Memories - Recommendations

Wazoo says...

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.

sothis says...

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.

VRDave says...

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

animekid95 says...

So the thing about both Robot Carnival and Memories is that the director of Akira Katsuhiro Otomo has did anime anthology films such as Neo Tokyo and Short Peace is that both Memories and Robot Carnival are those kind of anime titles that has a collection of short films directed by different anime directors in general.

RubelliteFae says...

Both are anthologies and thus highlight multiple creators.Memories is newer and this is obvious from the higher quality of its various styles of animation, But, the style and lack of dialogue in Memories 3rd installment "Cannon Fodder" is especially reminiscent of Robot Carnival's first two shorts (opening sequence and Franken's Gear). One will also notice some parallels with Memories' "Magnetic Rose" and one of Robot Carnival's shorts.Between the two Robot Carnival definitely has the slower pacing and I felt bored at times, for example, during famed animator Mao Ramudo's (マオ・ラムド, aka Manabu Oohashi) Cloud. While the tone of both is serious overall, both include comedies as well: Memories with "Stink Bomb" and Robot Carnival's "Strange Tales of Meji (Era) Machine Culture: The Westerner's Invasion." Interestingly both frame supposedly capable Westernera as ultimately inept.In the end, despite their similarities I rate Robot Carnival ★★☆☆☆ (2/5) and Memories ★★★★½ (4½/5).

Rar says...

Manie-Manie and Memories not only share the same format of three unrelated short stories, but are also very similar in feel and content. Each story finds its counterpart in the other set: 'Magnetic Rose' and 'The Running Man' are psychological scifi thrillers; 'Order To Stop Construction' and 'Stink Bomb' both tragicomic, sprawling techno-fantasies; and the rather different, but abstract and experimental animation of 'Labyrinth Labyrinthos' and 'Cannon Fodder'. You're certain to get a great deal from both these animes.

sothis says...

Both of these are short collection of stories with a sci-fi feel. Indeed, you probably will enjoy at least one part of each of these trilogies, so I highly recommend watching. ^_^. Great animation and feel.

yuujin says...

Both Memories and Neo Tokyo contain three short movies (which are almost interconnected). Some of them are hard to understand and some of them have no storyline but both anime are fun to watch, and each has a hidden main idea. As there are so many parts I'm sure some of them will please you. Anyways, it's worth watching both anime because the drawing style is unique and really good.

Mladen says...

Both Memories and Neo Tokyo are a compilation feature of three very different stories, covering a range of animation and storytelling styles, but with a very high quality of production all around.

animekid95 says...

So the thing about of these anime titles they are both a collection of short films that are directed by the different anime directors especially Neo Tokyo and memories.

tasanime says...

Both Ayakashi and Memories are a selection of three short stories told within their own genres. Both aim to examine these chosen themes through different types of animation for each short story, and are good introductions to either love or malice.

ZenithAstrali says...

Memories and Ayakashi are both short series of three stories. Although different in setting, style and feeling, both of them are intriguing and can keep you wondering about what's going to happen next.

chii says...

Each anime has several different stories within their genre. Memories takes on the sci-fi part where Ayakashi takes on horror. Both are sure to please if you are interested in either genre and just wanting to sit down for a quick story that will leave you satisfied.

SadisticTendencies says...

Both of these Anime embark on a mission to craft several interesting stories within their respective genres (Ayakashi being horror and Memories being Science Fiction). The results are different with some stories being bad and others amazing. The frequent change of emotional tone and visual style can be found in both of these Anime.

XMrNiceguyX says...

If you like the first ep of Memories you'll probably like Perfect Blue (and th eother way around). Though while Perfect Blue plays in real time, the first ep of memories plays in the future.

bshegg says...

The director of Perfect Blue, Satoshi Kon, wrote the screenplay for Memories. Both films are similarly deep-thinking and imagery-rich films.

Sianeka says...

Satoshi Kon was involved with both Perfect Blue and Memories, and both anime feature his world-blurring storytelling techniques, where it becomes hard to distinguish between reality and imagination. Kon was the scriptwriter and art director for the first story of Memories, Magnetic Rose, which features the lost dream reality of a once-famous singer, where two future adventurers lose themselves.  If you enjoyed experiencing the reality of delusion presented in Magnetic Rose, Perfect Blue, directed by Kon, offers a full movie of the same. A young aspiring actress becomes tangled in a web of intrigue where her real life situation and her on-screen acting world mix and mingle to the point where both protagonist and viewer cannot easily determine which is which.

Although Kon was not involved in Stink Bomb or Cannon Fodder, the other two stories presented in Memories, they also present themes of reality distorted, where the main character's life has been altered by forces beyond their control.

If you liked Memories, especially if you enjoyed the first story Magnetic Rose, I think you'd really enjoy the mind-bending plot of Perfect Blue.

JAhU says...

Magnetic Rose and Planetes are different, but if you liked the setting and the realistic animation style used in the 1st episode of Memories, you're surely going to like Planetes.

valondar says...

It's easy to imagine the lackadaiscal, pragmatic working stiffs that inhabit the spacing business in "Magnetic Rose", the first Memories short, to be in the same line of work as the luckless cast of Planetes. Fans of blue collar sci-fi will enjoy both - especially Planetes - and while Magnetic Rose is more about an encounter with an unknown for that crew, the portrayal is similar enough to me to merit a recommendation.

Barth says...

Both Magnetic Rose (the 1st segment of Memories) and Planetes are about space garbage men in the late 21st century.

Come on you don't get many shows which are focused on this specific subject !

Also both pretty edgy stuff if you ask me.

VRDave says...

A great animated work by 3 different artists that tells 3 different stories, but the elements in the first and 3rd episodes of this ova remind me of Wings of Honnaemise for some reason. Definately a good watch... if you can get your hands on a copy of it.

wolfangel87 says...

Memories and Wings of Honneamise both tell a tale of multiple stories that have the same type of theme almost in a dream like state.

Rar says...

Though Millennium Actress consists of a single narrative rather than the three short stories in Memories, the many tales woven into the central one create a similar feel. Also, the first of the stories in Memories is very close in theme and style to Millennium Actress, as it looks back over the career of a former star, and they use the same device of mingling the observers of the story into the action. Though the backdrop of these tales is rather different, the nostalgic and haunting atmosphere is very close, and if you liked one you should certainly try the other.

valondar says...

Predominantly a rec for the first short of Memories, Magnetic Rose, which was written by Satoshi Kon - who also was behind Millennium Actress. Visions of female artists dominate both works - an opera singer in Magnetic Rose, an actress in Millennium Actress - and in either, the pasts of these artists intrude and affect the present in strange ways.

badazz5001 says...

Bouth are episodeic anime directed by the same persion and bouth have simmiler animation and great thems of phycology

Diachy says...

Both Memories and Paranoia Agent are thought provoking Psychological works of Satoshi Kon. They have a great link with the mysteries and ambiguity of the human psyche. While there may be dihherences in the way they show the underlying messages they are still relativley the same. This can be said about all Satoshi Kon's works however. If you like one I truly don't see how you could not like the other. This is the most different of Satoshi Kons works. it is a a collection of three stories. I found the first story based in space to be the most thought provoking. So even if you don't like the final two stories, which I am sure you will, you'll still (more than likely) love the first of the three.

XMrNiceguyX says...

If you liked the third and last ep of Memories, but if you are looking for more, check out Last Exile. Both play in the industrial age, but while Memories is quite unclear, you;'ll get alot better idea what's happening in Last Exile. If you liked the Last Exile and are looking for something deeper, though shorter, check out the third ep of Memories.

sothis says...

If you liked Magnetic Rose (the first of 3 parts of Memories), I think you'll like Sol Bianca. Same type of music, same feel to it (eerie/creepy, yet beautiful)... Sol Bianca is just amazing all around.