Satoshi Kon storyboard collection: Paprika - Japanese book

Release date: ‎ 2017/8/25
Language ‏ : ‎ Japanese
Book: ‎ 704 pages

``Paprika'', the posthumous work of a genius animation director who died young, received high acclaim all over the world.
This unique blueprint = storyboard has been made into a book for the first time!!

■The current world recognized by the world
As one of Japan's world-class animation directors, director Satoshi Kon has consistently produced high-quality works. However, while the world was eagerly awaiting his next work, he passed away on August 4, 2010 at the young age of 46.

The director's last work was Paprika, an animated feature based on the original work by Yasutaka Tsutsui.
The film, the film's fourth full-length film, was released in 2006 and captured the hearts of viewers with its many scenes depicting metamorphosis, which is the essence of animation, and was invited to many film festivals and won various awards. did.

The story is set in the near future, and Atsuko Chiba, who has two hats, a genius psychotherapist who uses a dream-sharing device DC Mini, and a dream detective Paprika, is abusing the DC Mini to forcibly intervene in the dreams of others and cause them to have mental breakdowns. He begins an investigation to solve the problem... ``Paprika'' is a masterpiece novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui that is fully illustrated with original images, and is a rare work that perfectly combines entertainment and experimental video, and is a work that is unique to the original author Yasutaka Tsutsui. He also highly praised the project, saying, ``I'm very satisfied.''

■Unprecedented detailed storyboard, published for the first time in book form
The storyboards that the current director draws himself are distinctive and all of them were detailed, but even compared to his first directorial work ``PERFECT BLUE'', his storyboards, including the layout specification, are unique. His potential is at its peak in "Paprika," and it may be called a textbook for video production.

The storyboard for "Paprika" was previously published in the limited edition 2-DVD "Deluxe Box" (distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment) released in May 2007, when the director was still alive. It was only included as a "Storyboard Book" and was not compiled as a book. This is the first time that the article has been completely redesigned, except for the storyboard part, and has been published as a book with a new look.

■Content = “Paprika” deciphered through new interviews and explanations
○628 pages of storyboards
○Interview with director Kon while he was still alive (long version)
○A conversation between Yasutaka Tsutsui and Satoshi Kon in “Animage” magazine that led to the production of “Paprika”
○New interview with original author Yasutaka Tsutsui
○New interview with former Madhouse director Masao Maruyama, who was in charge of all of the current works.
○ “Paprika” deciphered by anime critic Ryusuke Hikawa

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