Frankly Person people, i know you are going to beat me for this, but i have no shame in saying that interstella is the greatest animated film i have ever seen, and yes, i have seen ghost in the shell, akira, iron giant, and several other animated films i state this because the movie has no spoken diologe, all the characters emotions need to be expressed through facial expresions, or actions or showing stuff, or help by the great albem discovery, which serves as the back ground music to this film it is a great story, fantastic plot, and is my ultimate example of what you can do with animation it is surreal, and if you dislike techno or anime you will not like this, but if you truly love daft punk or anime, you must see this film sincerely, frankly ima person

sandover Being a later bloomer to Daft Punk, I am quite glad I have bloomed -this anime is really animated - it is simple, it is brainstorming, it is fearless in shifting gears, being tongue-in-cheek, blatantly and deliciously critical of the pop industry, it is absurd if you are absurd, it is not sad, for the loss that is crucial although one could say schematic or unnecessary for our interstellar band to get saved is presented in an almost adult manner, it has a message, it is a romp - I think the delight of all people involved is palpable, one feels them giving full rein to fun and imagination pop art popping us at its best!one of a rare bunch of films, or experiences, that you are in for a new ride right after the previous one has barely ended.Stunning visuals, unapologetic when romantic, sometimes laced with delicious cheesiness, and seamlessly integrated music,thank you.

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.

hani-md Oh, I love this movie... maybe it is a little kitschy, but animation is perfect and music is heavenly...I've heard about the movie while my Daft Punk life period started - I was listening to "Discovery" (This album is soundtrack from "Interstella 5555") and some of my friends told me he heard that there's a movie with this music... I was searching for it couple of weeks and have found it! I was watching it over, and over, and over again... I was so charmed with the whole thing, it even made me cry... Every manga slash anime or Daft Punk fan should watch it. Buy/borrow DVD, set yourself comfortably, play the disc and enjoy :)