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Robot Carnival (OAV)

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Alternative title:
ロボット・カーニバル (Japanese)
Themes: mecha
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: 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 independant 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.
User Ratings: 223 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 25 votes (sub:14, dub:7, ?:2, Spa.dub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Excellent: 56 votes (sub:36, dub:16, ?:2, Rus.dub:1, raw:1)
 Very good: 54 votes (sub:38, dub:12, edit.dub:1, raw:1, Fre.dub:1, Ita.sub:1)
 Good: 38 votes (sub:28, dub:9, Ger.dub:1)
 Decent: 23 votes (sub:16, dub:6, edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 14 votes (sub:10, dub:3, ?:1)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:3, dub:2, Spa.sub:1, Ger.sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 430 users, rank: #1197
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.623 (Very good-.37), std. dev.: 1.7772, rank: #778
Weighted mean: 7.582 (Very good-.41), rank: #723 (seen all: 7.66 / seen some: 6.57 / won't finish: 3.48)
Bayesian estimate: 7.579 (Very good-.42), rank: #536
Running time: 91 minutes
Vintage: 1987
Releases: We have 1
Official website:
Trivia: We have 3
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director:
Atsuko Fukushima (OP, ED)
Hidetoshi Oomori ("Deprive")
Hiroyuki Kitakubo ("A Tale of Two Robots: Chapte)
Hiroyuki Kitazume ("Starlight Angel")
Katsuhiro Otomo (OP, ED)
Koji Morimoto ("Franken's Gears")
Mao Lamdo ("Cloud")
Takashi Nakamura ("Nightmare")
Yasuomi Umetsu ("Presence")

Script: Takashi Nakamura ("Nightmare")

Music:
Isaku Fujia
Joe Hisaishi
Masahisa Takeichi

Character Design: Takashi Nakamura ("Nightmare")

Assistant Mixer: Hideaki Arai

Music Director: Yasunori Honda

Recording Director: Morihiro Nagata

Recording Management: Akio Miyake

Recording Mixer: Kiyoshi Abe

Synthesizer Operator:
Hideshi Kiyokawa
Yukari Hashimoto

 

Hikaru Kotono as The Android Girl (Presence)

Kouji Moritsugu as The Main Character (Presence)

James R. Bowers as John Jack Volkerson III (Meiji)

Kaneto Shiozawa as Denjiro (Meiji)

Kei Tomiyama as Sankichi (Meiji)

Toku Nishio as Daimaru (Meiji)

Aya Murata as child Daughter (Presence)

Chisa Yokoyama as Yayoi

Daisuke Namikawa as Child B (Presence)

Hidehiro Kikuchi as
Child A (Presence)
Child D (Presence)

Hideyuki Umezu as
Colleague (Presence)
Man B (Presence)

Ikuya Sawaki as Man C (Presence)

Katsue Miwa as Fukusuke

Keiko Hanagata as Grandma (Presence)

Kumiko Takizawa as
Daughter (Presence)
Small Robot (Presence)

Nariko Fujieda as Grandchild (Presence)

Satoru Inagaki as Man A (Presence)

Tatsuhiko Nakamura as Child C (Presence)

Japanese companies 

Animation: APPP

Broadcaster: Bandai Channel

Production:
APPP
Studio A.P.P.P.


English cast 
English staff 

Screenplay adaptation:
Carl Macek (Streamline dub)
Jerry Beck (Streamline dub)
Michael Haller (Streamline dub)

(none)
English companies 

Broadcaster: Sci Fi Channel

Licensed by: Streamline Pictures (Expired)

Recording Facility: Screenmusic Studios

French staff 
French companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: Canal +

Distributor: Asian Star

French cast 
(none)
 
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