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Kazuhisa Takenouchi,
Kazuhisa Takenouchi
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: Virgin
: Robots & Cyborgs, Animation, Cel, Musicals
: 65 min.
: English
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The Euro-electro-pop of Daft Punk is married to an epic sci-fi story line in this ambitious anime project conceived by the band, Manga legend Leiji Matsumoto, and director Kazuhisa Takenouchi. Interstella 5555: The 5tory of The 5ecret 5tar System involves the plight of talented musicians from a neighboring galaxy who are brought to earth by an evil corporation. Stripped of their immense talents, they are turned into a band of emotionless, hit-churning automatons named The Crescendolls. As they play arena after arena in increasingly glitzy fashion, the plucky popsters fight to regain their identities to bring the world the sort of tunes they know they can deliver. Told entirely without dialogue, Interstella 5555 features Daft Punk's album Discovery in its entirety. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
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| Excellent Meld of Music and Anime!
by Rypus
December 24, 2005 - 6:35 PM PST
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1 out of 2 members found this review helpful
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| I think this piece was a great combination of Daft Punk and Anime. The storyline is plainly understood even with the abscense of dialogue. Craving good Anime and transing music, I found this animated seamless storyline musical a fantastic job done by Takenouchi. I would enjoy seeing more of his ideas along this genre in the near future. A great piece orchestrated beautifully in my own opinion. Hands down, an excellent addition to any Daft Punk fan! |
| Music and anime experiment falls flat
by hneline1
November 14, 2004 - 12:14 AM PST
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5 out of 7 members found this review helpful
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Daft Punk: Interstella 5555 is a dialogue-less anime movie set to the music of techno-funk band Daft Punk (Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo). I probably would have enjoyed it if I liked the music more or I couldn't get enough of Leiji Matsumoto. As it was, I was bored.
Daft Punk sounded repetitive and just didn't appeal to me. The story was a one-dimensional, heroic kidnap-and-rescue drama. The characters were signature Leiji Matsumoto archetypes: the Captain Harlock look-a-like star, the Emeraldas look-a-like heroine, the thin elegant guy, the short chunky guy, the sacrificial dashing hero, and the megalomaniacal bad guy. Sure, the animation was smooth, but the design was so 70's and the action sequences prosaic. There were several overly long, repetitive scenes of the characters playing entire songs on stage.
If you loved Captain Harlock or you're curious about experiments fusing music and animation, you might get a kick out of watching this movie. But I think this experiment falls flat because there's no depth in the characters or storytelling or music.
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(Average 7.16)
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