Satoshi Kon Archives

World Apartment Horror (1991)

Rating: ★★

Jan 29, 2014Strange Apartment Building Comedy/Haunting

After making the groundbreaking anime Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo then chose to direct this oddity – a live-action comedy about a frustrated Yakuza enforcer trying to evict an apartment of foreigners that turns into a horror film in its last third

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo

Category: Horror

29 January 20146 October 2020 by Roog

Memories (1995)

Rating: ★★★½

Mar 9, 2001Anime Anthology

An anthology made up of three short films all adapted from the works of Katsihiro Otomo of Akira fame, of which Otomo also directs one of the segments

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo, Koji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura

Category: Science Fiction

9 March 20017 January 2025 by Roog

Perfect Blue (1997)

Rating: ★★★

Apr 11, 1999Anime/Psycho-Thriller

The directorial debut of Satoshi Kon, overseen by Katsuhiro Otomo, an anime concerning a troubled Japanese pop singer being cyber-stalked by a doppelganger

Director: Satoshi Kon

Category: Horror

11 April 199914 July 2021 by Roog

Millennium Actress (2001)

Rating: ★★

Apr 2, 2006Anime/Actress's Surreal Biography

An anime from Satoshi Kon that tells the story of an actress and become a surreal journey through Japanese cinematic history

Director: Satoshi Kon

Category: Fantasy

2 April 200623 November 2023 by Roog

Paprika (2006)

Rating: ★★½

Aug 17, 2007Anime/Dream Therapy Device

A venture inside the dreamscape from anime director Satoshi Kon who creates a beautifully animated work even if some of the ideas become excessively convoluted

Director: Satoshi Kon

Category: Science Fiction

17 August 200710 November 2024 by Roog