On their way, the brothers encounter a samurai who is holding a member of the machine people prisoner. He with hatred claims clockwork dolls are for war. Following the attempted kidnapping of Hiwou's ...

In Japan, clockwork automata (karakuri ningyō) emerged in the 17th century, and were mainly sold to wealthy or important people who used them to impress guests. These little mechanical dolls have an ...

The height of interest in automata was from the 1880s to the 1920s. One of the key forms of automata from this time was the figures dancing on French music boxes. Did you know with a Digital ...