4/5 Engrosing, then Catchy, and then Obscure
  by Lucas Black
For whatever reason, I ordered Memories but wasn't totally looking forward to seeing it after I got it in the mail. But partway through Magnetic Rose, I knew I was crazy and should have watched it the night I got it. I didn't know it was in Japanese with subtitles upon ordering (it's probably mentioned several times here, I just didn't pay attention to that) but I don't mind that.

Magnetic Rose seemed like an odd one to start out with, I probably would have made the order as Stink Bomb, Cannon Fodder, then Magnetic Rose. Mostly because Magnetic Rose is a the best and effecting you emotionally. It allowed enough time for an amount of character development, kept the pace up without feeling rushed, and managed a great atmosphere. It's like an animated space-opera-horror type thing, but not horror in the conventional sense. It might just be my imagination. But either way thoroughly enjoyed it

Stink Bomb, to me, was like a catchy song in visual form with its constant forward motion. The Japanese military's absurd antics to stop the chemist from bringing the toxin into Tokyo, and his absent-mindedly carrying the deadly gas all over the place. It's just the right length, never lulls or bores, and doesn't try to be anything it's not. The movie doesn't grab your shirt collar and whisper political agendas in your ear, as something with the plot could have done. It's just a fun little animated romp.

Cannon Fodder's animation style kind of put me off, keeping me from enjoying it as much as I could have. And although it had some interesting themes and a detailed world exposed in its short length, it didn't really get much done. Not much actually happened in it. Kind of a weak finisher to me, but still not bad.

Each given a star rating:
Magnetic Rose - *****
Stink Bomb - ****
Cannon Fodder - ***

All in all, a great package of three interesting anime shorts. A worthy experience.

4/5 Of the 3 video segments, 2 are phenomenal
  by Winston Lee (Los Angeles, CA USA)
'Memories' is a great anime that comprises three video shorts. The first two are very good, but the last video short is somewhat weak and not very interesting. The first video short, 'Magnetic Rose', is dramatic, poignant, and touching, and is in the style of the old Twilight Zone tv series. The second, 'Stink Bomb', has it's own unique gut-wrenching humor and drama and has a killer ending. I highly recommend this anime title.

5/5 A must watch movie.
  by eli nwatarali
this is absolutely a movie to watch. It consist of three short stories titled : Magnetic rose, stink Bomb and cannon fodder. In fact, I will not spoil the surprise by telling you much. All I can say is this; get ready to be amazed, shocked, surprise and laugh till you drop on the floor. I love to rate this movie 10 or more. But since, the rating starts from 1 to 5, I'll settle for 5. This is a movie to own and watch. And finally, I am not going to sit here to tell you not to watch this movie. Please go ahead and buy and watch it. You will not be dissappointed.

3/5 Good film
  by Cosmoetica (New York, USA)
I had long suspected that the American geeky infatuation with Japanese animation (aka Japanimation or anime) stemmed from the same impulses that veered Western Intellectuals into the Eastern Mystical religions. To me, anime was merely the new name for the poorly animated cartoons that proliferated in this country back in the 1960s wave of cartoons that began with such fare as Gigantor the Space Age Robot, Kimba the White Lion, & Speed Racer. By the 80s & 90s the filmic equivalents had spawned such `classics' like Akira, & Princess Mononoke. I was wrong.... it is heartening to see a film of such daring, even when it fails, getting made & released in Japan, as well frustrating to note that no American animators would dare pick up the gauntlet this film drops- opting instead for numbingly simpleminded Disney fare, which is far more like the watered down Mysticism I expected from this anime film. Instances like this are those times I love being proved wrong. In fact, I only hope my artistic presumptions are more routinely proved wrong. I strongly recommend this DVD to both hardcore anime buffs & mere filmic afficionados. I doubt you will be disappointed.

4/5 Very good...
  by D. Wick (West of the Mississippi)
Particularly "Stink Bomb" Ep. 2, very funny and clever. This reason I did not give a 5 star is that this DVD should have been overdubbed too. We now have a broad enough anime to USA market that most of these films should and could get good voice acting talent done to them...