Satoshi Kon dead at 47

[Mr-K]

Excuse me, who a-

In before "excuse me who are you"

God damn it.

[ChaoofNee]

Massive bummer, man now anime sucks even more.

This is so sad and true. Get ready for more moe!

RIP

[BioMechanic]

L.A. Times obituary article for those who want to learn a bit more about Kon.

[Bacon McShig]

Seems he was well aware of his situation the past few months. He wrote a big long farewell letter:
http://www.makikoitoh.com/journal/sa...ons-last-words

[Finch]

that was sad. this is sad. I always felt like he was the only Japanese animation person that could be directing live action movies and still have amazing things. Man. i hope that last film happens.

[epmode]

As great as it is, Paprika is my least favorite of Kon's work...aside from the opening credits, which are unforgettably awesome.

I'm glad someone wrote this. Paprika is the only film of his that I've seen and I didn't like it very much, aside from the credit sequence.

I'll take a look at the other stuff at some point.

[Bacon McShig]

I liked Paprika a lot more on the second viewing than the first, fwiw.

[BioMechanic]

Seems he was well aware of his situation the past few months. He wrote a big long farewell letter:
http://www.makikoitoh.com/journal/sa...ons-last-words

That is so....utterly...shattering....while being incredibly inspiring.
As shocked as I was to learn of this news, I'm now grief-stricken that the world has lost a person like that.

[Mzo]

I'm glad someone wrote this. Paprika is the only film of his that I've seen and I didn't like it very much, aside from the credit sequence.

I'll take a look at the other stuff at some point.

I probably ruined it for you. Didn't we watch this in NY with the Mohits?

[Dunlap]

That is so....utterly...shattering....while being incredibly inspiring.
As shocked as I was to learn of this news, I'm now grief-stricken that the world has lost a person like that.

It's like he left us with one last story.