What a burst of nostalgia! I saw Robot Carnival way back when, just as I was first getting into anime. And this sequence was one of my favorites. So nice to see it again. Thanks for posting!
Am I the only one who remembers this with Vampire Hunter D and some other movies on TBS during an "anime week"? It was the first time I got to watch so many anime movies and I was hooked! I esp. love this short and Nightmare from Robot Carnival.
I did, i did! i was 12 18 years ago when i saw this on TBS with Heavy Metal, American Pop, VHD and Rock and Rule, they ruled my world. I did had earlier anime experience in the 80's as a kid with Warriors of the Wind (the infamous butchered Nausicaa from New World) 25 years ago when i was 4 and Mysterious Cities of Gold at 3 to Voltron, Transformers, Transformers The Movie (saw it in theaters), Unico 1 & 2 and Jack and The Beanstalk on video and Disney Channel.
Ok after reading some of the older coments I have to chime in agin. Yes its true that finding this is quite difficult but its not imposible. I haven't seen it released but I had a vhs copy a gave to a friend in wichenburg az abou 8 years ago. So you can find it but how many copies surive I don't know
I remeber Saturday anime god it feels like such a long time ago I'm 27 and I was 13 the first time sifi not syfy ran polly matrix I got hooked then over the years I've gone completly the way of the otaku I guess it also was a sign id go that way that I've loved unico as long as I can remeber it was my favouret film as a child and still has a place in my heart.
i remember watching this on cartoon network, night of the robot vampires i think it was. played this, vampire hunter d and tht one animated live action cockroach movie. i love robot carnival so much, its on true piece of art.
Good cause i grew up in the 80's and early 90's as a kid and this movie blew me away since i was 12 18 years ago when i saw it on TBS with other adult animated cult classics
Mine was syfy channel saturday morning anime along with L.I.L.Y Cat, Project Ako god i miss those days between this locket and the sailor moon star locket I have been obsessed with lockets. funny how little things like that influence you.
1:16 - I have something to tell you... What is it? -whispers into ear- I slept with a guy. -shocking smile- OMG! so, is he huge? -points down- Yes! -blushes- -giggles- Come on! I want you to meet him! -runs off-
Anyone else notice that the music for this is the same as in Oh My Goddess OVA?? But that aside, I loved this! When it use to air, I'd watch it every time. It's great to watch an anime with no words, because the music, and the animation told the story itself.
@darkhunterGPX Sometimes its just easier to tell a story without worrying about words if the artist is good enough, besides its understood in multi langunages without.
I'm an 80's/early 90's kid (81 born) and i grew up with some anime in the 80's like Warriors of the Wind, Unico 1 & 2, Voltron, Transformers, Transformers The Movie (saw that in theaters at 5), Thundercats, Last Unicorn, Noozles, Fairy Tale Theater on Nick etc. and when i was 12 i saw this with Vampire Hunter D, Heavy Metal, Cockroaches Twilight, American Pop and Rock and Rule on TBS at friday nights. You an 80's kid too and you remember those?
Never had cable. I saw all of those on 5th gen VHS tapes about a year after they were released. Lensman and VHD even much sooner, much older. Good times, miss the old days when you had to work for your anime fix.
@TalonusX yep yep. and if you were a 90's kid then you saw this on cartoon network during the summer, it was called "Saturday Japanime" for 3 saturday nights during the summer, the movies were Robot Carnival, Vampire Hunter D, and Twilight of The Cockroaches. I'll never forget that summer along with another one when sci-fi had a summer block of anime movies...best times.
Thanks for posting this, this is, and has always been my favorite anime short of all time. I mean it’s so romantic; he goes through all that work just to return the locket because he thinks it’s important to her. Well I think it’s romantic.
Love this little gem, i remember watching it on a Malaysian channel back on the good old days. And still to this day, that girl is really screwed up. A good looking knight robot dude saves her and she repays it with punching him silly.
this is such a classic! i use to think it was such a wonderful story as a child. it was my fav out of the Robot Carnival shorts =D thnxs for posting this memory of great animes up!!!
Sadly, Robot Carnival has fallen in Anime obscurity, along with the rest of the old scholl classics that will never see the light of day on dvd...it really is a shame, when you consider that crappy titles such as Harmagedon, and Big Wars made it to dvd , and Robot Carnival hasn't :(
The dream sequence was a virtual reality ride affected by the rider's mind, and the guy, who worked for the park, was always in the robot costume. In the suit, his coordination was compromised thus losing his helmet at that one point.
THIS short right here is what started my love and fascination for anime when i was a kid. Watching this is a huge nostalgia trip. Robot Carnival is a classic.
The director behind this short, Hiroyuki Kitazume, also designed the characters from Char's Counterattack, that pretty much explains why the blond guy looked like Char :)
I won't go into details about this and its nostalgic value, but man.
I'm so glad it's on Youtube.
My dad, because I was like 7 years old, explained the meanings behind whatever happened in this little short. I was a noob, and I still think it's just more about the animation than the story (although that has its part).
Anyways, I love this, thanks for posting it, faved it, and I still can't believe so many people have viewed it.
This was about pure imagination and that is something a lot of animation here in America is lacking. A good amount of anime seem to be going that way today.
No talking sponges and no PC settings with bland dialog here; it's better that way..
I only watched this a few days ago for the first time and I must say out of the whole robot carnial thing, this one was one of my favorite shorts. But I must say that I got confused when she magically went from being on a ride to flying in the sky and then being attacked by a monster thing. But over all the animation and story was amazing. I enjoyed the music greatly.
@snaplesugar As she was fleeing from her former biyfriend she found herself on a virtual ride that allowed her to use her imagination. That's how she could fly.
i love the facial expressions in this, i remember watching this back on the Sci fi channel, and starlight angel being my favorite of robot carnival, everyone remember Saturday anime?
I do,but that was before my family and I got sci fi channel on our cable,but...just as we got the channel,they no longer shown SA it,big bummer that was!
At least they got Animonday now,but imo none of the anime they got on there is even worth watching anymore,geez!
Point is,Sci fi really needs to go back to some old school stuff imo and this case anime.
YES! Robot Carnival, Venus Wars, A-ko Project, Cashan the Robot Hunter, Gal Force, Demon City Shinjuku, Dominion Tank Police... and they had I think 4 other shows they used to run all the time. I think they called it Saturday Japanime or something. Few things are better than 80's anime
I have Dominion tank police on dvd, i loved that anime so much. Demon city shinjuku was the first anime when i re-discovered anime ( i use to watch thundercats when i was 3 years old, essentially that was really old school anime) i saw demon city on MTV at 11pm at night and i just fell in love with anime all over again.
Robot Carnival, Vampire Hunter D, and Demon CityShinjuku were my beverages of choice, Project A-Ko: Civil Wars was my crack, and Dominion Tank Police was WIN!
I remember videotaping animes off of it so i didn't have to go to the video store to rent it all the time...I have so animes because of SciFi's Saturday Anime and I blame them for my tastes in anime today!
It would have been hilarious if the guy at the end had cheated on the blond girl in the past and she gets pissed off seeing him and runs out on her friend with the brown hair and the story continues.
Anyone know how much of this is specifically modeled after stuff at Disneyland/Disneyworld? I haven't been in about 20 years (the last time was I went to Disneyworld was in the early 90s), but some of this stuff in this segment really looks familiar.
This isn't the best Robot Carnival segment, but it's still fun. 80s anime is the best.
I think it has a bit more of a meaning than that... Boyfriend cheats on her, so she goes off with robots, who are lots better, and the one turns out to be human after all, restoring her faith in mankind. Woot.
I have the same experience with this movie as a few people: it's one of the first anime I ever saw and I saw it on TV in the middle of the night when I was a little kid. Sci-fi used to play this and 8-man all the time.
It's crazy that Tetsuo and Akira are walking around, does anybody else think the little boy walking with Tetsuo is supposed to be Akira?
Tetsuo and Akira appear walking towards the camera on the right side of the screen at 2:05. They are holding hands and Tetsuo is recognizable by his white shirt and red cape.
Man I have not seen this since 1993 on channel 69 (before lame ass upn bought them up.) man I would stay up like 3:00 am to see this. Man those was the good old days when t.v. was... wait for it... Real? Now I feel old as fuck. By the way keep post these gems.
The first time I ever seen this was around 3am on TBS back in the day. I watched the whole thing and didn't see it again until I found an old copy of it in a blockbuster in 2000. About ten years. I hope they put an anniversary DVD out sometime soon.
if it weren't for those sci fi channel saturday morning animes i never would've even be into anime probably. Project A-ko 1 & blue vs. grey, demon city shinjuku, casshern robot hunter, eightman after, robot carnival and of course vampire hunter D.
it was one night on cartoon network that got me addicted to anime, they showed robot carnival, vampire hunter D and twilight of the cockroaches one night, and i been hooked ever since, i was probably around 12 back then.. and here i am at 26 still loving these movies, and alot more... but then a few years later i did start watching the Sci-fi channel saturday morning anime too tho and i got too see all these over again before i could buy em on DVD, which i know have :D
Oh, how I loved witnessing the glory of the Robot Carnival shorts... Starlight Angel is one of my favorites, including Deprive, and Cloud. I have these recorded on VHS somewhere.
Oh, and I also remember recording Project A-ko Grey vs Blue and Eight Man After. Anyone else watch those on the Sci-Fi channel way back then?
Naw. Back in the mid 80's to mid 90's my older brother would go to comic book stores or various conventions & buy the bootleg copies because these anime were available to the US audience yet.
omfg I just watched Urotsukidoji because someone said it was from the same director wtf I can't believe the main animator did this and the other scary shit. Some twisted shit these japanese animators are
MANLY TEARS WHEN I HEAR THIS SONG!
mechameks 3 weeks ago
I saw this on sci fi channel. Well done with the lensman and vampire hunter d
belmont4511 1 month ago
ha ha ha...I remenber this cartoons. really nice short film.
verdugo1976 1 month ago
What a burst of nostalgia! I saw Robot Carnival way back when, just as I was first getting into anime. And this sequence was one of my favorites. So nice to see it again. Thanks for posting!
magicalgirl 1 month ago
This Was One Of My Favorite Scenes
LaNeiWho 2 months ago 2
I love the Tetsuo and Akira easter egg.
centuriontech366 2 months ago
*smack* dude, you deserved that....
ArcherofUBW 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos 2
This is the third anime I've seen with facial art like Akemi from Urotsukidoji. Makes you feel a rape scene coming on !
JohanElectric 3 months ago
nice.
cathy1jl 5 months ago
Colonel Shikishima makes an appearance as well,, the guy who kinda looks after the other 3 that had power in akira
smsilice 5 months ago
Looks like it's set in Disneyworld. That first bit is definitely Space Mountain, one of the best rides there.
BWHORROR 6 months ago
Sounds like old Final Fantasy series for Famicom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LucoLuchi 6 months ago
That girl is such a pain in the ass. And what did the blond guy do to deserve a slap in the face?
GalacticBloopy 6 months ago
@GalacticBloopy He was juggling multiple women so it would seem. That deserves a slap.
Stryfe777 4 months ago 2
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magicaldanse 7 months ago
Why is everyone circle jerking over being born in the 80s or having lived through the 90?
BetNoire 7 months ago
@BetNoire You would be too if you were born in the 80's.
colaffee29 4 months ago
@BetNoire I ain't even mad. :D
mackz48 4 months ago in playlist Robot Carnival
holy crap Tetsuo i had no idea
kranktank 7 months ago
@BushidoMH Saturday Anime was on Sci-fi.
knifeofspaghetti 7 months ago
Hey its Char.
kainemaxwell 8 months ago
@kainemaxwell= And I saw Tetsuo as well.
vigo894 7 months ago
Am I the only one who remembers this with Vampire Hunter D and some other movies on TBS during an "anime week"? It was the first time I got to watch so many anime movies and I was hooked! I esp. love this short and Nightmare from Robot Carnival.
Jamberlyn 8 months ago
@Jamberlyn
I did, i did! i was 12 18 years ago when i saw this on TBS with Heavy Metal, American Pop, VHD and Rock and Rule, they ruled my world. I did had earlier anime experience in the 80's as a kid with Warriors of the Wind (the infamous butchered Nausicaa from New World) 25 years ago when i was 4 and Mysterious Cities of Gold at 3 to Voltron, Transformers, Transformers The Movie (saw it in theaters), Unico 1 & 2 and Jack and The Beanstalk on video and Disney Channel.
Johnlindsey289 8 months ago
@Jamberlyn Hardly. I watched that stuff every weekend. Was right there along with you.
kranktank 7 months ago
I see...The guy around 2 minutes in looks like Tetsuo.....
rang3r34 9 months ago
wow, i like this short anime!!! i saw in 90's is beatifull.....
silke04 9 months ago
this is my favorite short anime from the movie. It had no words, but yet it spoke to you. I wish I could do that. Lol....
precillah80 10 months ago
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vrigash 11 months ago
The colonel from Akira is at 3:13 I think.
NoJoeSchmoe1 11 months ago
@BushidoMH YES! I did! This still lives in my heart forever. :3
It's the reason I started drawing anime at 4 years old, and now draw really good today.
Crazy as it sounds, sometimes when something sad happens the music from this video plays in my head. :)
Toonami was the bomb.
AnimeRavenTV 11 months ago
Tetsuo at 2:05.
wtfdoihavetodohere 11 months ago
The music reminds me a lot of FF VII. Am I the only one?
67n67 11 months ago
Ok after reading some of the older coments I have to chime in agin. Yes its true that finding this is quite difficult but its not imposible. I haven't seen it released but I had a vhs copy a gave to a friend in wichenburg az abou 8 years ago. So you can find it but how many copies surive I don't know
oddbasque 1 year ago
@oddbasque I have one, but even my VHS is kinda ehh.. :/ That thing's been through alot.. I would watch this all the time.
AnimeRavenTV 11 months ago
I remeber Saturday anime god it feels like such a long time ago I'm 27 and I was 13 the first time sifi not syfy ran polly matrix I got hooked then over the years I've gone completly the way of the otaku I guess it also was a sign id go that way that I've loved unico as long as I can remeber it was my favouret film as a child and still has a place in my heart.
oddbasque 1 year ago
OMG, did you see Tetsuo and Akira at 2:07?
WTF, why is Tetsuo blond?
Raidmasterprod 1 year ago
i remember watching this on cartoon network, night of the robot vampires i think it was. played this, vampire hunter d and tht one animated live action cockroach movie. i love robot carnival so much, its on true piece of art.
menchi666 1 year ago
Anyone else think the blonde guy looks alot like Char from Mobile Suit Gundam?
OneTimeOnlyFilms 1 year ago
I don't remember this on CN. I do remember it on the Sci-fi channel on Saturday mornings. They used to have a double play of anime. Hehe.
Lexyione 1 year ago
this animation has changed my life. it's so fucking eerie.
magicaldanse 1 year ago
@tuningsplxs14 sci-fi also gave robotech
TheCutegenius20 1 year ago
man, that music is SO 80's.
lasthuman1 1 year ago 14
@lasthuman1
Good cause i grew up in the 80's and early 90's as a kid and this movie blew me away since i was 12 18 years ago when i saw it on TBS with other adult animated cult classics
Johnlindsey289 8 months ago
Mine was syfy channel saturday morning anime along with L.I.L.Y Cat, Project Ako god i miss those days between this locket and the sailor moon star locket I have been obsessed with lockets. funny how little things like that influence you.
damnedria 1 year ago 2
Mine was syfy channel saturday morning anime along with L.I.L.Y Cat, Project Ako god i miss those days
damnedria 1 year ago
1:16 - I have something to tell you... What is it? -whispers into ear- I slept with a guy. -shocking smile- OMG! so, is he huge? -points down- Yes! -blushes- -giggles- Come on! I want you to meet him! -runs off-
TekkaSage 1 year ago
@TekkaSage lmao!
CaramelMamiChula 10 months ago
Anyone else notice that the music for this is the same as in Oh My Goddess OVA?? But that aside, I loved this! When it use to air, I'd watch it every time. It's great to watch an anime with no words, because the music, and the animation told the story itself.
KawaiiKittyHeather 1 year ago
Why Do they like not talk?
darkhunterGPX 1 year ago
@darkhunterGPX Sometimes its just easier to tell a story without worrying about words if the artist is good enough, besides its understood in multi langunages without.
candr 1 year ago
@darkhunterGPX
its like FANTASIA of disney.
striderhiryu2 1 year ago
@BushidoMH if ur an 80's kid you saw this on the sci-fi channel with lensmen and the first Vampire Hunter D movie.
TalonusX 1 year ago 16
@TalonusX
I'm an 80's/early 90's kid (81 born) and i grew up with some anime in the 80's like Warriors of the Wind, Unico 1 & 2, Voltron, Transformers, Transformers The Movie (saw that in theaters at 5), Thundercats, Last Unicorn, Noozles, Fairy Tale Theater on Nick etc. and when i was 12 i saw this with Vampire Hunter D, Heavy Metal, Cockroaches Twilight, American Pop and Rock and Rule on TBS at friday nights. You an 80's kid too and you remember those?
Johnlindsey289 8 months ago 3
@TalonusX
Never had cable. I saw all of those on 5th gen VHS tapes about a year after they were released. Lensman and VHD even much sooner, much older. Good times, miss the old days when you had to work for your anime fix.
ShogoYahaagi 3 months ago
@TalonusX Yep, 80's kid right there. That was the BEST thing I had seen on the Sci-Fi channel! lol
MusicByNELAC 3 months ago 2
@TalonusX yep yep. and if you were a 90's kid then you saw this on cartoon network during the summer, it was called "Saturday Japanime" for 3 saturday nights during the summer, the movies were Robot Carnival, Vampire Hunter D, and Twilight of The Cockroaches. I'll never forget that summer along with another one when sci-fi had a summer block of anime movies...best times.
truepureblue 1 month ago
2:08 akira reference
TalonusX 1 year ago
her blinks make stars that turn into robots
MannyKunV 1 year ago
Robot Carnival Forever!
DivineHyperion 1 year ago
Kinda makes me wonder..she seems to be around the age of 16 and yet..the guy looks to be around 20s >.>
robogirl 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this, this is, and has always been my favorite anime short of all time. I mean it’s so romantic; he goes through all that work just to return the locket because he thinks it’s important to her. Well I think it’s romantic.
GamaScythe 1 year ago 3
Love this little gem, i remember watching it on a Malaysian channel back on the good old days. And still to this day, that girl is really screwed up. A good looking knight robot dude saves her and she repays it with punching him silly.
passwordnom 1 year ago
this is such a classic! i use to think it was such a wonderful story as a child. it was my fav out of the Robot Carnival shorts =D thnxs for posting this memory of great animes up!!!
LovelyRoxxy 1 year ago
@BushidoMH Saw this on sci fi in the 90s
gypshasballs22 1 year ago
"Whee! I'm at a theme park! What?! You're cheating on me!? Whaaa! Oh wait. Here's a new boyfriend and this one works at a theme park! Sweet!"
Mwahahahah OMG that's how I would translate this video too! LOL
krissteen 1 year ago
"Whee! I'm at a theme park! What?! You're cheating on me!? Whaaa! Oh wait. Here's a new boyfriend and this one works at a theme park! Sweet!"
Mwahahaha OMG that's how I would definitely translate this video too! LOL
krissteen 1 year ago
thanks so much for uploading this!!! I missed the good shows during the '90's.
krissteen 1 year ago
Worse, her boyfriend is cheating on her with her best friend. Call Jerry.
zivjax 1 year ago
@zivjax rotflmao!
CaramelMamiChula 10 months ago
That poor girl.
Not only is her boyfriend cheating on her, he's also Char Aznable
frankenvonvogler 1 year ago 2
I remember when this use to air on the Sci Fi also.
Akutare 1 year ago
This is amazing, reminds me of my favorite band t.A.T.u. sort of has the same style.
s3oodDJ 1 year ago
This was one of my favorite shorts from Robot Carnival... there were some very strange shorts but this wasn't one of them ^_^
amilena79 1 year ago
Sadly, Robot Carnival has fallen in Anime obscurity, along with the rest of the old scholl classics that will never see the light of day on dvd...it really is a shame, when you consider that crappy titles such as Harmagedon, and Big Wars made it to dvd , and Robot Carnival hasn't :(
tom11zz884 1 year ago 2
Between the story and the music, it's one of my favorites segments from Robot Carnival.
LarcenTyler 1 year ago 2
I love this anime. Its so hard to find! This is one of the first animes that I have ever seen.
TheLeonasilva 1 year ago
I remember enjoying watching this on the Sci Fi channel :)
ladynekochan 2 years ago
@ladynekochan that true, when the Sci-Fi channel was beginning, it show anime in the morning.
gkw20 1 year ago
The Colonel from Akira is in this too, glaring at New Boyfriend as he cuts through the parade crowd ;)
stephalopod 2 years ago
...but the moral of the story is carnies have bigger plugs. it gets pretty ronchi after that last scene.
drSticknStamps 2 years ago
PORN FOR 3RD GRADE GIRLS
s7rugg1es 2 years ago
who ever put that together was on crack!
max3030 2 years ago
kool!!!!!!!!!!!
luffykid31 2 years ago
The dream sequence was a virtual reality ride affected by the rider's mind, and the guy, who worked for the park, was always in the robot costume. In the suit, his coordination was compromised thus losing his helmet at that one point.
Endoptic 2 years ago
Anime characters in Disneyland or a park that's looks like Disneyland.
1mangaguy 2 years ago
@1mangaguy Definitely. A lot of early anime was inspired by Disney.
swarlock 1 year ago
The music for Robot carnival was all written and composed by Joe Hisaishi. (Famous for his music from Miyazaki movies.)
HimeHimiko 2 years ago 2
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Maarow 2 years ago
I SAW TETSUO AND AKIRA! i didnt realize who they were when i was little.
ultracoldson 2 years ago 2
The version of the song at the beginning, "Star Light Angel #3", is missing from the soundtrack.
PoweredButchZ 2 years ago
@PoweredButchZ do u have it?
if so,can u upload it 4 everybody and including us b/c i will love 2 hear it,lolz!
;-)
CaramelMamiChula 2 years ago
I mean it was never released. I want it too.
PoweredButchZ 2 years ago
who dude
so kinda cute ja
i liked it very much man
tha anime of the present its cool but i think old anime is the best
:P
benderibsk1 2 years ago 4
when anime used to be original
striderhiryu2 2 years ago 46
This is my 2nd favorite short from Robot Carnival, next to "A Tale of Two Robots". It's a really cute story.
sarimonok 2 years ago
gosh, she is sooo lucky, i wish this happen to me
mew10521 2 years ago 3
THIS short right here is what started my love and fascination for anime when i was a kid. Watching this is a huge nostalgia trip. Robot Carnival is a classic.
shroomleaf 2 years ago 6
@shroomleaf same here
EmSeeSquared 1 year ago
This has to be my favorite one of the lot, the 80s music and imagery is just beautiful.
23rdcenturyboy 2 years ago 4
The director behind this short, Hiroyuki Kitazume, also designed the characters from Char's Counterattack, that pretty much explains why the blond guy looked like Char :)
23rdcenturyboy 2 years ago 2
I saw Robot Carnival on television when I was around six years old. This short stuck in my head the most, probably because of the music. ^_^
16Nire61 2 years ago 2
nice, with spirit inside T_T.
phantom0st 2 years ago
This is Incredible, Amaizing, Lovely! I like it so much! Great story!
LewaNitro 2 years ago
La neta si me gustó mucho peeeero... por que no existe alguién como él?? T_T
Karoley16 2 years ago
Existen, quizas no has buscado con suficiente empeño, o no en los lugares adecuados.
Sal de tu ambiente. Tristemente es casi seguro que no lo encontraras en tu club de anime local.
Suerte en encontrarlo
saulotchihuas 2 years ago
O.O
Karoley16 2 years ago
I won't go into details about this and its nostalgic value, but man.
I'm so glad it's on Youtube.
My dad, because I was like 7 years old, explained the meanings behind whatever happened in this little short. I was a noob, and I still think it's just more about the animation than the story (although that has its part).
Anyways, I love this, thanks for posting it, faved it, and I still can't believe so many people have viewed it.
ninjasamurai 2 years ago
I think so, too... I was reading on wiki and it said it was "directed" by the animators instead of a director, so... ^__^
RyePan 2 years ago
heh caught it. didn't even read the bit about akira in the description. just thought suddenly "hey isn't that akira? it is! cool." :P
Seloa 2 years ago
imagine a girls tears can give some robot a friggin headache.
StriderHiryu1200 2 years ago
like fuckin...6th or 7th grade i saw this....8-man after, akira, project a-ko....takes me back
blackpanthro 2 years ago
the parts of this song remind me of the spanish song called "ese hombre" by pimpinela:037-1:38,4:36-5:38 and 7:57-8:08
CaramelMamiChula 2 years ago
0:37-1:38
CaramelMamiChula 2 years ago
i saw this on cartoon network about 14 or 15 years ago and i wa 8 years old,lol.i love the music =)
CaramelMamiChula 2 years ago 4
The music is great in this clip.
SiriusShaun 2 years ago 4
This is really beautiful. Thanx for posting
serenacloe 2 years ago
Lynn Minmei @ 3:35 :) yeah I'm bout that old school
dilliot2k 2 years ago
This really is an incredibly beautiful piece of work. Fantastic!
skypfry550 2 years ago
This was about pure imagination and that is something a lot of animation here in America is lacking. A good amount of anime seem to be going that way today.
No talking sponges and no PC settings with bland dialog here; it's better that way..
twdalbeck27 2 years ago 2
Has no meaning...?
Well, to each his/her own opinion I suppose.
KidKobun 2 years ago
What a horrible ride that was. It put the person in mortal danger. Who would design something like this?
TGGeko 2 years ago
@TGGeko: Uhh..... Satan?
Darkrai765 2 years ago 2
This truly makes anime what it is; Beautiful artwork to capture imaginations forever.
Lojackzer 2 years ago 3
Saw robot carnival when I was about ten and thought WTF is this. I feel the same way now.
loren1283 2 years ago
Flying human does not compute! [boom]
TGGeko 2 years ago
I feel the same way
sgiron877 2 years ago
this particular artist reminds me much of Zeta gundam. Is it the same artist?
Akselleaf 2 years ago
@Akselleaf he directed episodes of Zeta Gundam, yes
EmSeeSquared 1 year ago
I love this cartoon except that 'blonde girl' - she's either a 'tomboy' or she's 'butch' - there's nothing feminine about her.
The 'blonde girl' can easily be passed off as a boy in a blonde wig.
wasupbigchief 2 years ago
I only watched this a few days ago for the first time and I must say out of the whole robot carnial thing, this one was one of my favorite shorts. But I must say that I got confused when she magically went from being on a ride to flying in the sky and then being attacked by a monster thing. But over all the animation and story was amazing. I enjoyed the music greatly.
snaplesugar 2 years ago
@snaplesugar As she was fleeing from her former biyfriend she found herself on a virtual ride that allowed her to use her imagination. That's how she could fly.
swarlock 1 year ago
@swarlock Oh I see. Thank you for explaining!
snaplesugar 1 year ago
i love the facial expressions in this, i remember watching this back on the Sci fi channel, and starlight angel being my favorite of robot carnival, everyone remember Saturday anime?
Madhatter757 2 years ago
I do,but that was before my family and I got sci fi channel on our cable,but...just as we got the channel,they no longer shown SA it,big bummer that was!
At least they got Animonday now,but imo none of the anime they got on there is even worth watching anymore,geez!
Point is,Sci fi really needs to go back to some old school stuff imo and this case anime.
Dunes 2 years ago
YES! Robot Carnival, Venus Wars, A-ko Project, Cashan the Robot Hunter, Gal Force, Demon City Shinjuku, Dominion Tank Police... and they had I think 4 other shows they used to run all the time. I think they called it Saturday Japanime or something. Few things are better than 80's anime
ABCMeEFG 2 years ago
I have Dominion tank police on dvd, i loved that anime so much. Demon city shinjuku was the first anime when i re-discovered anime ( i use to watch thundercats when i was 3 years old, essentially that was really old school anime) i saw demon city on MTV at 11pm at night and i just fell in love with anime all over again.
Madhatter757 2 years ago
Venus Wars was my drug from Sci Fi channel, and Robotech was my first fix.
ABCMeEFG 2 years ago
Robot Carnival, Vampire Hunter D, and Demon CityShinjuku were my beverages of choice, Project A-Ko: Civil Wars was my crack, and Dominion Tank Police was WIN!
Samalam69 2 years ago
lol wut
TGGeko 2 years ago
I remember videotaping animes off of it so i didn't have to go to the video store to rent it all the time...I have so animes because of SciFi's Saturday Anime and I blame them for my tastes in anime today!
Samalam69 2 years ago 2
It would have been hilarious if the guy at the end had cheated on the blond girl in the past and she gets pissed off seeing him and runs out on her friend with the brown hair and the story continues.
ticklemegangrene 3 years ago
shojo indeed.
interpretation aside, this is just enjoyable to watch as a piece of dream theatre, without any waking notions of 'meaning'.
i wonder what rides tetsuo and akira went on... maybe the robot ride gave him the idea for his arm!
videochemist 3 years ago
cute
C00kiesNcreamX 3 years ago
Anyone know how much of this is specifically modeled after stuff at Disneyland/Disneyworld? I haven't been in about 20 years (the last time was I went to Disneyworld was in the early 90s), but some of this stuff in this segment really looks familiar.
This isn't the best Robot Carnival segment, but it's still fun. 80s anime is the best.
MonoAzul 3 years ago
This was my gateway anime! All hail old school!!
aoishounen 3 years ago
I wish Disneyland had an awesome ride like that!! ^__^
LuvvyDuck 3 years ago
3:10, Take That, Pepsi!
geekgo4 3 years ago 3
@geekgo4 Japan is a big seller of Coke so it makes sense.
swarlock 1 year ago
I think it has a bit more of a meaning than that... Boyfriend cheats on her, so she goes off with robots, who are lots better, and the one turns out to be human after all, restoring her faith in mankind. Woot.
kataankoryu 3 years ago 3
I have the same experience with this movie as a few people: it's one of the first anime I ever saw and I saw it on TV in the middle of the night when I was a little kid. Sci-fi used to play this and 8-man all the time.
It's crazy that Tetsuo and Akira are walking around, does anybody else think the little boy walking with Tetsuo is supposed to be Akira?
igpx666420 3 years ago
Bwaaaaa Anyone else recognize the guy at 3:13? I can't say I'm surprised that Tetsuo and Akira are in there somewhere. lol Where at?
kataankoryu 3 years ago
Tetsuo and Akira appear walking towards the camera on the right side of the screen at 2:05. They are holding hands and Tetsuo is recognizable by his white shirt and red cape.
At 3:13 that's the Colonel, Colonel Shikishima.
igpx666420 3 years ago
I remember I was a freshman in college when I first saw this movie. And this is such a silly wonderful piece of fluff X3
Tempest0Lavalle 3 years ago 2
@ 2:07 is that tetsuo and akira on the bottom right?
Neogetter02 3 years ago 2
Yep, they be the two.
I think you see the bald general from Akria in this movie to.
southy98 3 years ago
Man I have not seen this since 1993 on channel 69 (before lame ass upn bought them up.) man I would stay up like 3:00 am to see this. Man those was the good old days when t.v. was... wait for it... Real? Now I feel old as fuck. By the way keep post these gems.
caphimm 3 years ago
The first time I ever seen this was around 3am on TBS back in the day. I watched the whole thing and didn't see it again until I found an old copy of it in a blockbuster in 2000. About ten years. I hope they put an anniversary DVD out sometime soon.
Ridley9548 3 years ago
why does this reminds me of Final Fanasty?
Darkrai765 3 years ago 2
yeah that beginning music sounds alot like the intro to the earlier FF titles . and does some of the characterization kind of remind you of CLAMP?
NervTool01 3 years ago
Perhaps because the tune in the beginning of this film sounds almost identical to the opening theme in the original Final Fantasy games.
skypfry550 2 years ago
if it weren't for those sci fi channel saturday morning animes i never would've even be into anime probably. Project A-ko 1 & blue vs. grey, demon city shinjuku, casshern robot hunter, eightman after, robot carnival and of course vampire hunter D.
spyderice3384 3 years ago 5
this movie is the reason I'm into anime in the first place it just sucks that there is no US dvd release i would buy it in a heart beat
rikohran 3 years ago 2
Yeah, remember when TV was good.
gundamredframe 3 years ago
it was one night on cartoon network that got me addicted to anime, they showed robot carnival, vampire hunter D and twilight of the cockroaches one night, and i been hooked ever since, i was probably around 12 back then.. and here i am at 26 still loving these movies, and alot more... but then a few years later i did start watching the Sci-fi channel saturday morning anime too tho and i got too see all these over again before i could buy em on DVD, which i know have :D
SatansMullet 3 years ago
0:00-0:11 Final Fantasy anyone?
NVLUTZ007 3 years ago
Oh, how I loved witnessing the glory of the Robot Carnival shorts... Starlight Angel is one of my favorites, including Deprive, and Cloud. I have these recorded on VHS somewhere.
Oh, and I also remember recording Project A-ko Grey vs Blue and Eight Man After. Anyone else watch those on the Sci-Fi channel way back then?
BlueScalyCool 3 years ago
Naw. Back in the mid 80's to mid 90's my older brother would go to comic book stores or various conventions & buy the bootleg copies because these anime were available to the US audience yet.
SpankRamen2 3 years ago
This movie is the best anime movie ever made hands down
aceholeking 3 years ago
omfg I just watched Urotsukidoji because someone said it was from the same director wtf I can't believe the main animator did this and the other scary shit. Some twisted shit these japanese animators are
breakanddrift 3 years ago
Hoooooooo snappp!!! I never thought I'd ever see this again!!! Brings back so many memories. (^w^)
roro2k 3 years ago