Memories

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Synonyms: Magnetic Rose, Stink Bomb, Cannon Fodder

Japanese: MEMORIES（メモリーズ）

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 3

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Dec 23, 1995

Producers: Bandai Visual, Shochiku, Victor Entertainment, Kodansha

Licensors: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Discotek Media

Studios: Madhouse, Studio 4°C

Source: Manga

Genres: Drama, Horror, Psychological, Sci-Fi

Duration: 37 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.73¹ (scored by 32,608 users)

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Ranked: #970²

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Popularity: #1692

Members: 86,158

Favorites: 421

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Synopsis

Memories is a compilation of three standalone short films encompassing different genres.

Magnetic Rose
In the far reaches of space, after tracing a distress signal to a large abandoned space station, a pair of engineers—Heintz Beckner and Miguel Costrela—find a derelict mansion and decide to explore on foot. Their investigation reveals a dark secret surrounding the fate of Eva Friedel, a renowned opera singer with a tragic history. Hallucinations soon begin to plague them, and they must fight to retain their sanity in order to escape the station alive.

Stink Bomb
Hapless lab technician Nobuo Tanaka consumes some pills at his laboratory to cure a cold. Unknown to him, however, the pills are actually experimental drugs that enhance his flatulence to a lethal degree. As the toxic gas escaping him kills everyone in his vicinity, he is ordered by his superiors to retreat to the company headquarters in Tokyo. The journey to the city is made all the more arduous as Nobuo struggles with his deadly odor while the police, military, and foreign adversaries are hot on his trail.

Cannon Fodder
In a fortress city filled to the brim with cannons, a young boy wishes to surpass his father by becoming a revered artillery officer. Despite no proof of an enemy nation, he cannot resist the urge to partake in the daily bombardment routines organized by the city. Whether at school or just before bedtime, he only dreams of someday firing a cannon for the sake of his homeland.

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Winner of the 1995 Oofuji Noburou Award at the Mainichi Film Awards.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Beckner, Heintz

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Isobe, Tsutomu
Japanese

Tanaka, Nobuo

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Hori, Hideyuki
Japanese

Friedel, Eva

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Takashima, Gara
Japanese

Costrela, Miguel

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Yamadera, Kouichi
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Kawajiri, Yoshiaki

Producer, Key Animation

Watanabe, Shigeru

Producer

Inoue, Hiroaki

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Otomo, Katsuhiro

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Jul 19, 2015

3 of 3 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

Keatle (All reviews)

88 people found this review helpful

Memories is an anime movie co-produced by Madhouse Studios and Studio 4°C, and it also was co-directed by Tensai Okamura, Kouji Morimoto and Katsuhiro Otomo. It is a collection of three short movie, each directed by one different director and every one are adaptations of three of Otomo's short stories.

I am going to address every story separately, as I think everything will be clearer this way. I am also going to say my final remarks at the end.

Magnetic Rose:

This is the only short of the three that deserves to be called Memories. The atmosphere is done in an incredible way that always leaves the viewer on the edge of his seat, expecting something to happen and creating even more tension in the process. The visual style plays a big part on that and it also is pretty and well-detailed, but visually old.

This short as a whole is incredible, actually, I think that it would have been actually better as a sole and full-length movie, as that way we would have been able to explore this wonderfully tragic story with more time and it wouldn't have to be paired with the other movies. Needless to say after that, Magnetic Rose is my favorite short of this collection and the best one, by far.

Stink Bomb:

Supposedly, this short was comedy, but no one in the room I watched it laughed. More than that, the story feels unimaginative and the characters are so ridiculously dumb that it makes you wonder how they became scientists of that level. Despite that, I got to say that it is very pretty, albeit a bit old-styled.

This was, for me, a terrible short. I actually was glad that it ended. The quality drop between the two first short is astounding actually. I can't really recommend it to anyone.

Cannon Fodder:

This short is, at least for me, a well-defined criticism to some cultures and elements of our society. In that it is pretty successful, but it doesn't manage to tell a particularly interesting story in the process.

Its most marking characteristic is its visuals, specially when paired with the awesome soundtrack that accompanies it. I would categorize the visuals as experimental and unique. Also, it is not really possible to explain it, you just got watch it to understand it. Also, it uses a trick similar to the recent Birdman to make it seem as if the movie is just one continuous shot.

Cannon Fodder is experimental and interesting, but it definitely isn't something everybody would enjoy. I would recommend it to people who enjoy experimental stuff or this style of criticism.

Final Remarks:

As a collection, Memories fails, its title doesn't fit, the themes have nothing in common and, overall, it isn't that good. The only great short it has is Magnetic Rose, that is an incredible sci-fi. Because of that, I can't recommend it whole-heartedly to anyone. My advice is: watch only the first short and, maybe, give the third one a try if you enjoy that type of stuff; just skip the second one, for your own sake.

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Oct 22, 2017

3 of 3 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

AndoCommando (All reviews)

43 people found this review helpful

Memories is a 1995 animated anthology film series composed of three unrelated sci-fi stories, focusing on the individual themes of each story than a core theme throughout. However, they do all share a technical and inspired approach to their visual style, boasting some of the most spectacular animation Japan had ever created for its time. All three shorts were based on stories written by Katsuhiro Otomo, known for creating the visual spectacle that is Akira, and here he serves as producer and the director for the last episode, working with some of the industry’s biggest names to deliver arguably the greatest anthology series in all read more

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Dec 1, 2014

3 of 3 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

Happy-Knight (All reviews)

38 people found this review helpful

This movie has three lil movies inside, I'll name them in order of appearance -"Magnetic Rose", "Stink Bomb" and "Cannon Fodder".

The first episode "Magnetic Rose": I felt that it reflected the title pretty well- the theme definitely correlates to memories. This was probably the most impressive in terms of story and art- the only complaint is that this would've been ideal if it was turned into a full-length movie instead of being thrown into a 3 episode movie. But that's just me. The story is basically about two space dudes from the future exploring the interior of what was once home of a famous read more

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Apr 1, 2016

3 of 3 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 10

MadLane (All reviews)

34 people found this review helpful

Memories is a collection of three anime shorts: "Magnetic Rose" directed by Koji Morimoto, "Stink Bomb" by Tensai Okamura and "Cannon Fodder" by Katsuhiro Otomo, and Music by the amazing, outstanding and perfect Yoko Kanno.

Magnetic Rose-

the best of the 3 no doubt about it, this story is all about reality and illusion. Would you want to live in a perfect world, where there is only happiness? Of course you would. But what if this perfect world is nothing but an illusion? That's the question this movie asks.

The movie handles the question very well and doesn't really give an answer, leaving the viewers to read more

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