Robot Carnival (1987)

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Nine Animators. One Vision.

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

• Released: 1987-07-21
• Genres: Animation, Science Fiction
• Runtime: 1h 33m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.7/10 from 86 votes

Directed by Atsuko Fukushima, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, Hiroyuki Kitazume, Kōji Morimoto, Takashi Nakamura, Yasuomi Umetsu, Manabu Ohashi, Hidetoshi Ōmori, Katsuhiro Otomo.

Top cast

• Kumiko Takizawa as Daughter / Small Robot (voice)
• Katsue Miwa as Fukusuke (voice)
• Chisa Yokoyama as Yayoi (voice)
• Kohji Moritsugu as The Main Character (voice)
• Keiko Hanagata as Grandma (voice)
• Aya Murata as Daughter (child) (voice)
• Nariko Fujieda as Grandchild (voice)
• Satoru Inagaki as Man A (voice)
• Hideyuki Umezu as Colleague / Man B (voice)
• Ikuya Sawaki as Man C (voice)

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Robot Carnival

• United States: stream on Crunchyroll, Eternal Family, RetroCrush Amazon Channel; watch free on Fawesome, The Roku Channel, Fandango at Home Free, Retrocrush, Cineverse, Tubi TV, Amazon MX Player; rent on Amazon Video, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Crunchyroll
• Canada: stream on Crunchyroll; watch free on Tubi TV, Retrocrush, Cineverse
• Australia: stream on Crunchyroll

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