Memory

Rate a 5
English Subtitled

Story
Too fast paced. A lot of information covered in a short span. Introduction is a well informing piece of information based upon the subject of memories procedures. Conclusion was based as a joke but i don't think that was the right ending message. For me memories are a vital aspect on life without them it as if we did not live. We could not with draw money from our savings accounts, we would not be able to sleep in a nice bed not knowing where our home is... That is why i find the comical ending disappointing. If it were me ... i would relate it back to the introduction like do you recall how we started this film with how many people?

Art
They went back and forth and art styles. For me that messed with my head but i am unsure if that was intended or not. Personally, i would be more pleased if that did not happen at all.

Sound- a little rushed

Character- does not apply

Enjoyment
An education piece that can if used properly be helpful in future aspects of life.

I think I prefer Tezuka's shorts when they don't verbalize their thoughts and use music and visuals to tell the story he wishes to narrate. For when the narrator does open his mouth to elucidate on the temporal unreliability of memory and the inconsistencies of the human mind storage system, the exploration is pretty surface level and tinged with an objectified view of women that would be widely offensive today.

Memory is clever in short bursts - mostly when it uses the animation to play with double entendres and misidentify objects with the narration to achieve a comical effect - but in terms of substance, the ... short is quite weak and perhaps even vacuous.

I got to add that I love the sound design in these shorts. I love how the Hyoshigi are used to create the distinctively percussive sound that substitutes for tempo and rhythmic pacing of the animation - which relies primarily on contrasting still images. It gives these shorts a distinctive Japanese, yet experimental identity.