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Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyComedyAnimation

Robot Carnival

6.8(12)

First Aired:July 21, 1987

Seasons:1 season

Episodes:9

Status:Ended

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.

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Cast

Kohji Moritsugu

Kohji Moritsugu

Protagonist

Keiko Hanagata

Granny

Kumiko Takizawa

Kumiko Takizawa

Daughter / Small Mecha

Katsue Miwa

Katsue Miwa

Fukusuke

Kei Tomiyama

Kei Tomiyama

Sankichi

Kaneto Shiozawa

Kaneto Shiozawa

Denjirō

Toku Nishio

Daimaru

Chisa Yokoyama

Chisa Yokoyama

Yayoi

James R. Bowers

John Jack Vorkarson III

Seasons & Episodes

Opening

E1Opening

Jul 21, 1987

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

E2Franken's Gears

Jul 21, 1987

E3Deprive

Jul 21, 1987

Presence

E4Presence

Jul 21, 1987

E5Starlight Angel

Jul 21, 1987

E6Cloud

Jul 21, 1987

E7Strange Tales of Meiji Machine Culture: Westerner’s Invasion

Jul 21, 1987

E8Chicken Man and Red Neck

Jul 21, 1987

E9Ending

Jul 21, 1987

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Storyline

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.

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