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GATSU
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No relation to that SJ manga from Viz.
I actually noticed Kon credited with some of the art in the Marvel editions of Akira.
It's Akira if it was made into a comedy, rather than an action sci-fi.
Anipages just posted an in-depth review of it, for those interested.
Kon claimed to have an LD of that ep, but no one @ STA I contacted even knew about Jojo being on LD.
Yeah, he's a little more of an old-school "rocket jet-pack" anime fan.
From what I heard, it did better in Japan than the original GITS movie.
That's actually all of the OVA series. The recent one is a movie, if I recall. But yeah, when I saw a test reel of Magnetic Rose at the Shrine, I knew I had to see the rest of that anthology. It's just a shame it took nearly a decade for us to get it. I do kind of also wish it got re-released with a dub, so it'd be more accessible. |
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wandering-dreamer
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Funny, I remember both that Memories anthology and Tokyo Godfathers being at a local video store back home, I'll have to swing by there sometime to see if they still have them and check them out.
And a great start to the Kon remembrance, I'm getting my anime club to watch either Paprika or Millennium Actress this week so I love the timing of this. |
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I sure would love to add Toriko, Kaikisen, World Apartment, and Run Melos! to my collection. Cool name for the article btw. Very nice work, Thank you!
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Charred Knight
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That was very imformative, especially considering that we haven't even gotten to the anime his directed. I can't wait for the rest, even if I only seen Paranoia Agent.
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Modandrocker
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Very cool piece. Can't wait for the upcoming articles. This is such a great way to remember Satoshi Kon. He will be missed.
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PBsallad
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Great article. I might see if it's possible to track any of these things down.
Magnetic Rose/Memories is probably the only pre-Perfect Blue thing of his I've seen. My sister and brother in-law got it for me last Christmas, from Big Lots. lol |
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Meh. I was one of those people who response was "Meh" when I saw it. Saw it recently too. Which was better than my response from Perfect Blue. Also I have read Kaikisen myself. That was good. A very good artist - too bad his manga works haven't been released here. Still I can't wait for the rest of this release. While I'm not a fan of his earlier works - I love his later ones to death. Thanks for putting this together. |
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HiroNotHero
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Nice article. I will be reading the rest of these.
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Peroxid
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Very good article, very informative, although I feel it should be mentioned that Kon was Otomo's Assistant during Akira.
Just one question, what exactly was Kon's role in Hashire Melos? |
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Great article waiting to read more. Man, Kon was working big time with the "heavies". I'd heard of 'Run Melos'. I saw that in a old anime periodical. I was curious to one day see it. I may have to go back to checking out 'Memories'. It be nice if they released some of his manga work. I heard of that book but was surprised it was never released.
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I would love to see his manga works...I will echo others in saying "Great article" and "I can't wait to read more". I remember seeing Memories a few months ago at my local shop. Now, I gotta see if it's still there...
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Peroxid
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Thanks for the information, although I really enjoyed the art from that movie, taking into account it's almost 20 years old, I would never guess that it's by Kon. Still I found that Hashire Melos had a strange resemblance to Akira's art, which makes sense, since Kon was an assistant and admirer of Otomo. |
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Moomintroll
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Somebody needs to bring Kon's manga out in English. Where's Ed Chavez when you need him?
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I just want to thank ANN for doing this.
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