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'''Satoshi Kon''' was a Japanese director noted for serious, thoughtful, arthouse films which examine their characters' psychology. He was especially preoccupied with the concept of subjective reality, and incorporated it into almost all of his works; that aside, his works cover a wide range of genres and themes: psychological thriller (''[[Perfect Blue]]''), [[Magical Realism]] (''[[Millennium Actress]]''), wacky caper comedy (''[[Tokyo Godfathers]]'') and ''[[Paranoia Agent]]'' (which defies
He passed away on August 24, 2010 from pancreatic cancer
* ''Magnetic Rose'' from the anthology [[Memories]]
* [[Millennium Actress]]
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* [[Tokyo Godfathers]]
* [[The Dream Machine]]
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* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Kon was a fan of Yasutaka Tsutsui and Yoshikazu Takeuchi, and adapted works from the both of them [[Paprika|into]] [[Perfect Blue|films.]] He was also a fan of Susumu Hirasawa long before he first worked with him.
* [[Author Existence Failure]]: At the time of his death, he was working on a film about robots called ''[[The Dream Machine]]'' which would have been [[Something Completely Different|his first project aimed at a younger audience.]]▼
▲* [[Author Existence Failure]]: At the time of his death, he was working on a film about robots called ''[[The Dream Machine]]'' which would have been his first project aimed at a younger audience.
* [[Cast of Snowflakes]]
* [[Development Hell]]: ''[[The Dream Machine]]''.
** [[Madhouse]] has thankfully confirmed [http://www.animenewsnetwork.
* [[Famous Last Words]]: [[But Now I Must Go|"Now excuse me, I have to go."]]
* [[Genre Busting]]: Most of his films have [[This Is Your Premise on Drugs|strange or unconventional premises.]]
* [[Magic Realism]]
* [[Mind Screw]]: There's a reason he's called "the [[David Lynch]] of Anime".
▲** [[Madhouse]] has thankfully confirmed [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-11/satoshi-kon-last-film-to-officially-resume-production the film is back in production.] In Satoshi Kon's final message, he said he was assured by MadHouse founder Masao Maruyama that the studio would do "whatever it takes" to finish it.
▲** Unfortunately the movie has slipped back into [[Development Hell]] again.
* [[Split Personality]]: Comes up a lot in his work, bordering on [[Author Appeal]].
* [[Take That]]: He was quite fond of berating the Japanese [[Kawaisa]] mentality. Shown in ''[[Paranoia Agent]]'' in particular.
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