Japanese anime director, Satoshi Kon, while still in college, made his debut as a manga artist. Upon graduation, he worked as an assistant for Akira author Katsuhiro Otomo to later becoming a truly brilliant filmmaker in his own right. Satoshi Kon passed away from pancreatic cancer. He was 46 years old. Starting his career as a manga artist & editor in
Young Magazine, Satoshi Kon made his screenwriting debut with "Magnetic Rose", a section of the anthology film
Memories & eventually made his directorial debut film,
Perfect Blue, in 1997. He then followed it up with
Millennium Actress,
Tokyo Godfathers,
Paprika & the television series
Paranoia Agent.
A fifth film,
The Dream Machine, was in production at the time of his passing.
All of his work as a director have been made by Studio MadHouse, where he was a staff director along with
Rintaro and
Yoshiaki Kawajiri. He was a founder & part of the 15-member steering committee of the Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA) labor group.
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