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capitanharlock78 · 8 months ago
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Here you can find more about the collaboration.
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iris-nonsense · 2 months ago
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I bought so many books
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demifiendrsa · 2 years ago
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Legendary manga and anime creator Leiji Matsumoto has passed away on February 13, 2023 at age 85 due to heart failure. 
Some of his notable works include Space Battleship Yamato, Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Galaxy Express 999, and Queen Emeraldas. He also collaborated with Daft Punk to supervise several animated music videos for their Discovery album, and the videos were strung together into the Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem film.
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animenostalgia · 2 years ago
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Some sad news to share, friends - Leiji Matsumoto, the iconic creator of Space Battleship Yamato (aka Starblazers), Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Galaxy Express 999, and many more, has passed away at the age of 85. A manga artist since the 50s who originally got his start in shoujo manga, Matsumoto’s works were a cornerstone of early anime fandom. American sci-fi fans of the 70s may not have known the terms “anime”, “manga”, or “cosplay”, but they knew and loved Matsumoto’s work, which was many fan’s first exposure to anime back in the day. One of the first recorded “cosplay” gatherings in the US was of fans dressed as mostly Leiji Matsumoto characters!
In other parts of the world, they also fell in love with Matsumoto’s work: as in France, where Harlock was known as Albator, and won the hearts of many fans. So much so that Matsumoto won many prestigious awards there, and would eventually be knighted in 2012 by the French government. French electronic duo Daft Punk was highly influenced by his work, and in 2001 collaborated with Matsumoto to release anime music videos (and eventually a feature-length film version called Interstella 555).
Modern anime & manga owe much to his work, as he was THE pioneer of space opera and what he liked to call “boy’s romance” stories--”romance” in the literarily sense--full of angst, heroism, and fighting for independence while celebrating nature, brotherhood, and friendship. He helped many people learn to never give up on themselves and their dreams, no matter how fantastical they may seem.
May his spirit travel on, in a new adventure in the endless sea of stars.
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alexibeeart · 5 months ago
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Discovery, 2001
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Daft Punk's second studio album and the debut of their robot personas. The robots are designed in collaboration with Alex & Martin and produced by Alterian Inc with LED displays on their visors hard-wired into and powered by large matching backpacks, with optional gauntlets to control graphics in real-time during media appearances. Music videos are made in a collaboration with manga artist Leiji Matsumoto, then expanded into a feature film, Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem.
song: Something About Us, Discovery, Daft Punk
Daft Punk animated sprite project 🐝 A Bee 2024 [art tag] [website]
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laboitediabolique · 4 months ago
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Leiji Matsumoto with J League Vegalta Sendai mascot Vegatta, April 2019. Matsumoto had collaborated with the club creating artwork for merchandise for the club's 25th anniversary.
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orchidblack · 2 years ago
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RIP to sci-fi legend, Daft Punk collaborator, and favorite son of Fukuoka, Leiji Matsumoto.
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kicksaddictny · 29 days ago
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Galactic Harmony: The Legacy of Daft Punk’s Interstella 5555
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Fans of Daft Punk and anime, prepare for an unforgettable cinematic experience this December as Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem returns to theaters. Originally released in May 2003, this unique animated sci-fi film was born from a remarkable collaboration between Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, along with writer Cédric Hervet, director Kazuhisa Takenouchi, and legendary manga artist Leiji Matsumoto.
Interstella 5555 tells the story of an alien music band kidnapped by a sinister human villain with dark intentions. The narrative is conveyed entirely through Daft Punk’s iconic Discovery album, blending each track with stunning visuals to create an hour-long, dialogue-free adventure that remains an essential watch for fans of both music and anime. In its original form, Interstella 5555 is rarely seen in theaters, as it was also released as individual music videos for each track on Discovery.
For this one-night event, the screening will be followed by a curated selection of Daft Punk’s most iconic music videos directed by renowned talents like Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, Seb Janiak, Roman Coppola, and Warren Fu. Mark your calendars for December 12 to witness this legendary audiovisual masterpiece on the big screen—an immersive celebration of Daft Punk’s artistry that fans won’t want to miss.
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deadlinecom · 2 years ago
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broken-clover · 24 days ago
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-Daft Punk is a personal favorite band
-'Discovery' is arguably favorite album of all time
-Leiji Matsumoto is one of my favorite Japanese artists
-Two parties collaborated to make a space fantasy film with Discovery as the soundtrack
-Top 5 favorite movie of all time
-Matsumoto passes away
-Daft Punk disbands
-Twitter announces movie will be remastered and rereleased in theaters
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-Immediately hooked
-Take a look
-AI upscaling
-Looks like absolute shit, completely ruins the unique art style
-Resist urge to become career criminal
Ohhhhh do you ever have something happen with a special interest where they fuck up so bad that it almost feels like a personal insult
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recentanimenews · 3 years ago
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Galaxy Express 999's Maetel Gets Her Full Shinkalion Makeover
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  Earlier this month, transforming mecha series Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion announced that it would be collaborating with Galaxy Express 999, the classic series by Leiji Matsumoto. One part of that collaboration would consist of a new, permanent cast member — and we've got a little more intel on the show's latest arrival.
  As previously announced, fifth-grader Maetel Tsukino would be joining the team from their new Hokkaido base. Based on the mysterious Maetel of Galaxy Express 999 and other works in the Matsumoto-verse, she made her entrance at the end of a recent episode, referred to only as the "Mysterious Girl."
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    We now have a little more information about the character. This grade-school take on Maetel is from Oshamambe, a town in Hokkaido. She's a shy girl who has difficulty talking to people, and spends her days listening to various frequencies via her amateur radio base at home.
  Maetel will pilot the Shinkalion Z H5 Hokuto, a new transforming train mecha built for combat in cold weather. The new mecha is a combination of the Shinkalion Z H5 Hayabusa and Zyliner 261 Hokuto. A transforming toy of the new 'bot is scheduled for sale on December 29, and will be the first mecha toy in the Shinkalion line to have clear parts.
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    Maetel will be voiced, as previously announced, by Satsuki Yukino, who took over the role of Maetel from Masako Ikeda.
  Maetel Tsukino is the most recent collab character to become a permament part of the series, preceded by Actual (former) Vocaloid Hatsune Miku.
  Source: Ota-Suke, @shinkalion on Twitter
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    Watch Galaxy Express 999 on Crunchyroll!
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  By: Kara Dennison
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spdk1 · 3 years ago
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REVIEW: Space Pirate Captain Harlock #1 (2021)
REVIEW: Space Pirate Captain Harlock #1 (2021)
A comic by Leiji Matsumoto and Jerome Alquié Ablaze Comics has come out of nowhere as one of my new favorites when it comes to comic book companies that I follow. Having read The Cimmerian and The Breaker, and thoroughly loving them both, I was pumped to see one of my favorite franchises, Space Pirate Captain Harlock, under their wing. Written in collaboration between Belgian artist Jerome…
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turbobyakuren · 4 years ago
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anyways, please talk to me about daft punk
it’s my favourite Band ever they made my favourite Song ever and they have achieved the absolute feat of convincing Leiji Matsumoto to collaborate in directing a movie-long music video for their second album
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scope-dogg · 6 years ago
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Arcadia of my Youth and Endless Orbit SSX (brief) final thoughts
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I’ve been fairly interested in seeing something to do with Leiji Matsumoto’s famous space pirate Captain Harlock for a fair while now - with the announcement of SRW T and Harlock’s inclusion therein I finally had an excuse. Interestingly, the SRW T team picked Endless Orbit SSX, the anime followup to the 1982 movie Arcadia Of My Youth, both of which I’ve now seen. While the latter was a really beautiful movie that I’d highly recommend, the TV series is a bit of a controversial pick for Banpresto, as it’s now of dubious canonicity and was brought to a clumsy, crashing halt by its premature cancellation less than halfway into its projected TV run. However, I thought that it was a decent watch for as long as it lasted.
Arcadia of My Youth is something of an origin story for Harlock, as it chronicles his transition from military captain to renegade as he forges a friendship with the diminutive but affable engineer Ooyama Tochiro, and their subsequent uprising against the oppressive alien Illumidas empire using the Arcadia, a warship built by Tochiro in secret. Endless Orbit SSX is fundamentally a continuation of this story, chronicling Harlock and Tochiro’s search for a real Arcadia, a paradise world where people can be free of Illumidas oppression, all while fighting off the Illumidas as well as Mr. Zone, a genius human engineers who seeks to further his own lot by collaborating with the the enemy. Both stories carry the same kind of themes, primarily of upholding idealism against a backdrop of despair and tragedy. Harlock and his crew are portrayed as free spirits against an overbearing, all-destroying authority that lays waste to all it comes into contact with, and those who have willingly bent their knee to it. The mood throughout is dire, with the suffering of those trod on by the Illumidas equalled only by the mental torment of those who were forced to sell themselves out to them, with only Harlock remaining indomitable throughout. His stoicism might not make him everybody’s cup of tea but I thought he was a really cool character in this, fitting with his enduring legacy as one of the iconic characters of Japanese sci-fi, and the supporting cast plays its part in both parts of the story too - in particular, I thought that Zone, SSX’s chief antagonist was a pretty interesting character. Unfortunately, the show’s early cancellation really shows - it was shitcanned at the 22 episode mark when it was scheduled for more than 40, and the ending is a rush job. They probably did the best they could - it’s not a disaster like Layzner’s rushjob ending but it wasn’t handled gracefully like Gundam X was either - it’s like reading a book that just skips to the end when you’re really just beginning to get to the good bits in the middle.
Presentation wise, the movie is really beautiful. It’s this strange but sublime blend of classic sci-fi and an almost baroque romanticism, which is probably best summed up by the look of the Arcadia itself, which is a blend of sci-fi battleship and pirate galleon. The TV series isn’t bad looking either, although it reuses footage a lot and leans a little more on the typical sci-fi side of things, making it feel less unique and artistic than the movie it follows up on, though it definitely has its moments.
Ultimately, the show’s a somewhat hard sell, although I actually don’t think it’s a bad pick for SRW T - the fact that the story’s kind of barebones due to its early cancellation gives them a little room to play fast and loose to slot it into the larger narrative of the game, but it still brings enough to contribute, both in terms of stuff for the player to use and cool enemies to face off against. Even if you’re planning on getting the game though, I wouldn’t hold it against you if you skipped the show. The rushed ending puts a damper on what could have been a great series, and it’s not really considered canon anymore because it contradicts stuff from the original TV series. The movie on the other hand is a must-watch if you ask me. It’s not explicitly included in SRW T but I expect that its events will make up part of the backstory and that they’ll be referenced in the game. Even if that’s not the case, you should watch it anyway. It’s a really beautiful piece of cinema that feels like an artistic vision, almost like a sci-fi Shakespeare tragedy at times. It’s very melodramatic and it has some goofy nonsense in it but to me that was part of its appeal.
I was just gonna watch Rayearth next, but I wanna be fair to everything I’ve got on my (quite long) list of things to watch before SRW T comes out in late March, so I’m gonna use my traditional method of picking which of these series to watch next. It might end up being Rayearth anyway. Whatever it is, I hope that I can work through it quite quickly, I’ve got a long way to go.
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mandarake-en · 6 years ago
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https://www.mandarake.co.jp/dir/daimansai2019/index-en.html The Mandarake Daimansai Festival is back! Three days of fun With over 3,000 rare items available for sale, a super real-time auction (available online and in the venue at the same time), and fabulous events within the event, this is looking to be the best Daimansai Festival ever! The Daimansai webpage is constantly being updated, but we hope to see you there! https://www.mandarake.co.jp/dir/daimansai2019/index-en.html Saturday, May 4, 2019 11:00 AM Shiyrosei Expo - Cosmo Room 11:30 AM Vintage Supplement Magazines - Sky Room 11:30 AM Baseball Goods - Signed items - Sky Room 12:00 PM Female Idols - Auctions - Sky Room 12:00 PM Tokushige Kawakatsu x Masahiko Takahashi x Yujiro Tsujinaka Talk Show - Event Stage 12:00 PM Seinen Manga Magazines 1980~90 - Sky Room 1:00 PM Shonen Comics - First Edition Comic Sale - Sky Room 1:00 PM Analog Games - Warhammer - Sky Room 1:00 PM Baseball Goods - Items actually used by players - Sky Room 1:00 PM Female Voice Actors - Auctions - Sky Room 1:00 PM Astroganger Lottery Sale - Event Stage 1:30 PM Gallery - Kanno Gekiga part 1 1:30 PM Shojo Comics - Ribon Nakayoshi and more - Sky Room 1:45 PM Mecha Shiko! 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Starting with popular creators such as Osamu Tezuka, Fujiko, Ishinomori, Akatsuka, Mizuki and Umezu, this catalogue is definitely worth seeing. ● Tankobon (Single Volume Books) We've got all 10 of Yoshiharu Tsuge's early B6 works, including their debut tankobon, Hakumen Yasha. 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edmtranslations · 8 years ago
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Electro Book 2013 - Daft Punk Interview [Text Version]
(This is a text version of the full PDF-based translation that I have done, for mobile readers and non-PDF suited environments. Please enjoy!)
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2000 was a gloomy year for all. After Radiohead's Kid A, rife with all the insecurities and terror that came with the end of a millennium, commercialized music became the norm; but Discovery, released the year immediately after, was a truly daring attempt to recover a sense of celebration through music once more. The desire for people to remember once again their desire to believe in music - this immense pop spectacle, born through the will to achieve this desire and the traces of a past now long gone, has since continued to be an influence for countless forces of electronica. This interview was given at the time of the album's release, during a priceless face-to-face meeting with Daft Punk themselves, which we reproduce here.
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- A Compact, Timeless Work -
— Listening to the album made us feel as if we were about to float away at any moment. It's been a long time since we listened to a work that had this much of a powerful effect on us; as for yourselves, how do you feel about completing a work of this caliber?
Thomas Bangalter (henceforth ‘Thomas’): We're satisfied with it. We've been more blatant about the emotional factor with this one. There is of course a degree of instability involved whenever one lets show their personal side, but the fact that we attempted something new would make up for it, we thought. And after all of that, we're very happy with the results!
— This album is pop music that's long since surpassed the specific limits of dance music. Were you also aware that you were approaching a new angle?
Thomas: That's right. I don't know whether taking a new angle is always a good thing, necessarily - but my life's philosophy is that when you've made something, you make something better the next time around, or at least attempt to do so. Or do all of that at the same time! I hate the idea that something made at a later point in time could be inferior to a work that came before. I can barely stand it if it's on par with a previous work. It's hard for me to claim personally that this album is better than the last or that something we do will be different from the previous one, but I most certainly think so. We didn't want to do what we'd done before, anyhow.
— We thought this album had a truly original sound, with its form possessing a timeless charm. Were you conscious of the fact that you were creating such compact and pop-esque songs?
Thomas: Compact, timeless - we definitely were conscious of those things, but I have to confess that 'pop-esque' isn't a favourite phrase of ours. If by 'pop' you mean music that encompasses all kinds, including disco, heavy metal, punk, rock, then that's a good expression. But otherwise, if you mean something more limited, I don't think that's the right descriptor to use. That's why we don't call our music 'pop music' and have no plans to do so. Look at Michael Jackson, everyone calls him the 'King of Pop' -
Guy-Manuel (henceforth 'Guy'): - Or the Beatles.
Thomas: That's right. You could call their music 'pop' in the sense that they were forever experimenting.
Guy: The word 'pop' being used to describe anything seems either too excessive, or too light and devoid of consequence. To call something 'pop-esque' anyhow. But maybe it means something different, I don't know.
Thomas: I mean, consider Prince: rockabilly, heavy metal, punk, R&B, he had it all. Michael Jackson? - Punk, heavy metal, he had them too. Queen conquered everything from disco to hard rock. They're the true pop icons, the people who defined the kind of music we like. The kind with lots of different components melded in it, without sticking to a single style. But 'pop' comes from 'popular', of course, which implies in itself the idea of drawing people's attention; we don't want to be judged like that, that we must be doing this for popularity's sake. Music comes to us naturally and we like music that sounds it. We make music not for anybody specific, but purely because of self-satisfaction. Like... we started off in electronic music, where an original sound was always important. But of course, it's hard to balance out your sound constantly for the sake of originality, and there's always the contradiction that depending on the person, it may become harder to understand or keep hold of what's forever changing. We also love a simple sound, but we'd be the first to admit that to make something simple and experimental is very difficult.
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- The Reason for Change -
— This album is incredibly positive and overflowing with joy. Why is that?
Guy: We adore all the emotions, and all the possible expressions of them, that can be demonstrated through music - but out of all of them, I think we favour what can be done with such things as euphoria or happiness. There's plenty to like about the darker parts of emotion, but this album at least is about the joy that comes with the very act of making music and sharing it with other people.
Thomas: Our current priorities in our lives really are towards enjoyment. We do like dark and melancholy music too, but...
Guy: I don’t want people to become sad. I mean, we sink too, sometimes… but I don’t want other people to ever feel that way.
Thomas: Ultimately, the purpose of our music is that people listen to it and become happy. The easiest way to pull that off nowadays is just to make something positive. There's a sadness in that, too - an affirmative sadness, almost. Like how crying is sometimes the most natural or the best thing to do. Basically, we'd like to accept the world in a positive light, including all that is sad or bad about it. I almost wonder if that comes across as immature or mere wordplay depending on the person - but, but it doesn't matter. As Guy-Manuel said earlier, we're always attempting to try out new things, so the next album might be darker, more gothic - more... self-destructive.
— In regards to your upcoming collaboration with Matsumoto Leiji, what about it do you think really supports what you are attempting to express?
Thomas: His work is incredibly original and psychedelic, like he was drawing something straight from a dream. His work is somewhere between manga/animation and what one would generally call art. You can often find a so-called artistic sharpness within the area of animation, and considering that - yes, his work can definitely be recognized as art.
Guy: He crafts an original world of his own. If you look closely at all of his works, they're all linked together in some way; it's clear that nothing short of an entire 'Matsumoto Leiji World' is on his mind. It's of such a vast scale that I think it might be too complex for us to understand in full, but he knows perfectly what he's doing. His work is on a different plane compared to something for kids, like... Candy Candy.
Thomas: An entire epic! Rather like Star Wars, I guess. He has an entire world planned out in his head.
— There's something one calls the 'rule of pop' - you can't be lacking in merit in addition to your music, or you need the looks to match, or that you can only do well if you have a characteristic that sets you apart. These are such old-fashioned ideals, and we wondered if you might question them as well.
Thomas: I don't know if we question them half as much as we consider them calculated. We're not so much directly in opposition of those ideals... at least, the things that influenced us in the past tend to follow those ideals, so we'd say that. But we do want to prove that there are other ways. Not in the sense that we carve out a new direction, though, and compel everyone else to join us. The fact that we're always trying out new things implies in itself the message: there are infinite ways to work on something. We don't show our faces; that's not intended to deny the people who do. We're simply trying to show that there are multiple ways to express something!
The wording of the translation is © 2017 luminatranslations. First posted 18 March 2017. The full PDF version and documentation are available.
Disclaimer: The original text of this interview, given by Daft Punk and printed in Crossbeat Presents Electro Book 2013, is not copyrighted by this blog nor by the author of this post. Therefore, the original Japanese text will not be distributed here. The author claims ownership of the wording of this translation, which does not deny nor seek to possess the existence of other translations. This translation may be subject to changes in the future.
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