Robot Carnival
| Robot Carnival | |
Release poster.
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ロボット・カーニバル (Robotto Kānibaru) |
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| Genre | Science fiction, romance, horror |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Atsuko Fukushima Katsuhiro Otomo Koji Morimoto Hidetoshi Omori Yasuomi Umetsu Hiroyuki Kitazume Mao Lamdo Hiroyuki Kitakubo Takashi Nakamura |
| Music by |
Joe Hisaishi Isaku Fujita Masahisa Takeichi |
| Studio | A.P.P.P. |
| Licensed by |
Streamline Pictures (lapsed) Diskotek |
| Released | July 21, 1987 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
Robot Carnival (ロボット・カーニバル Robotto Kānibaru?) is a Japanese anthology original video animation (OVA) released in 1987 by A.P.P.P.. In North America, it was released in theaters by Streamline Pictures with the order of the segments slightly rearranged. This OVA has gained a small cult following.
It consists of nine shorts by different well-known directors, many of whom started out as animators with little to no directing experience. Each has a distinctive animation style and story ranging from comedic to dramatic storylines. The music for all of the segments was composed by Joe Hisaishi.
The "Opening" (オープニング Ōpuningu?) takes place in a desert. A boy finds a small "coming soon" poster advertising the Robot Carnival, and becomes frightened and agitated. He warns the people in his village, most likely to escape, when a huge machine with many robots performing in niches on its exterior grinds its way right over the village. Once a magnificent traveling showcase, it is now a decayed, rusted, malfunctioning, engine of destruction.
In the "Ending" (エンディング Endingu?) segment (the ninth segment of the OVA), the Robot Carnival is stopped by a dune in the desert. Unable to climb the sandy obstruction, the Carnival stalls at its base. As the sun sets over the traveling relic, flashback stills recall the grandeur of the Carnival at the peak of its existence—an unparalleled engine of mirth that brought timeless joy to the various cities it visited. At sunrise, we see the platform chug forward with a sudden burst of power and crest over the dune in its way. The final push proves to be too much for the aged contraption, and it finally goes to pieces in the desert. The bulk of the OVA's credits are then shown concluding with an epilogue.
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