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one more time!

22nd of Oct, 2003ce* in: diary

Last night I went to Departure Lounge here in brighton, a monthly Japanese culture night with j-pop & anime.
In the line up was The Ghibili’s which was a mix of sketchy artwork and 3d graphics, blended in the most beautiful way, however the best was yet to come, daft punk’s Interstella 5555!

Fucking amazing. However there seems to be a hole in the translation, 5 = go in Japanese so the title really means Interstella go go go go, I suppose this is a pun, you read it here first! ;)
The animation is fantastic and is filled humourous and interesting links to Daft Punk, its a constant joy. It’s also well timed to the Daft Punk album, featuring the single one more time. The animation is directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi & Leiji Matsumoto, so its super retro! (think Ulysses 31, battle of the planets etc)

Go pick up the DVD, its out tomorrow.