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Atsuko Chiba
Main
Toshimi Konakawa
Main
Paprika
Main
Kosaku Tokita
Main
Kei Himuro
Supporting
Seijiro Inui
Supporting
Jinnai
Supporting
Mr. Kuga
Supporting
Morio Osanai
Supporting
Torataro Shima
Supporting
Satoshi Kon
Director, Script
Masafumi Mima
Sound director
Michiya Katou
Episode director
Emmanuel Jacomy
Script
Seishi Minakami
Script, Screenplay
Susumu Hirasawa
Theme song performance, Theme song composition, Theme song lyrics, Theme song arrangement, Music
Takahiko Abiru
In-between animation
Yuusuke Akimoto
In-between animation
Masashi Andou
Character design, Animation director
Ayumi Arahata
Manga
Paprika
Volumes
Manga
Paprika: The Dream-Child
Volumes
Paprika
8.00Score
#3,039Rank
- Avant Garde
- Award Winning
- Fantasy
- Horror
- Mystery
- Sci-Fi
- Suspense
- Adult Cast
- Psychological
Synopsis
The world of dreams can be an incredible window into the psyche, showing one's deepest desires, aspirations, and repressed memories. One hopeful tech lab has been developing the "DC Mini," a device with the power to delve into the dreams of others. Atsuko Chiba and Kosaku Tokita have been tirelessly working to develop this technology with the hopes of using it to deeply explore patients' minds and help cure them of their psychological disorders.
However, having access to the deepest corners of a person's mind comes with a tremendous responsibility. In the wrong hands, the DC Mini could be used as a form of psychological terrorism and cause mental breakdowns in the minds of targets. When this technology is stolen and people around them start acting strangely, Atsuko and Kosaku know they have a serious problem on their hands. Enlisting the help of Officer Konakawa, who has been receiving this experimental therapy, they search both the real and dream worlds for their mental terrorist.
(Source: MAL)
However, having access to the deepest corners of a person's mind comes with a tremendous responsibility. In the wrong hands, the DC Mini could be used as a form of psychological terrorism and cause mental breakdowns in the minds of targets. When this technology is stolen and people around them start acting strangely, Atsuko and Kosaku know they have a serious problem on their hands. Enlisting the help of Officer Konakawa, who has been receiving this experimental therapy, they search both the real and dream worlds for their mental terrorist.
(Source: MAL)
Background
Paprika was director Satoshi Kon's last feature film before his death in 2010. It won several awards around the world, including the Tokyo Anime Award for Best Music in 2007, the Newport Beach Film Festival for best animated feature film in 2007, and the Feature Film Award in the 12th Animation Kobe Awards in 2007. A live action adaptation was planned with Wolfgang Petersen (The Never Ending Story, Troy), but the project appears to have been scrapped.
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