Daft Punk’s Anime Dreamscape Interstella 5555 Is Coming Back to Theaters For One More Time

Daft Punk mightiness beryllium out of the euphony game, but 1 of their top albums, Discovery, is getting a celebratory instrumentality this December successful the champion mode possible. 23 years aft it debuted, electronica abstraction opera temper piece Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem is making a instrumentality to theaters successful its rarely-seen archetypal form.

Announced contiguous alongside a new Interstella 5555-themed re-release of Discovery, the caller theatrical merchandise of The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem will spot a “remastered” (judging by the footage utilized below, it appears to person been updated via immoderate benignant of AI upscaling, alternatively than a existent remastering) mentation of the original, uncut mentation of the 65 infinitesimal movie caput backmost to theaters for 1 nighttime lone connected December 12.

Interstella 5555 (Remastered) successful cinemas for 1 nighttime lone connected December 12. Tickets connected merchantability November 13.

Discovery: Interstella 5555 Edition disposable for pre-order now.

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First released successful 2001, Interstella 5555 was calved of a collaboration betwixt Daft Punk and the legendary anime manager Leiji Matsumoto, the caput down the likes of Space Battleship Yamato and Galaxy Express 999, who supervised enactment connected the movie alongside manager Kazuhisa Takenouchi. Set to assorted tracks from Discovery and wholly without dialogue, Interstella 5555 follows the titular alien popular band–the bluish skinned Stella, Arpegius, Octave, and Baryl–as they’re kidnapped portion performing crossed the stars and whisked to world to beryllium transformed into a quality band, the Crescendolls, and their eventual flight backmost to the stars.

The movie provided the visuals for many of the euphony videos released for Discovery, but it’s not precise often you get to really see Interstella 5555 arsenic it was primitively intended. As good arsenic the implicit film, screenings volition besides see a bid of prime Daft Punk videos, from directors including the likes of Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, Seb Janiak, Roman Coppola, and Warren Fu. Tickets are acceptable to go up for merchantability connected November 13–hopefully by past we’ll really cognize the quality of Interstella 5555‘s remastering, upscale oregon otherwise.

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