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Robot Carnival (OAV)

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Alternative title:
ロボット・カーニバル (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: 9 of Japan's leading animators were asked to create a short segment that followed the theme of "Robots," for their inclusion in this film. Essentially, this "movie" is 9 short films, all independant of one another. The common element is human interaction with robots, namely the consequences of creating life with one's own hands, played in nine very different ways.
User Ratings: 384 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 42 votes (sub:25, dub:12, ?:3, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 84 votes (sub:54, dub:24, raw:2, ?:2, others:2
1 Russian dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 100 votes (sub:72, dub:20, edit.dub:3, raw:1, ?:1, others:3
1 French dubbed
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Good: 72 votes (sub:57, dub:13, ?:1, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Decent: 38 votes (sub:28, dub:9, edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 26 votes (sub:19, dub:6, ?:1)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:2)
 Weak: 10 votes (sub:5, dub:3, others:2
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 687 users, rank: #1693 (of 9583)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.565 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.7621, rank: #1593 (of 9705)
Weighted mean: 7.508 (Very good−), rank: #1644 (of 9705) (seen all: 7.57 / seen some: 6.33 / won't finish: 5.02)
Bayesian estimate: 7.507 (Very good−), rank: #1361 (of 7286)
Running time: 91 minutes
Vintage: 1987
Release dates: We have 1
Chronology:
(1991-01-25) Original U.S. theatrical premiere at Cinema 21 in Portland, Oregon (through 1991-01-31)
Trivia: We have 4
Review:
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Robot Carnival - Collector's Edition (Blu-ray) 2018-03-27 (from $29.95)
    Robot Carnival - [4K] Collector's Edition (Blu-ray) 2021-12-28 (from $34.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    Robot Carnival (DVD) 2015-09-01 (from $45.01)
LaserDisc
    Robot Carnival [Dub] (LD) 1993-10-27

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Hidetoshi Ōmori ("Deprive")
Hiroyuki Kitakubo ("A Tale of Two Robots: Chapte)
Hiroyuki Kitazume ("Starlight Angel")
Katsuhiro Ōtomo (OP, ED)
Kōji Morimoto ("Franken's Gears")
Mao Lamdo ("Cloud")
Takashi Nakamura ("Nightmare")
Yasuomi Umetsu ("Presence")
Script:
Hiroyuki Kitazume (Starlight Angel)
Katsuhiro Ōtomo (OP, ED)
Mao Lamdo (Cloud)
Takashi Nakamura ("Nightmare")
Yasuomi Umetsu ("Presence")
Storyboard: Katsuhiro Ōtomo (OP, ED)
Unit Director:
Hideki Tonokatsu
Yukio Suzuki
Music:
Isaku Fujita
Joe Hisaishi
Masahisa Takeichi
Character Design:
Atsuko Fukushima (OP, ED)
Hidetoshi Ōmori ("Deprive")
Hiroyuki Kitazume (Starlight Angel)
Kōji Morimoto ("Franken's Gears")
Mao Lamdo (Cloud)
Takashi Nakamura ("Nightmare")
Yasuomi Umetsu ("Presence")
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto ("A Tale of Two Robots: Chapter Meiji")
Art:
Akira Yamakawa (ep 4)
Hiroshi Sasaki (ep 7)
Kenji Matsumoto (ep 3)
Mao Lamdo (Cloud)
Nizo Yamamoto (eps 1, 9)
Yui Shimazaki (ep 5)
Yuji Ikehata (ep 2)
Yuji Sawai (ep 8)
Animation Director: Yasuomi Umetsu ("Presence")
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Director of Photography: Toshiaki Morita
Producer: Kazufumi Nomura

Advertising: Naoko Nukaga
Assistant Animation Director:
Hideki Futamura (Presence)
Shinsuke Terasawa (Presence)
Assistant Unit Director: Tetsu Kimura
Background Art:
Akira Yamakawa ("Presence")
Nizo Yamamoto (OP, ED)
Color Check: Yoshiko Takiguchi
Color Coordination:
Kazuko Murakami
Yukihiro Maehara
Editing:
Harutoshi Ogata
Osamu Toyosaki
Yukiko Itō (伊藤勇喜子)
Effects: Kazutoshi Satō (OP, ED)
Finish Animation:
Akemi Ebihara
Akemi Horie
Akemi Matsuo
Akiyo Yamaguchi
Atsuko Kikuchi
Ayako Niwa
Eiji Nakamura
Eiko Shimizu
Eiko Takahashi
Fumiko Tanada
Haruko Ozaki
Hatsue Tomizawa
Hiromi Nishino
Hiromi Onohara
Hisako Matsuda
Junko Iida
Kaori Kamata
Katsuhiko Shiroto
Kayoko Yasukawa
Kazuko Katou
Kazunori Suzuki
Kazuyo Sawada
Kazuyuki Ozaki
Kei Ide
Kimihiko Nakagaki
Kimiko Oogiyama
Kinuyo Nozaki
Kouji Ootsuki
Kumiko Akahori
Kumiko Hachisuka
Kumiko Matsuhara
Kumiko Sakuma
Masami Suzuki
Masao Takano
Masayo Yamada
Masumi Igarashi
Mayumi Inomata
Mayumi Nakamura
Miki Naito
Mikiko Tanaka
Minako Tsushima
Mineko Nohara
Miyoko Honda
Miyuki Takada
Mutsumi Tokuda
Nozomu Hosotani
Ruiko Uchikoshi
Sanae Makino
Satoko Kumatani
Satoshi Uchida
Seiko Fukude
Shunnosuke Takamizawa
Sumiko Satō
Tadashi Sato
Tomoko Kako
Tomoko Okamoto
Tomoko Satō
Tomoko Toeda
Tomoko Toki
Tomoyuki Yokota
Tsunekazu Murakami
Yasuko Yamaguchi
Yuji Sawada
Yukiko Sakuraba
Yuko Minezaki
Yutaka Nakajima
In-Between Animation:
Akiharu Ishii
Akiko Nakano
Atsunari Ouchi
Atsushi Hoshi
Ayumi Endo
Ayumi Koike
Chie Tozuka
Chikako Machida
Chizuko Hashimoto
Etsuko Matsuno
Etsushi Mori
Fumiyo Yoshikawa
Fusako Oume
Hajime Yoshida
Haruyuki Kumagai
Hideki Hosokawa
Hideki Takahashi
Hidenori Matsubara
Hiroe Hirase
Hironobu Maekawa
Hiroshi Nishio
Hiroshi Satō
Hirotsugu Yamada
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Hisa Takasaki
Hisako Matsuda
Junichi Nagano
Junko Aoyama
Katsue Sakakibara
Kazuhiko Abe
Kazuyo Kuwasawa
Kazuyo Yoshida
Kazuyoshi Oou
Keiko Kakuta
Keiko Sakuma
Keiko Takagi
Keiko Watanabe
Kenji Teraoka
Kiyoaki Sakuma
Koichi Iwanaga
Kōichi Naitō
Kumiko Saitō
Kumiko Yoshihama
Mari Yashima
Masahide Matsumoto
Masahiro Sekiguchi
Masaki Hosoyama
Masako Matsumoto
Masanori Sakuma
Meiju Maeda
Miho Suzuki
Miiko Adachi
Mikako Kobayashi
Miki Otani
Mikio Amei
Mitsunori Murata
Mitsuyasu Nakazaki
Mitsuyuki Mutsuzaki
Miwa Imai
Miyuki Takeda
Motoaki Sugiyama
Motoki Yagi
Motoko Okuno
Nobuhiro Morise
Noriko Kiyohara
Norio Matsumoto
Rie Fujimura
Rie Nishino
Rieko Akasaka
Rieko Sato
Sadao Ogura
Seiji Nishimoto
Seiji Yazaki
Setsuko Takenouchi
Shiho Nakamura
Shinichi Kimura
Shinichi Yoshino
Shun Sotohara
Sueko Kiguchi
Tadao Yoshikawa
Takehiro Nakayama
Teruhiko Kubodera
Teruko Ishibashi
Teruko Takahashi
Tomoe Motosugi
Tomohiro Hiyama
Tomoko Fukui
Tomoko Ootaki
Tōru Aida
Toru Ida
Tsutomu Ōno
Yasuhito Murata
Yasuko Suzuki
Yasuo Iwai
Yoko Takahashi
Yoshiaki Hatone
Yoshiaki Takei
Yoshihiro Kitano
Yoshiko Baba
Yoshimasa Furukawa
Yoshitaka Katō
Yuichiro Suehiro
Yūji Ikeda
Yuji Yanagihara
Yukari Watabe
Yukio Suzuki
Yumi Goto
Yuriko Nagaya
Key Animation:
Atsuko Fukushima (OP, ED)
Kazuaki Mōri ("A Tale of Two Robots: Chapter Meiji")
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma ("A Tale of Two Robots: Chapter Meiji")
Kumiko Kawana ("A Tale of Two Robots: Chapter Meiji")
Manabu Ōhashi (Cloud)
Mao Lamdo ("Cloud")
Yūji Moriyama ("A Tale of Two Robots: Chapter Meiji")
Mixing Assistant: Hideaki Arai
Music Director: Yasunori Honda
Photography:
Hiroaki Matsuzawa
Kazushi Torikoshi
Tsuneo Hosoda
Yukio Sugiyama
Production Advancement:
Jō Minagawa
Manabu Sato
Masanori Suzuki
Production manager: Toshiharu Umezu
Recording:
Toshiaki Uemura
Yukio Abe
Recording Adjustment: Yoshikazu Awa
Recording Director: Morihiro Nagata
Recording Management: Akio Miyake
Recording Mix: Kiyoshi Abe
Sound Effects:
Junichi Sasaki (eps 3, 7-8)
Kazutoshi Satō (eps 1-2, 9)
Kenji Mori (eps 4-5)
Special Effects:
Gō Abe
Shinji Teraoka
Toyohiko Sakakibara
Special Thanks To:
Akinori Nakajima
Emiko Ooyama
Hiromi Tanemori
Tai Hong An
Tomoko Kawasaki
Tomoko Satō
Yoshie Aizawa
Yuko Mitsumori
Synthesizer Operator:
Hideshi Kiyokawa
Yukari Hashimoto
Hikaru Kotono as The Android Girl (Presence;as Junko Machida)
Kei Tomiyama as Sankichi Komagata (Meiji)
Kōji Moritsugu as The Main Character (Presence)

Chisa Yokoyama as Yayoi (Meiji)
James R. Bowers as Jean Jacques Vaucason III (Meiji)
Kaneto Shiozawa as Denjiro (Meiji)
Katsue Miwa as Fukusuke (Meiji)
Toku Nishio as Daimaru (Meiji)

Aya Murata as Daughter (child;Presence)
Daisuke Namikawa as Child B (Presence)
Hidehiro Kikuchi as
Child A (Presence)
Child D (Presence)
Hideyuki Umezu as
Colleague (Presence)
Man B (Presence)
Ikuya Sawaki as Man C (Presence)
Keiko Hanagata as Grandma (Presence)
Kumiko Takizawa as
Daughter (adult;Presence)
Small Robot (Presence)
Nariko Fujieda as Grandchild (Presence)
Satoru Inagaki as Man A (Presence)
Tatsuhiko Nakamura as Child C (Presence)
Japanese companies
Animation: APPP
Animation Production: APPP
Broadcaster: Bandai Channel
Dolby Film Consultant: Continental Far East Inc.
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Marketing: BEAM Entertainment
Photography: Trans Arts Co.
Production:
APPP
Production Cooperation:
AIC
Anime R (uncredited)
Ashi Productions
Aubec
Crocus
Domusha
GAINAX
Ginga Teikoku
Just
Kaname Production
Kanari Production
Kawaguchi Color Studio
Kim Sung
Magic Bus
Maki Production
Miyazaki Animation Studio
N.V.C
ONLY FOR LIFE
Pack
SHAFT
Shinsei Pro
Star Productions
Studio Add
Studio Argo
Studio ArgoShip
Studio City
Studio Craypas
Studio Dove
Studio Fantasia (uncredited)
Studio Graviton (uncredited)
Studio Look
Studio Mac
Studio NOA
Studio OM
Studio Pokke
Studio Rod
Studio Targe
Studio Z5
Sunrise
Sunshine Corporation
Warp
Wave
West Cape Corporation
Recording Studio: AVACO Creative Studios
Sound Effects:
Anime Sound Production (eps 3, 7-8)
E&M Planning Center (eps 1-2, 9)
Fizz Sound Creation (eps 4-5)
Swara Pro (ep 6)
Sound Production: Arts Production
Special Thanks:
Asahi Production
GOODS
Mushi Production
Shindosha
Uniace
English staff
English cast
Dedicatee: Lisa Michaelson
Screenplay adaptation:
Carl Macek (Streamline dub)
Jerry Beck (Streamline dub)
Michael Haller (Streamline dub)
Bob Bergen as Kichi (Sankichi, Meiji)
Lisa Michaelson as The Girl (Presence)
Michael McConnohie as The Main Character (Presence)

Eddie Frierson as Toki (Fukusuke, Meiji)
Kerrigan Mahan as Denjiro (Meiji)
Lisa Michaelson as Yaori (Yayoi, Meiji)
Steve Kramer as Johnathan Jameson Volkerson III (John Jack Volkerson III, Meiji)
Tom Wyner as Chubby (Daimaru, Meiji)

Barbara Goodson as Old Lady (Presence)
Lara Cody as
Daughter (Presence)
Granddaughter (Presence)

Steve Kramer (Presence)
Tom Wyner (Presence)
English companies
Broadcaster:
Cartoon Network (Night of the Vampire Robots; 1995)
Sci-Fi Channel
Distributor: Lumivision (LaserDisc)
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video
AsianCrush
Crunchyroll (Subtitled & Dubbed)
Midnight Pulp
RetroCrush
Tubi TV
YouTube (subtitled)
Licensed by:
Discotek Media (2015)
Streamline Pictures (Expired)
Recording Facility: Screenmusic Studios
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Marielle Ostrowski

Adaptation: Eric Comont
Alexandre Crépet as Sankichi Komagata
Bruno Bulte as L'inventeur
Naïma Ostrowski as Jeune fille cyborg

Alice Ley as Yakei
Benoit Van Dorslaer as John-Jack Ferguso
Jacqueline Ghaye as Épouse de l'inventeur
Jean-Paul Landresse as Robot
Marielle Ostrowski as Petite-fille de l'inventeur
Martin Spinhayer as Daimaru
Romain Barbieux as Fukusuke
French companies
Broadcaster:
Arte (from March 1998)
Canal +
TSR (from 1998)
Distributor: Asian Star
Dubbing: NDE Production
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: Luis de Val

Screen Inserts: Antonio Gomez de Vicente (Spain dub)
Alberto Mieza as Kichi (Spain dub)
Nuria Mediavilla as The Girl (Spain dub)
Ricky Coello as The Main Character (Spain dub)

Antonio Gomez de Vicente as Gordo (Spain dub)
Aurora Ferrándiz as Yaori (Spain dub)
Jordi Pons as Toki (Spain dub)
Mario Arpal as Denjiro (Spain dub)
Pepe Mediavilla as Jonathan Jameson Volkerson III (Spain dub)

Aida Domingo (Spain dub)
Graciela Molina (Spain dub)
Juana Molina (Spain dub)
Mario Arpal (Spain dub)
Mercedes Pastor (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Distributor: Manga Films (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Q.T. Lever (Spain dub)

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