Satoshi Kon

I’m saddened by the passing of genius Japanese director Satoshi Kon.

This introduction to my review of Paprika should give some hint as to what I thought of his work:

I hope the trajectory of Satoshi Kon’s career continues on this upward swing, because my enjoyment of this work has been trending up with each of his projects, culminating with my unabashed admiration for the last two. Paprika, a full-length feature from 2006 and Paranoia Agent, a television series from 2004 both possess a unique, hallucinogenic vision and a fascinating examination of the nature of reality.

The intro to his brilliant series Paranoia Agent is a fine, easily digestible distillation of everything that was right about his work:

Please seek out his work and experience it for yourself, it’s worth it.