• "Memories" offers three variations on the notion of memory.

  • Koji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura and Katsuhiro Otomo each signed a segment.

  • This film, released for the first time in 1995, returns to sale in a magnificent restored version.

Three films, three atmospheres!

Memories

is an anthology of short films by Koji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura and Katsuhiro Otomo.

First released in France in 1997, this little gem offers a trio of variations on memories by three masters of Japanese animation.

“Reviewing these restored films on the big screen is a slap equivalent to that received by spectators rediscovering

Akira

in theaters in 2020”, confides to

20 Minutes

, Matthieu Pinon, co-author of

A century of Japanese animation

and

History (s) of modern Manga,

two erudite works published by Ynnis editions.

The quality of the copy remastered in 4K by the anime film distributor Eurozoom does justice to works in which we identify the very different styles of their authors.

A good introduction to Japanese animation

“

Memories

is not only a superb anthology but we can consider the film as a good introduction to Japanese animation as it reveals its diversity.

Each segment has its own charm,” insists Matthieu Pinon.

In Koji Morimoto's

Magnetic Rose

, the characters relive unhappy memories on a ship lost in space.

Tensai Okamura's

Stink Bomb (

Blue Exorcist

) follows a young scientist going through an experiment with dramatic consequences.

Cannon Fodder

by Katsuhiro Otomo (

Aki

r

a

) is a war fable about the inhabitants of a city maintaining cannons to destroy a mysterious enemy.

“The three stories evoke the notion of memory, specifies Matthieu Pinon.

The first is a space epic, the second shows what happens when you have no memories and the third is a very ambitious sequence shot that should leave moviegoers speechless.

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This last segment (our favorite) may confuse by its experimental side.

“There really is something for everyone in

Memories

: die-hard moviegoers as well as neophyte audiences, insists Matthieu Pinon.

The films are all the more remarkable in that they were shot in an artisanal way, before the advent of computer-generated images.

Memories

therefore offers beautiful pieces of film history

, each short film (lasting between 20 and 40 minutes) remains in the memory for a long time.

Great animation cinema?

Certainly yes, but also great cinema period!

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