Daft Punk & Leiji Matsumoto’s 2003 anime to return in cinemas

Following a select fan and festival screening this year, Trafalgar Releasing will show the 4K remastered version of Daft Punk & Leiji Matsumoto’s 2003 anime masterpiece Interstella 5555 in cinemas worldwide one night only on December 12, 2024.

Says Trafalgar Releasing CEO Marc Allenby:

We’re excited to bring Daft Punk’s iconic Interstella 5555, now fully remastered in stunning 4K, to cinemas for this one-night-only global event. This is a rare opportunity to experience the film on the big screen, along with accompanying Daft Punk music videos, and we can’t wait to share it with audiences everywhere.

Daft Punk and Cédric Hervet developed Interstella 5555, The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem in association with Leiji Matsumoto and Toei Animation.

It chronicles the kidnapping of an alien music band by an evil human figure with sinister intentions. Interstella, which essentially functions as an anime visual album, has the whole 2001 Discovery album by Daft Punk on its soundtrack, featuring classic songs like “One More Time,” “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger,” and “Veridis Quo.”

Says producer of the movie, Toei Animation’s Shinji Shimizu:

‘One More Time’ was playing all over the town at that time! I felt so proud that I wanted to shout to people on the street, ‘We are making its animation now!

The movie was split up into separate music videos as a visual album, and until this year it was somewhat rare to watch the whole movie on screens.

Discovery: Interstella 5555 Edition

Discovery: Interstella 5555 Edition will be launched in limited tangible numbers to commemorate this worldwide occasion. Original Japanese edition artwork, stickers and Daft Club card—which became a genuine collectors’ item upon initial publication—will all be included in this physical edition of Discovery.

Five 555 gold vinyl, five 555 numbered CDs, and 25,000 black vinyl will be the limited release items. Get them here.

Along with this unique music re-release and movie screening comes a limited-edition merch run including the cartoon band Interstella 5555: The 5tory, centered on the Crescendolls.

Originally featured extensively in Discovery’s social content over the summer, “Veridis Quo” is now heard in a worldwide Chanel N°5 advertising campaign headed by Luca Guadagnino and featuring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.

From Maluma, G-Dragon, and Jazmine Sullivan to live sets from DJs such as John Summit, the track has also been extensively sampled in music from all around the world since its original release.

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