An alternative title to this is Manie-Manie and I think it describes perfectly the style of the film. There are three different unrelated stories: the first is a dream-like trip of a child and his cat in a fantastic circus world, the second is a surrealist racing story and the last is a robot going haywire/satire of the Japanese work culture story. Made by Madhouse, they're all mad.
The animation style is... forceful. It is powerful, yet it lacks subtlety. You can feel it's art, but you don't get anything else out of it. The prose and dialogues are fragmented, clunky. The reason why I wanted to watch this - and in the end the best story of the three - is the last animation: "Construction Cancellation Order", but the other stories were fine, too.
It may seem that I have nothing but criticism for this, but it was entertaining. It felt too artsy and too experimental to be enjoyable. If the first two stories would have had a more classical narrative structure or if the three stories would have had some connection to each other, I am sure this would have been a hit. As such, it's mostly the animation that might make this worth it for you.
The animation style is... forceful. It is powerful, yet it lacks subtlety. You can feel it's art, but you don't get anything else out of it. The prose and dialogues are fragmented, clunky. The reason why I wanted to watch this - and in the end the best story of the three - is the last animation: "Construction Cancellation Order", but the other stories were fine, too.
It may seem that I have nothing but criticism for this, but it was entertaining. It felt too artsy and too experimental to be enjoyable. If the first two stories would have had a more classical narrative structure or if the three stories would have had some connection to each other, I am sure this would have been a hit. As such, it's mostly the animation that might make this worth it for you.