Interstella 5555 - The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
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In a far-off galaxy, there exists a world much the same as Earth. Save for blue skin, the people are near identical - especially with their taste for rockin' dance music. When a strange alien abduction craft lands on the planet to steal their most popular band, however, all hope seems lost. With their story told entirely via Daft Punk's album Discovery, join The Crescendolls in a journey to rediscover both themselves and their music in a galaxy millions of light years away from home.
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Amazing Nuts!
- OVA (1 ep x 15 min)
- 2006
Four touching and intriguing stories are set to a backdrop of different songs: a futuristic cop patrols the streets to fight against crime; a girl experiences an out-of-this-world vision of the world after ingesting a variety of pills; a badass battling chick fights her way to happiness and manages to stoke the flame of love; and two lovers meet and exchange a beautiful rose.
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add recAnime! And music! In one humungous music video!
Interstella and Amazing Nuts! Both have the feel of something new and revolutionary to the anime world, using both inspiration from the music and stunning visuals to tell a tale. The lack of dialogue is more than made up for by some awesome music. Fans of one (and Daft Punk) will definitely love the other!
Music and anime fans rejoice! These two music videos come with an anime story. Nuts! is a collection of four small music videos and Interstella is a 1h long music video presenting an entire Daft Punk album, both while telling short, dialogue-less stories to accompany the music well. If you liked the combination of a shallow, yet fun story and great music in one of these works, check out the other as well!
FLCL
Alt titles: Furi Kuri
Naota Nanbada is a boring young boy who leads a boring life in a boring town. His older brother has left for America, and the closest he comes to any excitement is when his deadbeat dad has too much sake. But things change one day when a bizarre girl zooms up to him on a scooter and smacks him in the face with her guitar. What's more, once Naoto returns home he discovers that this strange woman has arrived ahead of him and moved in! Not only does she constantly engage in perverted activities with Naota's father and flirt with the young man himself, but she also claims to be an alien who is searching for the ‘Pirate King.' Now, Naota must learn to live with this new intruder, deal with an odd government agent who sports exceptionally large eyebrows and the mysterious Medical Mechanica, and come to terms with the fact that there are a variety of robots and weapons emerging out of his head - amongst other things. Perhaps boring wasn't so bad after all...
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add recOn one level, Interstella and FLCL are basically extended music videos with a sci-fi theme. There's admittedly a lot more to FLCL than just its music video status - while Interstella has nothing else to it. Also, I find FLCL absolutely amazing while Interstella is merely okay. Still, if you like the music these should prove pretty satisfactory viewing experiences.
Cowboy Bebop
Follow interstellar bounty hunters Spike Spiegel and Jet Black as they scour the galaxy for criminals with prices on their heads. Hoping to escape their past, they live on the spaceship Bebop, but it's a dangerous business and old enemies don't forget easily. Allies come from unlikely sources, however, as they find comrades in the beautiful swindler Faye Valentine, the genius child hacker Ed and the genetically engineered 'data dog' Ein. Will they be able to help each other though their respective struggles, or is their fate really inevitable?
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add recWhen one talks about the synergy between anime and music, they are usually talking about Cowboy Bebop. Yoko Kanno with the brilliant assistance of many artists including Steve Conte, put together a beautiful score of blues and jazz tunes to harmonize with the action of the show and greatly heighten whatever atmosphere the show is existing in at any given moment. If what you enjoyed about Interstella 5555 was the way the music and the story moved together, then you may find you'd enjoy the way Shinichirow Watanabe and Yoko Kanno come together in the same way that Leiji Matsumoto and Daft Punk did.
Galaxy Express 999
Ever heard of a flying train? Tetsuro, living on a dismal earth, wants to ride it to Andromeda so he can get a mechanical body that will enable him to live forever. With the help of the mysterious woman, Maetel, Tetsuro braves many adventures on his way to Andromeda, heading towards a showdown with Count Mecha, an evil tyrant that brutally murdered his mother for sport. Will Tetsuro have the inner strength to face this monster on his own turf?
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add recsave for the music, Interstella 5555 could've taken right out of a Galaxy Railways plot. The retro animation styles coupled with high production values on both works make for a very enjoyable viewing experience.
Legend of the Forest
- Movie
- 1988
Set to Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, Legend of the Forest is a voiceless tale of human encroachment into the forests and its furry and feathered inhabitants. With only a chainsaw, one man will destroy families and lives for his own selfish gain, and the citizens of the forest will never be the same. Join the varied cast of birds, trees, squirrels, gnomes and fairy folk as they struggle to survive in their dying homeland...
