RIP, Satoshi Kon.

[pacificpikachu]

I just found out that Satoshi Kon has passed away at the age of 47. Wow...I don't even know what to say. ;____; He was literally my favorite director of all time (yes, even beating Miyazaki) and I can't even believe he's gone so soon... I was looking forward to seeing more of his brilliant movies and TV series, seeing where his career took him, and I was hoping that someday I would be able to meet him and get his autograph, shake his hand, and let him know how much I love his works. :( Man, this is really disappointing and upsetting... I'm sure his family and friends and staff are terribly upset. I'm hoping the best for them.

RIP, Satoshi Kon. You were a genius at telling stories, and I can't believe your life was taken away so suddenly. You will always live on in your movies...

;______;

Comments

[kyogres.livejournal.com]

47 is so young. He's the one who did Millennium Actress and Tokyo Godfathers, right?

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

Yep, and Paprika and Perfect Blue and Paranoia Agent. He was incredibly talented. ;____;

[bu-sama.livejournal.com]

No...! How terrible. :( He was my among my favorite directors. Thanks for this post. I would have had no idea otherwise.

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

I know, it's awful... I'm pretty upset about it, he was someone I really admired and took inspiration from. And you're welcome, I'm glad you found out. :(

[cultnirvana.livejournal.com]

He was one of my favourite directors of all time. Perfect Blue was one of the first anime videos I bought, and at the time, having seen Akira and the likes, thought it was so superior.

I saw the news on a form I frequent and was so sure it was a joke or someone had badly gotten their info wrong. I mean how can one of the greastest anime directors of all time, someone who was working on a new movie I was getting so excited over, be dead at 47? I mean, it's Satoshi Kon, not just some ordinary director. The man is a legend and was supposed to end up like Miyazaki, giving us wonderous movies well into his 80s. I just really can't believe it. After seeing it on the forum I quicky tried to get to ANN in the hopes the other site had it badly wrong, but when it took ages for the site to load, it began to worry me. All other sites were find so why was ANN going slow unless it was getting hammered.

Guh, so depressed.

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

Yes, he was (and is) definitely my favorite director. His storytelling is just incredible--a big inspiration to me, and his works are some of those where I feel like I appreciate them more every time I see them. He was just so brilliant.

I feel like we've been robbed of years and years of incredible movies as well. I always imagined that he'd be around for another few decades, always telling new and different stories and becoming even more and more legendary. It's such a shock that he's gone so suddenly and so young. It's really tragic.

*Hugs* I'm depressed about it, too. I don't even know what to do with myself, really. :/

[vehemence.livejournal.com]

I just found out too. I can't even believe it.

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

Same here. I'm really torn up about it, I can't believe he's gone... He was so brilliant and amazing and just. ;______;

[ylmik-wisty.livejournal.com]

That's terrible! He was one of my favorites too. RIP

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

I know, he was just amazing. I can't believe he's gone, it's so sad and bizarre... :( I wish this would all just turn out to be a bizarre internet rumor, but no such luck. Sigh... ;____;

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

Same here, same here... I'm just moping around today, unsure of what to do with myself. It's strange mourning the death of someone I admired from afar, because it's not quite the same as losing someone close to you but it still hurts--you know? It's confusing. I'm just hanging around feeling sad and confused and like I want more details, more explanation, more...something. :( But ultimately nothing can bring him back, of course, which is what I really wish for.

Yes, I was really hoping that someday I would be able to meet him, too. I was thinking last year that he would maybe come to Anime Expo because he was in New York shortly before AX (and I kept hopefully following his blog in case he'd hint such), but no such luck. :( I'm thankful to at least have my Millennium Actress cels, which he probably touched or maybe even drew, but it's not the same of course.

No, he certainly won't ever be forgotten. He was such a special filmmaker, there is no one out there like him...

[mei-san.livejournal.com]

I am at a loss of what to say....RIP Kon Satoshi. I was really looking forward to his next work, which was supposedly for children...

Yes, he is my favorite animation director of all time.

[dollhouse--x.livejournal.com]

Holy ... omg. I'm really, really shocked. Shit I had no idea.

He's amazing, do you know the cause? I'm at a loss of words.

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

One of the GAINAX staff tweeted that it was cancer, so I'm presuming that's what it was. There are almost no details yet, though...

Regardless, it's really upsetting... I'm pretty depressed about it, he was just the most amazing director ever. :( It feels unfair that he had to die so soon...

[loika.livejournal.com]

http://www.makikoitoh.com/journal/satoshi-kons-last-words
Someone on my Twitter list just passed on this link. I thought you'd like to know (if you haven't seen it already). At the moment (especially after reading that) I'm just so speechless.

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

It's strange, I was just about to go to bed but I felt restless and like I needed to go back online for some reason (something I almost never do once I close the laptop), and found you had linked me this. I'm reading it now, thank you so much. Obviously I haven't read it all yet so I can't say anything for its content, but it comforts me that I can read what he had to say. It's strange when someone dies who you feel you were connected to (through his work, obviously), and yet you weren't on a personal level at all, you know? Maybe this will give me a little more closure.

Thanks again! ♥