Another change is on the way to Adult Swim’s Toonami anime block on Cartoon Network. Starting Saturday, April 25, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma will be replaced by none other than Satoshi Kon’s anime series Paranoia Agent. This marks a return for the series, which …Read more »
There’s an old maxim in screenwriting that goes “write what you know.” The idea is that if you write about situations in which you have some personal experience, your stories will carry a certain sense of reality. And what do anime creators know more than …Read more »
Hard to believe, but it’s been almost five years since the far-too-early passing of Satoshi Kon, director of films like Tokyo Godfathers , Paprika and the TV series Paranoia Agent . Satoshi Kon’s directorial debut was Perfect Blue , the thriller about an idol-turned-actress who …Read more »
It’s been four years since the all-too-soon passing of one of anime’s great directors, Satoshi Kon, who died of pancreatic cancer at age 46. Kon, one of my favorite directors, left behind an incredibly impressive body of works, including Perfect Blue , Tokyo Godfathers , …Read more »
There's a scene in the none-more-otaku gag anime Lucky Star where the anime-obsessed American exchange student Patricia Martin is being asked about her taste in music. She stuns her friends by rattling off a surprisingly diverse list of Japanese pop artists, before it's revealed that …Read more »
It’s hard to believe, but Millennium Actress is 12 years old. Millennium Actress , a film about a famous actress recalling the story of her life, was the second feature directed by Satoshi Kon ( Paranoia Agent, Paprika ), who died in 2010. The film …Read more »
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