An animated science fiction anthology from the visionary anime director, Katsuhiro Otomo.An animated science fiction anthology from the visionary anime director, Katsuhiro Otomo.An animated science fiction anthology from the visionary anime director, Katsuhiro Otomo.
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Marc Swint
- Heinz
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- (voice)
Robbie Daymond
- Miguel
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Frank Todaro
- Ivanov
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Laura Post
- Eva
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Derek Stephen Prince
- Aoshima
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Alexa N. Careccia
- Emily
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Kirk Thornton
- Mr. A
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- (as Buba Chow)
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Martha Harms
- Anna
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Michael Sinterniklaas
- Carlo
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Stephanie Sheh
- Robot
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Stephen Fu
- Nobuo
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Chris Guerrero
- Omaeda
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Gianni Matragrano
- Kamata
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Steven Kelly
- Nirasaki
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Kira Buckland
- Sakiko
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Jack Britton
- Boy
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Mike Pollock
- General Officer
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Ellen-Ray Hennessy
- Mother
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- Directors
- Kôji Morimoto(segment Magnetic Rose)
- Tensai Okamura(segment Stink Bomb)
- Katsuhiro Ôtomo(segment Cannon Fodder)
- Writers
- Satoshi Kon(segment Magnetic Rose)
- Katsuhiro Ôtomo(segment Cannon Fodder)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn "Magnetic Rose," the opera singer's lover is named Carlo Rambaldi. This is most likely a tribute to film special effects creator Carlo Rambaldi who has contributed effects to "Alien" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (among others).
- GoofsIn the three tales anthology segment, Cannon Fodder, depicts a city with numerous windows amid very large cannons. Oversized cannons generally blow out window panes.
- ConnectionsEdited from Magnetic Rose (1995)
Featured review
Amazing anime trilogy
Amazing anime trilogy from AKIRA's Katsuhiro Otomo, who presents three unrelated sci fi stories directed by different directors (he did the last one, writers/first-time directors Tensai Okamura and Koji Morimoto did the other two). They are amazing vignettes with some stupendous animation in three different styles. Otomo's is especially unique in that there are no cuts the "camera" moves fluidly through every scene without a jump or a stop. Morimoto's 40-min "Magnetic Rose" is stunningly animated, the most amazing of the two, telling of a space ship's investigation of a distress signal discovering a magnificent world created by a woman's memories the music takes advantage of the operatic aria, Madame Butterfly, arranged by Yoko Kanno, who also supplies an excellent original score. "Stink Bomb," the middle segment, is clever and funny and fast-paced; Otomo's anti-war statement in "Cannon Fodder" closes out the film with a subtle bit of thought-provocation about a city whose entire purpose is the firing of cannons at an unknown enemy.
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- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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