Oct 13, 2024
French disco house has always been heavily into the 70s/80s anime aesthetic (such as Daft Punk making a movie-length Leiji Matsumoto hommage), and since Justice basically sound like vaporwave Bee Gees now, it makes sense for them to come through with their own anime music video. They seem to be into Kouji Morimoto in particular: Aesthetically, this is primarily a big hommage to the opening sequence of Dirty Pair: The Movie (aka Project Eden), "Safari Eyes", with some other references (Dirty Pair TV ending, Space Adventure Cobra ending, ...) thrown in for good measure - basically the best of 80s psychedelic cheese.
It's all directed by
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Masanobu Hiraoka (mostly known as a pinch hitter for premium anime endings, as seen in LWA TV, Made in Abyss S2 and Dororo among others), and he brings his distinct abstract and fluid transition style to the table here, which is a great fit for the basic look.
And that's pretty much all you get here, Justice got their label to pay the Chainsaw Man ED 9 guy to remake Safari Eyes, and it works very well. I also happen to like the song a lot, so that's a winner. Definitely worth 3 minutes of your time if you're into 80s aesthetics and/or purely technical merits of animation.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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