We lost a dear friend in the world of anime 4 years ago. Satoshi Kon, an animator, film director, screenwriter, and manga artist, died of pancreatic cancer on August 24, 2010 at the age of 47. Kon created amazing works such as Millennium Actress (2001), Tokyo Godfathers (2001), Perfect Blue (2003), TV series Paranoia Agent, Memories short Magnetic Rose, and Paprika (2006).
Spending his final months at home, Kon still managed to finish the script and storyboards for his last film, The Dreaming Machine. Madhouse founder Masao Maruyama revealed that production of the film had been halted due to lack of finances. Only 600 of 1500 shots have been animated. However, Maruyama still intends to finish the film, ideally before 2015.
We did have a meeting with Masao Maruyama at MAPPA, Tokyo, Japan earlier on, to explore the potential of Collaboration on Dreaming Machine.
Really wish that Satoshi Kon's unfinished work on Dreaming Machine gets kick-started some day. Would be a dream come true.
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