An animated science fiction anthology from the visionary anime director, Katsuhiro Otomo.An animated science fiction anthology from the visionary anime director, Katsuhiro Otomo.An animated science fiction anthology from the visionary anime director, Katsuhiro Otomo.
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Marc Swint
- Heinz
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- (voice)
Robbie Daymond
- Miguel
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Frank Todaro
- Ivanov
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Laura Post
- Eva
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Derek Stephen Prince
- Aoshima
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Alexa N. Careccia
- Emily
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Kirk Thornton
- Mr. A
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- (as Buba Chow)
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Martha Harms
- Anna
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Michael Sinterniklaas
- Carlo
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Stephanie Sheh
- Robot
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Stephen Fu
- Nobuo
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Chris Guerrero
- Omaeda
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Gianni Matragrano
- Kamata
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Steven Kelly
- Nirasaki
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Kira Buckland
- Sakiko
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Jack Britton
- Boy
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Mike Pollock
- General Officer
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Ellen-Ray Hennessy
- Mother
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- Directors
- Kôji Morimoto(segment Magnetic Rose)
- Tensai Okamura(segment Stink Bomb)
- Katsuhiro Ôtomo(segment Cannon Fodder)
- Writers
- Satoshi Kon(segment Magnetic Rose)
- Katsuhiro Ôtomo(segment Cannon Fodder)
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Did you know
- TriviaIn "Magnetic Rose," the opera singer's lover is named Carlo Rambaldi. This is most likely a tribute to film special effects creator Carlo Rambaldi who has contributed effects to "Alien" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (among others).
- GoofsIn the three tales anthology segment, Cannon Fodder, depicts a city with numerous windows amid very large cannons. Oversized cannons generally blow out window panes.
- ConnectionsEdited from Magnetic Rose (1995)
Featured review
An Amazing Vision
Katsuhiro Otomo's "Memories" combines the vision of Otomo's usual "God's revenge for the human race believing too much in science" with two first-time, although far from inexperienced directors. The first of the three films, "Magnetic Rose" is by far the least Otomo-esquire of the three pieces, although based on one of his short mangas. The film centering mainly on the sci-fi side of anime. Space freighters respond to a distress call in a bad sector of space, and become lost in the haunting memories of an intergalactic opera singer. The second piece, "Stink Bomb" shows, if possible, a humorous side to biological warfare, as an unsuspecting pharmaceutical tech accidentally ingests a biological weapon and becomes a walking disaster. The final film, actually directed by Otomo, called "Cannon Fodder" was by far my favorite, and the most disturbing of the three films. The basic story centers around a family living in a town whose citizens devote their entire lives to bombing an unseen enemy in the sky. This story is very politically motivated, very dark, and not at all a "happy little story". The animation is unlike anything I've ever seen from Otomo, and full of sweeping single-cut shots that give you chills. Overall, I highly recommend this movie collection for any anime fan. It most definitely incorporates the vision of three brilliant directors.
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- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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