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MEMORIES - REVIEW

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From manga king Katsuhiro Otomo, known for his iconic work on Akira , comes Memories , a collection of three unique animated sci-fi short films based on his own manga stories. It was made in 1995 and showcased three different styles by three experienced animators. The first one, Magnetic Rose , is directed by Koji Morimoto and is actually my favourite of the bunch. It's a space opera which actually includes both space and opera! Can't believe it took this long for someone to take this genre literally, to be honest... The short follows a group of dudes in a space salvage freighter as they receive a distress signal and are called in to check it out. They find the signal is coming from some graveyard ship that's orbiting a space station and, once they go in, they find elaborate simulations seemingly emanating from a European opera singer's memories/soul. Turns out, these simulations aren't quite as harmless and nice-looking as they originally seemed. As bizarre an