hey people... I have a question: Im looking for an anime i´ve seen in france a couple of years ago... and as my french aint decent i had no idea what anime that was... saw only 1 episode of it anyway... It was about a group of girls in mechas. These mechas were transported to the battle in some kind of train, the locomotive had a front shaped almost like a face with big teeth... they were fighting... something (no idea what...) and got horribly beaten up as one after the other mechas exploded...
Streamline Pictures... yes, managed by Carl Macek, actually played this in small independent theaters. It was a simple transition as there was very little dubbing necessary.
Streamline Pictures also brought over the 1st dubbed version of Laputa, which was a much better english dub than the later Disney version and kept the soundtrack intact. This was also shown in small independent theaters.
I remember watching this on Cartoon Network probably like 16-17 years ago....this was one of the first anime's I had ever seen, right along with Vampire Hunter D and Twilight of the Cockroaches
This was my first exposure to Anime. This is probably the reason I expect my mind to be utterly blown by anime, or I'm let down. This was on a bootleg tape with some anime about a group of women with these robot suits. I can't remember the name of it, but they were fighting some evil corporation that made killer robots. There was also an anime where there was this guy with an awesome car with wheels that could turn sideways and he was rescuing some girl.
Japanese animation, and in certain regards animation in general, matured in the 80s. This film is an example, two or three of the features standing out on top - the motion, the detail, the detail of motion (as in the clothes in blowing wind). Except for Ghost in the Shell, and the Miyuzaki films, anime has largely has gone downhill.
Very underated anime. I give it a B, since some of the sequences are boring/generic/average. However, there are definatly some shorts that are very good. I recoomend everyone to watch it on the grounds of how different it is. :D
i have been looking for this for years. my mom had it on a vhs tape with the original vampire hunter d when i was young and i have searched all over thinking it was called robot circus.
This was one of my first Japanese anime experiences too and I didn't get most of it, but I still thought it was cool and it still stuck with me. Thanks so much for putting it up! :)
Do you remember other 80's anime movies as a kid like Warriors of the Wind (the butchered US cut of Nausicaa), Unico 1 & 2, Little Nemo Adventures in Slumberland, Voltron, Jack and The Beanstalk etc.? and did you also watched Vampire Hunter D, Heavy Metal, American Pop, Rock and Rule etc. on TBS as well?
I saw this movie 18 years ago on TBS thanks to reading my city's TV guide and stated animated anthology Robot Carnival as i watched Heavy Metal, Rock and Rule, this movie, Twilight of the Cockroaches, Vampire Hunter D and American Pop and they ruled my world. They showed me animation can be for adults too, i did had earlier experience with anime such as Warriors of the WInd (My childhood fave which was the butchered Nausicaa), Unico 1 & 2, Jack and The Beanstalk, Voltron and Transformers
@fullflavormenthol I saw that same marathon. I was 15, lol. They also played Akira, Vampire Hunter D, and a REALLY edited version of Heavy Metal for some reason. I kept thinking to myself, 'Why play Heavy Metal. It's not Anime and editing it for television just ruins the plot of the stories.'
Same story man, i was 12 when those movies aired on TBS except i saw Akira at age 14 on video when i rented it and left an impression on me that i even bought it for my 15th birthday as it's been one of my favorites and even bought Heavy Metal uncut and uncensored on video as well at that age. I did taped Vampire Hunter D, Rock and Rule, Robot Carnival and Twilight of Cockroaches uncut on video from second VCR i had and loved them.
This is a pretty obscure one, but its a great intro for people who are unfamiliar with anime, because it involves several different artists portraying several different stories. You get a good range of anime's potential as art and as storytelling.
I wish more challenge movies would happen, like this one. Such a simple idea to set a topic and select the top animators to do their take on the theme. I love Otomo's take on the childhood excitement of "the carnival is coming!", from joy to the terror of an automated carnival spreading devestation in it's wake!
I remember this fondly from when i was a kid. been searching for it forever but couldn't remember the name in the slightest, and when i'm searching for a mecha anime to watch, i finally find it. i think a tale of two robots and starlight angel were my favorites
wow I remember this! I even think I was around Nine years old when I had seen it too. And then I had caught it again during the early days of Sci-fi channel where they also played Akira and Ghost in the Shell on Saturdays. Hell yes! to the 90's generation. lol
Robot Carnival is a spiritual look at robotics, it is famous in science fiction circles; I even found that tiny theater in the big city that shows science fiction films on weekends, and watched Robot Carnival. This is a true story, if you can read mythology and the spirit, but presented in an entertaining format, including the opening sequences; such as Iraq and Afghanistan found as the U.S. Armed Forces fields combat robotics from sea, air, land, and space: whacked them.
Thank you so much for posting this! I never thought I'd see these again. I remember watching it everytime they played it on the SciFi Channel's Anime hour (Saturday Anime and then when they moved it to Fridays). I saw it maybe three times and could never find the video or DVD, and I stumbled on these now as I was doing research for a major paper related to this, which is of course absolutely perfect timing. Thanks a bunch. It's like having a little piece of my childhood back :)
I agree completely, Entity4two. I loved this as a child and I owned the video but..it was ruined but now I found it on youtube! Yay!! x3 Plus I loove the music, its amazing
My dad, mom and sister were all crushed under the tracks that day. I was gone on a trip to Ontario, Canada. I think i would be happier now if i would have died with them.
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Thank you so much for posting this! I first saw it on SciFi Channel in the early 90s and taped it from there but I've about wore that tape out. I've been wanting to get a copy somewhere but even thought I haven't found one, I can enjoy it here.
@Rasenna I made a bootleg of this using the video from here a firefox addon and a video converter. I wrote how to do it on my blog here's the link and good luck with it. Also you can do the same thing to any video. google download helper
I .. I just became a die hard fan. I need robot carnival in my collection that doesn't exist.
But it will start to exist WHEN I BUY THIS * U *
I'm flabbergasted that this hasn't been heralded as ONE OF THE MASTERPIECES et cetera. Every little thing I've seen from robot carnival has been wonderful. I'm almost reluctant to watch it before I buy it. But I need to find it in good quality!
@Endisaster You might try looking around for a functional VCR or Beta player. that is what Robot carnival was originally released on.
As to the film itself, a collective of artists, pretty much the finest of thier era, was put together and given a free reign task of each creating a short with only one stipulation. The short had to deal with robots. I wound up with a copy I have since worn out over the years by begging and pleading for my mom to buy it. I was 7-8 then, I'm 31 now.
I remember watching this on the Sci-Fi channel (at least I think it was the Sci-Fi channel... not sure) back in the mid to late 80s real late at night and it was confusing as all hell but I enjoyed watching it. Didn't know that all the shows were Robot Carnival, I just thought it was random artists showing off their good work.
As a matter of fact, I think that Ghost in the Shell, Gunn Mu, Rock Man, Gundam, Heavy Metal, etc might have been my inspirations for pursuing engineering in the first place. ( A bit sad and disturbing really.)
While this technically wasn't the first anime I ever saw (Saban's "Grimm's FairyTale Classics" and "Li'lbits" on NickJr would be), it's the first one I watched that was introduced as such. The seeds of Adult Swim were sewn...
@GreenBeardsRevenge I keep wondering the same thing! It would have made perfect sense to re-release R.C. when the compilation film "Memories" came out.
Are the powers that be concerning these things reading this?
Ah I remember this when it came on the Scifi channel many years ago. Robots scourging the last traces of humanity from the face of the planet... In such a jovial manner. Priceless.
Maybe we should get a petition going, and post it on their website. Funimation, Disckotech, Sentai Filmworks, Bandai U.S. Manga Corp. whoever. Please release this great classic on DVD,before it is forgoten.
This is a pure classic. I have been trying to find the english dvd version for years. I got a ripped copy for now but I continue to wait for the remastering and rerelease of Robot Carnival
there are so many versions dragonball z box sets,naruto collections,evangelion re-re-re-re release of box sets//and yet Robot Carnival and other oldschool classics still m.i.a. . LONG LIVE SATURDAY MORNING ANIME
you know...if today's animator just looked at the animation produced in the 80's and 90's they'd learn so much abou how to create a good and proper animation. none of the infantile nonsense that we get today.
@Entity4two I like some of the new stuff but some times it can get too zany. Then again I am biased towards the cyberpunk, Scifi, and robot anime. I also like the rustic feel that the animation of the 80's and 90's. The robots had just the right amount of technical detail. I study mechatronics so this is especially appealing to me.
@Entity4two you obviously have restricted yourself to what maybe more people are watching. amazing animation is being created everyday if you wish to be a close minded fool and look at the past don't expect to see amazing animation in the future.
@Entity4two YOU my friend, have said EVERYTHING I had been thinking in regards with today's animation studios and encapsulated that into one beautifully coherent statement that I COULDN'T agree with more. I look at what's on television today and what my younger siblings only know and I weep for them. They are robbed of the childhood I had been privy to. Now I'm collecting all the DVDs and VHSs I can so that I can show them to my son when he's old enough to talk.
God i remember this thing from when i was alittle kid. Also the twilight of the cockroachs. I always wondered where i knew these scenes from but could never remember a name. Thanks alot.
Wow, definitely by Otomo here. It's a great anime that introduced the 90's generation to anime (along with AKira, Ghost in the Shell, and all the films they ran on Scifi). It's a very beautiful piece of work that needs to be released.
it been long time Since i see it But when i stated watching i cought so late i whi I knew abut it sooner but oh well may I find on dvd Some day or see my gf can find them and download them for me
thanks a ton, Robot Carnival is one of the few animes I have been unable to get on DVD. I can't believe this hasn't been officially released yet. and people wonder why piracy exists...
yo! when i first heard this in '95 i thought i was goin' nuts 'cuz i couldn't understand what was being said. i was 8 and i think it was my first time hearing another language.
I first got this as a vhs fan sub about 15 years ago (I've been an anime fan for nearly 25 years now, if you include me watching Robotech on cable in the mid-80s) and utterly fell in love with it, despite the crappy image quality. 'Nightmare' is probably my favourite sequence in the film, 'Presence' coming a close second. Still a shame this is not available on dvd/Blu-Ray here in the UK, as it is a lovingly-crafted classic and has aged exceptionally well. Thanks for sharing this; good memories.
dude robotech was the shiznits i bout cried when roy died but then again i watched it in the early 90s when i was like in first grade but still its my alltime fav anime still.
Thank you so much for posting parts of Robot Carnival. I remember seeing these when I was younger. Just watching these bring back so many memories, this was one of the very first animes that I had the pleasure of watching. After I watched this, I was pretty much hooked for life. You just don't find good stuff like this anymore. I can't thank you enough for sharing this.
Truly a great film. This was the second anime I ever saw and one the few movies I have on vhs, and had to get it on dvd as well. Thanks for the upload!
I remember I was 12 when I first saw this on the SciFi channel anime block. This was when anime back in the late 80s early 90s was just booming in the US and for me Robot Carnival is one of those iconic old animes that you just cant forget. (along with Akira, Project Ako, Galaxy Express and many others to) I notice the Scifi channel is trying to bring their anime late nite showings back right now with titles such as Noein, but unfortunately I rarely put the effort into to watching them.
Yes! I remember watching it on Thanksgiving day one year. There was a Anime marathon going on and this was one of them. I think they also showed Dominion Police and Venus Wars. All great anime if you ask me.
im lost
moregenroete 2 weeks ago
hey people... I have a question: Im looking for an anime i´ve seen in france a couple of years ago... and as my french aint decent i had no idea what anime that was... saw only 1 episode of it anyway... It was about a group of girls in mechas. These mechas were transported to the battle in some kind of train, the locomotive had a front shaped almost like a face with big teeth... they were fighting... something (no idea what...) and got horribly beaten up as one after the other mechas exploded...
Buemmo 2 weeks ago
ahhh, memories. incidentally, I also miss the old Sci-Fi (not "see fee") Channel.
twominutepenalty 1 month ago
@twominutepenalty me too when they had 2am anime fests......first time I saw vamp hunter d
calypsogst 5 days ago
Yes! Had it on VHS!
osue69 1 month ago
Maybe Aniplex can do a limited edition version of this movie for like $90.00...I would be all over it :)
tom11zz884 1 month ago
@tom11zz884 its on dvd I have a copy of it
calypsogst 5 days ago
Why are the faces in anime so lazily done, when the rest of the animation doesn't take any short cuts?
I'm not complaining. I'd just like to hear from anyone who can explain the aesthetic.
InsertName125 2 months ago
Streamline Pictures... yes, managed by Carl Macek, actually played this in small independent theaters. It was a simple transition as there was very little dubbing necessary.
Streamline Pictures also brought over the 1st dubbed version of Laputa, which was a much better english dub than the later Disney version and kept the soundtrack intact. This was also shown in small independent theaters.
ShogoYahaagi 2 months ago
This is the first anime I saw too,but I saw it when I first got cable back in the 80's. Now I'm a full fledged otaku... thanks Japan! :D
paraNORMLHaruko 3 months ago in playlist Robot Carnival
I remember watching this on Cartoon Network probably like 16-17 years ago....this was one of the first anime's I had ever seen, right along with Vampire Hunter D and Twilight of the Cockroaches
tzapata28 3 months ago in playlist Robot Carnival
I remember seeing this on the sci-fi channel a long time ago, it might have been the first anime I ever watched this or galaxy express 999 XD
darkez08 3 months ago
This was my first exposure to Anime. This is probably the reason I expect my mind to be utterly blown by anime, or I'm let down. This was on a bootleg tape with some anime about a group of women with these robot suits. I can't remember the name of it, but they were fighting some evil corporation that made killer robots. There was also an anime where there was this guy with an awesome car with wheels that could turn sideways and he was rescuing some girl.
BWHORROR 5 months ago
@BWHORROR the car one was riding bean
Skrimpish 4 months ago
@Skrimpish Any idea why Riding Bean is immortal apparently? I don't remember them every saying anything about it in the film. Weird, weird anime.
BWHORROR 4 months ago
@BWHORROR I think it's just over the top action/cartoon. Similar to how rambo goes up against an army and always lives.
Skrimpish 4 months ago
@BWHORROR I wonder if the women in robot suits was Sol Bianca. I haven't watched it in a long long time. Sorta rings a bell though.
svfighter 3 months ago
@svfighter Nah, it turns out it was Bubblegum Crisis. Pretty sweet show...
BWHORROR 3 months ago
Japanese animation, and in certain regards animation in general, matured in the 80s. This film is an example, two or three of the features standing out on top - the motion, the detail, the detail of motion (as in the clothes in blowing wind). Except for Ghost in the Shell, and the Miyuzaki films, anime has largely has gone downhill.
aculturemind 5 months ago
Robot carnival is a classic!!!!
Cbusslayer 5 months ago
Thank you, it was my favorite. I had been looking for it.
alanSJ1000 5 months ago
Very underated anime. I give it a B, since some of the sequences are boring/generic/average. However, there are definatly some shorts that are very good. I recoomend everyone to watch it on the grounds of how different it is. :D
themisanthropex 5 months ago
It's like cyberpunk West Side Story. Death and violence with a musical score.
CapnUgh 6 months ago
Love those...goats?
ROoooo80 6 months ago
The apocalypse will be choreographed.
kainemaxwell 7 months ago
awesome intro
theRCRchannel 7 months ago
i have been looking for this for years. my mom had it on a vhs tape with the original vampire hunter d when i was young and i have searched all over thinking it was called robot circus.
this just made my night!!
ItsOurFault 7 months ago
I love Robot Carnival!!
KosephMivyotlh 7 months ago
I swear, that has to be one of the greatest openings to a movie I've ever seen.
atomofish 7 months ago
Karn Evil 9 is incredibly appropriate here.
Ejak2021 7 months ago
This was one of my first Japanese anime experiences too and I didn't get most of it, but I still thought it was cool and it still stuck with me. Thanks so much for putting it up! :)
malayka85 8 months ago
i loved this anthology of anime shorts! saw it when i was really young...it is still amazing even today.
screamingviolet 9 months ago
What a beautiful yet terribly tragic opening!
RagamuffinBabyDoll 9 months ago
It marked a coming of age for anime, to those in the west anyway.
Proving you could use this art form to tell any kind of story, from comedy to truly serious sci-fi works.
It wasn't just a cartoon, it was a source of truly fresh content. The kind you just can't seem to find over here anymore.
evil13rt 9 months ago
@fullflavormenthol
Do you remember other 80's anime movies as a kid like Warriors of the Wind (the butchered US cut of Nausicaa), Unico 1 & 2, Little Nemo Adventures in Slumberland, Voltron, Jack and The Beanstalk etc.? and did you also watched Vampire Hunter D, Heavy Metal, American Pop, Rock and Rule etc. on TBS as well?
Johnlindsey289 9 months ago
@fullflavormenthol
Did you watch Heavy Metal, American Pop, Rock and Rule and Vampire Hunter D as well?
Johnlindsey289 9 months ago
I saw this movie 18 years ago on TBS thanks to reading my city's TV guide and stated animated anthology Robot Carnival as i watched Heavy Metal, Rock and Rule, this movie, Twilight of the Cockroaches, Vampire Hunter D and American Pop and they ruled my world. They showed me animation can be for adults too, i did had earlier experience with anime such as Warriors of the WInd (My childhood fave which was the butchered Nausicaa), Unico 1 & 2, Jack and The Beanstalk, Voltron and Transformers
Johnlindsey289 9 months ago
@fullflavormenthol I saw that same marathon. I was 15, lol. They also played Akira, Vampire Hunter D, and a REALLY edited version of Heavy Metal for some reason. I kept thinking to myself, 'Why play Heavy Metal. It's not Anime and editing it for television just ruins the plot of the stories.'
ShadowACE1998 9 months ago
@ShadowACE1998
Same story man, i was 12 when those movies aired on TBS except i saw Akira at age 14 on video when i rented it and left an impression on me that i even bought it for my 15th birthday as it's been one of my favorites and even bought Heavy Metal uncut and uncensored on video as well at that age. I did taped Vampire Hunter D, Rock and Rule, Robot Carnival and Twilight of Cockroaches uncut on video from second VCR i had and loved them.
Johnlindsey289 9 months ago
the 80s will never die
sonickid101 10 months ago
I havta admit.. I Did Not see that opening coming, lol!
BloodyBobJr 11 months ago
My copy went missing 10 years ago T_T
Thanks for uploading!
FuyutsukiKouzou 11 months ago
Its the Japanese Fantasia. Dude RC ROCKS!!
Onitsu 11 months ago
Congratulations on 50,000 views!
Raidmasterprod 11 months ago
What's the music, I want to know!
Raidmasterprod 11 months ago
First saw this on scifi channel years ago, back when scifi wasn't a steaming pile of shit. Downloaded it from torrents. Been happy ever since.
mightydagon 1 year ago
this along with the "cockpit" is some of the very best anime in the world
driver7742 1 year ago
WHO WOULD BUILD THIS MONSTROCITY
advillan 1 year ago
My favorite is Presence... very haunting and filled with regret.
alecton 1 year ago
Have it on VHS, lol
Outlander11 1 year ago
This is a pretty obscure one, but its a great intro for people who are unfamiliar with anime, because it involves several different artists portraying several different stories. You get a good range of anime's potential as art and as storytelling.
dkupke 1 year ago
I wish more challenge movies would happen, like this one. Such a simple idea to set a topic and select the top animators to do their take on the theme. I love Otomo's take on the childhood excitement of "the carnival is coming!", from joy to the terror of an automated carnival spreading devestation in it's wake!
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This movie was my favorite as a little girl! And you can get it on demonoid.
aidake 1 year ago
I wonder if you can order this on DVD or download it?
MikeTMerciless 1 year ago
@MikeTMerciless No DVD release. I'm sure there's a torrent somewhere.
inscrutable486 1 year ago
This was actually one of the first animes that I ever watched. Loved it.
brolly2380 1 year ago
This one is very similar concept to a Phillip K Dick story called "GAME OF UNCHANCE!
loren1283 1 year ago
Got this on VHS haven't got around to getting it on DVD or looking for it. Loved the short stories and the artwork.
candr 1 year ago
I've always liked this film. I wish there was a R1 dvd release.
Thor13332 1 year ago
I remember seeing this on MTV along with Liquid Television when I was younger. Much younger.
c0ldf0xx 1 year ago
Cartoon Network use to transmit this animation with Vampire Hhunter D at 2:00 clock in the morning.
CaptCamping 1 year ago 2
@CaptCamping yup, I remember that. Also Sci-Fi channel on Monday nights.
fvenegas9ine 1 year ago
I remember this fondly from when i was a kid. been searching for it forever but couldn't remember the name in the slightest, and when i'm searching for a mecha anime to watch, i finally find it. i think a tale of two robots and starlight angel were my favorites
TheTruthOfPerfection 1 year ago
wow I remember this! I even think I was around Nine years old when I had seen it too. And then I had caught it again during the early days of Sci-fi channel where they also played Akira and Ghost in the Shell on Saturdays. Hell yes! to the 90's generation. lol
HamletMB24 1 year ago
Robot Carnival is a spiritual look at robotics, it is famous in science fiction circles; I even found that tiny theater in the big city that shows science fiction films on weekends, and watched Robot Carnival. This is a true story, if you can read mythology and the spirit, but presented in an entertaining format, including the opening sequences; such as Iraq and Afghanistan found as the U.S. Armed Forces fields combat robotics from sea, air, land, and space: whacked them.
WOWJBEOWULF 1 year ago
this had to be one of the first animes i ever saw, and honestly i had no idea wtf was going on bc i was a young kid then
MannyKunV 1 year ago
Thank you so much for posting this! I never thought I'd see these again. I remember watching it everytime they played it on the SciFi Channel's Anime hour (Saturday Anime and then when they moved it to Fridays). I saw it maybe three times and could never find the video or DVD, and I stumbled on these now as I was doing research for a major paper related to this, which is of course absolutely perfect timing. Thanks a bunch. It's like having a little piece of my childhood back :)
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WhiteCrownPhoenix 1 year ago
I agree completely, Entity4two. I loved this as a child and I owned the video but..it was ruined but now I found it on youtube! Yay!! x3 Plus I loove the music, its amazing
robogirl 1 year ago
I agree completely, Entity4two. I loved this as a child and I owned the video but..it was ruined but now I found it on youtube! Yay!! x3
robogirl 1 year ago
Fantastic! Thank you so much for uploading this. I was wondering if I would ever get to see it when I thought, "Hey, maybe it's on Youtube..."
GalacticBloopy 1 year ago
This ws my first anime that I watched
speedskate2010 1 year ago
@speedskate2010 Mine too!
asnaes 1 year ago
さすが福島敦子！でしたっけか。上手いですね！
0000syu 1 year ago
My dad, mom and sister were all crushed under the tracks that day. I was gone on a trip to Ontario, Canada. I think i would be happier now if i would have died with them.
AdamGoulett 1 year ago
anime its the best thing ever, manga its far beyond.
pandaemonaeo 1 year ago
wow! i remember this as a kid! i watched this with my cousins, and i was blown away. it was my intro to animes, and i loved animes ever since xD
LovelyRoxxy 1 year ago
I've been looking for this Anima on DVD for several years now....this is one of the best.
qm2smith 1 year ago
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..anime247 they.... lol
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WinterFuknMute665 1 year ago
Thank you so much for posting this! I first saw it on SciFi Channel in the early 90s and taped it from there but I've about wore that tape out. I've been wanting to get a copy somewhere but even thought I haven't found one, I can enjoy it here.
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WinterFuknMute665 1 year ago
I .. I just became a die hard fan. I need robot carnival in my collection that doesn't exist.
But it will start to exist WHEN I BUY THIS * U *
I'm flabbergasted that this hasn't been heralded as ONE OF THE MASTERPIECES et cetera. Every little thing I've seen from robot carnival has been wonderful. I'm almost reluctant to watch it before I buy it. But I need to find it in good quality!
Endisaster 1 year ago
@Endisaster You might try looking around for a functional VCR or Beta player. that is what Robot carnival was originally released on.
As to the film itself, a collective of artists, pretty much the finest of thier era, was put together and given a free reign task of each creating a short with only one stipulation. The short had to deal with robots. I wound up with a copy I have since worn out over the years by begging and pleading for my mom to buy it. I was 7-8 then, I'm 31 now.
Alsorath 1 year ago
I remember watching this on the Sci-Fi channel (at least I think it was the Sci-Fi channel... not sure) back in the mid to late 80s real late at night and it was confusing as all hell but I enjoyed watching it. Didn't know that all the shows were Robot Carnival, I just thought it was random artists showing off their good work.
Brandish728 1 year ago
Destroction never looked so fun
XRuglia 1 year ago
Any film that opens with the title screen appearing and destroying civilization has to be great
frankenvonvogler 1 year ago 10
not much of any die hard fans? thats too bad? actually thats even better only a few get to enjoy the splendor, think about it.
hyoshira 1 year ago
Wow, the robot apocalypse is beautifully choreographed.
DAJ01 1 year ago 10
I Fell In-Love with this Shit YEARS ago...,!!!!!!
I Agree with GreenBeardsRevenge.
Peryscapyne 1 year ago
As a matter of fact, I think that Ghost in the Shell, Gunn Mu, Rock Man, Gundam, Heavy Metal, etc might have been my inspirations for pursuing engineering in the first place. ( A bit sad and disturbing really.)
ruser0084 1 year ago
While this technically wasn't the first anime I ever saw (Saban's "Grimm's FairyTale Classics" and "Li'lbits" on NickJr would be), it's the first one I watched that was introduced as such. The seeds of Adult Swim were sewn...
tehkevxor1983 1 year ago
***WHY IS THIS NOT ON DVD????****
GreenBeardsRevenge 1 year ago 2
@GreenBeardsRevenge I keep wondering the same thing! It would have made perfect sense to re-release R.C. when the compilation film "Memories" came out.
Are the powers that be concerning these things reading this?
TresobYr 1 year ago
WoW WioW WoW WoW WoW WoW WoWeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
A jugernaut of frenzy....And then....Gone.......
One of *THE WORLD'S BEST* openings of any anime anywhere!!!
Saw this first at a con years ago. Scored a VHS copy!
Love the screeching dancing dolls....
And then
GreenBeardsRevenge 1 year ago
Why does it have to annihillate the villages with good architecture?
Kemonokami 1 year ago
Ah I remember this when it came on the Scifi channel many years ago. Robots scourging the last traces of humanity from the face of the planet... In such a jovial manner. Priceless.
bonemarch 1 year ago
what
the
fuck
zanemato 1 year ago
Why does nostalgia have to hurt so bad? Great video!
Caliban0830 1 year ago
My favorite anime'. ^.^
jbskorp 1 year ago
Too bad this is only available on laser disc. I wish it would be rereleased on DVD sometime.
ShichiNoBushi 1 year ago
I always considered it the anime Fantasia
MayhemMechanix 2 years ago 19
@MayhemMechanix it is actually, its japans response to it.
Lorielknight 1 year ago
@MayhemMechanix
And anime's answer to Heavy Metal
Johnlindsey289 9 months ago
Robot Carnival and Project A-ko B-ko, when the Sci-Fi channel ran Anime Saturdayz!!!! I feel young.
CurlyClavis 2 years ago 3
80's anime was the best
SagooBoy 2 years ago
ah I miss those days.
phongbong 2 years ago
I remember watching this for the first time on sci fi channel...... good times
wonderboy1405 2 years ago
Disckotech who nicely re-issued Fist of the North Star should get the US rights for this and release it on DVD, who's with me?
Johnlindsey289 2 years ago
Maybe we should get a petition going, and post it on their website. Funimation, Disckotech, Sentai Filmworks, Bandai U.S. Manga Corp. whoever. Please release this great classic on DVD,before it is forgoten.
tom11zz884 2 years ago
@tom11zz884
Yes Ryoko/Disckotech or Image needs to get their asses to release this on DVD and Blu-Ray
Johnlindsey289 9 months ago
@Johnlindsey289 Yes!
swarlock 1 year ago
This is a pure classic. I have been trying to find the english dvd version for years. I got a ripped copy for now but I continue to wait for the remastering and rerelease of Robot Carnival
AkumaSF3 2 years ago 2
OMG!!!
Thank you for posting this I've been trying to find this for YEARS!
dragondanger 2 years ago
believe it or not the only time i saw this was on tbs at 2 in the morning like ten years ago. they played heavy metal after it.
blackspiraldancer666 2 years ago
@blackspiraldancer666 i was also watching that night :D
SatansMullet 2 years ago
thats a fucking trip!!!
blackspiraldancer666 2 years ago
@SatansMullet
You too, how old were you? Did you watched Heavy Metal, American Pop, Vampire Hunter D and Rock and Rule as well?
Johnlindsey289 9 months ago
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Johnlindsey289 2 years ago
isnt it funny the things you remeber?
blackspiraldancer666 1 year ago
@blackspiraldancer666
Definitely, both HM and RC with Vampire Hunter D, Rock and Rule, American Pop and Twilight of Cockroaches ruled my world at age 12 18 years ago.
Johnlindsey289 9 months ago
i'd give anything to have scifi play this again...hell it'd probably get me to watch tv again if anything..i haven't seen this in years
idiodum 2 years ago
there are so many versions dragonball z box sets,naruto collections,evangelion re-re-re-re release of box sets//and yet Robot Carnival and other oldschool classics still m.i.a. . LONG LIVE SATURDAY MORNING ANIME
steampower97 2 years ago
you know...if today's animator just looked at the animation produced in the 80's and 90's they'd learn so much abou how to create a good and proper animation. none of the infantile nonsense that we get today.
Entity4two 2 years ago 26
true
dontlistentomeimmute 2 years ago
@Entity4two I like some of the new stuff but some times it can get too zany. Then again I am biased towards the cyberpunk, Scifi, and robot anime. I also like the rustic feel that the animation of the 80's and 90's. The robots had just the right amount of technical detail. I study mechatronics so this is especially appealing to me.
ruser0084 1 year ago
@Entity4two couldnt agree more
Lorielknight 1 year ago
@Entity4two you obviously have restricted yourself to what maybe more people are watching. amazing animation is being created everyday if you wish to be a close minded fool and look at the past don't expect to see amazing animation in the future.
bobthedoorknob 1 year ago
@Entity4two YOU my friend, have said EVERYTHING I had been thinking in regards with today's animation studios and encapsulated that into one beautifully coherent statement that I COULDN'T agree with more. I look at what's on television today and what my younger siblings only know and I weep for them. They are robbed of the childhood I had been privy to. Now I'm collecting all the DVDs and VHSs I can so that I can show them to my son when he's old enough to talk.
Neutral1 11 months ago
It's a cryin' shame that this is out of print.
I remember watching this on SciFi channel on Saturday morning~!!!
ToruKun1 2 years ago
iT IS AMAZING THIS ISN'T OUT ON DVD YET. AND WHEN YOU THINK OF SOME OF THE SILLY ANIME TITLES THAT MADE IT TO DVD, AND THIS HASN'T..SHAMEFUL
tom11zz884 2 years ago 3
Joe Hisaishi (composer behind all of Miyazaki's films) actually conducted the music for "Robot Carnival" with the exception of 1 segment. :)
Forysan 2 years ago
the people who drew akira mustve drawn this too.
KGPF21 2 years ago 3
@KGPF21
Of course it's Katushiro Otomo of Akira fame!
Johnlindsey289 9 months ago
@Johnlindsey289 His style is easily recognized, especially if you've seen either the movie "Akira" or the manga "Akira".
ApacheMan2K 9 months ago
Can't help but to think 'Baysplosionz'
Torterrasaur 2 years ago 2
God i remember this thing from when i was alittle kid. Also the twilight of the cockroachs. I always wondered where i knew these scenes from but could never remember a name. Thanks alot.
arcata06 2 years ago
Wow, definitely by Otomo here. It's a great anime that introduced the 90's generation to anime (along with AKira, Ghost in the Shell, and all the films they ran on Scifi). It's a very beautiful piece of work that needs to be released.
Fragile0Still 2 years ago 2
I also remember seeing this on Sci-Fi when I was younger. Thanks for the upload.
CronoSage 2 years ago
dude i am also one of those die hard fans of this anime.
i fully appreciate you uploading this opening scene
666Vladimir 2 years ago
They should do an anniversary DVD. This movie is also from Katsuhiro Otomo of Akira fame.
Johnlindsey289 2 years ago
hey man thanks a lot to upload this kind of anime, the real pieces of art of this gender like vampire hunter d XD
pollo007x 2 years ago
it been long time Since i see it But when i stated watching i cought so late i whi I knew abut it sooner but oh well may I find on dvd Some day or see my gf can find them and download them for me
Kilian127 2 years ago
Whoa... it's been a while.
I remember seeing this on Sci-Fi.
My mom had taped it for me, but I lost it.
Thnx for upload man.
IronKingLeo 2 years ago
thanks! seeing this brought a tear to my eye
xxwaagh1xx 2 years ago
thanks a ton, Robot Carnival is one of the few animes I have been unable to get on DVD. I can't believe this hasn't been officially released yet. and people wonder why piracy exists...
Orbzon 2 years ago
holy shit dude! i'm so happy you have this anime here ! it means so much to me. . . !
Buritsu 2 years ago
Awesome. thanks for the upload. hard to find it anywhere.
jutau 2 years ago
ROFL @ 3:34
I love how the explosions on the ground hurl a few villagers and cattle high into air with the fireworks. lol
Robot Carnival is the first anime I ever really liked. It's still one of my favs to this day.
Kwaj 2 years ago
This was the first anime I remember liking...
dieuchien 2 years ago 3
Lies - Robot Carnival was AWESOME. Wish I could find it on DVD or something...
halophoenix 2 years ago
I taped this back the 90's on WTBS Anime Marathone weekend. I loved it. It was far ahead in theme and graphics.
sashaseven 2 years ago
last time i saw this was on animation cell-a-bration in 95 or 96.
foripu 2 years ago
yo! when i first heard this in '95 i thought i was goin' nuts 'cuz i couldn't understand what was being said. i was 8 and i think it was my first time hearing another language.
animechic420 2 years ago
Really, thanks for uploading this. I don't know where else to come by any Robot Carnival, so this is pretty much a Godsend.
Monstevr 2 years ago
wow. simply wow. thank you for the upload.
videochemist 2 years ago
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animechic420 3 years ago
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animechic420 3 years ago
LOL It's soooooooooo ridiculous!
kataankoryu 3 years ago
I first got this as a vhs fan sub about 15 years ago (I've been an anime fan for nearly 25 years now, if you include me watching Robotech on cable in the mid-80s) and utterly fell in love with it, despite the crappy image quality. 'Nightmare' is probably my favourite sequence in the film, 'Presence' coming a close second. Still a shame this is not available on dvd/Blu-Ray here in the UK, as it is a lovingly-crafted classic and has aged exceptionally well. Thanks for sharing this; good memories.
HeadlessHorseman2K9 3 years ago
dude robotech was the shiznits i bout cried when roy died but then again i watched it in the early 90s when i was like in first grade but still its my alltime fav anime still.
aknotwhat 2 years ago
OMg Thank you for posting this up this is my first anime that ever watched
Lizzi1986 3 years ago
I remember watching this as a kid in the 90s on SciFi.
RF23 3 years ago
me too!!
rhatcher010 3 years ago
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Johnlindsey289 3 years ago
Sweet lord!
SmokingSumSoup 3 years ago
Thank you so much for posting parts of Robot Carnival. I remember seeing these when I was younger. Just watching these bring back so many memories, this was one of the very first animes that I had the pleasure of watching. After I watched this, I was pretty much hooked for life. You just don't find good stuff like this anymore. I can't thank you enough for sharing this.
01DarknessXX 3 years ago
This was one of the first anime movies I saw
nvaughan 3 years ago
I LOVED THIS SHORT COLLECTION SO MUCH WHEN I WAS A KID!!!!!!
wow. im so happy this is up! thank you!!!
cheetahrob 3 years ago
holy shit do i remember this
234trails 3 years ago
Truly a great film. This was the second anime I ever saw and one the few movies I have on vhs, and had to get it on dvd as well. Thanks for the upload!
jadedXotaku 3 years ago
I remember I was 12 when I first saw this on the SciFi channel anime block. This was when anime back in the late 80s early 90s was just booming in the US and for me Robot Carnival is one of those iconic old animes that you just cant forget. (along with Akira, Project Ako, Galaxy Express and many others to) I notice the Scifi channel is trying to bring their anime late nite showings back right now with titles such as Noein, but unfortunately I rarely put the effort into to watching them.
meka703 3 years ago 2
Yes! I remember watching it on Thanksgiving day one year. There was a Anime marathon going on and this was one of them. I think they also showed Dominion Police and Venus Wars. All great anime if you ask me.
46licks 3 years ago
Yups, damn right. I own Venus Wars and its the best! XD
meka703 3 years ago
@meka703
I was your age back in 93 when i saw those except i saw Akira on rental video when i was 14 and grew up with that stuff
Johnlindsey289 9 months ago