Ami Hasegawa, Hideyuki Hori, Hisao Egawa

This trilogy of anime tales combines the talent of three of the genre's best: Koji Morimoto, Tensai Okamuro, and Katsuhiro Otomo. "Magnetic Rose" trails the crew of a spacecraft who stumble upon a hau...( read more  read more... )nted ship; in "Stink Bomb," a lab worker takes cold medicine only to find out it was a deadly biological weapon; and in "Cannon Fodder," the population of a dismal metropolis exists solely to build a never-ending stream of deadly weapons.

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DVD Release Date: February 24, 2004

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  • February 3, 2008
    a great troligy of sci-fi animation
  • October 13, 2007
    Excellent first segment, forgetable second, and perfect third. The last one is probably the most sharp and accurate commentary anyone has ever made about war since George Orwell.
  • March 20, 2007
    A collection of three anime short films. The first, Magnetic Rose, is easily the best, full of atmosphere and beauty. That in itself is a 4.5 star effort. The second is okay, and the third is basically filler.
  • June 18, 2006
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    Kanojo No Omoide
    Really beautifully drawn depiction of a dead woman who, wanting never to part from her husband, had created a virtual reality based on her memories in which two space refuse dealers get entangled during a rescue mission. ***
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    Saishu Heiki
    A man ...( read more)is called to deliver a package to his superiors containing information that might save Tokyo from a terrible biological weapon. The funny thing is that he is the weapon, but just doesn't know it... And neither do the others until it's almost too late. ****
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    Taiho No Machi
    A day in a town whose only purpose is to fire cannons at an unknown enemy. Really a sad story, in a way. **
  • November 19, 2009
    Three disjointed segments with nothing in common other than the fact that they're short. Given the title, you start off with preconceived notions, the the first chapter "Magnetic Rose" comes at you. As you watch a phenomenal story emerges and you begin to understand the title a...( read more)nd think you know what is to come. Wrong. "Stink Bomb" is thrown at you leaving you confused as you try to make sense of "Cannon Fodder". The last is good, not great, but it takes so long to recover from the previous segment that much of its meaning and emphasis is lost to the viewer. Additionally the animation quality/style degrades with each segment, though that is likely each director's prerogative.

    As a whole I can't give Memories a high rating as it seems disjointed and lacking focus or purpose, far less than Akira Kurosawa's Dreams and those were dreams not memories. Individually, "Magnetic Rose" would earn 4-stars, "Stink Bomb" would scrape together 2-stars and "Cannon Fodder" would earn 3-stars.
  • September 9, 2009
    una Joya surrealista, algunos dicen que el guionista se aventó un pason al escribirlas, altamente recomendable. la hostoria de la bomba apestosa es una magistral parodia al genero de acción norteamericano, absurda e hilarante. la historia final, será una parodia a nuestra porpia ...( read more)existencia?
  • August 23, 2009
    Really deep, I recommend it to everyone who loves stories, and a lot of books.
  • April 10, 2009
    this movie is so bizarre. its split in 3 episodes. all of them fairly crazy
  • February 18, 2009
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • January 31, 2009
    A gorgeous trilogy of anime films by three of the genre's finest directors.

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