Once in a while, there's a dvd that for no other reasons than availability, I am glad I bought. I'm not saying this is the case, but after a bit of research...this is not an easy find, especially for only 6 bucks!
I have seen this only once before, on a library rental vhs, but transfer quality is really quite good. The songs sound full even broken into 5.1 and as cliche as it may sound, jump out of every channel. A plot analysis, however might not be a fair angle to go after. There is a clever (and lightly masked) social commentary-inspired plot, but the emphasis is definitely on the music. A broadway-esque sensation, this is not. But only in a trippy, pop art style animation could this be possible. The expectations were low for Yellow Submarine in 1968, but for us Beatle fans, expectations take a back seat to the experience itself.