Cloud
This short features a robot walking through time, and the evolution of man. The backdrop is animated with clouds that depicts various events of the universe. Such as the modernization of man, to the self destruction of man. Most the events in the backdrops takes place from Rome to present day society. Eventually the same angel who cries for his immortality, makes him human towards the end.
Aired 21/07/1987EP 6 - Cloud
Robot Carnival
9 of Japan's leading animators were asked to create a short segment that followed the theme of "Robots," for their inclusion in this film. Essentially, this "movie" is 9 short films, all independent of one another. The common element is human interaction with robots, namely the consequences of creating life with one's own hands, played in nine very different ways.
(Source: Anime News Network)
- Opening (dir. by Atsuko Fukushima and Katsuhiro Otomo)
- Franken's Gears (dir. by Koji Morimoto)
- Deprive (dir. by Hidetoshi Omori)
- Presence (dir. by Yasuomi Umetsu)
- Star Light Angel (dir. by Hiroyuki Kitazume)
- Cloud (dir. by Mao Lamdo)
- A Tale of Two Robots (dir. by Hiroyuki Kitakubo)
- Nightmare (dir. by Takashi Nakamura)
- Ending (dir. by Atsuko Fukushima and Katsuhiro Otomo)