Japan Synopsis
MEMORIES
In this anime anthology, a salvage ship crew happens upon a haunted vessel in "Magnetic Rose"; a cold tablet turns a lab worker into a biological weapon in "Stink Bomb"; and an urban populace carries on an endless war with an unseen foe in "Cannon Fodder."
Audience Engagement
367 audience reviews — more than 91% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 94th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Memories. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
3 sharedLupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro
★ 7.5 · Japan
3 sharedMobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V: Clash at Loum
★ 7.4 · Japan
3 sharedMobile Suit Gundam: The Origin I – Blue-Eyed Casval
★ 6.5 · Japan
3 sharedMobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet
★ 7.2 · Japan
3 sharedThey Were Eleven
★ 6.9 · Japan
3 sharedMobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III – Dawn of Rebellion
★ 7.5 · Japan
Other Titles From Bandai Visual
Fantasy + Animation in Japan
1095 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Fantasy and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Memories itself).
The 1994–1996 Japan Window
Memories holds position #38 of 143 Japan films in the 1994–1996 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Japan, 447 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Memories premiered alongside 59 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 59 other Japan films in 1995.
The 1044th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Memories, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- cannon · 2
- haunted by the past · 2
- haunted manor · 2
- memories · 1
- anthology · 30
- disaster · 23
- anime · 711
- based on manga · 297
- based on comic · 58
- space · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,350 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (71st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Fantasy productions specifically: #558 of 1,274 (top 44%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Bandai Visual, Shochiku, Madhouse, Kodansha, STUDIO4℃ |
| Runtime | 1h 53m |
| Release Date | December 23, 1995 |
| IMDb | tt0113799 |
| Official Site | www.studio4c.co.jp |