Robot Carnival

9 of Japan's leading animators were asked to create a short segment that followed the theme of "Robots," for their inclusion in this film. Essentially, this "movie" is 9 short films, all independent of one another. The common element is human interaction with robots, namely the consequences of creating life with one's own hands, played in nine very different ways.

(Source: Anime News Network)

1. Opening (dir. by Atsuko Fukushima and Katsuhiro Otomo)
2. Franken's Gears (dir. by Koji Morimoto)
3. Deprive (dir. by Hidetoshi Omori)
4. Presence (dir. by Yasuomi Umetsu)
5. Star Light Angel (dir. by Hiroyuki Kitazume)
6. Cloud (dir. by Mao Lamdo)
7. A Tale of Two Robots (dir. by Hiroyuki Kitakubo)
8. Nightmare (dir. by Takashi Nakamura)
9. Ending (dir. by Atsuko Fukushima and Katsuhiro Otomo)

CHARACTERS

3 MAIN · 20 SUPPORTING

SankichiMAINKei Tomiyama

ShujinkouMAINKouji Moritsugu

ShoujoMAINJunko Machida

DaimaruSUPPORTINGToku Nishio

FukusukeSUPPORTINGKatsue Miwa

YayoiSUPPORTINGChisa Yokoyama

DenjirouSUPPORTINGKaneto Shiozawa

Jean-Jacques Walkerson IIISUPPORTINGJames Bowers

Obaa-sanSUPPORTINGKeiko Hanagata

MusumeSUPPORTINGKumiko Takizawa

MagoSUPPORTINGNariko Fujieda

DouryouBACKGROUNDHideyuki Umezu

Kogata Mecha no KoeBACKGROUNDKumiko Takizawa

Otoko BBACKGROUNDHideyuki Umezu

Otoko ABACKGROUNDSatoru Inagaki

Otoko CBACKGROUNDIkuya Sawaki

Kodomo ABACKGROUNDHidehiro Kikuchi

Shikishima TaisaBACKGROUND

Kodomo CBACKGROUNDTatsuhiko Nakamura

AkiraBACKGROUND

Kodomo DBACKGROUNDHidehiro Kikuchi

Tetsuo ShimaBACKGROUND

Kodomo BBACKGROUNDDaisuke Namikawa