Memories (Memories Trilogy) is an animated film directed by Katsuyo Otomo. Produced in the form of a trilogy of "Her Memories", "The Stinkiest Weapon", and "Cannon Street". It was released in 1995. Total length 110 minutes.
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This is a film composed of three short stories, namely "Her Memories", "The Stinkiest Weapon", and "Cannon Street", each of which has the concept of Katsuyo Otomo, and the other creators are responsible for executing, and you can see in these three short stories how the most talented group of people in the last century have shown their skills in the animation world and bloomed the most brilliant artistic expression.
I was a little skeptical at first, worried that I wasn't used to the series of performances of animated short films, but when I entered the scene, I found that it was too much to worry about, if the two-hour movie was a hearty dish, the memories trilogy was a three-course exquisite meal, and the more I watched it, the more I looked forward to it.
"Her Memories" is directed by Koji Morimoto, the screenplay and setting are handled by Imatoshi, and the music is Yoko Sugano. The story tells the story of the distant future, a group of people who make a living by picking up space junk find the distress signal from afar, but they are accidentally involved in a beautiful life that has been silent for a long time.
If you are a big fan of Imatoshi and plan to see all of Imatoshi's works, then this "Her Memories" must not be missed, although the director is koji Morimoto, but the performance method and even the style of the whole story are very much in the taste of Imatoshi, it can be said that it is a work with imatoshi's blood.
This short story is also the highest average rating among the three works, and the process of watching it is full of plot tension and the ending is endlessly charming.
The director of "The Stinkiest Weapon" is Okamura Tensai, who has performed, shot and original artwork for Evangelion in 1995, and his representative works include Badge Warrior, Seven Deadly Sins, Naruto Theater Edition and other well-known animations.
Katsuyo Otomo's observations and humor of Japanese society are all played out in this short story, which tells the story of a pharmaceutical company employee who accidentally ate a mysterious drug because of a cold, which made Japan face an existential crisis.
The super-unfolding of this script has always made me have the visual sense of the Oolong police station, but the performance in all aspects is more exquisite and outstanding, the scene is also the largest of the three, and the ending is also very surprising, I think it is the most pleasing work in these three short stories.
"Cannon Street" The entire animation from concept to execution is taken care of by Katsuyo Otomo, the story takes place in a city where houses are combined with cannons, the focus of residents' lives revolves around cannons, from production to firing execution, everyone's life is dedicated to these large and small artillery.
This short story is more experimental in nature, there is no too twisted and bizarre plot, just simply presents the life of the citizens throughout the day, but the history reflected behind it is self-evident, through the dialogue between the characters, refracting a three-dimensional world.
The art of this short story is very distinctive, with the brushstrokes of a children's picture book, but it tells a very cruel story, which I personally love very much.
"Memories Trilogy" presents a very terrible level of hand-drawn animation, almost no other team in the world can achieve this level of refinement, the scene details are very rich, even the scale, the inscription, the words of the missile shell are not spared, the capsule can see the particles and permeate the light, it is difficult to imagine how the team's liver can hold up.
If "Akira" is Katsuyo Otomo's reform of Japanese animation, then "Memories Trilogy" is Katsuyo Otomo's ultimate craftsmanship to prove the greatness of an era.
A movie ticket is worth the price just to enjoy paintings and music, and few Japanese animations can achieve this height.
If you don't reject cartoons yourself, you can enjoy the Memories Trilogy as an art. Recommend it to everyone.