Anime at Large: Interstella 5555

$Interstella 5555 featuring the music of Daft Punk\'s 2001 \'Discovery\' Album$

Interstella 5555 featuring the music of Daft Punk's 2001 'Discovery' Album

Interstella 5555 is the anime, directed by Leiji Matsumoto, based on the music videos of Daft Punk’s “One More Time”, “Aerodynamic”, “Digital Love, and “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” (which was later used in Kanye West’s “Stronger”). It’s the same music videos–including pretty much the whole album as “One More Time”, “Discovery”, into a feature length anime. Judging from the events in the initial music videos, the female member of the blue alien band who is performing “One More Time” is kidnapped, the chase is on in “Aerodymanic”, The fanboy of the kidnapped girl risks his life to save her in “Digital Love”, and…I do not remember what happens in “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”.

If I recall correctly, some robots were being manufactured, en masse. It’s been so long since I’ve seen the music videos. I was excited about getting the DVD for Christmas back in 2003, but it was no where to be found under my tree (maybe Santa couldn’t find it in the Anime section of the video store?). Eventually, I forgot about it and moved on. Luckily, it’s still available online on Amazon.com for $15! Perhaps I’ll grab it from Amazon, or I’ll pick it up in a few months if there’s any available at the next anime convention I’ll be attending.