Interstella 5555 Streaming

[Claudio Davey]

Infact, your level of like/dislike of said French band will directly correlate to your feelings for this anime. Interstella 5555, an idea first brainstormed while Daft Punk was recording their Discovery album, is basically a one-hour-and-some-change music video.

All of that aside, Interstella 5555 is a fabulously enjoyable experience for Daft Punk fans (of which I most definitely am one). As mentioned earlier, Daft Punk had this idea when they were first recording Discovery, and ended up being able to team up with their childhood hero, the famed anime artist Leiji Matsumoto, for the project (which should tell you that the visuals are great). Two years later the world was treated to the fun, animated answer to sitting around playing Dark Side Of The Moon in tandem with Wizard of Oz.

Their memories wiped and saved on disks, the group (now named Crescendolls) is fitted with sunglasses that have the double effect of style and subservience. They go through the motions of playing and end up making their captor a nice little pile of money and awards to roll around on. Eventually they are saved by the power of love and rock and roll and (almost) everyone lives happily ever after.

More Matsumoto can be found at Crunchyroll, where they have streaming video of Galaxy Express 999 and Captain Harlock. If the glories of Seventies animation makes your eyes bleed, they also have the more recent Ozma. Despite the name, it has nothing to do with the works of L. Frank Baum and is really more of a Harlockification of Dune. Though a Matsumoto reimagining of Oz would be pretty awesome.

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