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''[[Dreaming Machine]]'' (also known as ''The Dream Machine'') is an unfinished anime film by the late [[Satoshi Kon]] and long time collaborator [[Madhouse]] Studios. The film was to be Kon's fifth (and final) film; after his [[Author Existence Failure|sudden death from pancreatic cancer in 2010,]] the film went into [[Development Hell]] as the studio pondered what to do. On November 12, 2010, the movie [[Saved From Development Hell|resumed]] [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|production]] with an acting director - character designer and chief animation director Yoshimi Itazu - to oversee completion of the film based on the completed screenplay, the already-completed storyboards, and Kon's own directorial tapes and notes. ([[Madhouse]] founder Masao Maruyama reportedly told Kon in one of their final discussions about the film that [[Madhouse]] would do "whatever it takes" to complete it.)

The film is said to be outside of [[Something Completely Different|Kon's usual]] style of film making, as the film is reportedly a more family-friendly show, as an [[Homage]] to ''[[Astro Boy]]''.

The film was initially scheduled for release date in 2011, but in August 2011, Maruyama revealed that production of the film had been [[Development Hell|halted due to lack of finances.]] Since then, it has briefly appeared on industry radar a few times, but never to announce the resumption of production. In August 2018, Maruyama revealed that the movie will not be completed and released in the foreseeable future, as there were no Japanese animation directors that could match Kon's level of ability, though he did not rule out the possibility of the project being revived in the future under a talented foreign director.