Wilderness Walk: One More Time

News about the future ownership of the Wild and where improvement can be expected in the coming season.  Also, the deployment of analytics continues to be a driving decision force across the league.  And now, to the music.

From WIkipedia:

"Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (インターステラ5555 Intāsutera Fō Faibu^?, "Four Five") is a Japanese-French animated adventure fantasy science fiction musical film released on 28 May 2003. The film is the visual realization of Discovery, the second studio album by Daft Punk. Interstella 5555 tells the story of the abduction and rescue of an interstellar pop band. The film was produced by Daft Punk, Cédric Hervet and Emmanuel de Buretel with Toei Animation under the supervision of Leiji Matsumoto.^[3] The film has no dialogue^{[nb 1]} and uses minimal sound effects."

One More Time is the first installment of Interstella 5555 and sets the tone for the musical journey through space and time which proves to be transformational for the involved characters.  If for some reason you haven't seen it, you might just want to continue on to the next video for Aerodynamic.

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