The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Memories
Fantasy · Animation · Science Fiction · 1995
Three back-to-back anime films by three different directors make up this sci-fi trilogy three years in the making.
Movie details
Memories
“Three unforgettable tales from the masters of anime.”
1995 Fantasy · Animation · Science Fiction 1h 53m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
7.5 / 10
25.6K votes
TMDB
7.5 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
Three back-to-back anime films by three different directors make up this sci-fi trilogy three years in the making.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Memories?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Katsuhiro Otomo · Koji Morimoto · Tensai Okamura
Written by
Katsuhiro Otomo · Satoshi Kon
Tsutomu Isobe
Heinz Beckner (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Miguel Costrela (voice)
Shozo Iizuka
Ivanov (voice)
Shigeru Chiba
Aoshima (voice)
Gara Takashima
Eva Friedel (voice)
A
Ami Hasegawa
Emily (voice)
Hideyuki Hori
Nobuo Tanaka (voice)
Court is in session
Put Memories on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.