After colliding with debris on a prog-speed lane, John, a time-traveling scientist, and his robot companion, Orb, crash land on the deserted planet of Ganymede-003. John knows the only way to escape is to disassemble Orb and build a communication device, and while he refuses to do this, Orb insists he does. After a fatal wound, the question of whether to save himself, or let his friend live on becomes pressing, but who's life is more important, and is Orb even alive?
A robot learns an important lesson from a malfunctioning leg.
"T-130" unfolds as a captivating animated short film that intricately weaves the poignant narrative of an underappreciated robot. This cinematic masterpiece takes audiences on a compelling journey through the mechanical heart of a resilient automaton, exploring the depths of its emotions and the intricacies of its existence. As the gears of the story turn, viewers are immersed in a visually stunning and emotionally resonant experience, where the unassuming robot's quest for recognition becomes a universal tale of longing, self-discovery, and the relentless pursuit of one's identity.
A mute nurse cares deeply for the dying woman she lives with, but after a miscommunication with her client, she's forced to decide if she should break the one forbidden rule of the job - going outside.
A tale of entities
In the animated short film Hello Robot!, we follow a girl in a desolate world as she finds an abandoned robot in a cave. Luck is short though, as batteries are hard to come by.
The female robot Glenda reflects about her relationship with the ballet.
When Amadeus Klein loses the one person he loves to the brutality of an authoritarian nation, he must focus all his genius into a new project that could bring him back some happiness amidst such a chaotic world.
Adapted (i.e., shredded and stitched into incoherence) from the 1974 Japanese series Saru No Gundan, Time of the Apes follows the travails of a scientist and two small children who are accidentally frozen and thaw into a future ruled by apes. Meanwhile, Crow and Servo have locked Joel out of the Satellite of Love.
When his roommate struggles to complete an internet captcha, a paranoid man begins to suspect he may be living with a robot.
Shorts, Volume 2 is a compilation release featuring six popular shorts from Mystery Science Theater 3000, including Catching Trouble (Episode #315), What to Do on a Date (Episode #503), Last Clear Chance (Episode #520), A Day at the Fair (Episode #608), Keeping Clean and Neat (Episode #613) and The Days of Our Years (Episode #623).
After loss of her father, Elly devoted her life to protecting her sister in the new world of altered realities. Because of her fear of losing last person she cares about, she is unable to enjoy beautiful moments that is life giving to her and eventually leads her to sad ending. But is her future truly set, or can she change who she is?
Estonian/Soviet animation short. Jaak makes a robot that can do all the homework. Eventually, Jaak becomes so lazy that he sends the robot to school instead of himself. Then the robot gets very angry and punishes Jaak.
A statue that dreams and a very special robot cleaner that works in the museum.
Robots live alongside mankind in a not too distant future, but are they really living?
As an old labor robot in a city factory within a gigantic dome causes an accident, it discovers a drawing tools. With the tools, the robot begins to draw everywhere it moves around. A lazy guard who takes care of, and watches the dome gets to see the robot's drawings.
In a city destroyed by mysterious sources, a lonely robot wanders the wasteland searching for love. Suddenly he finds a beautiful lady, hot as an atomic bomb that will make his rusty heart come to life.
Animation by Ayano Yamazawa. Music by Keiichi Yasui.
Hiro, a shy, jaded salary worker, purchases a robot maid to keep him company. The robot at first injects some fun and comfort into his lonely existence but soon the lack of a human element only serves to isolate him further.