Forum - View topicThe Anime Backlog - Robot Carnival
|
Note: this is the discussion thread for this article |
| Author | Message | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Gem-Bug
 Posts: 1352 |
|
||
|
An excellent anthology, with "Presence" also being the standout for me. Not much more to say that others before me haven't said already. <3
|
|||
|
|||
mdo7
 Posts: 6741 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
|
||
|
Thank you for giving Robot Carnival a little retro publicity. If anyone on ANN have friends and relatives that watched or loved Netflix's Love, Death & Robots, then please recommend Robot Carnival to them (I'm kind of surprised that Discotek and has not made this film available on Netflix to help recommend viewers of Love, Death & Robots to watch this film).
|
|||
|
|||
|
lemurs
Posts: 111 |
|
||
|
This is the film that got me back into anime watching again after the Robotech days of the mid-80s. The Sci-Fi channel ran a triple feature of Robot Carnival, Lensman and Vampire Hunter D one evening in the mid-90s and I was hooked all over again. The aforementioned "Presence" segment is a dramatic standount, but it also provides the action-packed "Deprive", comedic "Meiji Machine Culture", and mood piece "Cloud". There's a little something for everybody in there, and it stands out as a wondrous little snapshot of late 80s anime.
|
|||
|
|||
dm
 Subscriber Posts: 1510 |
|
||
|
Thanks for the reminder, Lynzee. I don’t think i’ve seen this since it was in the theaters.
Other anthologies worth checking out, in addition to Memories, which you mentioned: Genius Party, Heavy Metal (not Japanese), Neo Tokyo, Short Program. They’re all great, |
|||
|
|||
Cho_Desu
 Posts: 249 |
|
||
|
I watched this a few years back and found it a nice watch. Like most anthologies, I really dug some, and didn't care as much for others. (I recall enjoying one that was like an 80s shoujo-themed music video in a robot amusement park, very cute.) But even if a segment doesn't click for you, the animation is still fantastic throughout. I want to check out more of these classic anime anthology films, but unfortunately most aren't officially available anywhere.
|
|||
|
|||
Covnam
 Posts: 3883 |
|
||
|
This is a good reminder for me that I haven't gotten around to watching my copy from discotek yet. It's been quite some time since I've seen it, so I really should get on that
|
|||
|
|||
 |
All times are GMT - 5 Hours |
|
|
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group