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| Definitely wasn't expecting the art change, but it was pretty unique and interesting and absolutely fit the story it was telling so that's good |
| “I love heroes, but I don't want to be one. Do you even know what a hero is!? For example, you have some meat. Pirates will feast on the meat, but the hero will distribute it among the people! I want to eat the meat!” - Monkey D. Luffy |
| Conceptwise the most interesting of the bunch, but visually not really my cup. First movie get's an 8,5 Second one a 7,5 And this one a 7 |
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| I dont know why I suddenly decided to watch this, 6 month after I watched magnetic rose, but somebody said this ep was better than the first so I was interested. Did not live up to that, but wasnt bad either. I feel like the message could have been delivered in a 5 minute short as well, so it stands between oddly long for not much plot and ending to soon. Dont know if I will bother with Stink Bomb at some point, doesnt seem like I miss anything important if I just end it here. I think MAL should list these as 3 seperate entries, just for the sake of convenience. Maybe I will try Neo Tokyo next. Overall I will only recommend Magnetic Rose, seems like you miss nothing if you dont watch the rest. PS: Why is this called "Memories" anyway? |
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| Good series. Gorgeous visuals. I would rate the episodes as 8, 6, 7. Now, onto this specific episode. To be honest, I agree with most, but not all of the messages. I really liked the art style. It reminds me of old Russian cartoons, but with much higher quality. I'm not one to ignore symbolism. I'm pretty sure most people recognized the replacement for "S" in this episode as the Schutzstaffel symbol. I do feel like a lot of the messages were a little "in your face" at times. It did however, get the point across, and that's what matters. Overall, it gave off the vibes of a 30-minute Prog-Rock music video without the music. Comander-07 said: I dont know why I suddenly decided to watch this, 6 month after I watched magnetic rose, but somebody said this ep was better than the first so I was interested. Did not live up to that, but wasnt bad either. I feel like the message could have been delivered in a 5 minute short as well, so it stands between oddly long for not much plot and ending to soon. Dont know if I will bother with Stink Bomb at some point, doesnt seem like I miss anything important if I just end it here. I think MAL should list these as 3 seperate entries, just for the sake of convenience. Maybe I will try Neo Tokyo next. Overall I will only recommend Magnetic Rose, seems like you miss nothing if you dont watch the rest. PS: Why is this called "Memories" anyway? >I think MAL should list these as 3 seperate entries, just for the sake of convenience. I thought so at first too, but it's probably grouped together because the manga version is a collection of short stories as well. So I guess it makes sense this way.  |
Pikslap said: this is not the manga entry though. This is not my adaption list. But MAL having weird entries is nothing uncommon.Good series. Gorgeous visuals. I would rate the episodes as 8, 6, 7. Now, onto this specific episode. To be honest, I agree with most, but not all of the messages. I really liked the art style. It reminds me of old Russian cartoons, but with much higher quality. I'm not one to ignore symbolism. I'm pretty sure most people recognized the replacement for "S" in this episode as the Schutzstaffel symbol. I do feel like a lot of the messages were a little "in your face" at times. It did however, get the point across, and that's what matters. Overall, it gave off the vibes of a 30-minute Prog-Rock music video without the music. Comander-07 said: I dont know why I suddenly decided to watch this, 6 month after I watched magnetic rose, but somebody said this ep was better than the first so I was interested. Did not live up to that, but wasnt bad either. I feel like the message could have been delivered in a 5 minute short as well, so it stands between oddly long for not much plot and ending to soon. Dont know if I will bother with Stink Bomb at some point, doesnt seem like I miss anything important if I just end it here. I think MAL should list these as 3 seperate entries, just for the sake of convenience. Maybe I will try Neo Tokyo next. Overall I will only recommend Magnetic Rose, seems like you miss nothing if you dont watch the rest. PS: Why is this called "Memories" anyway? >I think MAL should list these as 3 seperate entries, just for the sake of convenience. I thought so at first too, but it's probably grouped together because the manga version is a collection of short stories as well. So I guess it makes sense this way. |
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| this 3rd episode was shorter than the rest but it's message and symbolism was solid. would had preferred the last episode to have lasted a little bit longer specially when I was starting to enjoy it. Magnetic Rose: 10/10 Stink BOMB: 7/10 Cannon Fodder: 6/10 Overall: 8/10 |
| Liked this I guess although it was very weird, and loved Memories as a whole. I would say it starts the strongest with Magnetic Rose and the following two aren't quite as good as that one. |
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| This one was interesting. Good message and gives you something to think about. |
| I liked it but felt the ending was a bit abrupt. The art style and setting were pretty interesting. Overall, Magnetic Rose was definitely my favorite of the three short films. The only one I wasn't a fan of was Stink Bomb. |
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| Bit over-wrought with the symbolism |
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| This is the worst out of the three. |
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| This movie didn't really do it for me. I'm assuming it's some sort of message about war, and then also the low key nazi symbolism. I can appreciate it for what it is, but not my cup of tea. |
| After watching Neo Tokyo which one of the most shittiest anthology anime ever, My expectation for this were really low. But this was actually good. This and neo tokyo seems like day and night difference. Magnetic Rose - probably the most engaging out of the 3 anime. They nailed the horror and sci-fi just perfect. But still I did not like the ending very much, kind of dower for my taste Score -7/10 Stink Bomb - This was very funny but at the same time protagonist was annoying as hell (his powers were like zeref from fairy tail). They all deserve to die for qualifying a brainless guy as medical lab technician. I got to say this is the biggest plot armor guy in the history of anime I have ever watched. He was tenacious till the end...lol Score -5/10 (least favorite) Cannon Fodder - Out of all three, this was my favorite in terms of artstyle and worldbuilding. But unfortunately I ended abruptly. (They could has done so much with it) Score -6/10 My theory - all 3 are shorts are connected. 2nd short happened first with fart guy wiping most of humanity. Remnant of humanity traveled to another planet for survival (3rd shorts planet). 1st short happened next with the garbage ship in some corner of space where humanity had already made spaceships equipped with high maintenance living environment as seen in the short. Finally 3rd short happened in future where humans decedents has a mutated face due to living in new planet environment as seen in change in art style. The thing they are firing through there canon is the fart man (from 2st short) who is still alive thanks to his plot armor and spreading his fart. And finally at the end, the sirens we hear means "goodbye remnant of humanity, fart man finally reached up to u." A funny theory I came up with. Also watching it during corona time - 1st short ships name is corona, 2nd short has deadly fart spreading like virus by a man who has cough and fever....was it a corona prediction from past Well overall was a 6/10 for me. Some decent short instead of abomination like neo tokyo |
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| I think this was the worst among the three with magnetic rose being best, doesn’t mean its necessarily bad though, its fine in its own right, would have been great if it was longer. I like the art style for this one, different from the other two. This one’s strange |
| Cannon Fodder is interesting in that it pretty much lives and dies in it's design, both it's aesthetics and the actual machinations of the world itself. I love the art style, embodying the steampunk aesthetic and the way people have those shaded lines gives it a Sunday newspaper comic vibe. As for the latter, the film is deadset on showing us every little part of the process, whether it be what it takes to fire a Cannon or the bedtime routine for the son, we see every aspect of it. The lack of any camera cuts here is staggering, a technical feat to be sure albeit, one that I'd argue isn't very engaging to watch. It's strange, watching this there were plenty of points (namely the first canon loading scene) that I was definitely bored but I find my fondness for the film only increased as the credits rolled on. I was definitely more entertained while watching this than Stink Bomb thanks to the unique art style presented, but for a good portion while watching it I thought "It's a shame Magnetic Rose got connected to these films" because I figured I'd be giving it a lower score. I was thinking I'd give a 4-5 but the more I recount on the experience, I just feel it's worth more than that. It's more of like a 7 for me now. I can't go too much higher since I don't really want to revisit Cannon Fodder again (though I'm not against the idea like I am with Stink Bomb) but I am glad I saw it and I'm impressed with how well it captures the day in the life of war-centric society, and perhaps even more impressed with it's one-take nature. Overall I'd give Memories a 6/10, which sucks because Magnetic Rose and Cannon Fodder are both strong experiences (Magnetic Rose especially), that unfortunately get dragged down by Stink Bomb (at least in terms of MAL scores). |
| The art style of this episode reminded me of Dr. Seuss. Probably because it's reminiscent of the old mid 20th century style of comics. I preferred the first two shorts, but the art and animation was a nice change of pace. Magnetic Rose was a high 8, Stink Bomb was a low 8 and Cannon Fodder was a low 7; overall 8/10. I might rewatch this one though to see if my opinion of it changes. It was cool seeing more of what Katsuhiro Otomo has done, and Tensai Okamura's earlier directing. Madhouse and the three directors did an amazing job with the production, especially with the pacing, art and animation. |
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| This episode has a hidden message, if you hate it, means you don't understand. |
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| short but sweet, this one was like an examination of an Akira like society, and pretty interesting too. The second one was so shit I have to give this whole thing a 4/10 |
| The weakest of the three shorts, but still damn good despite being kinda underdeveloped on a narrative and thematic level. With that said, the visual world building's wonderfully detailed. |
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| Just like the 2nd episode this one also didn't impress me. Another 4/10 episode. Episode 1 was the best easily a 10/10 episode. |
| Took me a while to get used to the aesthetic, the thing that really surprised me is how EVERY SINGLE SHOT is connected with camera panning at the scale of characters to entire buildings, there isn't a single cut in the entire thing. The cannon loading scene is animated so meticulously that it's almost purely an animation flex and nothing more. As for the message, I don't think it needs to be this long. I assume that there isn't any enemy and they just are working in the cannon loading just to be part of the society, the child's drawing might have reminded the father of his own dream when he was a kid but he could only become a worker in the end, but hey, I'm just overthinking things. Magnetic Rose - 8.5 Stink Bomb - 7.5 Cannon Fodder - 6   |
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| I really liked this one, it was mesmerizing to watch. Just another day in a totalitarian regime. |
| That was a weird one for sure. It was trying to show the horrors of war, specifically a prolonged war. A war long enough to become the new reality. A war long enough to shape new cultures and traditions. A war long enough to distort the minds. A war long enough to brainwash and control the masses. A war long enough to destroy everything human > 7:33 AM, 24/10/24 |
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