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Robot Carnival is a film of genre Science fiction directed by Kōji Morimoto released in USA on 14 march 1991 with Hideyuki Umezu
Robot Carnival (1987)
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Add to a movie listRobot Carnival (ロボット・カーニバル, Robotto Kānibaru) is a Japanese anime anthology film released in 1987. It consists of nine shorts by different directors, many of whom started out as animators with little to no directing experience. This film has gained a small cult following.
Each has a distinctive animation style and story ranging from comedic to dramatic storylines.
Synopsis
Le début se déroule dans le désert. En trouvant une affiche annonçant l’arrivée imminente de Robot Carnival, un garçon semble soudain effrayé et en proie à une grande agitation. Il court avertir son village pour s’enfuir, quand une lourde machine grouillante de robots apparaît et c'est une gigantesque forteresse mobile, se dirigeant droit sur les habitations. Autrefois une magnifique fête foraine, ce n’est plus aujourd’hui qu’un engin de destruction endommagé, rouillé et déglingué.Actors
Hideyuki Umezu
(Colleague / Man B (voice))
Ikuya Sawaki
(Man C (voice))
Daisuke Namikawa
(Child B (voice))
Kei Tomiyama
(Sankichi (voice))
Chisa Yokoyama
(Yayoi (voice))
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