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Post by hassanchop on Aug 25, 2010 1:39:17 GMT -5
www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/41520/Satoshi Kon, a highly acclaimed Japanese anime director, died suddenly of cancer on Monday evening, said UK Anime Network News. He was 47. Kon is best known for being the director of Perfect Blue, Pakrika, Millennium Actress, and Tokyo Godfathers. He made is debut as a director for the movie. He became a Manga artist in the early 1990s, when worked on Roujin Z in 1991. Before his death, he was working on a new feature Yume-Miru Kikai. He was the receiver of the B-Movie Award from B-Movie Film Festival in 2000 (Perfect Blue), Best Animation Film of Fant-Asia Film Festival in 2001 (Perfect Blue), Mainichi Film Concours Award in 2004 (Tokyo Godfathers), Public's Choice Award of Montréal Festival of New Cinema in 2006 (Paprika), Feature Film Award of Newport Beach Film Festival in 2007 (Paprika).
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Post by thwak is T.hawk on Aug 25, 2010 1:43:06 GMT -5
He was also the guy who did paranoia agent too if I'm correct.
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Aug 25, 2010 1:49:53 GMT -5
Yeah I heard about that earlier. It sucks  . I've only seen Tokyo Godfathers, and it was awesome. I have Perfect Blue though and I'll get around to it soon, especially now that he's gone. I also really wanna see Millennium Actress. It looked great. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2010 2:08:50 GMT -5
RIP. It's been forever since I've seen Perfect Blue. I should check out his other stuff too; might make it a weekend thing with some friends of mine.
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Post by RatedRKoffee on Aug 25, 2010 2:09:29 GMT -5
I'm not a big anime fan, but I do enjoy the classics of the genre and perfect blue was one of them. RIP.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Aug 25, 2010 2:17:35 GMT -5
I've Perfect Blue and Tokyo Godfathers, and they are AMAZING films.
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Post by kidtamagotchi on Aug 25, 2010 3:32:34 GMT -5
Sad to hear this, I loved Paranoia Agent and the anime of Roujin Z.
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Post by ScornDefeat on Aug 25, 2010 6:50:28 GMT -5
Oh wow, that sucks.
Perfect Blue and Paranoia Agent were great, and I've always wanted to see Paprika.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Aug 25, 2010 9:12:02 GMT -5
I own Perfect Blue and Millenium Actress, both great stuff. I have to get around to seeing the others.
47 is way too young. I don't usually hear "sudden" and "cancer" in the same sentence though.
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Post by Alucard on Aug 25, 2010 11:45:31 GMT -5
DAMN. RIP loved his work |
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Post by Arturo Classico on Aug 25, 2010 12:38:57 GMT -5
Too bad his next movie really sounded awesome. The only stuff I saw from him was Perfect Blue and Tokyo Godfathers. Liked Perfect Blue the best but the ending was kind of lame but the whole movie was played as a total mindf*** and was so well done. Might watch Paprika tonight since he died and all and still haven't seen it.
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Post by DrewVonAwesome on Aug 25, 2010 13:34:41 GMT -5
I remember getting to see Paprika in a small indie theater, one of my favorite animes of the last couple of years.
Man I was going to put up Littlekuriboh's parody trailer of Perfect Blue on here but the only two places on youtube it is they've removed the audio from.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Aug 25, 2010 13:41:14 GMT -5
I loved Perfect Blue and Paprika. RIP.  |
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Post by YellowJacketY2J on Aug 25, 2010 13:45:06 GMT -5
Not much of a fan of anime, so I'm not familiar with his work. I have a few friends that are big fans, so I know this will hit them hard. My condolences go out to his family and friends.
R.I.P.
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Post by Chronos on Aug 25, 2010 17:14:49 GMT -5
R.I.P.
I was hooked on his work since I saw Paranoia Agent, and all of it is great. This is a big blow, I'm going to really miss his unique and fantastical animation style.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2010 17:28:20 GMT -5
How do you die suddenly from cancer? He had pancreatic cancer, which in many cases, isn't diagnosed until it's already pretty much killed you due to lack of symptoms. Some people are lucky and diagnosed earlier on, but very rarely will someone actually live long after diagnosis. His blog says he was diagnosed in May and was given about half a year to live (it had already metastasized to his bones by that time). |
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Aug 25, 2010 17:29:01 GMT -5
RIP- I've yet to see Tokyo Godfathers, but Paranoia Agent was amazing.
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Post by Alucard on Aug 25, 2010 17:38:37 GMT -5
RIP- I've yet to see Tokyo Godfathers, but Paranoia Agent was amazing. Tokyo Godfathers was great. I had to force myself not to cry in public as I saw it first at my old school's anime club. It was a great story. |
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Aug 25, 2010 17:45:33 GMT -5
RIP- I've yet to see Tokyo Godfathers, but Paranoia Agent was amazing. Tokyo Godfathers was great. I had to force myself not to cry in public as I saw it first at my old school's anime club. It was a great story. The saddest part had to be when the chick reunited with her dad, especially considering all she did.... |
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