 100m, 1987
9-part collection of short anime.
US, dub by Streamline, 1991.

Classification -

Synopsis

Review A showcase for various directors' animation and storytelling talents. The bits that remain in the mind after many years are the opening credits grinding across the desert ('Opening'), the inventor and the robot girl ('Presence'), the cute girl at the funfair ('Starlight Angel') and the two steam-age robots ('A Tale of Two Robots')
Note that many segments have minimal dialogue, which may ease the question of which version to buy.

Credits Direction: 'Opening' & 'Closing' by Atsuko Fukushima & Katsuhiro Otomo, 'Frankenstein's Gears' by Koji Morimoto, 'Deprive' by Hidetoshi Omori, 'Presence' by Yasunori Umetsu, 'Starlight Angel' by Hiroyuki Kitazume, 'Clouds' by Mao Lando, 'A Tale of Two Robots' by Hiroyuki Kitakubo, 'Nightmare' by Takashi Nakamura.

Episodes

Release US:VHS

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 1987

Production APPP

Broadcaster

Animation

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Robot Carnival
Title (Japanese)	Robot carnival
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	100m, 1987 9-part collection of short anime. US, dub by Streamline, 1991.
Classification	-
Synopsis
Review	A showcase for various directors' animation and storytelling talents. The bits that remain in the mind after many years are the opening credits grinding across the desert ('Opening'), the inventor and the robot girl ('Presence'), the cute girl at the funfair ('Starlight Angel') and the two steam-age robots ('A Tale of Two Robots') Note that many segments have minimal dialogue, which may ease the question of which version to buy.
Credits	Direction: 'Opening' & 'Closing' by Atsuko Fukushima & Katsuhiro Otomo, 'Frankenstein's Gears' by Koji Morimoto, 'Deprive' by Hidetoshi Omori, 'Presence' by Yasunori Umetsu, 'Starlight Angel' by Hiroyuki Kitazume, 'Clouds' by Mao Lando, 'A Tale of Two Robots' by Hiroyuki Kitakubo, 'Nightmare' by Takashi Nakamura.
Episodes
Release	US:VHS
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	1987
Production	APPP
Broadcaster
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.