Two dumb little monsters try to time-travel and immediately everything goes wrong.
It's the night before the fair celebrating the Kingdom of Guardia's one thousand year anniversary. When the humans have gone to sleep for the night, excited about the next day's celebration, the monsters come out to play. Nuu and Mamo are two little monsters itching to have their own adventure in time and space, and their adventure group Nuumamonjaa is recruiting new members. Since neither is particularly strong in the brains department, their adventure turns into a disaster as they get into one mishap after another. A fast drinking competition, a close encounter with a robotic cat, and a high-speed car chase—this might be more adventure than the tiny duo bargained for!
Direction
Kawasaki packs more gags into 16 minutes than most features manage.
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn car chase still outclasses most CGI today.
Director
Itsuro Kawasaki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This VHS-only promotional short was created to hype the original Chrono Trigger release and remained obscure outside Japan for decades.
Nuu and Mamo are the actual in-game monsters you fight in Guardia's forests, reimagined here as lovable disaster gremlins with inexplicable time-travel access.
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