Satoshi Kon is a film director from Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan. Kon attended Musashino College of the Arts and intended to become a painter. After college, he worked with Katsuhiro Otomo on the manga World Apartment Horror. Kon entered the anime industry by working as set designer for Roujin Z (1991), for which Otomo was the screenwriter and mechanical designer. Kon’s early work was strongly influenced by Otomo due to Kon’s experience with him. Afterwards, Kon made his screenwriting debut with Magnetic Rose, a section of the anthology film Memories.
In 1997, Satoshi Kon released his directorial debut film Perfect Blue, which was turned into a feature film from an original video animation in the middle of production. His next film, Millennium Actress, was released in 2001 to several film festivals and won numerous awards. Having created two films that blend dreams and reality, Kon decided to work on a more linear and traditional… read more
"With my heart full of gratitude for everything good in the world, I'll put down my pen. Now excuse me, I have to go." It's almost one year you have passed away, and I still watch your movies with MY HEART full of gratitude for everything beautiful you did.
Satoshi is the best, when i first watch Paranoia Agent on TV back in the days, i wanted to know who had done that master piece of animation, and my whole crew freakin with it. All I can say falls short to describe this genius; R.I.P. Satoshi Kon...