Good bye, Mr Satoshi Kon

[Elodie]

Perhaps some of you know it already, but Satoshi Kon died yesterday. He was only 47.

Satoshi Kon was a great movie director and made wonderful movies like :

Memories


Perfect Blue


Millenium Actress


Tokyo Godfathers


and Paprika


He also made a TV serie named "Paranoia Agent"

[ten_zero]

Spoiler : Keep close if you do not interest Japanese Animation :

KON Satoshi interview reply to question about Japanese Animator's heavy (death march) labor.
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In Japanese
http://konstone.s-kon.net/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;（the news of his gone article is now 503 error for overview）
http://mainichi.jp/select/today/news/20 ... 5000c.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.asahi.com/culture/update/082 ... 50233.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.jiji.com/jc/zc?k=201008/2010 ... el=j&g=soc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://yumemirukikai.jugem.jp/?eid=15" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;（Yume-robo official blog latest post）
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BB%8A%E6%95%8F" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Wikipedia
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Kon" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Kon" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Kon" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Kon" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Kon" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

His last project "夢見る機械（Yume-robo）"

I pray his soul may rest in peace.
心よりお悔やみを申し上げます。

[Elodie]

Paprika is the first Satoshi Kon's movie I saw (in fact I had already seen Paranoia Agent's episodes, but as I didn't follow entirely the anime, I didn't really understand the subject ^^"). It was at the Festival in Annecy and I fell in love with Satoshi Kon's art. I remember when I saw Paprika in Annecy, I feel I was flying with the main character during some scenes (the opening, the assault as a Sangoku on her flying cloud (5'45)...). So many wonderful moments !
Since, I frequently listen Paprika's music and like to see again the DVD ^^

What a pity... I'm sure Satoshi Kon had many other ideas and good films to show us... ='(

[ten_zero]

KON Satoshi Last message in 25th August 2010
　"さようなら/SAYONARA/Farewell/Adieu/Auf Wiedersehen/Adiós"

Elodie-san, you will meet "夢見る機械" at Cinema on 2011 or 2012.
The last works takes over Kon's family and his many friends.

And remember, his world, storyboard (that you have a book about ANIME e-konte) and soul will never die.

[ten_zero]

KON Satoshi 2007 short works "おはよう"（NHK Animation Omnibus series by 15 Japanese Animators）
He and other creator (Oshii, Shinkai etc.) released 15works (total 15min) with making work 60min DVD.
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2012.12.18 edited : The book is out of print now.

[ten_zero]

KON Satoshi "KON'S WORKS 1982-2010" in store 26th, Dec 2013 in Japan (128 pages/ 3675 JPN Yen).

Amazon.co.jp : www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4041105714


おはよう （Good morning / 2007）

[Elodie]

Thank you for that information !

[Fabrice]

He left us shortly after considering the use of TVPaint in his studio ...