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A pervy robot hitchhikes for nudes. Studio Ghibli this ain't — it's Hiroyuki Okiura unhinged.
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Robot on the Road (2015)

sleazy-sentimentalretro-futuristicawkwardly horny

Overview

AnimationComedyScience Fiction

A perverted robot hitchhikes cross-country with an attractive woman in hopes of photographing her naked.

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Content warning
robot

Standout Aspects

Writing

Punchline structure that lands emotional whiplash.

Acting

Hayashibara's deadpan against Yamadera's desperate creep energy.

Best for:Solo: Weird anime curiosity? You know who you are.·Friends: Watch faces when you hit 'play' on this one.·Rewatch: Ten minutes, layers of sleaze-to-sincerity. Deserves another look.
Heads up:Sexual Content: Robot's entire motivation is photographing nude women. Non-explicit but pervasive.
Hiroyuki Okiura

Director

Hiroyuki Okiura

ReleasedOct 2, 2015
Runtime10m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelmedium
khara
Nihon Animator Mihonichi

Top Cast

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Mina (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Koichi Yamadera

Robowo (voice)

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Deep Dive

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Trivia

Okiura spent over ten years hand-drawing this ten-minute short between commercial projects, making it possibly the most labor-intensive animated robot boob joke in history.

Cultural

Created for the Animator Expo anthology alongside works by Anno and Imaishi, this represents a rare auteur flex from the Jin-Roh character designer known for hyper-detailed realism.

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