Satoshi Kon NPR

[Mr. SmartyPants]

This is actually pretty old (about a year, May 5, 2005) but I recently just found it again. It's a portion from NPR (National Public Radio) about Satoshi Kon and Paranoia Agent. It's a really interesting radio broadcast. Check it out! Millenium Actress, Perfect Blue, and Tokyo Godfathers are also mentioned. It's not that long, (Little less than 6 minutes) and I think it's worth the time.
Check it out here

[Linksquest]

im surprised that they even reviewed it! Good find Ryan!

[Joshua Christopher]

Pfft, Anno so owns Kon.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

lol linksquest. Yes it was a good find. Especially because I Love paranoia agent.

[Splitter 2.0]

Pfft, Anno so owns Kon.

Kon never let daddy issues get in the way of genius. And he knew the meaning of the word "budget".

[Joshua Christopher]

Kon never let daddy issues get in the way of genius. And he knew the meaning of the word "budget".

Yeah, because Kon had huge budgets, and Anno managed to make some incredible animation and fantastic art direction on a small budget. ; )

[Splitter 2.0]

Perfect Blue vs. Evangelion.... Blue FTW. Because of that, Kon never had to work on a small budget again.

And don't give me that crud about Anno's small budget. Eva had a huge budget. Anno just spent it all before the end.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

I perfer Paranoia Agent or Perfect Blue over Evangalion. I just think it's simply a lot better. Psychological Thrillers always take the cake for me. Doesn't matter if Anno had a smaller budget or not. Satoshi Kon had a better idea and he pulled it off.

[Joshua Christopher]

When did anyone say Evangelion? Anno did a lot more than that, you know.

Anime Tenchou (OAV) : Executive Director
Appleseed (OAV) : Mechanical Supervisor
Battle Royal High School (OAV) : Assistant Animation Director
Birth (OAV) : Animation
Crimson Wolf (OAV) : Principal Drawing
Crystal Triangle (OAV) : Key Animation
Cutie Honey (live-action movie) : Director
Daicon films (special) : Animation director
Dangaioh (OAV) : Art director
Grave of the Fireflies (movie) : Key Animation
Gunbuster (OAV) : Director, Screenplay, Storyboard, Animation
His and Her Circumstances (TV) : Director, Screenplay
Koume-chan Ga Iku! (TV) : Series director, Planning
Kusoh no Kikai-tachi no Naka no Hakai no Hatsumei (movie) : Director, Script, Story
Madox-01 (OAV) : Key Animation
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (TV) : Storyboard (Ep. 13), Animation director (Mecha - Ep. 13)
Mahoromatic - Automatic Maiden (TV) : Storyboard (OP)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (movie) : Mechanical design, Mecha design
Nadia - Secret of Blue Water (TV) : Director, Mecha design
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (movie) : Key Animation
Neppu Kairiku Bushi Lord (TV) : Mecha Animation Supervisor
Oruchuban Ebichu (TV) : Planning
Petite Princess Yucie (TV) : Supervising Director
Re: Cutie Honey (OAV) : Chief Director
Submarine 707R (OAV) : Director (OP)
Sugar Sugar Rune (TV) : Storyboard, Episode Director
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross (TV) : Key Animation
The Wings of Honneamise (movie) : Animation director
Top wo Nerae 2! (OAV) : Storyboard (Ep. 4), Editorial Supervision

And you obviously don't have your facts straight. First of all Evangelion had an average TV budget, and no, Anno did not "spend all the money before the end".

But I'll explain it to you, in Japan SEGA was the main sponsor, and cut their funding due to some controversial issues in episodes 18 and 19. So, no, he didn't spend the budget.

[That Dude]

Let's not turn this into a flame war guys...Because I can see it easily heading that way...If you guys feel like arguing over this do it over the PM alright?

[RedMage]

And you obviously don't have your facts straight. First of all Evangelion had an average TV budget, and no, Anno did not "spend all the money before the end".

But I'll explain it to you, in Japan SEGA was the main sponsor, and cut their funding due to some controversial issues in episodes 18 and 19. So, no, he didn't spend the budget.

Gainax did sort of run out of cash on His and Her Circumstances, although Anno kind of pulled out of that part way through from what I hear.

Personally, I thought Anno's "issues" were the genius of Evangelion, personally. I also don't understand how you can compare Perfect Blue to NGE. But we aren't supposed to discuss NGE anyway, so forget it.

[Mangafanatic]

I completely agree with That Dude. The heated tone that this thread has taken on is completely unnecessary.

Now, let's get back on topic-- Satoshi Kon and Paranoia Agent.

[Bobtheduck]

Millenium actress was a big disappointment for me... Too hard to follow... no separation between the movies she acted in and her actual life...

I haven't see anything else he made, except brief portions of Perfect Blue...

[Joshua Christopher]

Sorry, I wasn't trying to start a debate, but just because I bring up a director (in a silly way) doesn't mean I'm referring to a single one of his or her works.

I only don't like when people spread misinformation about a series, most likely because they have something against it.

As far as Kon's works go, I don't particularly find them that interesting. They're okay, but I'm not really a fan. I find it almost as if he tries too hard to be artsy sometimes.

Disclamer: That's an opinion, so don't take issue with it.

[skyblue]

Sadly, I've only seen one of Kon's work and that would be Paranoia Agent. I want to rent his other works now...

Paranoia Agent BTW, is pure genious IMO.