Trailer
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GoodGoodWatch scoreSummary
An anthology of various tales told in various styles with robots being the one common element among them.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Binge-friendly
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 68GoodWatch 68
IMDb6.8
Running time
1 h 33 min
A typical length for animated movies
typical 8993Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Reach
Streams in 32 countries
+22Released
1987
July 21, 1987
39 years ago
Genres
AnimationScience FictionLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishMade in
Japan
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
18 of 18
Kumiko TakizawaDaughter / Small Robot (voice)
Katsue MiwaFukusuke (voice)
Chisa YokoyamaYayoi (voice)
Kohji MoritsuguThe Main Character (voice)- KHKeiko HanagataGrandma (voice)
- AMAya MurataDaughter (child) (voice)
- NFNariko FujiedaGrandchild (voice)
- SISatoru InagakiMan A (voice)
Hideyuki UmezuColleague / Man B (voice)
Ikuya SawakiMan C (voice)- HKHidehiro KikuchiChild A / Child D (voice)
Daisuke NamikawaChild B (voice)- TNTatsuhiko NakamuraChild C (voice)
Kei TomiyamaSankichi (voice)
Kaneto ShiozawaDenjiro (voice)- TNToku NishioDaimaru (voice)
- JRJames R. BowersJohn Jack Volkerson III (voice)
- HKHikaru KotonoThe Android Girl (voice)
Directing · 9
- Katsuhiro Otomo Director, Writer
- Yasuomi Umetsu Director, Writer, Animation, Character Designer
- Koji Morimoto Director, Writer, Animation, Character Designer
- Atsuko Fukushima Director, Writer, Animation, Character Designer
- Hidetoshi Ōmori Director, Writer, Character Designer, Animation
- Takashi Nakamura Director, Writer, Animation, Character Designer
Production · 2
- Kazufumi Nomura Producer
- Jerry Beck Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Toshiaki Morita Director of Photography
Editing · 3
- Akara Arisato Editor
- Harutoshi Ogata Editor
- Osamu Toyosaki Editor
Sound · 3
- Joe Hisaishi Original Music Composer
- Isaku Fujita Original Music Composer
- Masahisa Takeichi Original Music Composer
Art · 4
- Nizou Yamamoto Art Designer, Background Designer
- Tom Wyner Other
- Yuji Ikehata Art Direction
- Fumi Yamamoto Art Direction
Visual Effects · 9
- Yuji Moriyama Animation
- Hideki Futamura Animation
- Mahiro Maeda Animation
- Yoshiyuki Sadamoto Animation, Character Designer
- Kumiko Kawana Animation
- Shinsuke Terasawa Animation
Other crew · 1
- Go Abe Special Effects
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