She just wants to fall in love… | Robot Carnival (1987)

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[@arretminute]

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[@mandoz353]

This animation looks stunning, nothing compares to 80s and 90s anime style.

[@Vambium]

Everything was hand drawn frame by frame back then that's why

[@erenyeagerist7681]

What? You're degrading 80's and 90's anime? 80's and 90's anime are great in general, you dofus!

[@Suerte619]

Damn. For an 80’s one, the animation is pretty stellar.

[@twins1133]

For something form 1987, it looks like they animated with a way higher framerate

[@AscendantStoic]

That was the case for many anime OVAs and movies from the 80s and 90s.

[@_Gilles_]

@@AscendantStoic i agree. OVAs in the late 80s and 90s had the best hand drawn animation

[@AbelNightroad26]

Because, 80's and 90's, the Japan Economy was boom. But in the 90's *Japanese asset price bubble* happened and the Japan economy stagnated. This affected many industries in Japan, included the anime industry.

[@aryaprincess2479]

They used rotoscoping back then like most cartoon on the west as well. So making frames and poses was much easier and thus faster. They also didn't need to create 2000 episodes for one anime, this was a movie so they had enough time to make it better.

[@OtomoTenzi]

@@aryaprincess2479 Then why don't they use the same methods TODAY? Howcome we just don't see the same quality in more recent/modern animes? It just goes to show that technology isn't everything! 👎🗑

[@andrew120698]

I still can't forget the first time i saw Presence. I have her photo as background on my PC to this day. It means so much to me in a world without love. Simply brilliant, a work of art.

[@shenloken2]

Since he was married and had a daughter, the man only created his “ideal woman” as a sort of hobby. He pretty much treated her as a toy as symbolized by all the other toys in his workshop. But when she starts expressing emotions he did not intend for her to have he destroys her instantly. From that moment on he lives out the rest of his life regretting how he did not treat her as a living being. More than just a robot or toy: something he put his soul into. It’s like at the end of the short he finally dies and his soul is reunited with him in the form of his creation he put it into.

[@hieioni3354]

I like this interpretation. However, how do you explain the shot of his wife going outside to look for him? I think he got hallucination and wandered off alone and died of starvation later.

[@shenloken2]

It’s a theory but I believe it is heavily symbolized by the windup toy version he made of his female robot flying by itself up into the sky like an angel that he passed on into the afterlife right before his wife’s eyes. I

[@OtomoTenzi]

For those of who have always been feeling the same way as I did about 'Presence', this segment of the movie is very emotionally distressing and has stood out for me all these decades... The segment is just way too short to satisfy the audience's curiosity, and leaves ALOT of questions unanswered. If only I can become an animator some day, I swear that I will rewrite and remake an entire OVA based on this segment. Using the BEST influences from renown film-makers such as Michael Cimino and Wai Ka-Fai, I would tell the whole entire story (in painstaking detail) of how the creator finally ACCEPTS his female android's wish for love and affection. It would tell how they stay together and support each other both physically and emotionally, all the way until the very final end (with a surprise ending). That is something that even real-life couples cannot possibly do, especially in this sad and corrupted modern age gone MAD. Wish me luck, everyone! 😞

[@EMNemesis]

I remember watching this for the first time in 2013 and rewatching it last year just to refresh my memories of it, it was so tragically beautiful.

[@matty6878]

my favorite segment from Robot Carnival. very understated yet tells so much. i was 5 years old when i watched this as a kid when it aired on Sci-Fi (or whatever its called now) that set me on the path of a weeb.

[@hieioni3354]

Yeah, this episode is very emotional and feels very real. I feel bad for the android, and the guy later on.

[@matty6878]

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[@hieioni3354]

@@matty6878 oh thank you! Glad to find another man of culture here. I do like muscled girls' abs and armpits. They're so heavenly. Anyway, do you have discord account? Maybe we can share cultured artwork with each other :)

[@hieioni3354]

@@matty6878 I added you. Even when you don't have much collection, we still can talk about anime :)

[@OtomoTenzi]

@@hieioni3354 For those of who have always been feeling the same way as I did about 'Presence', this segment of the movie is very emotionally distressing and has stood out for me all these decades... The segment is just way too short to satisfy the audience's curiosity, and leaves ALOT of questions unanswered. If only I can become an animator some day, I swear that I will rewrite and remake an entire OVA based on this segment. Using the BEST influences from renown film-makers such as Michael Cimino and Wai Ka-Fai, I would tell the whole entire story (in painstaking detail) of how the creator finally ACCEPTS his female android's wish for love and affection. It would tell how they stay together and support each other both physically and emotionally, all the way until the very final end (with a surprise ending). That is something that even real-life couples cannot possibly do, especially in this sad and corrupted modern age gone MAD. Wish me luck, everyone! 😞

[@lillockey04]

I remember watching this when I was young. I thought the animation was great and all ... but that piano was haunting. I ended up learning to play it. My parents made me learn to play to a certain extent but I went try-hard mode to play that particular piece.

[@hieioni3354]

Upload a video of you playing this particular piece. I'd love to watch it.

[@grontleyschweebnalter2567]

I lived this exact, EXACT - experience in the 90s.

[@SpicyClover]

Bruh the video just started and I'm already pausing and looking at the way this guy stood up frame by frame. The animation is just wow.

[@iurysouza4313]

The OST is amazing 😢

[@matty6878]

joe hisaishi is good at that

[@TerraBlacc1]

I haven't revisited Robot Carnival in a very long time, the music in this piece is mesmerizing.

[@hieioni3354]

Agreed. The piano and the flute(?) sounds amazing.

[@d.b.gaston665]

I wonder if Joe Hisaishi used unused music from Nausicaa or another Ghibli movie for this.

[@hieioni3354]

@@d.b.gaston665 Maybe.

[@williewilliams4962]

I'm just hurt that this isn't the entire segment. It's scary that this, even over 30 prior, still has airs of now in it. Very few pieces make me really contemplate things like anime, especially this part in Robot Carnival. I'd almost be afraid if anyone ever makes a genuine sequel to this.

[@OtomoTenzi]

For those of who have always been feeling the same way as I did about 'Presence', this segment of the movie is very emotionally distressing and has stood out for me all these decades... The segment is just way too short to satisfy the audience's curiosity, and leaves ALOT of questions unanswered. If only I can become an animator some day, I swear that I will rewrite and remake an entire OVA based on this segment. Using the BEST influences from renown film-makers such as Michael Cimino and Wai Ka-Fai, I would tell the whole entire story (in painstaking detail) of how the creator finally ACCEPTS his female android's wish for love and affection. It would tell how they stay together and support each other both physically and emotionally, all the way until the very final end (with a surprise ending). That is something that even real-life couples cannot possibly do, especially in this sad and corrupted modern age gone MAD. Wish me luck, everyone! 😞

[@Certifiedcatslover]

Holy hell bro this looks so beautiful

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[@jamcalx]

Oh lord, this broke my heart as a child.

[@schwindsichtigaderechte5293]

Not only does this look great for all its technical limitations, but how original and creative is this compared to so many anime shows today? Not just the subject matter and how it's being approached but also the whole style, the choice of shots all the way to the little gadgets in the background. Why don't we get something original like this any more?

[@enigmaarcs8559]

Because all the "generic" or "bad" anime that aired at that time get lost to time. So the only animr that survives to this day are the one with "stellar" animation. 2nd, this is aired when Japan undergoes economic boom. The law and bussiness to make an OVA animation is vastly different than it is now. It's nearly impossible to make a huge profit to make an anime with "stellar" drawing. Heck, this particular OVA is not "popular" and niche when it's aired. But of course there is still great anime in recent year like Mob Psycho 100, Heavenly Restriction and Sonny Boy just to name a few. You just don't look hard enough and proceed to say all recent anime are bland.

[@schwindsichtigaderechte5293]

@@enigmaarcs8559 It's a bit pompous to say I don't look hard enough, you don't know me. I've seen Mob (and liked it just fine), I've seen Jujutsu Kaisen (which I guess you mean by Heavenly Restriction?) and found it ok, I purposely avoided Sonny Boy because it looks bland, but I might give it a shot. The ones I really liked in recent years were Vinland Saga, One Punch Man and Re: Zero. They were kinda different, but that's not what I mean. They're still safe. I agree with your argument why studios go that safe route nowadays, I just wish there was more variation and that studios would take risks more often.

[@orionpk]

the amount of detail is insane

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[@Luminus2]

That used to be something unique to anime. Not these days.

[@Kiyoone]

DAMN... this is from 1987? incredible. THe message that this echoes sounds SO ACTUAL

[@hieioni3354]

Wow, the piano is so amazing!

[@matty6878]

watch the ending of this segment. very beautiful.

[@hieioni3354]

@@matty6878 I will when I have the chance. Thanks!

[@hieioni3354]

@@matty6878 I watched the ending of this episode. Very sad. The memory of the android haunts him and there's a possibility he wanders off alone and died of dehydration and starvation.

[@matty6878]

@@hieioni3354 thats my interpretation as well. him leaving was him dying after the "angel" showed up. if you enjoyed that segment there's a similar one from that era called "Running Man - Rafael Ferrer Dub". its another short anime that leaves you with a similar feeling.

[@hieioni3354]

@@matty6878 then what about the shot of his wife going outside to look for him? That can't be in his head too, can it? And thanks for the suggestion! I will watch it when I can!

[@Geneolgia]

Robot Carnival is so good, I discovered it while searching for anime anthologies similar to Memories by Katsuhiro Otomo (I cannot recommend that one highly enough too) and this short in particular is my favorite.

[@Germania9]

Character designer & director of this segment would later direct Kite & Mezzo Forte

[@hieioni3354]

Kite is a cool anime. Didn't watch Mezzo Forte yet, though.

[@ssbac98]

Ahh Robot Carnival, I love this classic.

[@galvin__6708]

Girls in Retro Anime, looks way hotter than they are now

[@RayoSombrio78]

Women used to look hotter in past

[@kerlongsjorlejov1945]

Hard to believe this was made 36 years ago.

[@JupiterTarts]

Man, the late 80s to late 90s was the pinnacle of hand drawn animation before everything became computerized or CG. There will never be another era like it.

[@SamuraiSnake]

This part of Robot Carnival is very special. The theme for "Presence" (the name of the short) is beautifully haunting and captivating. Lots of themes going on in this short: the inventor's own humanity vs how the android was more human than him, how he was scared of the love that was shown to him and regretted the love lost years later over "the one that got away," and forbidden love. I saw this for the first time four years ago, and this short still stays with me.

[@MannyKunV]

the simplistic dialogue, emotional music, and choice of art style made this short give me an existential crisis as a child. children arnt suppose to have that kind of delema xD

[@birbx3r354]

With AI booming now (ie Chat GPT), this is trippy. We will probably see virtual and some robots that behave this way in the next few decades. A beautiful but haunting and though provoking piece.

[@LtMcMuffin87]

I remember seeing this on VHS as a kid. Pretty sure the entirety of Robot Carnival is what got me into anime.

[@hieioni3354]

For me, it was Ghost in the Shell (1995) that got me into anime. I love sci-fi and cyberpunk anime!

[@LtMcMuffin87]

@@hieioni3354 I'm pretty sure that helped for me as well XD

[@hieioni3354]

@@LtMcMuffin87 Yeah, Ghost in the Shell is amazing.

[@OtomoTenzi]

For those of who have always been feeling the same way as I did about 'Presence', this segment of the movie is very emotionally distressing and has stood out for me all these decades... The segment is just way too short to satisfy the audience's curiosity, and leaves ALOT of questions unanswered. If only I can become an animator some day, I swear that I will rewrite and remake an entire OVA based on this segment. Using the BEST influences from renown film-makers such as Michael Cimino and Wai Ka-Fai, I would tell the whole entire story (in painstaking detail) of how the creator finally ACCEPTS his female android's wish for love and affection. It would tell how they stay together and support each other both physically and emotionally, all the way until the very final end (with a surprise ending). That is something that even real-life couples cannot possibly do, especially in this sad and corrupted modern age gone MAD. Wish me luck, everyone! 😞

[@Freyja_fenris]

I feel like I'd seen this on Cartoon Network at one point, like really late at night in the mid 90s. Oh, that was amazing.

[@williewilliams4962]

I'd say for mid-90's, that would be back when Sci-fi still did it's Saturday morning movie block (before the name change to SyFy). That, Iria:Zeiram the Animation, Vampire Hunter D, Robot Carnival,....so miss this stuff now.

[@Freyja_fenris]

@@williewilliams4962 There was also a movie channel associated with I think Cinemax that aired a block called "Ani-midnight" that also aired Vampire Hunter D, Queen Emeraldas, and Cyber City 808 (I loved that series)

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[@emiliolemoine5612]

This is incredible.

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[@neoasura]

This short hits a lot harder with the English dub, it was very well done for the time.

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[@davidbryan1256]

A true love story turns to sadness but in the end it was a happy ending.

[@hieioni3354]

I don't think that was a happy ending. The guy probably wandered off and died of starvation later, leaving behind his wife and daughter and granddaughter.

[@AbelNightroad26]

@@hieioni3354 It is a mystery what really happened. No doubt her husband died, but the wife got to see the robot girl with her husband, and I don't think she knew the robot girl. Was that the soul of both?

[@hieioni3354]

@@AbelNightroad26 yeah, it's kinda weird that the wife was able to see the husband and the android together. Yeah, it could be the souls of the two of them.

[@OtomoTenzi]

For those of who have always been feeling the same way as I did about 'Presence', this segment of the movie is very emotionally distressing and has stood out for me all these decades... The segment is just way too short to satisfy the audience's curiosity, and leaves ALOT of questions unanswered. If only I can become an animator some day, I swear that I will rewrite and remake an entire OVA based on this segment. Using the BEST influences from renown film-makers such as Michael Cimino and Wai Ka-Fai, I would tell the whole entire story (in painstaking detail) of how the creator finally ACCEPTS his female android's wish for love and affection. It would tell how they stay together and support each other both physically and emotionally, all the way until the very final end (with a surprise ending). That is something that even real-life couples cannot possibly do, especially in this sad and corrupted modern age gone MAD. Wish me luck, everyone! 😞

[@sailorpluto9914]

I remember watching this on Robot Carnival. The animation is beautiful.

[@komisan5757]

this episode made me tearup it's just kind of sad and i loved the vibes of this episode it's different from the other ones, also the osts remind of silent hill shattered memories it gives a cold sad vibes likw the game

[@bespectacledheroine7292]

*sees title* Finally, something relatable in a sea of "I only need me myself and I" media.

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[@pitangwb8906]

5:38 i'm spechless!! The colours of UFO lights remind me with my mother jewelry when i was kid.. it's very nostalgic and hit me hard

[@dreamwelch8100]

if I'm honest, the depiction of old anime characters was very good, the details are extraordinary👀👍

[@SassafrasTee7366]

The robot’s outfit is gorgeous.

[@hieioni3354]

Agreed. I love the outfit designs in the late 80's and early 90's anime.

[@andrew120698]

i've seen a few people cosplaying as her, would not be surprised if there's a way to buy her clothes as seen in the anime

[@hieioni3354]

@@andrew120698 That's cool. I'm glad there are still people out there who remember Robot Carnival enough to cosplay as that android.

[@0.23electronvolts3]

Nostalgia... ANIMATION SO GOOD

[@tylertheotaku9270]

That guy was unhinged

[@SodaQuasar]

He doesn't want to get Meganed for sure

[@MatthewTheWolf2029]

The animation is very impressive. And the story really had me engaged.

[@saiberunato]

From one of my favorite films of all time. Beautiful, poignant, unforgettable...

[@otsu3011]

animation here is like top notch

[@loganford3921]

3:40 He's reminds me A lot of Conan O’Brien.

[@felipecourtois7883]

Robot Circus. How I remember thee.

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[@IRRIRed]

I love old style anime

[@linkskywalker5417]

Wow, this anime's animation is fluid.

[@typehazard]

Damn that animation is good

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[@Roberto-ow9rj]

Wow che animazione , questa si che è la vera animazione .

[@bsidus]

love this anime

[@Xeire]

I really like this animation looks

[@Adrenachrome_Gumdrops]

I watched this on a peak lsd experience, What a damn trip. I felt so bad for her

[@joseluismontano7457]

Why did he think in destroy her😞😞😞. Anime really touches our feelings.

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[@RayoSombrio78]

He was afraid because he already had a family. But he wasn't really in love with his wife. He regretted destroying her when he got old.

[@thomasmurphy3601]

Why don't they make more animations like this? Its fantastic 👏 👌 😀 😍 😊

[@Hamdad]

It's monstrously expensive, and tools exist today which streamline animation. Making it worse (like AI interpolation) but cheaper and faster to produce. There's less room in today's animation market for such big expensive productions anymore when investors don't want to risk not making their money back.

[@hieioni3354]

@@Hamdad Exactly. No one wants to take risk anymore.

[@anime4evershiny]

If they made a visual novel like this one

[@OtomoTenzi]

For those of who have always been feeling the same way as I did about 'Presence', this segment of the movie is very emotionally distressing and has stood out for me all these decades... The segment is just way too short to satisfy the audience's curiosity, and leaves ALOT of questions unanswered. If only I can become an animator some day, I swear that I will rewrite and remake an entire OVA based on this segment. Using the BEST influences from renown film-makers such as Michael Cimino and Wai Ka-Fai, I would tell the whole entire story (in painstaking detail) of how the creator finally ACCEPTS his female android's wish for love and affection. It would tell how they stay together and support each other both physically and emotionally, all the way until the very final end (with a surprise ending). That is something that even real-life couples cannot possibly do, especially in this sad and corrupted modern age gone MAD. Wish me luck, everyone! 😞

[@maximorodrigez7240]

They should dedicate a video to the mythical movie "Dôwa meita senshi Windaria" from 1986 so that people know about it.

[@novanoir8309]

There's something cool with 80-90 ova and anime

[@DlomedeS]

That was very disturbing ... Result: I will watch the work 😎

[@gingaruiz3158]

The First Android Mark 1 Build in 1200

[@gingaruiz3158]

3:34 thats a LOT OF FAILED EXPERIMENT

[@usernamemeh81]

1987 was peak

[@goodboysady]

Holy fck bro the artwork omg Has humanity went backwards instead? How come things from the 80s and 90s are better in quality?

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[@flpndrox]

The English Dub is underrated.

[@denisemiles7099]

Why do I have this “Nightmare before Christmas” vibe going on?

[@hybridsaiyan3020]

Deep

[@hieioni3354]

Why did he destroy her? Did she freak him out or something?

[@unnesflash4917]

obviously ,imagine if suddenly your toy started talking to you ,

[@hieioni3354]

@@unnesflash4917 That would be fine with me, as long as the toy doesn't harm me.

[@RC-go2kl]

he wanted to have sex with it and he didn't want to do that.

[@hieioni3354]

@@RC-go2kl Where did you get the notion that he wanted to have sex with it?

[@neoasura]

Robot Carnival was a collection of shorts that showed the relationship between humans and robots in the future. And those relationships weren't always good. This was a short where the man built a android to fill what was lacking in his life. But he started to get emotionally attached, and destroyed her because it wasn't "right" to love a robot/android in his mind, so he lashed out from fear of getting emotionally attached to something that wasn't human. It kind of touches on forbidden romances. It was also made in the 80s, when people were resentful towards robots in general for eliminating jobs during that era and they weren't sure if robots were a good or bad thing going into the future.

[@yehusinede9913]

this was from the same guy who did A Kite and Mezzo Forte

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[@GTDA27]

Oh...that poof thing

[@hieioni3354]

I know right? Then the memory of the android haunts him forever.

[@madcat789]

Yeah, I do too.

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[@user123url6]

Ermosa. Pelicula. Aguante. El. Anime👍👏🙏❤️📼📼👌

[@schierke5293]

Que animação linda, muitas antigas são quase sempre as melhores! 😻😻

[@andrew120698]

um amigo meu disponibilizou Presence com legendas em português no dailymotion, caso queira tem como achar lá

[@นายณัฐธีร์กีรตินันทพัฒน์]

Morning

[@SocksWithSandalsEnjoyer]

The animation, art style, and the music are all amazing! But why the guy have a yee-yee ass haircut? 😭

[@marissagibson410]

A young man was building a lovely young lady before they’re falling love! She only a robot, because he’s out of control to get rid of her for good!

[@Cages_Customs]

Of all the score pieces Hisiashi did for this animation masterpiece these were my favourites. I only wish they had included every piece on the soundtrack, especially from 'Presence'.

[@482darkknight]

Something ahead of its time. The AI programming would have been impossible in 1987.

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[@w0lf_step]

Actually AIs are in course since the 60s, but the masses never knew about it computers and digital stuff until the 80s.

[@dreamwelch8100]

anime drama but feels creepy😨

[@thespree6560]

Woah, just now I found out Cyndi Lauper and Conan O'Brien had an affair in the 80's...

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[@jvladcliff4083]

The animation is beautiful but the story is pretty sus

[@LuteFrontier]

Can u add Supergals(2001)

[@joesaiditstrue]

For those who are commenting on the high animation quality, check out The Hobbit anime from the late 70s.

[@eugenegodzilla946]

Robot land

[@slime1075]

I was thinking she just want to fu-

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[@RC-go2kl]

Was she anatomically correct? She even bled from the lip.

[@thecinemagician]

Noooo😢

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[@KnightGeneral]

Nag poops pku bay pero andam na ako gamit…

[@Zoddnosferatueurope]

1987