WAY too young... Requisecat in pace, good sir.
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 5:31 AM, Mr. Worf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 24/08/2010: Director Satoshi Kon passes awayPerfect Blue and Paprika > director dies, aged 46 > > [image: Director Satoshi Kon passes away] > > This is breaking news just coming in as I type this, emanating from the > *Twitter > account * <http://twitter.com/takedayasuhiro/status/22018243608>of > GAINAX's Yasuhiro Takeda and later confirmed by Madhouse's Masao Maruyama > via > the*Otakon*<http://board.otakon.com/index.php?showtopic=20122&st=0&gopid=228397&#entry228397> > committee, > but the renowned and much-admired anime director *Satoshi Kon *passed away > from pancreatic cancer yesterday at the age of 46. > > 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. > > Discuss in the *UKA > Forum*<http://www.uk-anime.net/forum/showthread.php?t=14795> > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
