About this season
An anthology of various tales with robots being the one common element among them. It consists of nine shorts by different well-known directors, many of whom started out as animators with little to no directing experience. Each has a distinctive animation style and story ranging from comedic to dramatic story lines.
Episodes (9)
1. Opening
Aired 21 July 1987 • 10 min
A boy finds a small "coming soon" poster advertising the Robot Carnival, and becomes frightened and agitated. He warns the people in his village, most likely to escape, when a huge machine with many robots performing on its exterior grinds its way right towards the village.
2. Franken's Gears
Aired 21 July 1987 • 10 min
3. Deprive
Aired 21 July 1987 • 10 min
4. Presence
Aired 21 July 1987 • 10 min
5. Starlight Angel
Aired 21 July 1987 • 10 min
6. Cloud
Aired 21 July 1987 • 10 min
7. Strange Tales of Meiji Machine Culture: Westerner’s Invasion
Aired 21 July 1987 • 10 min
8. Chicken Man and Red Neck
Aired 21 July 1987 • 10 min
9. Ending
Aired 21 July 1987 • 10 min