24/08/2010:Director Satoshi Kon passes awayPerfect Blue and Paprika director dies, aged 46
[image: Director Satoshi Kon passes away] This is breaking news just coming in as I type this, emanating from the *Twitter account * <http://twitter.com/takedayasuhiro/status/22018243608>of GAINAX's Yasuhiro Takeda and later confirmed by Madhouse's Masao Maruyama via the* Otakon*<http://board.otakon.com/index.php?showtopic=20122&st=0&gopid=228397&#entry228397> committee, but the renowned and much-admired anime director *Satoshi Kon *passed away from pancreatic cancer yesterday at the age of 46. During his life, Kon was responsible for a numer of high-profile animated efforts featuring his distinctive themes and styles, not least the movies *Perfect Blue *and *Paprika*, as well as the*Paranoia Agent* television series. I'm sure it goes without saying that Satoshi Kon's influence will be immensely missed by anime fans around the world, and our thoughts go out to his friends and family with this tragic news. Discuss in the *UKA Forum*<http://www.uk-anime.net/forum/showthread.php?t=14795> -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
