AKICIF: Anime about Elderly Care?

[jeriendhal]

I'm trying to remember the title of an anime movie that was shown several times on the Sci-Fi Channel back when they had a Saturday Morning Anime line up. The premise was one of those "only in Japan" things, where a highly robotized hospital bed was caring for a very elderly man, and through the actions of a candy striper and some retired computer programmers accidentally give it sentience and it takes its patient on a wild ride through Japan, trying to get the old man to a the beach to relive some happy memories he had of his wife, modifying itself into a tank along the way.

It was probably a satire of attempts in Japan to introduce robots into elderly care at the time.

Comments

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, I think.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Nope, I'm pretty sure it's not Tylor. It was a one off OAV set either in Present Day Japan or just slightly in the future.

[nojay.livejournal.com]

Roujin Z. The manga was better than the anime.

https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=20230

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

That's it, though it went under a different name in the English dub. Wish I could remember it.

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

Hm! I'm not finding any alternate title, other than for the manga, at least on Wikipedia and Anime News Network. They do note the title translates as "Old Man Z", though it doesn't appear that name was used for the English releases.

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

Well, that's at least one influence on you that explains a thing or two.