A collection of short stories, made by different animators with "robot" as the working title.A collection of short stories, made by different animators with "robot" as the working title.A collection of short stories, made by different animators with "robot" as the working title.
Kôji Moritsugu
- Toymaker
- (voice)
Yayoi Maki
- Android
- (voice)
Keiko Hanagata
- Wife
- (voice)
Kumiko Takizawa
- Grown Daughter
- (voice)
- …
Aya Murata
- Daughter
- (voice)
Nariko Fujieda
- Granddaughter
- (voice)
Satoru Inagaki
- Man
- (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu
- Man
- (voice)
Ikuya Sawaki
- Man
- (voice)
Hidehiro Kikuchi
- Kid
- (voice)
Daisuke Namikawa
- Kid
- (voice)
Tatsuhiko Nakamura
- Kid
- (voice)
Kei Tomiyama
- Sankichi
- (voice)
Chisa Yokoyama
- Yayoi
- (voice)
Katsue Miwa
- Fukusuke
- (voice)
Kaneto Shiozawa
- Denjiro
- (voice)
Toku Nishio
- Daimaru
- (voice)
James R. Bowers
- Volkeson
- (voice)
- Directors
- Atsuko Fukushima(segments Coming Soon, See You Again)
- Hiroyuki Kitakubo(segment A Tale of Two Robots)
- Hiroyuki Kitazume(segment Starlight Angel)
- Writers
- Hiroyuki Kitakubo(segment Meiji Karakuri Bunmei Kitan)
- Hiroyuki Kitazume(segment Starlight Angel)
- Kôji Morimoto(segment Furanken no Haguruma)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe segment "Nightmare" was influenced by the "Night on Bald Mountain" segment from Disney's "Fantasia" feature film & the "Sleepy Hollow" segment from Disney's "The Adventures of Icabod & Mr. Toad". The main villain towers over his minions as they dance below (in almost the same animated motion, as in "Fantasia"). At one point the villain scoops them up with his giant hand & drops them, in the same fashion. Also, the human in the scene looks a lot like Icabod Crane, with his huge hook nose & giant ears. There's even a part when the man turns his head completely around, just like Icabod does in his film. The chase between the robot & the man mimics the chase between Icabod & the Headless Horseman.
- Alternate versionsThe version released in the United States by Streamline Pictures has the following differences compared to the original Japanese release:
- Dialog in the segments Presence and A Tale of Two Robots was dubbed into English (even the dialog of John Jack Walkerson III, which was already in English with Japanese side titles, was re-dubbed.)
- The order in which the interior segments were shown was altered. In the Japanese version, the order was: 1. Franken's Gears 2. Deprive 3. Presence 4. Starlight Angel 5. Cloud 6. A Tale of Two Robots 7. Nightmare In the Streamline version, the order was: 1. Franken's Gears 2. Starlight Angel 3. Cloud 4. Deprive 5. Presence 6. A Tale of Two Robots 7. Nightmare
- A short segment to signify the end of the film was moved from after the credits to just before the credits.
- Part of the credits which showed a series of still shots of the Robot Carnival while it was in its glory years (but included Japanese titles) was replaced with a series of character sketches with English titles.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Blank Check (1994)
Featured review
Anime as it ought to be
This remains one of the best Anime feature films I've ever seen, and, in a stroke of great luck, was also the first Anime feature film I ever saw. While a little (well, a lot) on the artsy side at times, Robot Carnival is a great example of the reckless imagination and superb craftsmanship that Japanese animation at its best is known for. Unfortunately, it's also an example of a kind of film that is becoming very rare in the anime world today. Robot Carnival mops the floor with the ever spreading hordes of Dating Game adaptations/Merchandizing tie-ins that are never the less dominating the industry. Robot Carnival ought to be one of the most well known Anime in the world, not the obscure relic of hardcore geeks that it seems in danger of becoming. If you see a copy of this, buy it on the spot and see what animated film making ought to be.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $10,642
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,642
- Mar 17, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $10,642
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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