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Robot Carnival

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This collection is comprised of 7 very different and unique stories. This OVA series preaches of intriquing storylines and fantastic artwork, each from a different artist. Each story has a different interpretation or concept about the one theme upon which this collection revolves: Robots. This interesting anime classic has least one story for everyone.

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Memories

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This set of 3 fantastic stories will take you from the haunting delusions of a space explorer, to a bio-chemical threat with the power to wipe out all of Tokyo, and finally to a day in the life of a young boy who lives in a world ruled by cannons. These stores will capture you with their intrigueing storylines and awe inspiring artwork.

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TheBurningCrow

Memories is another MASTERPIECE of anime. If you liked Robot Carnival for it's sheer glory and interesting sets, you will like the 3 stories from Memories. They are overwhelmingly well done.

sothis
Robot Carnival and Memories are both a collection of short stories. The plots? Not very similar. Robot Carnival is a collection about.. you guessed it! Robots... while Memories is 3 longer stories which are totally unrelated, but all captivating. If you liked watching a collection, you'll like both of these, since both are FANTASTIC animations.
Wazoo
Both Robot Carnival and Memories are collections of shorts by various directors based on a common theme (Robots and Memories for each title, respectively). In both titles the directors’ interpretation of the theme ranges from the humorous to the dramatic to the thought-provoking. Because the various sketches are so different, it is hard to unconditionally recommend either of these anime to fans of the other, but if you enjoyed seeing the various interpretations and visual styles directors used in one of these titles, you will find more of the same in the other. Notably, the sketches in Memories are much longer, but lesser in number.

Neo Tokyo

Alt titles: Manie-Manie Meikyu Monogatari

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Neo-Tokyo (commonly called Manie-Manie Monogatari) is a collection of three sci-fi stories, based on the stories of Taku Mayumura. "Labryinth Labyrithos", "The Running Man", and "Order To Stop Construction" were directed by Taro Rin, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, and Katsuhiro Otomo, respectively. Ranging from an abstract demented clown to malfunctioning robots, each of these short stories are sure to entertain.

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sothis
Not only are both of these short stories, but both have a sci-fi, sometimes robotic feel to them. I really think if you liked one, you'd like the other.
Mladen

Both Robot Carnival and Neo Tokyo are compilations of many different stories in very different styles, covering a wide range of animation styles and storytelling, with a high quality of production.

Battle Angel Alita

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Among the garbage dumped down from the mysterious aerial city of Zalem, a new life is found. Restored by a brilliant cyberneticist, a young girl named Gally struggles to find her own place in the world, to learn the extent of her own deadly abilities and to discover that which makes her truly human: love.

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TheBurningCrow

Battle Angel Alita is another great story about the trials of a robot. The interesting themes in this movie will spark memories of Robot Carnival's stories.

Ghost in the Shell

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A mysterious new hacker known only as the Puppet Master threatens to create chaos, erasing and rewriting the memories of his victims: humans who have cast away their physical body to become cyborgs. Is he an evil genius, or could he signal the beginning of a new age in the relationship between man and machine?

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TheBurningCrow

If you like robots and can't get enough cool robot things everywhere like in Robot Carnival, Ghost in the Shell is the movie made for you.

Angel's Egg

Alt titles: Tenshi no Tamago

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In a dark and largely abandoned city a little girl wanders in search of something – beneath the folds of her dress she carries a mysterious giant egg. While living on the streets, she encounters a lonesome warrior who has forgotten his past and his purpose and, like the girl, travels aimlessly. Now they journey together, mistrustful of each other whilst sharing in the silence of the city. But who is the little girl? Who is the warrior? And what form of creature lies sleeping inside the egg?

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valondar

Both of these eighties anime works feature incredible imagery, and both feature almost no dialogue. Angel's Egg is a continuous narrative, though an obtuse, symbolic one, while Robot Carnival alternates through a series of shorts which vary from pure visual invention to straightforward storytelling.