Audience reviews
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YoungVagabond
Watching “Memories” in 2024, it's a unique relic one can instantly ascribe to the mid 90's, even without knowing its release year beforehand. For one, it's a compilation film, which were last popular, whether animated or live-action, in the mid 90's. (“Four Rooms” also came out in 1995, amusingly enough) It also features distinct animation styles which I've always loved, but have sadly fallen out of use. And not just an updated version of Katsuhiro Otomo's prominent noses and realistic faces we all know from 1988's “Akira”. Let's examine each of the three segments separately and then discuss how they coalesce together.
1. Magnetic Rose
When one thinks of the best 90's anime, Magnetic Rose deserves a mention.
A space freighter receives a distress call and two crew members are sent to i…
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Memories is tricky to review for two reasons- 1. Rather than being a movie in and of itself it is actually a collection of three entirely different movies, which are completely unrelated to each other and from different directors, and 2. At the time of this writing it is nearly THIRTY YEARS OLD, and while you can certainly look back at something and review it from a modern perspective or discuss how well or how poorly something has aged, the only proper and fair way to review a piece of art is in its own time. With those important items out of the way, let's get into it!
The three movies, while all generically sci-fi to varying degrees, are not particularly similar or of the same subgenres. The first movie, Magnetic Rose, has a space theme and setting, could be aptly categorized as advent…
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An anime film composed of three different stories, interesting....
Movie 1-Magnetic Rose
The story tells the story of a group of space engineers who received an SOS signal somewhere in the middle of space and decided to go to help those who sent it...
A very atmospheric beginning, the attention to detail is amazing, we can easily feel that we are somewhere in space with people living like this on a daily basis.
The animation is great, as befits a movie, but what impresses me even more is the sound design, the saxophone in the background does the job, it's a pity that from the moment we reach the ship sending the SOS signal, the story starts to get stupider and stupider.
I think the characters are too accepting of the weirdness they encounter, like a palace in the middle of a spaceshi…
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The first short's the best, the second's the most fun, and the third one's just boring. As any anthology, it's a very mixed bag.
It's an incredibly animated work, starting with a space adventure, with a cosmic tone of slight horror. Beautifully animated, interesting story, but not that entertaining. It explores grief with the likes of futuristic technology, and it's pretty good at showing the mysteries of how the future can entail personal pain. It's the best, no doubt, but even then, I didn't find it that memorable. 7/10.
Even if the second one doesn't try to explore an important theme, or something with a higher concept, it's probably the one I'll think about the most. I always love massive scale, stupid plots, that make a situation worse, and worse in each passing second. Explosions,…
Read at the sourceKrunchyman
Two balls, one strike.
If we assume the anime studio is the pitcher, in this metaphorical game of baseball, then out of the three pitches (i.e. anthology films), only one was a success — a strike, if you will. One was mediocre at best, and the other was, well, let’s call that one a wild pitch. Considering that this comes from the creator of Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo), which, in my humble opinion, was a train-wreck of a movie — let the hate commence — and is only revered by people who prefer to look through the lens of nostalgia. It comes as no surprise that this weird amalgamation of three diverse ideas is, as a whole, fairly unremarkable. There are glimmers of brilliance throughout the three works, but not enough for this to be considered a landmark in anime achievement. Perhaps I was wrong…
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Each episode of this anime is different. You have:
ep 1. "Magnetic Rose" which is very scary and exciting and make you not even blink cause u dont want to miss anything.
ep 2. "Stink Bomb" a little bit more "what the f is this" moments, but very very funny. I couldnt stop laughing and it was very interesting. I also liked how they explained everything so u werent questioning urself aftwards.
and 3rd ep. "Cannon Fodder". which in my opinion was just way too weird, and boring for me. And the ending made no sense to me.
I would actually recommand this anime, but only because of the 2 first episodes. but by all means, maybe the 3rd one floats your boat too :)
Read at the sourceAndoCommando
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 of anime. Because of the structure of Memories, this review will look at each separate part in chronological order, starting with the most “memorable” part.
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Read at the sourcePandaJerk007
Art:
Wow, this came out in 1995? The art is fantastic! It is extremely detailed, and the 3rd movie in particular has an awesome unique style to it!
Story:
These 3 short movies each have their own appeal and strengths.
The first, "Magnetic Rose", is a solid sci-fi mystery. The crew of a spaceship receive a distress signal from an abandoned space station. As they investigate, they have some very strange sights and encounters. "Magnetic Rose" has a highly believable, immersive setting. For the vast majority of the movie it is impossible to tell what will happen next, so many interesting ingredients, this story could have been twice as long and I'd be grateful!
After my expectations were set so high from the first story, the second, "Stink Bomb", was disappointing. An employee at a medicine…
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In 1995, Studio Madhouse made a film that was split into three completely different stories with three different directors. Needless to say, this is odd and different. What stands out is not just that, but the musical direction each film seems to compliment the stories it is involved with so well.
Part one (Magnetic Rose) is a creepy science fiction story about a ship and the crew in space responding to an emergency beacon and a space station that is reminiscent of the old Alien movies. Part two (Stink Bomb) focuses on an average salary man being the focus of a mass bio-threat and the militaries over-the-top reactions to the situation. Finally Part three (Cannon Fodder) is more or less a story about humans living in a dystopian future where they are basically born and bred to follow order…
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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 form their own opinion. The last scene in particular is extremely beautiful and will keep you thinking long after the credits roll.
Stink Bomb-
This is the most lighthearted of the…
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Memories is three movies rolled into one package.
The first two movies included, Magnetic Rose and Stink Bomb, were really good. They had compelling characters, great art, voice acting (apart from the obvious Engrish in Stink Bomb) was superb and are both really enjoyable movies.
Why isn't rated highly then? The final movie called Cannon Fodder. It's apparently 20 or so minutes long, but I felt as if time had slowed down during it. I glanced at my watch after I thought it had been 30 minutes and it had only been 10. This movie was dull as dishwater and possibly a crime agaisnt humanity. Instead of waterboarding to interrogate terrorists I'd simply put the poor fellow in a room with nothing but Cannon Fodder on loop for a few days.
He'd be begging me to let him go.
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I rated this film low, because I did not enjoy two of its three parts. It's an anthology movie whose parts are Magnetic Rose, Stink Bomb, and Cannon Fodder.
AVOID Stink Bomb and Cannon Fodder, because their plots are weak. Stink Bomb bothered me in particular, because it's unbelievable (and physically impossible) for one man to create a cloud of noxious gas that out ways himself. As for Cannon Fodder, unless you like watching men load a shell into a cannon for ten minutes, you won't enjoy the film. Cannon Fodder doesn't even bodder to explain why the people are at war. I gave these two movies both a 4/10. They don't even have anything to do with the concept of "Memories."
HOWEVER! I gave Magnetic Rose an 8/10, because the plot was enjoy, the animation was great for 1995, the Music was goo…
Read at the sourceKeatle
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…
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"Memories" consist of three entirely different short movies, which, as I'm going to argue, may be not bad individually but as a compilation aren't probably worth anyone's time.
It's not even fully comprehensible why these films ended up bundled together. They are not tied by any single concept. E. g. first two look like adaptation of some short-story of the month from random SF magazine, while the third much more resembles short-film with focus put on visuals (and it's the only one which is actually short). The first movie has significantly more complex plot than second and third - the latter ones explore one idea only in a hit or miss manner. The first and third movie are dead serious, second one is supposedly more light-hearted. Of all of them only the first has some connection to the t…
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‘Memories’ is one of the more well-known compilation films out there, so chances are you’ve probably heard of it, but in case you haven’t, it’s an animated movie consisting of 3 films and each one is helmed as usual by a different director. I wouldn’t really consider this a short of sorts as the film overall lasts over 112 minutes, but for formalities sake these are three shorts. Each one of these shorts differs from the one that came before it, well except for the one thing they all hold in common, the fact that they’re amazing, and masterfully directed. It’s no wonder the people who directed these shorts are considered to be the best in the business because they shine here and demonstrate just how much they are indeed capable of. These 112 minutes will have you taking in a whole gamut of…
Read at the sourceHappy-Knight
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 opera singer of the century (our generation).
The second episode "Stink Bomb": I'm not sure how it relates to the title at all. This was the most humorous and light-hearted of the three. It's ab…
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Memorable experience (notice the pun) as a whole, re-watch value feels high too. First of the trio (Magnetic Rose) is an outstanding piece of mind-blowing scifi creativity. The other two are also good in their own ways but Magnetic Rose kind of outshines them in my opinion, that's all. Would most definitely recommend this.
MAGNETIC ROSE:
A true masterpiece of space science fiction. Hands down one of the most memorable and creative pieces of anime I have seen. Suprising and mesmerizing, visually stunning, clever and quite an emotion/thought-provoker. Every part works well in this audiovisual space novel thriller masterpiece, is that enough hype? Also flows extremely well with the overall theme of "Memories".
STINK BOMB:
Tragicomical chain of events, laughing at military and a nice play on…
Read at the sourceNeonKazma
When Akira was released in 1988, Katsuhiro Otomo became a household name in the anime industry with the film and if it wasn't for Akira, anime would have never gain the huge exposure both on the East and West. Later in 1995, Otomo came back to produce an ambitious animation project called Memories, a compilation of anime films that consists on 3 stories that were all written by Otomo himself and the purpose of this compilation is to showcases different styles of animations that can be successful for the animation industry. The result is a unique experience for those who want to see animation in a whole new way and boy, does Memories impresses on the animation by a mile. Since this is a movie of 3 stories, I will review each anime story separately on this review rather than just review them…
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Memories is a package film consisting of three short films: "Magnetic Rose", "Stink Bomb" and "Cannon Fodder". Below are the short analysis of each.
Episode 1: "Magnetic Rose"
Although this episode was directed by Koji Morimoto who directed The Animatrix I must note that the script was written by director Satoshi Kon who is much more well known today for such films as Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Paprika and shows like Paranoia Agent.
This is a story of space junk collectors who embark a space structure while trying to respond to an SOS call. There they find a luxurios European Neo-classical interior, the owner of it being a once famed opera diva, Eva. While still trying to locate the distress call the story leads the characters into the world of memories of Eva who does not wish…
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The movie is set into three episodes that are completely unrelated, with only the first episode having anything to do with the title. Each episode had a different art and animation style to it as well as a different story, timezone and setting. Also, each episode lasts approximately 37 minutes each. If I had to rate the “movie” as a whole, I would have to give it a 5.5/10. Now, to review them individually.
Episode 1: Magnetic Rose
The first of the three episodes which takes place in the year 2088 (if I remember correctly) and has to do with four members of a space waste disposal and salvage team. The team is initially getting ready to go back home after their missions are complete and suddenly receive an SOS. The team then tracks the SOS signal to a place similar to a space graveyard. Th…
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