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MyManD

[TOMT][Anime]A short film about man who creates robot girl, but he himself is a robot and humanity is dead.

Solved!

So the opening scene is this dude and hes working on a robot and the robot wakes up and it establishes that this guy lives alone in the middle of nowhere and he and the robot live together and they cook and eat and everything just like humans except the girl is a robot but whatever.

So then one day the girl sees a rabbit stealing some veggies amd chases after it but falls down a cliff where she sees the ruins of a city. She gets freaked out and goes back to the scientist who explains that humams have died out and he reveals himself to also be a robot and he dies because his battery was nearing its end. Then the girl finds old pictures of the scientist with the person who made him and more pictures of the same two people going back years and she realizes that each robot recreates its creator and it ends with her starting work on the next robot

Posted Sep 29, 2017, 9:37 AM UTC

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cmcdonal2001•

No idea, but now I want to know too. Sounds neat.

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stockypenguin•

Me too!

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MrFurrypants3•

Sounds like I don’t need to now because now I know the ending.

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Ten7ei•

Good that I stopped reading after the first sentence

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cmcdonal2001•

This is typically a smart move when reading most things. Imagine your dick, split down the middle like a hot dog that's burst in the microwave.

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DeathsIntent96•

If a surprising ending is the only thing a work has going for it, it's not good.

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ReadySteady_GO•

Thanks

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likeafox•

This doesn't seem like what you're thinking of, but there's an Australian short film that is thematically very similar to what you're describing.

The Maker

I won't spoil what part exactly is most reminiscent of the film you're thinking of.

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MyManDOP•

No, but that was fantastic nonetheless.

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ittleoff•

This was the one i thought of too

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mark1nhu•

WOW! Just WOW!

Now I want to buy their book (yep, there is a book).

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egregiousmonkey1•

Catering: Mama Kezelos' Kitchen

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egregiousmonkey1•

Website for book and other is zealouscreative.com

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Shea_Aquitaine1•

Is it this?

Edit: Link

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MyManDOP•

Holy shot YES! This is it! Thank you thank you thank you!!!!

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Shea_Aquitaine1•

Interesting film - glad I could help. Now I get to watch it again!

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Rylalei•

i know this post is 2 months old but i wanted to add that this movie is based on a novel by otsuichi, he's one of my favorite horror authors and i definitely recommend the book as well!

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Crilio•

Rabbit ✔️ Girl ✔️ Robo dad ✔️ Empty world ✔️

Let's pack it up bois

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MyManDOP•

Solved!

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emiteal•

That was fantastic! Thanks for asking about this, OP, I might never have seen it otherwise.

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WhatIsThisBotBOT•

You have been given one point for this answer.
Thanks for contributing!

^^^MyManD ^^^awarded ^^^to ^^^Shea_Aquitaine ^^^(1)

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Shea_Aquitaine1•

Good bot

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yours_untruly•

this has to be it, great find

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Humbs3•

GOTTEM

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archmichael•

This is your answer, right here

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Paradoxcyn•

Is is the movie 9? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGqUB2iXbhM

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Klayman55•

There's some similarities, but the human scientist died in a different way and the only "robot scientist" was 2, who also doesn't die of natural causes. Plus, no one gets freaked out by the ruined city they all live in.

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icebrotha•

That is also what I thought of.

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ReadySteady_GO•

The scientist in 9 stored his "soul" in the 9 dolls

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OutOfBootyExperience1•

I don't think this is it, but this sounds very close to an early episode of the twilight zone

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DUG1138•

I think it's a re-occurring theme. Very similar to the Star Trek (tos) episode: "What are little Girls Made Of?"

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Ryan_Wilson2•

I don't believe this is what you're looking for, but this is another thematically similar short little anime.

https://myanimelist.net/anime/33091/Planetarian__Chiisana_Hoshi_no_Yume

It might not sound like it from the synopsis, but there's more here than what meets the eye. The start is somewhat similar, she wakes up due to him entering the building. Battery is low. Establishes that the guy is the only one around, the only "customer" and they live together for a short time as she manages to talk him into repairing something. She doesn't seem to care about the ruins or rather ignores them, she has little comprehension of the state of humanity right now just that her purpose is to welcome customers. Although she is fully sentiant so development happens. I'd say it's about 80 minutes. Might be worth watching if you're into this sort of thing. I quite enjoyed it, I like this sort of theme.

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Humbs3•

I wanna watch that too. WHERE did you watch it first?

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MyManDOP•

That's he thing. It's one of those memories I had that I can't pinpoint. It's just so vivid and the details always the same that it couldn't have been just my imagination.

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ActualButt•

Write it out as a script, find an artist (hint: r/ComicBookCollabs ) and get it drawn. Then see if anyone sues you. Problem solved. If no one does, then it was either an original idea or it was lost to the world and you resurrected it for the rest of the world.

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Badtz10•

It kind of sounds like a combination of some of the parts of Robot Carnival.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Carnival

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Lazrath2•

fairly likely, as this was one of many anime that was shown on the sci-fi channel of which there is a list here; http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=2422

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that_blind_panda•

ITT: I don't know but I want to watch it too. Including myself.

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emiteal•

In case you didn't see:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/comments/736rs7/tomtanimea_short_film_about_man_who_creates_robot/dnon3o1/

Worth the watch!

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messyhair42•

Battle Angel Alita? What era is it from.?

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togoboldly5•

I thought BAA as well, but humanity was most definitely still alive.

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bananahzard•

Is it one of the horror short stories by Ozamu Tezuka? I remember reading his horror short stories and one of them is similar to what you describe.

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dtStt•

Could this be the Professor Layton plot for the Curious Village?

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aniforprez•

I'm not sure but I think this is a short story that happens in the background of an episode of Kino no Tabi. But I do remember watching this in an anime but it was only as background narrative in the overall episode

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polarbear4321•

You could also try r/AnimeSuggest

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TripleDeckerBrownie•

Idk but wanna know now

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