Robot Carnival

Jul 21, 1987

1h 30m

★ 6.7

Nine Animators. One Vision.

Overview

An anthology of various tales told in various styles with robots being the one common element among them.

Genres

Animation

Science Fiction

Production Companies

APPP Company

STUDIO4℃

Robot Carnival Trailers

Cast

Daughter / Small Robot (voice)

Kumiko Takizawa

Fukusuke (voice)

Katsue Miwa

Yayoi (voice)

Chisa Yokoyama

The Main Character (voice)

Kohji Moritsugu

Grandma (voice)

Keiko Hanagata

Daughter (child) (voice)

Aya Murata

Grandchild (voice)

Nariko Fujieda

Man A (voice)

Satoru Inagaki

Colleague / Man B (voice)

Hideyuki Umezu

Man C (voice)

Ikuya Sawaki

Child A / Child D (voice)

Hidehiro Kikuchi

Child B (voice)

Daisuke Namikawa

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