Robot Carnival- A Tale of Two Robots Pt. 1/2

[Justinsoper]

da hell is up with these voices

[Moosepie89]

Am I the only one who thinks that the mad scientist looks a hell of a lot like the Bowler Hat guy from Meet the Robinsons?

[sypoth]

Despite this being a flag waving, xenophobic, racist, and cultural superiority segment it still makes fun of steam punk enough to be a good watch.

[NARFNra]

@sypoth dude, ya do know its a parody of ww2 japanese propaganda films which were flag waving xenophobic racist cultural superiority shows as well right? so the whole racist stuff is a stylistic choice

[GTAFORME]

2:44 Sharingan symbol on robot's chest?

[sypoth]

@GTAFORME They're called Magatama and have been a part of Japanese culture for centuries. not everything revolves around that retarded mind suckingly stupid show Naruto and it doesn't take much digging to find something that's infinity better, even tangy pooper gurren lagan is better and that ones scraping the bottom of the barrel.

[Valkriz]

Ah I really want the first song in from this short.. Anyone know the name of it or if available somewhere? I know its not on the OST either..

[darthmango]

i prefer most anime with subs, but i grew up watching this on sci-fi channel's saturday anime block in english. The voice acting is just too funny.

[Loader2K1]

This story should have been developed into a full-fledged anime series, or at the very least had a few OVAs made out of it.

[harmonyXsuzukaze]

Urghhh, I will find that first song some how!

We have to find a way to contact who ever has control of this soundtrack now and get them to re-release it with the missing songs!

[BWHORROR]

Japanese steampunk!

[BassMurdarah]

anime is like hip hop

[kainemaxwell]

this should have been made into a full series on concept alone.

[revseth]

They should've just made an entire movie around this.

[AtheistTabbiChan]

Oldschool mecha XDDD

[BloodyBobJr]

Hey, don't you Dare call that guy driving the robot Crazy.. his just having a bad day ok?

[Spacirelei]

Steve Kramer will be my favourite Voice actor, Even over Cam Clarke (J.Flinders)

[madlexx]

a shame that the song from this short movie is not included on the o.s.t

[Behonkiss]

@madlexx The first one at the beginning (When the scientist is starting to attack) is omitted, but the second track (When they start attacking each other) thankfully is.

[watercup123456]

@Behonkiss But it's the first one from when they start to attack that is the most bad ass song... Probably of the whole series in Robot Carnival.

I've been trying to obtain the original audio. I am going to see if I can contact the composer or the copyright holders...

[karnella]

I like the English guys Japanese English voice... :/ that's an odd sentence.

[animeslayerg]

I'm wondering, I don't know why, but, how come this is the only anime that can have characters with Japanese accents and not other anime? It's just weird. But, still the animation is awesome!

[UnitedTen]

Guys need to quit dissing anime of today. There are so many gems Japan still manages to pump out. Those kind of people always annoy me--the ones who snobbishly say that "x was sooo much better y years ago. The x of today is total shit."

[smurfblood]

A brilliant dub!

[lisvender]

This was my favorite bit of Robot Carnival. I love the bug-eyed madman and the kooky robot pilot team. Tenchiro (or is it Denjiro? I can't tell) is also my favorite.

[adeellime]

never seen this its superb many thanks!

i was jus about say that the anime around 80 90's has its own touch all 2gether.its brill

[krakken242]

5:21 Fundoshi! XD

[Kemonokami]

Looks like it takes place in the late 19th century, judging by the European buildings.

[zivjax]

Love Tenchiro. "O kaaayy." "All set..." Dude's not fazed by anything.

[mrmoto01]

Stupid eng dub....

[ericard7]

@mrmoto01 Is there a Japan? I still look for it.

[GabBling]

the nerdy guy is just fuckin awesome xD

[HenryvKeiper]

2:07 - That's my favorite part. I love the long, long pan to the other robot, the guy going "What?!" And then the long pan back to the other robot.

In fact, this was probably one of my favorite of the Robot Carnival bits. Yeah, beautiful animation aside it's not perfect, but it came right after the long, dull, depressing bit with the female robot, so at that time I could've used a good laugh.

[ralang999]

Classic! My fave of the Robot Carnival segments.

[Bonnieanimefan]

@ 4:44 lol his reaction always made me laugh, opening his mouth like that in shock XD ...Man I miss the old days^^

[qwyxer]

where is the music for this? its not on the OST

[ZDLR221]

LOL at 3:00

"Ah you jackass!"

[emceay]

"He's a forenar what do we do nao~!" sums it up.

[Introspection79]

this anime makes me want to fight for my country while wanting to slam a very cute and beautiful japanse girl.. qith all due respect that Is,,

[warsun99]

I liked the japanese verion better.

[zivjax]

I've watched anime since the mid-80's. In the beginning (VHS days), most dubbing and translation was done by people who were serious enthusiasts. They understood the language, and knew how to translate the story and the feelings of the characters. But then the big companies like Pioneer started hiring "celebrities" to do the voice acting. Celebs don't know squat about the culture, language or artform, so it always sounds like they're just reading a badly translated script.

[empyreanlc]

I like the dubs to these old anime's

for some reason they tend to be much better than ones currently done

[poonus21]

i agree.

like Akira for example, the english dubbing for the DVD/BluRay release was horrendus compared to the dubbing they did on the VHS. thankfully i still have it.

[Sirromap]

I watched this at least 15 years ago, and we still quote the line "language is tough enough to translate but English through a megaphone is impossible" although we remember it as "English to Japanese is tough"

[artjamgirl]

LOL

[HawgRyder1]

This is my favorite story on Robot Carnival. It is totally HILARIOUS!!

[TheSmallFish1]

what a great find love this anime

[MBSPulse]

pretty awsome

[Joel354vanfanel]

Am I the only one who finds this....AWESOME AS HELL!!!!!???

[penske13]

no, your not.

[yethboth]

In the original Japanese language version, the mad professor was actually speaking in english with a different voice actor providing the english voice.

[minespatch]

@yethboth Yeah, I was missing the subtitles in English and Japanese in this dub. For some reason, they edited them out for some reason.

[chaloner]

love old school anime. todays anime is trash!

[knightjedi666]

Good point Chaloner, the anime of years gone by will always be my favorite....today...they go overboard with the digital effects, not bad...but nothing beats hand drawn anime like ROBOT CARNIVAL!!!

[ph1in]

You are damn right about that chaloner! I remember seeing this on sci-fi channel long ago i think, i cant believe i found it lol. Probably the last really good anime films were "Ninja Scroll" and "Princess Monoke"

[hatchetklown11]

memories

[Mowbee13]

A MILLENIUM OF GLORY IS AT HAND!!!!

[partysquad408]

not a robot if there is a pilot

[veggieeater]

japanese culture is soooooo awesome.

[TGGeko]

I know! why doesn't America have giant fighting robots?

[knightjedi666]

Tell me about it!

[veggieeater]

i guess becuase we don't know how to make them :P

[DSFARGEG00]

Ever heard of Battletech?

[minespatch]

@TGGeko They do. It's called Might Morphin Power Rangers and Megas XRL. Are you sure you're in the United States?

[TGGeko]

@minespatch Power Rangers is technically rebranded Super Sentai. And Megas was awesome. I am saddened by it's departure.

[minespatch]

@TGGeko Same here, they should have at least gave it some closure like Kids Next Door.

[ShadowACE1998]

@TGGeko I respectfully disagree just slightly. Microman was rebranded, GoLion was rebranded, Battle of the Planets, was rebranded. Macross, was rebranded. Super Sentai was BUTCHERED of all the things that made it great and infused with retarded footage featuring American actors and voice overs that took a great epic show and turned it into one giant insult to the intelligence of anyone with an I.Q. of 1 and up.

Megas, well. There's nothing wrong with Megas. That show ruled. :-)

[facer50]

faggot weeaboo GIRUGAMESH

[fiskefyren]

anyone know the name of that battle theme?

sounds awesome xD

[fiskefyren]

i like his eyes lol xD

[Blackheartrises]

where'd you find this, I remember this movie from about 15 years ago. Saw it on TBS. Thanks for the upload.

[kobakommander]

It was on "Night Flicks" along with HEAVY METAL and ROCK & RULE back in the 90s.

[Blackheartrises]

ya, that's where I saw it too, had to be over 15 years. I LMAO, at the opening, the fireworks were bombs aswell.

[HunterGio85]

5 stars

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Thanks bye!

[Xerock]

This is everything Robotech should have been

[NeahoBosozuku]

Ah the feudal version of Jin Saotome.^^

[quashman]

this is what I consider " real anime". this was before it became popularized and the production value went way down. they sure don't make em like they used to.

[eshaw2115]

I loved the music for clip

[TheFalconerer]

dag numit this doesnt tell me how to build my grass pants.

[urutta]

This one was always my favorite.

[sakuraXmoto]

This is one of my favorites!! I loved the japanese since the westerner was in actual english which was good.

[dieingbreadmens]

Great stuff. :D

[DutchessPepper]

I remember seeing this as a kid. It's still funny and good. I agree that old school anime rocks. Most of the new anime is all about looking pretty and has no substance.

[NYCPulpHero]

old school anime is FAR better than any of the shit in the last 8 yrs.

[meka703]

TOTALLY AGREE! nowadays anime have the same generic style, same stupid hijinks/jokes and rarely do you see anything unique. come on japan, focus less on a quick profit and more on originality

[NYCPulpHero]

back in the 70s to mid 90s, i remember seeing so many different styles. even the comedy anime had their own different style and look.

ranma 1/2 is FAR better than full metal alchemist and naruto

[minespatch]

@NYCPulpHero Well, that's not sure to say on Fullmetal Alchemist since the story and themes behind that book and animation are pretty outstanding compared to bland Naruto. Though you're right animation wise, Fullmetal seems to be a little short in animation compares to this.

[NYCPulpHero]

Ill stick to stuff from the 90s you smug bastard.

[geekgo4]

Back then, is was okay to call them,"cartoons,"

[NYCPulpHero]

piss off you stupid otaku

[Sorrigan]

@NYCPulpHero I love how this anime know what it is and does try to be pretentious about it.

It's also a rare example from the era where the english dub is superior to the original.

[alex134219]

@NYCPulpHero funny since all this is is 2 robots fighting each other and the entire plot is crazy man attacking

you can find a lot of this kind of anime much more than some genres its just not imported because its bargain bin stuff with no plot and the only ones who would dub the anime would be some really cheap company

(argument invalid)

[Rashaed]

I remember watching on the SciFi Channel. This was the first time I ever heard cursing in a cartoon. It blew me away.

[tailgunner2]

I found it strange that they changed the voice actor to play the "evil genius", considering even in the original he spoke English. Though with a much higher pitched, and even a bit nasal voice.

[Zycyzyx]

I forgot how fucking awesome the music in this short is. I have no idea why they left it off of the OST. :P

This is probably my favorite one off of Robot Carnival... hell, probably one of my favorite animated shorts ever.

[TechnoEstate]

Yeah, dammit! Anyone know where to obtain the awesome BGM of this episode?

[mailerin]

do you know where i can buy this cartoon.

[vigo894]

So far, no dvd of this film exists in North America. There is talk of a release, it's

stalled because the usual beauracracy. I

hope it is released soon.

[saceismyname]

I bought this when it came out on VHS dubbed. The soundtrack was my very first CD I ever bought :-)

[RakaiThwei]

One of the best anime around, I remember seeing this when I was a little kid, I think I was five or six at the time. Now fourteen years later, here I am watching this again!

They don't make anime good like this wonderful work here, anymore.

[CommentWriter]

Thank you very much for posting this. I've been looking for the DVD everywhere...

[WinterFuknMute665]

Robot Carnival DVD is at anime247 you can find it on google.

[shiro80]

sorry what i mean is i see thier artistic styles in this animated short

[shiro80]

maybe i've been around a while but i see Katushiro Otomo (akira) and Akemi Takada(patlabor) in this old anime

[Behonkiss]

Otomo supervised the whole movie as a producer, and was good friends with each of the directors. You can see his influence in certain bits.

[Lojackzer]

@shiro80

Believe it or not, Sadamoto, Character Designer of NEON GENESIS EVANGELION did the designs for Tale of the 2 Robots. He was probably inluenced by Otomo though.

[ericard7]

@shiro80 there are two language together in this film, but he change everything into English. Why don't he make a sub for japanese???

[KonigsTigger1]

Ah, I remember watching Robot Canrival back on the SciFi channel back in the mid 90's. I think I was about eight or nine when I saw it. This and the movie Roujin Z is what got me hooked on anime. Thanks for the upload, brings back memories.

[hj319]

I want to subscribe, but it seems to be rude to do so without posting a comment first, so I humbly request my subscription. If this is okay, please let me know, and I will subscribe.

[Behonkiss]

Of course! I've never heard of it being rude.

[hj319]

Thank you thank you thank you

[anottakenusername]

i have robot carnival on vhs and i watched it the other day. In my version the letters that appear at :39 are in English and they say "a tale of two robots - chapter 3: foreign invasion". Does anybody know if any more chapters were made or if "chapter 3" was just added to the name for stylistic value only?

[Behonkiss]

It's a joke, as they kind of treat the show like an episode of any episodic series without establishing anything much. It also occurred to me that the Japanese group was a lot like the characters from Voltron.

[geekgo4]

So, this hort is a fuderal parody of the Humongus Mecha series?

[quashman]

A true classic of anime they sure don't make'em like this anymore this is the real anime.

[Dwakey]

They do, just not where you're looking apparently.

[wickedcapedkid]

Enlighten me.

[wickedcapedkid]

Not where I'm looking either. Please point me in the right direction.

[quashman]

they do not because its all digital the only one who even comes close and actually surpasses it is hayo miyazaki. this is all hand drawn with a fairly high frame rate as typical animes go. new anime is incredibly derivative and stale and is usually poor quality of strictly fan service.

[RokeTanuki]

You also have to take into account that this was budgeted as a 15 minute movie short. As opposed to a 13 hour (26 episodes x 30 min each) television series.

More than that, Robot Carnival was meant as an exposition by young aspiring directors. Not simply an adaptation of a source material.

Hayao Miyazaki has his studio behind him, but to declare that there are no other well animated films is bupkiss.

Check out "Mellinium Actress" or "Paprika", both excellent, artistic films.

[archdukezeb]

and tokyo godfathers, and perfect blue, all satoshi kon. It sad their are only a cadre of really good anime movies and then crap upon crap upon crap.

[RokeTanuki]

Elitism never did anyone any good =)

If there was no fish-fillet, Mackarel Sushi wouldn't taste nearly as good.

Besides, sometimes its nice to just flip on something completely brainless (IE: Tenjho Tenge), smoke a bowl and giggle at the fact that 2 of the 5 main characters are obligated to provide fanservice every 3 minutes, espeically during fight scenes x3

[archdukezeb]

Eh maybe so, I've watched somethings like that and've been entertained. Just keep the homosexual vampires and the mindnumbingly dumb chibi away from me. No furries either.

[geekgo4]

There are hardly any furries in anime nowadays. There were older titles like "Adventures of Little Koala," though...

[beledigrrl]

Yes!!!!!!

[Sc6h12o6]

This rocks greatly!

[Jimkaider]

why isn't the opening track of this short on the soundtrack!

[Sc6h12o6]

where do you get the soundtrack!!!!!^.^