I always knew that somehow Paprika, in one way or another, influenced some of the ideas behind Inception. For those who have already seen Paprika, I think you already know what I’m talking about. But for those who haven’t seen this groundbreaking anime yet, you owe it to yourself to watch this, especially if you liked Inception.
I have to warn you though, Paprika is more mindtrippin’ compared to Inception. To call Paprika a sensory overload would be an understatement. ^^;
The French film site Excessif reports that Nolan has acknowledged the influence of Satoshi Kon’s anime adaptation of Yasutaka Tsutsui’s Paprika novel, although does not quote him directly:
“Christopher Nolan cites [Paprika] as one of the principal influences and was inspired by its main character to flesh out his character played by Ellen Page, a ’spirit architect’ named Ariadne.”
But unlike last year, where I came near the end of the event, I came here much earlier than that and I was able to see the 1st group, Saigo no Tsuchi, perform.
The YouTube website’s official channel for Takeshi Koike and MADHOUSE’s Redline anime film began streaming three 37-second trailers in high definition late last week. The film, which follows the deadliest car race in known space, will open in Japan on October 9 after advance screenings at international film festivals. Koike (The Animatrix’s “World Record”) is collaborating with writer Katsuhito Ishii (Piroppo, Trava) on this project. Leading the cast are SMAP’s Takuya Kimura (Howl’s Moving Castle, live-action Space Battleship Yamato), Tadanobu Asano (Ichi the Killer, Tokyo Zombie), and Yuu Aoi (Honey and Clover, Tekkonkinkreet). According the film’s oficial blog, Ishii personally edited the trailers.
Some Chinese dudes decided they couldn’t wait a year for Michael Bay to drop his next 3D Transformabomb, so they went trowling around the local junkyards until they came up with the 10,108 car parts needed to erect this 33-foot Optimus Prime. We heard that 10 minutes after this picture was taken, OP tried to do a mating dance for the Olympic Stadium, but she didn’t bite. Better luck next time!
