Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Brooklynn There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

hellraiser7 This film I feel is another under the radar gem, it was really popular for it's time but as time went on it's became forgotten. This film is also a childhood relic of mine, it was one of the first films that actually got me into the Japanese anime genre, if you can believe that. When I saw this film it just blew me away from the animation style, music used, context, it wasn't anything I've ever seen before. Watching it now I still think the film holds up, especially in animation.It's also one of the only anime anthologies out there which are unfortunately really scarce, the only other one I can think of is "Memories" but that's a different story. This film to me is sort of "Fantasia" for the 90's which is cool, because like "Fantasia" it was basically anthology of animation shorts correlating with music pieces, and that's exactly what this film does. You could say this plays also similar to Issac Assmov's sci-fi anthologies since his stories always had to do with humans coexisting with robots or robots acting and becoming human.The animation I think is great, each of them have different styles that fit the context, I still think it looks really good despite how many years it's been. The music is great, I feel most of the scores used are memorable.There are many stories but I'll just talk about three that are my favorites.Starlight Angel: This is basically a fairy tale but in sci-fi form which is great because it's a combo of two genres I love. It's a typical story of the right guy saving a beautiful girl but it's really in the execution that makes it stand out. I really like the amusement park, it's practically Disneyland of the future. I like the character designs which are beautiful, even in there expressions of emotion which are just fantastic, despite not hearing what their saying we understand exactly what their dialog perfectly from their expressions; in a way it just goes to show you don't always need verbal dialog to deliver perfect dialog. The score is just beautiful, it's my favorite in the film because it has an adventurous and romantic quality to it.Deprive: This is another great one, it's also in a way another fairy tale if you want to think of it that way, once again right guy saving the woman he loves from evil. Though this one it's more of an shonan actioneer approach but it is fraking awesome. I really love the action sequences and the choreography is spot on, it's just awesome just seeing the protagonist knock the crap out of a lot of evil robots that are cool looking their all unique in design, let alone practically bigger than him like seeing him jump on a bunch of robots practically stomping on them like Gomba's from the video game "Super Mario Bros". In a way this story is sort of an anime version of pulp comic book hero "Magnus Robot Fighter" since the protagonist sort of is like Magnus, armed with super strength and martial arts to trash the robots, seeing this story makes me wonder why the hell an anime/animated series of that comic book franchise hasn't been made yet.A Tale of Two Robots: This one is my absolute favorite, it is just fraking hilarious. It's basically mecha anime but in the 18th century which is awesome . I really like the designs of each of the mecha are unique, my favorite one is the one from the Japaneze side which looks awesome, it's practically a giant walking Bogotá. I even like how they operate from the physics and technology they had access to in that century it feels right and makes this sort of a steam punk tale since that genre was always about old technology advanced further. I really like the fights which are fun, however it's really more both character factions that really drive the tale because both the characters that command the mecha are total nitwits. It's just hilarious how both are so determined to take out the other, showing how indifferent both are.Well that's all I have to say, Robot Carnival like any Carnival is a variety of fun.Rating: 4 stars

Blueghost A man from my old film days recommended this film to me. I took chance on it, and the recommendation delivered. What we have here is a poetic expression of tales woven together to form a tapestry about an extension of ourselves; the robot.The robot is brought to us through a visual feast of respectable animation that shows us worlds and times beyond our imagination, and how those arenas and their players might play out.Each one is touching in its own way, and delivers a nice message that can be appreciated by all. Whether you like action, some youthful romance, the tale of years, comedy, or just plain adventure, this film is for you.Reminder, this is an anthology, so the pacing is going to be a little slow. But the showcase revealed to the curious minded audience that has a hankerin for good "Japanimation" will be very pleased.Me, I happen upon the film a year or two after it was released. I then bought a VHS in the mid to late 90s, and happened upon a special edition DVD from Japan when the film was first reissued. The DVD gives a magnificent picture and overall rendering of this incredibly beautiful film.I'm not certain I would call it family friendly, but kids over a certain age (pre-teens) and maybe just a little bit younger, might appreciate it. There is some mild violence and just some plain wacky and bizarre situations that might spook really young viewers, so guidance is suggested here. But, boys and girls and parents alike should find this an interesting watch.Me, I like it on its own merits. I think it's an intimate look at how people might interface with technology in a variety of settings. This is anime before anime became an international sensation; i.e. during the time when the US, Canada and the UK were the primary export markets for Japanese films.Please watch and enjoy this film. You won't regret it.

atariteenager31 Originally saw this back in the early nineties as a part of Sci-Fi's Saturday Anime. To this day, through all of the anime films/series I've seen, this still reigns as the greatest. No anime fan will be disappointed with this film, even those who aren't fans of the genre should enjoy this flick. It is sad that this film didn't get very much exposure in the States, as it easily could have been subject to awards. A great example of a film students interperetive dream; Trying to develop a correlation between all of the shorts (outside of their all contain robots), pulling some greater meaning from the movie. Yea, it's one of those types of movie, that appears to be on a higher philosophical level than just your average entertainment.

No Nukes ROBOT CARNIVAL is a breath of fresh air from the bloated, overdone, exploitative sagas Anime is known for and presents us instead with a series of short films which have nothing to do with each other except that they all star robots. I especially like the intro with the mechanized carnival running over the village...heh heh heh. Very nice, well-animated and leaves a lasting impression on the veiwer. A must-have for anyone who likes Japanese animation or the very curious.