Sad day.
I don't usually mourn when celebrities die, but I found out today that Satoshi Kon passed away (from ONTD, of all places). He was only 47; some sources say it was cancer. If you're not familiar with the name, Kon was the director of the anime movies Perfect Blue, Tokyo Godfathers, Millennium Actress, Paprika, and the series Paranoia Agent. That's not a huge body of work, so it's probably no surprise that I've seen all of those. Satoshi Kon is one of the few anime directors whose name I know, and when his name is on a movie, I know it's worth seeing. Millennium Actress is one of my favorite anime movies, and Perfect Blue, as horrifying as it is, has drawn me back for a rewatch a few times. I really enjoyed Paranoia Agent. I don't like all of his movies as much, but they are all of high quality and worth watching at least once. It makes me sad that there will be no more of them. ...