Satoshi Kon 1963-2010

Satoshi Kon (Madhouse) - Director, Paprika
Terrible news from Japan: the anime director Satoshi Kon, one of that medium’s true artists, has died at the age of 47, reportedly from cancer. He was a brilliant filmmaker — “Perfect Blue,” “Millennium Actress,” “Tokyo Godfathers,” “Paranoia Agent,” “Paprika” — with decades of work ahead of him. He leaves behind an unfinished feature, “The Dream Machine,” , which he described as a road movie for robots (that’s a still above). Here’s an early obit from Simon Abrams in the New York Press, and here’s the last interview I did with him for the New York Times, from May, 2007.[via] [blog(Chinese Traditional)] [via(Chinese Traditional)]

Good Morning (part of Ani*Kuri15) (2008)

Testament  (Chinese Traditional)[via]