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Stylised comic-style illustration of 4 figures in red clothes with dark hair, one figure in the foreground with their back to the viewer.
Festivals

Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist is an emotional look at a virtuosic director

by Kambole Campbell

Though light on the tech­nique, this doc­u­men­tary offers a fas­ci­nat­ing insight into the ani­mé icon’s world.
Illustration depicting a group of Japanese anime-style characters, including a nurse, man in traditional Japanese clothing, and several women in colourful kimonos.
Home Ents

Why Millennium Actress remains one of cinema’s greatest love letters

by Kambole Campbell

Media, mem­o­ry and film his­to­ry col­lide in Satoshi Kon’s time-bend­ing sto­ry of a fad­ed screen star.
Animated female character with red hair and blue eyes, looking down against a background of geometric patterns in shades of brown.

Inside Satoshi Kon’s unfinished meta-nightmares

by Kambole Campbell

The ani­mé mas­ter behind Papri­ka and Per­fect Blue left behind sev­er­al incom­plete projects which could still be realised.
Illustration depicting a group of Japanese anime-style characters, including a nurse, man in traditional Japanese clothing, and several women in colourful kimonos.
Festivals

Celebrating the centenary of Japanese animation at LEAFF

by Matt Turner

Rare works from Satoshi Kon and Osamu Tezu­ka were pre­sent­ed at this year’s festival.
Anime-style illustration of a young man with dark hair and a pensive expression gazing at a large, white, glowing eye.
In Praise Of

How Perfect Blue predicted the disturbing possibilities of the internet

by Daniel Schindel

Satoshi Kon’s cult ani­mé con­tains a vital mes­sage for mod­ern audiences.