Robot Carnival

An anthology of various tales with robots being the one common element among them. It consists of nine shorts by different well-known directors, many of whom started out as animators with little to no directing experience. Each has a distinctive animation style and story ranging from comedic to dramatic story lines.

• Joe HisaishiOriginal Music Composer
• Atsuko FukushimaDirector
• Takashi NakamuraDirector

• Kohji MoritsuguProtagonist
• Keiko HanagataGranny
• Kumiko TakizawaDaughter / Small Mecha
• Katsue MiwaFukusuke
• Kei TomiyamaSankichi
• Kaneto ShiozawaDenjirō
• Toku NishioDaimaru
• Chisa YokoyamaYayoi
• James R. BowersJohn Jack Vorkarson III