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An anthology of various tales with robots being the one common element among them. 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 story lines.
Episode 9 : Ending
July. 21,1987
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Episode 8 : Chicken Man and Red Neck
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Episode 7 : Strange Tales of Meiji Machine Culture: Westerner’s Invasion
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Episode 6 : Cloud
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Episode 5 : Starlight Angel
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Episode 4 : Presence
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Episode 3 : Deprive
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Episode 2 : Franken's Gears
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Episode 1 : Opening
July. 21,1987
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 on its exterior grinds its way right towards the village.
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