About
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.
Cast
Kohji Moritsugu
as Protagonist
Keiko Hanagata
as Granny
Kumiko Takizawa
as Daughter / Small Mecha
Katsue Miwa
as Fukusuke
Kei Tomiyama
as Sankichi
Kaneto Shiozawa
as Denjirō
Toku Nishio
as Daimaru
Chisa Yokoyama
as Yayoi
James R. Bowers
as John Jack Vorkarson III
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1
Opening
A boy finds a small "coming soon" poster advertising the Robot Carnival, and becomes frightened and agitated. He warns the people in his village, most likely to escape, when a huge machine with many robots performing on its exterior grinds its way right towards the village.
Franken's Gears
Deprive
Presence
Starlight Angel
Cloud
Strange Tales of Meiji Machine Culture: Westerner’s Invasion
Chicken Man and Red Neck
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