Author Topic: HORY SHIT! SATOSHI KON IS DEAD L.I.P (Read 5286 times)

Himu · « **on:** August 24, 2010, 02:41:53 PM »

http://www.uk-anime.net/newsitem/Director_Satoshi_Kon_passes_away.html

holy SHIT

NOOOOO

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This is breaking news just coming in as I type this, emanating from the Twitter account of GAINAX's Yasuhiro Takeda, but it appears that the renowned and much-admired anime director Satoshi Kon passed away today at the age of 47.

During his life, Kon was responsible for a numer of high-profile animated efforts featuring his distinctive themes and styles, not least the movies Perfect Blue and Paprika, as well as the Paranoia Agent television series.

I'm sure it goes without saying that Satoshi Kon's influence will be immensely missed by anime fans around the world, and our thoughts go out to his friends and family with this tragic news.

So young.

I cannot believe this.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #1 on:** August 24, 2010, 02:44:47 PM »

wow, this sucks. :-(

Himu · « **Reply #2 on:** August 24, 2010, 02:46:28 PM »

Will be ordering Tokyo Godfathers from netflix to watch in tribute.

demi · « **Reply #3 on:** August 24, 2010, 02:47:40 PM »

Himu · « **Reply #4 on:** August 24, 2010, 02:51:19 PM »

Renown anime director for high quality stuff.

demi · « **Reply #5 on:** August 24, 2010, 02:53:28 PM »

Did he work on Final Fantasy?

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #6 on:** August 24, 2010, 02:55:25 PM »

Really sad news, the guy was one of the few extremely talented directors working in anime today. Millenium Actress is one of my favorite films of all time. I wonder what will happen to Yume Robo/Dream Machine?

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #7 on:** August 24, 2010, 02:59:08 PM »

terrible awful news

he was one of like 3 non-shitty things about modern popular Japanese culture

will watch Millenium Actress tonight in memoriam

TEEEPO · « **Reply #8 on:** August 24, 2010, 03:01:41 PM »

wow, one of the few people who works on anime who's work i admired.

a shame.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #9 on:** August 24, 2010, 03:05:26 PM »

Even Godzilla mourns the loss of Kon.

Himu · « **Reply #10 on:** August 24, 2010, 03:09:05 PM »

Tokyo Godfatherssssssssssssss

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #11 on:** August 24, 2010, 03:11:27 PM »

I don't care for Tokyo Godfathers, but the rest of his output is so incredibly well done that it doesn't matter.

Beezy · « **Reply #12 on:** August 24, 2010, 03:14:38 PM »

Nujabes and Satoshi Kon in the same year? My interest in Japan is literally dying out. :'(

Quote from: demi on August 24, 2010, 02:53:28 PM

Did he work on Final Fantasy?

Junpei the Tracer! · « **Reply #13 on:** August 24, 2010, 03:19:36 PM »

That sucks. I hope he was finished/close to completion on his new movie.

tiesto · « **Reply #14 on:** August 24, 2010, 03:21:05 PM »

Sad to hear this

Himu · « **Reply #15 on:** August 24, 2010, 03:21:12 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on August 24, 2010, 03:11:27 PM

I don't care for Tokyo Godfathers, but the rest of his output is so incredibly well done that it doesn't matter.

Tokyo Godfathers is my favorite film by him

Mupepe · « **Reply #16 on:** August 24, 2010, 03:24:04 PM »

i would normally mock the fuck out of you but perfect blue is so good

Brehvolution · « **Reply #17 on:** August 24, 2010, 03:51:50 PM »

Mojo

etiolate · « **Reply #18 on:** August 24, 2010, 03:58:35 PM »

this sucks

Bebpo · « **Reply #19 on:** August 24, 2010, 04:28:54 PM »

He made my favorite film of all time.

He was also the man with great music taste who kept Hirasawa Susumu in the public spotlight through his films. Now Susumu will end up scoring loli-robot show or something

RIP a great man

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #20 on:** August 24, 2010, 04:49:38 PM »

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #21 on:** August 24, 2010, 04:52:07 PM »

I should torrent Paprika in his honour.

Himu · « **Reply #22 on:** August 24, 2010, 04:53:38 PM »

haha you mother fucker

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #23 on:** August 24, 2010, 04:57:35 PM »

Quote from: Himuro on August 24, 2010, 04:53:38 PM

haha you mother fucker

Father Mike was trying to type, "I should go rent Paprika in his honor."

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #24 on:** August 24, 2010, 05:03:22 PM »

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Great Rumbler · « **Reply #25 on:** August 24, 2010, 05:50:48 PM »

Man, I really hope that he finished enough of it that it still comes out.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #26 on:** August 24, 2010, 05:55:52 PM »

I absolutely love the opening credit sequence in Paprika.

Bebpo · « **Reply #27 on:** August 24, 2010, 05:56:32 PM »

It's going to be sad watching his new film in theaters

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #28 on:** August 24, 2010, 05:58:45 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on August 24, 2010, 05:56:32 PM

It's going to be sad watching his new film in theaters

Hopefully it will be a fitting tribute to his life.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #29 on:** August 24, 2010, 06:02:00 PM »

WHAT?

RIP :'(

i would make a little slugger reference but that might be in poor taste.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #30 on:** August 24, 2010, 06:09:23 PM »

Why couldn't it have been one of those guys that directs nothing but loli harem shows? $:-\$

Bebpo · « **Reply #31 on:** August 24, 2010, 06:11:27 PM »

I was hoping it was that Beetrain guy who did Noir and .hack.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #32 on:** August 24, 2010, 06:12:00 PM »

So Nujabes (Samurai Champloo music guy) and now him?

yikes

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #33 on:** August 24, 2010, 06:28:48 PM »

Oh god RIP. At this point I'm seriously afraid Mr. Miyamoto will die this year, and I don't think I could handle that

Bebpo · « **Reply #34 on:** August 24, 2010, 06:35:16 PM »

Miyamoto will probably out live us all. Everytime you see him live it's like he's 15 years old.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #35 on:** August 24, 2010, 06:37:55 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on August 24, 2010, 06:11:27 PM

I was hoping it was that Beetrain guy who did Noir and .hack.

Koichi Mashimo? We can only dream.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #36 on:** August 24, 2010, 06:59:04 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on August 24, 2010, 06:37:55 PM

Quote from: Bebpo on August 24, 2010, 06:11:27 PM
I was hoping it was that Beetrain guy who did Noir and .hack.

Koichi Mashimo? We can only dream.

Hey hey, he did some good stuff!

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Just not recently. $:-\$

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Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #37 on:** August 24, 2010, 07:16:06 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on August 24, 2010, 06:28:48 PM

Oh god RIP. At this point I'm seriously afraid Mr. Miyamoto will die this year, and I don't think I could handle that

My friend was like "I will trade Miyazaki for Kon, just bring him back."

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It's a good trade given Miyazaki's recent output + how old he is.

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Joe Molotov · « **Reply #38 on:** August 24, 2010, 07:21:02 PM »

So sad.

Diunx · « **Reply #39 on:** August 24, 2010, 07:22:26 PM »

Quote from: Himuro on August 24, 2010, 02:46:28 PM

Will be ordering Tokyo Godfathers from netflix to watch in tribute.

I'll pirate it and watch it one of these days.

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #40 on:** August 24, 2010, 07:24:51 PM »

Wrong thread, RIP

Tauntaun · « **Reply #41 on:** August 24, 2010, 07:38:25 PM »

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #42 on:** August 24, 2010, 07:42:42 PM »

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on August 24, 2010, 07:16:06 PM

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on August 24, 2010, 06:28:48 PM
Oh god RIP. At this point I'm seriously afraid Mr. Miyamoto will die this year, and I don't think I could handle that

My friend was like "I will trade Miyazaki for Kon, just bring him back."

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It's a good trade given Miyazaki's recent output + how old he is.
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Yeah, I was just about to say that Miyazaki's getting pretty old and might only have a couple more movies left in him. With Kon dead and Miyazaki on his way out the door, the entire industry is on the verge of collapse. $:-\$

I was actually reading an article a few days ago where it said that if Ghibli's latest movie didn't do well [it did, so don't worry] that they were actually thinking about halting movie production altogether and just handling the licenses of their previous movies.

Bebpo · « **Reply #43 on:** August 24, 2010, 07:48:05 PM »

They just need to stop letting the Miyazakis make movies and let Takahata release something. It's been a looong time since My Neighbors the Yamadas.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #44 on:** August 24, 2010, 07:51:24 PM »

He's supposed to be working on a new one, Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.

Also, Yoshifumi Kondo.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #45 on:** August 24, 2010, 08:33:57 PM »

Whisper of the Heart is my favorite Ghibli movie :'(

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because it's about my job

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Trent Dole · « **Reply #46 on:** August 24, 2010, 08:57:47 PM »

Well this fucking sucks.

Bebpo · « **Reply #47 on:** August 24, 2010, 09:36:31 PM »

So he was 45?

Bebpo · « **Reply #48 on:** August 24, 2010, 09:37:21 PM »

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on August 24, 2010, 08:33:57 PM

Whisper of the Heart is my favorite Ghibli movie :'(

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because it's about my job
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You make country music with a cat? How...what...I never knew

pilonv1 · « **Reply #49 on:** August 24, 2010, 09:46:08 PM »

Might open my Paprika Bru Ray in honor

Akala · « **Reply #50 on:** August 24, 2010, 11:12:23 PM »

Diunx · « **Reply #51 on:** August 25, 2010, 12:09:20 AM »

The thread title

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #52 on:** August 25, 2010, 12:11:54 AM »

This fucking sucks.

He wasn't a great anime director, he was a great director, period. Perfect Blue is like the best De Palma movie he never made. Hell, there isn't anything of his that I didn't just flat out love.

It sucks knowing that there's decades of movies from him that I'll never get to see. Its terrible that such a big talent had to die in his prime.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #53 on:** August 25, 2010, 12:13:58 AM »

L.I.P

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #54 on:** August 25, 2010, 01:03:53 AM »

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on August 24, 2010, 07:16:06 PM

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on August 24, 2010, 06:28:48 PM
Oh god RIP. At this point I'm seriously afraid Mr. Miyamoto will die this year, and I don't think I could handle that

My friend was like "I will trade Miyazaki for Kon, just bring him back."

spoiler (click to show/hide)
It's a good trade given Miyazaki's recent output + how old he is.
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Yeah, I saw that on Facebook earlier. Not a bad trade nowadays.

cool breeze · « **Reply #55 on:** August 25, 2010, 01:46:51 AM »

In the anime thread there is discussion about a show where school girls play pop music and another where a guy fires bullets that travel between a teenager's bouncing breasts. Then I read this news about someone extremely talented, who was still putting out excellent material, dying at a relatively early age. Time to jump ship on this hobby.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #56 on:** August 25, 2010, 02:05:16 AM »

I watched Millenium Actress for the first time in a few years

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #57 on:** August 25, 2010, 01:58:31 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on August 25, 2010, 01:46:51 AM

In the anime thread there is discussion about a show where school girls play pop music and another where a guy fires bullets that travel between a teenager's bouncing breasts. Then I read this news about someone extremely talented, who was still putting out excellent material, dying at a relatively early age. Time to jump ship on this hobby.

Wait, you're going to bail out mere DAYS after King Harem himself [Ken Akamatsu] proclaimed the genre dead?

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #58 on:** August 25, 2010, 02:28:32 PM »

Satoshi Kon's memorial address. In moon language. Depressing as all hell.

He was diagnosed in May and by that point it was already too late.

Vizzys · « **Reply #59 on:** August 25, 2010, 02:53:48 PM »

cancer is a bitch

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Author Topic: HORY SHIT! SATOSHI KON IS DEAD L.I.P (Read 5286 times)