R.I.P. Satoshi Kon
What? For real???? :(
Two directors in a week…must be some kind of a jinx…sigh….a pity, maybe it’s time to explore his filmography more. I’ve always loved Tokyo Godfathers!
Incredible, can’t believe it. Millennium Actress could be the greatest piece of animation ever made. can’t believe it.
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Rest in Peace Satoshi Kon. Taken too soon.
Satoshi Kon was amazing. Paprika and Paranoia Agent blew my mind. You shall be missed, sir
REST IN PEACE
You have inspired me greatly with Millenium Actress, thank you and rest in piece! I’m watching one of your movies tonight
It’s hard not to wonder what else he could have created. :-( He will continue to inspire.
Has anyone heard yet how he died?
Paprika and Perfect Blue are classics that will last forever. R.I.P
I can’t believe it! This is horrible
His entire filmography is amazing. Satoshi Kon easily ranks as one of the best animators up to this point in history, right up there with Walt Disney and Hayao Miyazaki.
RIP.
How come!? He had a whole career ahead. Perfect Blue and Millenium Actress are tremendous masterpieces
Wow, thats sad. A true visionary and modern master.
fuck
He had a lot of talent, his films were always very interesting.
Very well put. I’m trying to refrain from making bitter jokes about the death of anime in poor taste; with all due respect, however, I’m sure it’s on a lot of people’s minds. Anime at large gets worse and worse, while Miyazaki gets older and now we’re down one of the best hopes for the medium’s future. My hopes now rest almost entirely on the shoulders of Masaaki Yuasa. Of course we also have brilliant animators like Koji Yamamura and Kunio Kato, but men like them are few and far between in the endless deluge of generic lolicon pandering that has turned anime into a joke of an industry (and, in my opinion, an increasingly embarrassing cultural export for Japan).
I had imagined Kon as one of the few that would grow old with anime while helping anime to grow up.
“One adult, please.”
He’ll be missed.
rest in peace
RIP. He was just getting “warmed up,” I feel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anlHmGA-Bvs
I had really been looking forward to his next film (The Dream Machine, described by Kon as “a road movie for robots”). I hope Madhouse chooses to finish it in his honor.
ohi that’s sad,didn’t know that
It’s farewell to a giant of the genre. It’s so sad that he died so young. Perfect Blue is a masterpiece, and though I find Paprika to be a flawed film, it’s so visually stunning that none of the flaws matter.
R.I.P Master Kon Satoshi
@Erik79: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw72EyG2z7s
Meanwhile (actually, one month ago), Storywriter Sato Dai is frustrated with Japanese anime.
This subject might warrant its own thread, but it’s relevant enough.
R.I.P. Satoshi Kon
Perfect Blue and Paranoia Agent are some of the best animation I have ever seen.
Fairly young to die.
what? no! i was so looking forward to anything he made.. :(
R.I.P satoshi kon
thank-you for creating some of the most stunning animated films my eyes have ever been lucky enough to see
Wow. This is too sad. I’ve just begun to get into his films. They are wonderful.
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Anime director Satoshi Kon has suddenly passed away at age 47.