Tokyo Godfathers is legit one of the best Christmas movies ever made, and hideously underappreciated as such.

The soundtrack for Paprika is what makes me rewatch it every now and then

Please review Millennium Actress. My favorite Satoshi Kon movie, and one of the best movies i've ever seen.

This film is so trippy. Love it so much & the best part is how well it holds up even now.

"Starring Akio Otsuka" Akio Otsuka also voices Blackbeard from One Piece, Wamuu from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Thorkell from Vinland Saga, Yuijiro Hanma from Baki the Grappler and Curtis from Porco Rosso

On top of being a fantastic film. It actually has a special place in my heart. I remember my mother buying this movie for me and it was the only anime my mother watched with me before she passed away. She thought it was beautiful.

Satoshi Kon really was a visionary with this and Perfect Blue. We need some positivity mixed in with all of the hate mongering on KZfaq so thank you for doing this Chris.

I'm fascinated by surreal, dream like films, and Paprika does a better job depicting a dream like experience than any other film! The animation is incredible, I love the story and the characters... it's truly a masterpiece! ❤

I love Saroshi Kon’s work, particularly Millenium Actress. He left us too soon but the man was a genius and visionary.

Love how the two barmen in this movie are actually the director of the movie and the author of the novel being adapted, and that they directly impact the plot. And echo the sentiments for a feature presentation on Millennium Actress, such a beautiful and inventive movie itself, and also my favorite animated movie.

Chris you reminded me of the feelings I felt when he passed. Thank you really moving post ❤

Inception owes Satoshi Kon and Paprika for its entire existence. Paprika is still iconic

I still rewatch "Ohayo", Satoshi-kons final short film from time to time. Everytime a bitter sweet experience

Hi Chris, I'm so glad you brought up the similarities between Kon's work & that of Requiem, Black Swan & most importantly Inception. Absolutely agree that it's impossible not to address at least it's a bit inspired by Paprika. My personal fave has always been Millennium Actress though, lost count to how many times I've rewatched it & how much tears I've cried during all those rewatch sessions.. 🥲🥲

It sucks Satoshi Kon passed away so young and this was his final completed film, but the final scene is unintentionally a nice little tribute/capper to his career

I'm glad you're being consistent with this series! Always great to hear you talk about classic movies just because

The dude who made the soundtrack for this also did the soundtrack for the original Berserk tv show!

I was lucky to watch it in theaters last year when they did a complete screening of all of Satoshi Kon's works. And usually, theaters here do his Tokyo Godfathers as a Christmas movie theater special. Anything Kon did is just amazing. Love his work, great feature presentation Chris. Love the insight how pivotal anime has been to entertainment in the West.

no way, I watched paprika a few days ago. Really incredible and creative movie. Love these feature presentations, glad you chose to cover this one! Cant wait to check out more of satoshi kons work.

Thank you for giving visibility to these beauties... 👏👏👏

the movie name itself, Paprika, brings out such immense joy from the very core of my soul. I absolutely love this movie and how the voyage it embarks on is infinite, like dreams.

Watched this a day after Akira Toriyama's death was announced. What Chris said in the beginning hit extra hard

7:00 Chris this breakdown genuinely made me tear up you analyzed it and put it into words perfectly

This is the some of the best content on KZfaq. You've got me spending money on physical media again. Can't say that about traditional media and network TV.

To this day, I am still in awe of Satoshi Kon works whether his films or series or manga. They are crazy good, inventive, bold and original. You instantly recognize his style. Even though I prefer Perfect Blue and Millennium Actress over Paprika, I think Paprika is Satoshi Kon at his full blown pure imagination. That opening scene including the credits still amaze me to this day.

Thank you for making a video on this truly phenomenal film! Satoshi Kon was taken from this world far far too soon. He had so much more to offer. His films also have some of the best animation and one of my favourite art styles ever!

The soundtrack is absolutely amazing. 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

Great review as always. I went straight to Amazon and ordered a copy of Paprika.

The screen grabs alone are straight up eerie. Thanks for talking about this even if I haven’t seen Kon’s movie.

Perfect Blue was so good, and this looks right up my alley.

I'm glad to see you're reviewing more Anime films, Chris. I hope you go back to doing more Anime show reviews, like you did several years back.

1:06 and onward, i wholeheartedly agree with everything you say about Satoshi Kon. This is EXACTLY how i feel. It hurts to see such prominent figures in american cinema DENY how influential his masterpieces were. Theres ABSOULUTELY no way Chris Nolan didnt draw ANY inspiration from Paprika. Not even a shoutout to Paprika, no praise? Come on man, its a damn shame how mfs can draw such inspiration from a genius and not at the very least shout him out. This almost feel like the situation Nikola Tesla Suffered at the hands of Thomas Edison. Sometimes i wonder if i should step up and strive to even reach an ounce of the genius Satoshi had to give my thanks for him blessing us with his greatness Awesome and heartfelt Presentation, thankyou for sharing your message. I strongly resonated with it

Satoshi has always been my favorite. Master at its finest

This is my favourite animated movie. There are other more visually stunning and other with deeper plots. But none of them combine them both in this amazing way.

It's both an anime- as well as an animated movie gem overall

Just love SK’s filmography.

I really need to give Paprika another shot...don't think I was fully awake the first time I watched it. I just appreciate the artistry Satoshi Kon shared with the world more and more every year, and I too am haunted by his passing

So happy to see you talk about this movie.

The 4k steelbook of Paprika just released this week too ooo

My favorite Kon work will always be Paranoia Agent. This show just tackles so much and makes his brilliant films feel rather small thematically. But Paprika and Perfect Blue are close second. He passed WAY too early.

I watched Paprika in 2016 or 2017 and boy, I thought that shit was a movie of that year. It is gorgeous, it is fun, it is trippy. I have to rewatch this.

I'd have to really think about it but this might be my favorite film I've watched because of your videos.

Chris, you starting this segment is such a great choice cos you get to talk about movies you love and share them with us. I have watched every episode and love all of them but today I think you have elevated this segment cos not only that you get to share you favourite movies with us but it has become a place for you to express yourself and your feelings and as you said it helped. We’re all glad it did. Thank you for sharing and bringing these movies to us and your thoughts on them. Can’t wait for the next one.

Thank you Chris.

Satoshi is seriously underrated, so sad that he didn't manage to create more

Saw this not long ago. Blew me away...

We had an "Anime Night" going on with a couple friends many years ago. We watched this movie then, we were mind-blown. it was, and still is amazing.

I admittedly knew nothing about Satoshi Kon prior to watching this video. I saw some Clips from Paprika and decided to give it a watch and boy was it a treat. Oddly enough a quarter of the way into the movie I had the thought “This reminds me of that old show Paranoia Agent I watched when I was in high school” without knowing who made it and the backstory of their other works. I’m saddened that I have learned about Satoshi Kon posthumously but I’m excited to dive more into his works. Thanks for this very insightful vid 🙏

So the detective gets over his fear of movies, which were brought on by his colleague dying mid production, by purchasing a ticket to Satoshi’s next movie, which remains unfinished as he died mid production. Damn

Great series of videos!!! Love ur content Chris❤️

Amen, Chris. Loved this. Satoshi Kon was so far ahead of his time, and his contemporaries, that one might be forgiven if they thought he was from an alternate universe. His level of imagination and creativity was literally *that* otherworldly.

Totally review Paranoia Agent!! I remember coming across that show on Adult Swim and boy did it stick with me. I am so glad it got another release here in the US after being unavailable for a good while. Paprika is awesome and awesomely wild too.

I love your Features

Paprika is one of the most perfect date movies imho. It straddles the balance between femininity and masculinity SO well that it appeals to both genders perfectly!

a masterpiece! RIP Satoshi Kon.

Love Kon's work. Millennium Actress is NEED to see. I had an opportunity to watch Paranoia Agent, and it was brilliant!

I remembered watching Paprika when it came out, It blew my mind and it was my introduction to Satochi Khon movies. And three years ago I had the opportunity to watch Perfect Blue at the cinema, it was a completely different experience than watching it at home, probably more disturbing.

About the dream to filmmaking metaphor in Paprika: that's also a popular interpretation of Inception, that every character resembles a role in filmmaking

One of the all time greats right here. I can’t even list the amount of times I have watched it and will continue to do so 🔥

I'm glad you brought up how excellent the opening credits are. I've only seen this movie once but have seen the first 10 minutes or so 5 or 6 times. Just pure genius and creativity on display

satoshi kon was a legend left us early and respect to mad house studio for making all his movies.

I feel the exact same way about Satoshi Kon. All his works are masterpieces, and I occasionally get upset that he died so young & wonder what other amazing things he could have created.

What a coincidence, I just rewatched this movie last night. Satoshi Kon will always be remembered, rest in peace

This segment rocks! Keep up the great reviews

Beautiful video as usual. I can feel your sadness talking about Satoshi's passing cause he was genuinely a master of his craft

I am EXTREMELY excited for you to eventually see the movie Blue Giant when it releases on Blu-Ray at the end of this month.

I always loved this movie and was super surprised to find it was based on a book. The book was also fantastic and I would definitely recommend it

I love paprika. I remember seeing the scene where they jump over a fence only to discover it’s the balcony of a building on the ceiling TVs at a video rental store. I rented it and it became a favorite. When I first saw Inception I thought back to Paprika and it was part what I loved about the movie. It’s so, so good!

wow not only was this a great review but a love letter to anime as a whole

Chris grew up with this film

I will never forget how I felt when I read Kon's farewell letter 😢

I can’t believe I watched this for the first time last week with my Girlfriend and loved it! Funny you just posted this lol.

Paprika is an incredible movie. One of my favorite anime movies of all time, maybe the best.

Once in a while, ill watch this. One of the coolest surreal movies id ever seen first time and every time as the years go by.

Absolutely love paprika. More people need to see it.

I took went to see it on the big screen a month or so ago! Fantastic film! Great review!

This was such a timely video because I just watched this movie last week for the first time. I really dug it then, and watching this video made me appreciate it more!

This movie has one of the greatest pieces of music that I've ever heard.

There should be more movies that accurately portay dreams, especially made by lucid dreamers. Hollywood often portays dreams inaccurately. I think there should be a whole genre of movies dedicated to accurately portaying the look and feel of dreams honestly. As a lucid dreamer I feel like you'd get some of the most beautiful movies both visually and story wise this way as well. Some dreams tell better stories than any movie or book

Satoshi Kon definitely deserves more credit than he already got. He was a true master.

I really wanted to watch this last summer but couldn't find it anywhere!

the intro literally gives me chills chris

You're 100% correct about anime not getting the credit it deserves, for years it seems like it was dismissed as 'cartoons'. Dismissing something as 'cartoons' not only highlights the contempt which cartoons are treated with (some of the most well known characters are from cartoons, even if some of them were only vehilces to sell toys) but also fails to acknowledge that animation isn't just for children. It very much reminds me of the early days of Manga Video in the UK where the idea of animated films or series aimed at older people seemed to break people's brains.

Hey man, people have been talking a lot of shit, about how you are not an honest film critic anymore. But f*ck them I love what you're doing. I love that you are evolving as a filmmaker. And these feature presentations are really fun.

Thanks, again, Chris - Paprika is wonderfully deep, funny and inspiring.

RIP Satoshi Kon. I too feel the same way about a guy I never knew just knowing we will never get another piece of art

My favourite artist period.

Satoshi Kon was one of a kind

Paprika is a phenomenal anime movies ever made, and it's made one of the greatest minds. The fact that this movie alone inspired Christopher Nolan to make Inception.

My favourite animated movie, hands down. Saw it twice in theatres when it opened.

Great Satoshi Kon.All hail.

Paprika is one of the few movies that truly inspired me at a fundamental level as an illustrator.

Now we need an epic animation of Little Nemo and the Persistence of Memory.

Great flick, the theme song for it was made available for free when the film debuted as well. It was hype in anime circles back then and remains so today.

I saw this movie in theaters too. I was blown away by it. I knew next to nothing about it and I'm glad about that. I need to see it again because I know I missed a lot of stuff in it.

Please do a video on Paranoia Agent. More people should discover that TV series. ❤

Everyframe a painting showed me who this dude was back in the day and I'm greateful

Hi Chris!! Love your work as always. The Patriot- Mel Gibson. Great revenge movie. Especially the ending with the bad guy

I love this movie! Blew my mind when I saw it.

Millennium Actress is one of my favorite movies.