october august japanese film director animator screenwriter manga artist member graduate department credited credits paranoia agent younger brother guitarist studio musician biography early life born october father job transfer education fourth elementary grade second middle school grade based classmate close friend manga artist attending animator favorite works girl alps future boy conan child dream served influence drawings graduated course time viewed numerous foreign films enthusiastically read books early career college debut manga artist short manga earned runner spot 10th annual awards held afterward found work assistant graduating college authored volume manga wrote script live action film world apartment horror worked animator layout artist animated film worked supervisor movie animated films worked manga wings published served layout artist art director short film magnetic rose short films memories work afterward distinguished recurring theme blending fantasy reality directing scripted produced fifth episode original video animation bizarre adventure began work directorial debut based novel suspense story centered pop idol film produced initially original screenplay written author requested changes aside maintaining elements novel idol horror allowed changes desired screenplay written worked idea blurred border real world imagination following perfect blue considered adapting novel film plans stalled distribution company entertainment went bankrupt coincidentally work feature theme blending imagination reality second film released public film centers retired actress mysteriously public eye peak career having estimated budget approximately garnered higher critical financial success predecessor earned numerous awards screenplay written utilized seamless connection illusion reality create kind film film feature long time fan composer work announced film centers trio homeless persons tokyo discover baby christmas eve set search parents cost previous films budget approximately centered themes abandonment comedic touch worked screenplay written released episode television series paranoia agent theme blending imagination reality working additional social themes series created abundance unused ideas stories arrangements felt good fit projects announced having planned years story centers new form utilizes dream analysis treat mental patients film highly successful earned number film awards summed film story roughly fundamental story changed like previous works film focuses dreams reality teamed create television production created short year helped establish served member health deterioration death following began work film dreaming machine diagnosed terminal cancer given half year live chose spend remainder life home shortly death composed final message uploaded blog family death explained message chose news rapidly advancing illness public embarrassment drastically ravaged body result announcement death met widespread shock surprise particularly given shown signs illness relatively recent public events cancer progressed terminal state matter months diagnosed died august age death mentioned fond time people year wrote eulogy printed japanese retrospective book animation career completion remains uncertain funding difficulties shots animated founder stated unfortunately don money personal goal years passing working hard goal july reported remains production looking director match abilities similar vision themes asked interest female characters stated female characters easier write able know character way male character project obsession characters expand aspects want describe frame reference notes theme performance obvious works finds concept male gaze important topic discussion shows evolution use gaze restrictive negative aspects collaborative gaze millennium actress arriving new type gaze uncertainty illusion said hand drawn medium explore social human casting light ways failed live action gritty intense times didn shy away mature subject matter live action work films occupy fascinating middle ground cartoons world know influences prominent influences works viewed manga anime high school particularly fond future boy conan galaxy express child dream western films served influence notably works particularly time brazil adventures addition watching fond works worked reference claimed largely unfamiliar japanese film general filmography manga literary works
Satoshi Kon