thehappyspaceman First thing first: I'm not an anime fan. At all. So I was skeptical when I first heard about this movie. But Daft Punk's Interstella 5555 turned out to be surprisingly enjoyable. With that said, the movie isn't perfect by far. There are a few plot holes and the villain's motives aren't really clear, but to be fair they do a great job considering that there's no dialogue in it. I guess you could say that this is less of a movie and more of a series of animated music videos that happen to tell a story, but whatever it is, it's done very well. The characters are great, the animation is stellar, no pun intended, the plot has a nice undertone about the modern music industry, and do I even need to mention that Daft Punk's soundtrack rocks? It's just a lot of fun, so if you like anime or if you like Daft Punk, I'd recommend checking this one out. And let me tell you, if they ever make a sequel to this, I'd be first in line to watch it.(And no, I don't count Daft Punk's followup movie, Electroma, though believe me, I'll be reviewing that soon enough.)

Christopher Reid This movie was awesome. It was so refreshing to see a movie without any dialogue. It doesn't hit us over the head constantly with exposition and melodramatic confrontations. We aren't told what to think or feel. We're free to analyse or just go along for the ride. It's very relaxed and easy to watch. The music is gorgeous and just doesn't stop. Each song flows beautifully into the next. There were no dull parts, no songs that sounded like mere filler. They matched nicely overall with the story and imagery. Sometimes they fitted perfectly with the visuals and other times they juxtaposed in an interesting way that still made sense and brought different, unexpected qualities out.The story was generally easy to follow. It's interesting as an allegory about the recording business (or corruption in general) but then it also works as just a made-up story with aliens and fancy gadgets and guitars. It creates worlds that the characters exist within. It sparks our imaginations to fill in the details about these people and their worlds. We want to believe they exist outside of the movie. The characters all have clear motivations and are always doing things for a reason. There are no vapid argument scenes, just good vs. evil, man vs. nature.I don't feel I have much else to say about this movie. It's short at only an hour but was one of the most enjoyable movies I've ever seen. I was in the right mood for it and it was highly satisfying. You can just sit back and let your mind wander. Bob your head or tap your feet. I really wish worlds like this actually existed, it feels like where humanity really belongs. Free, flying, traveling to all kinds of strange places, loving, listening to music. Alas, one can only dream...

p_jones92 This DVD has been around for a while now and I think has generally been overlooked.I am a Daft Punk fan, and caught their recent live shows, which made me go back through their work, and I spotted this, realized I hadn't seen it, so rented a copy.I'm not necessarily a manga/cartoon fan, yeah I was a fan as a kid, watched all the classics growing up in the 80's, including Ulysees etc, but I had grown out of it, so I'll admit I wasn't really expecting much, just a cartoon set to a classic Daft Punk album. Wrong.Off the bat you do need to know that there is no dialog, it's a story told in visual form with accompanying music but you know what, it' actually quite a gripping story of a successful band being kidnapped by an intergalactic music mogul, who has their identities erased and manipulated to make the mogul money from their songs on other interstellar planets, as he takes them on a intergalactic music tour in essence. Luckily, an interstellar bounty hunter guy, who is also a fan of theirs and has a crush on the female member, is dispatched to find them and get them back. In addition, despite the band members having their memories erased, elements of their past lives linger and they struggle to break free from there enforced identities and lives, with the help of the bounty hunter. The weird thing is, I actually found myself getting caught up in the story as there are some truly heartfelt moments, and at times the music was just background noise for me (pretty great background noise, but background noise nonetheless), you forget your listening to a Daft Punk album. Luckily, the accompanying music is from Daft Punk's album Discovery, which has some classic tracks, and when you are listening to the songs, you realize their are f-ing great songs, and the song style and visual style and story are totally harmonious, they work in total unison.At their live show, I realized how these guys had a really great visual as well as musical sense, and after watching this you realize not only can they gel the two together brilliantly in a live show, but they also do it on video and I can honestly say you don't need to be a Daft Punk fan or cartoon fan to enjoy this, I would recommend it to anyone.

madman0017 Never having been associated with much anime before besides the usual kiddy drivel (at age 12),so I dismissed most of it. Then I saw a music video that blew my mind! One More Time by Daft Punk played and I swear, that was the first song I had fully loved and hung on every note and word. Then "Daft Punk" sadly faded away from my mind. Later on I was reintroduced to the Punk and remembered the one song that won me over. Finally I started to collect the anthology of Daft Punk and came across a DVD. Interstella 5555. I remember reading about it, not remembering that it contained the music video for "One More Time" (actually forgetting about the clip almost entirely except for the song), and quickly purchased it. I went home and threw it in my DVD player. Then came the moment... the awesome moment...I finally had that feeling once again of hanging on every note and loving the images. The characters, the worlds, the music... Everything about this screamed brilliance. This Movie is a tale of love, exploitation and how wonderful dreams come to life. The thrilling set pieces and fantastic music made me fall in love with this movie. The animation is flawless, the music tells a great story. This is one MOVIE (I use movie because it really is that, not just an extended music clip as some believe!) that I wouldn't mind erasing from my mind completely just so I could experience it all over again.I thank Daft Punk and Leiji Matsumoto for releasing a brilliant movie. The concept sounds edgy to any newcomer of Daft Punks music or of Anime but I assure everyone that this movie is pure awesomeness. Buy it if you see it! (I got it for $13.99 Australian)