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Dec 24, 2011 6:48 AM
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I like Leiji Matsumoto, but the song and video don't match at all. They just don't go well with each other. I've seen many AMVs better than this.

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Feb 23, 2012 7:32 AM
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Epic song.

I found some scenes of the video timed well whit the audio actually
but sci-fi don't match whit queen imo <.<

Sep 9, 2012 7:38 PM
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How is it that this is a thing that exists? My mind is blown.

Mind you, I don't think Matsumoto even cared about what the English lyrics meant. He was just doing the video based on the melody. If only the video itself made any sense...
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Aug 31, 2013 7:05 PM
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This was very strange. I wonder why such a thing was made. Did Matsumoto or whoever animated Interstella 5555 just have some free time or something?
Jan 3, 2014 7:09 PM
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I'm so glad people other than me thought they didn't match together. I mean they were both fine or good a part. But idk what was going on, nothing matched up. And the story was weird, why was there a lady in his necklace, why did everyone see future versions of themselves or whatever. Was this connected to the guy who mad it's past anime. Nice art by the way.
Aug 8, 2014 11:28 AM
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Don't really care about the actual animation. But, this is arguably the greatest rock song of all time so you can't blame me for paying more attention to that than whether or not it fit the things going on on-screen. The anime seems pretty interesting, though.
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Jan 5, 2015 1:31 PM
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Song: Yes, Animation: Yes, Song + Animation: NO!

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Jan 22, 2015 3:29 AM
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battle at the end kinda cool i guess
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Feb 16, 2015 11:04 AM
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Yeah, good animation, good music, bad pairing, and...
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Sep 7, 2015 6:58 PM
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I actually liked this- the animation and music were awesome, but didn't really fit together. I still rate it 7/10 though because I love Queen.
Oct 24, 2015 5:44 AM

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Easy come easy go.

Nov 22, 2015 9:23 AM

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Interesting, I would've never thought or even imagined that they'd ever combine these two, but it does indeed look like they mainly based the scene/sequences on the tune/rhythm rather than the actual meaning/lyrics. But that said I still damn lovely the overall setting of the animation and would sure love a full anime of it!

Still pretty solid if you ask me even if the music doesn't really fit :p
Apr 25, 2016 2:54 PM

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Perfect song, bad video.
Sep 8, 2016 8:33 PM

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So conflicted on how to rate this, on the one hand the song itself is a solid 9 outta of 10 for me but the video seemed so random. It felt like only certain part's matched the song, the rest seemed like a someone's awkward first attempt at an AMV, where the only footage they have of is of a singular random episode.
Sep 14, 2016 4:06 PM

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Amazing song and decent animation, I liked when the pendant turned into that woman.
Nov 10, 2016 4:29 PM

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Since someone already wrote what I think:
I LOVE Queen and have lot of respect for Matsumoto but I just don't get it. There's nothing related between the audio and the video. I might as well have watched it on mute and listened to the song separately and nothing would have changed.


Enjoyment: 2/5 (music alone: 4/5. animation alone: 3/5)

Score as a music video: 2/10
This isn't a music video, this is Queen's song put on a manga video trailer. Each part is good in itself, but what's the point? (see SHELTER for more of the same)
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Aug 22, 2017 7:24 PM

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no fits too much but men its bohemian rhapsody.
Feb 6, 2018 12:47 PM
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Queen and Matsumoto are both immortal legends in their respective fields. And Bohemian Rhapsody is the kind of music that doesn't get made anymore. but this was a strange mishmash to be honest. Was better towards the end.
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Apr 1, 2018 10:41 AM
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the animation for one side, and the music for other!!! Well, tolerable, but just!!!
Jan 24, 2019 3:22 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlxrJVdNyro
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Apr 30, 2019 5:39 PM
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I accidentally found this video and I was very curious at first, but it seems like the creator didn't listen to the lyrics once. That's a weird mix and they don't go together very well.
Jun 22, 2019 6:22 PM

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Bohemian rhapsody is best song to have been composed. Buut this didn't match up well with the animation, for me for me for meeeee!

5/10
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Feb 15, 2022 1:34 PM

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Very weird video.
Feb 8, 2023 6:45 PM
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Who doesn't like this song??
Love seeing these characters again.
Apr 29, 2023 1:05 AM
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Seeing Bohemian Rhapsody on MAL is kinda bizarre, yet interesting (hence why I'm here). I liked the video and audio combo towards the end as well. 

I'm kind of surprised that not one person referenced the Spider-Man pointing meme. 

RIP Leiji Matsumoto. 

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