Satoshi Kon (ä»Šæ• , Kon Satoshi, October 12, 1963 â€" August 24,
2010) was a Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga
artist from Sapporo, HokkaidÅ and a member of the Japanese Animation
Creators Association (JAniCA). He was a graduate of the Graphic Design
department of the Musashino Art University. He is best known for his
acclaimed anime films Perfect Blue (1997), Tokyo Godfathers (2003),
Millennium Actress (2001), and Paprika (2006).Satoshi Kon was born on
October 12, 1963. Due to his father's job transfer, Kon's education
from the fourth elementary grade up to the second middle school grade
was based in Sapporo. Kon was a classmate and close friend of manga
artist SeihÅ Takizawa. While attending Hokkaido Kushiro Koryo High
School, Kon aspired to become an animator. His favorite works were
Space Battleship Yamato (1974), Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974), Future
Boy Conan (1978) and Mobile Suit Gundam (1979), as well as Katsuhiro
Otomo's Domu: A Child's Dream. Yasutaka Tsutsui served as an influence
on Kon's drawings. Kon graduated from the Graphic Design course of the
Musashino Art University in 1982. During that time, Kon viewed
numerous foreign films and enthusiastically read Yasutaka Tsutsui's
books.While in college, Kon made his debut as a manga artist with the
short manga Toriko (1984) and earned a runner-up spot in the 10th
Annual Tetsuya Chiba Awards held by Young Magazine (Kodansha).
Afterward, he found work as Katsuhiro Otomo's assistant. After
graduating from college in 1987, Kon authored the one-volume manga
Kaikisen (1990) and wrote the script for Katsuhiro Otomo's live-action
film World Apartment Horror. In 1991, Kon worked as an animator and on
background design for the animated film Roujin Z. Kon worked as one of
five layout artists on Mamoru Oshii's Patlabor 2: The Movie along with
other animated films. He then worked on the manga Seraphim:
266,613,336 Wings with Oshii, which was published in 1994 in
Animage.:17 In 1995, Kon served as the scriptwriter, layout artist and
background designer of the short film Magnetic Rose, the first of
three short films in Katsuhiro Otomo's omnibus Memories. Kon's work
afterward would be distinguished by the recurring theme of the
blending of fantasy and reality.
2010) was a Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga
artist from Sapporo, HokkaidÅ and a member of the Japanese Animation
Creators Association (JAniCA). He was a graduate of the Graphic Design
department of the Musashino Art University. He is best known for his
acclaimed anime films Perfect Blue (1997), Tokyo Godfathers (2003),
Millennium Actress (2001), and Paprika (2006).Satoshi Kon was born on
October 12, 1963. Due to his father's job transfer, Kon's education
from the fourth elementary grade up to the second middle school grade
was based in Sapporo. Kon was a classmate and close friend of manga
artist SeihÅ Takizawa. While attending Hokkaido Kushiro Koryo High
School, Kon aspired to become an animator. His favorite works were
Space Battleship Yamato (1974), Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974), Future
Boy Conan (1978) and Mobile Suit Gundam (1979), as well as Katsuhiro
Otomo's Domu: A Child's Dream. Yasutaka Tsutsui served as an influence
on Kon's drawings. Kon graduated from the Graphic Design course of the
Musashino Art University in 1982. During that time, Kon viewed
numerous foreign films and enthusiastically read Yasutaka Tsutsui's
books.While in college, Kon made his debut as a manga artist with the
short manga Toriko (1984) and earned a runner-up spot in the 10th
Annual Tetsuya Chiba Awards held by Young Magazine (Kodansha).
Afterward, he found work as Katsuhiro Otomo's assistant. After
graduating from college in 1987, Kon authored the one-volume manga
Kaikisen (1990) and wrote the script for Katsuhiro Otomo's live-action
film World Apartment Horror. In 1991, Kon worked as an animator and on
background design for the animated film Roujin Z. Kon worked as one of
five layout artists on Mamoru Oshii's Patlabor 2: The Movie along with
other animated films. He then worked on the manga Seraphim:
266,613,336 Wings with Oshii, which was published in 1994 in
Animage.:17 In 1995, Kon served as the scriptwriter, layout artist and
background designer of the short film Magnetic Rose, the first of
three short films in Katsuhiro Otomo's omnibus Memories. Kon's work
afterward would be distinguished by the recurring theme of the
blending of fantasy and reality.
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