Anime Hero Satoshi Kon Passes Away

It’s very sad news here at ITM Towers to hear that promenient anime director, writer and animator Satoshi Kon passed away yesterday at the age of 46. The interwebs is spreading this unfortunate news quickly, first broken by a tweet from Yasuhiro Takeda from animation studio Gainax.

Kon’s directorial debut was with the anime Perfect Blue, an action filled thriller questioning the main character’s grounding in reality. He later worked on Millenium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paranoia Agent and was the writer and director of Paprika. The works of Satoshi Kon were some of the few that broke into the mainstream. Each production he worked was a breath of fresh air and innovative in it’s own right. Even if you couldn’t understand the underlying complexities, it looked pretty and had a re-watchable quality.  His latest creation The Dream Machine is currently in production by Studio Madhouse; I presume this feature length film will go ahead.

It’s a sad day for anime.

Update: Madhouse officially confirmed the news. Satoshi Kon’s wife thanked everyone for their support. He passed away due to pancreatic cancer.

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