[HD] Paprika (Fan Trailer)

[HD 720p] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoVh7b9sR8M&fmt=22

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There have been other movies which explored the subject of dreams to varying degrees...Akira Kurosawa's "Yume" (Dreams),"Dreamscape", "Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Wizard of OZ" come to mind, but none have quite did it in such a surreal, fascinating and inventive way as Satoshi Kon's recent anime feature "Paprika".

Based on Yasutaka Tsutsui's 1993 novel, "Paprika" is part mystery/detective story and part "Alice In Wonderland" with a bit of a sci-fi element thrown in for good measure.

The title character of Paprika is a "dream detective" who is able to enter peoples' dreams to correct or resolve psychological/personal trauma by directly interacting with the dream. She is the alter-ego of Dr. Atsuko Chiba, a brilliant psychologist/scientist who helped create the "DC Mini", a device that is able to control, manipulate and record an individual's dream. Chiba has secretly appropriated the technology to aid her in her secret dream adventures as Paprika.

The bulk of the story revolves around the "DC Mini" technology being stolen and used to assault key researchers who worked on the "DC Mini" project. Detective Kogawa Toshimi (who bears a humorous resemblance to J.K. Simmon's "J. Jonah Jameson" character in the "Spider-Man" movies) assists Chiba/Paprika in her efforts to find the stolen technology.

Kon continues his exploration of the themes of reality vs. fantasy that were covered in his previous works "Sennen No Jyoyu/Millennium Actress" and "Perfect Blue" but also adds the element of "fusion" or the merging of reality with fantasy. This opens up the opportunity for Kon to create truly bizarre scenes where the dream world invades the real world (people morphing into cell phones and other objects, inanimate objects taking on human human characteristics, etc.)

The true draw for this film is the fantastic and wondrous imagery complements of the Madhouse Animation Studio and character designer Ando Masashi who create elaborately detailed images, drawing from a variety of sources (traditional Japanese dolls, Buddhist statutes, European ceramic figurines, plastic toys).

It's amazing how Kon was able to incorporate and explore a lot of the common dream themes in the film (flying, falling, childhood toys, mirrored reflections, metamorphosis, running) as well as some of the Jungian archetypes (shadow, Anima, Animus). The medium of animation is the perfect vehicle suited to bring this imagery to film.

Hirasawa Susumu's musical score adds to the fantasy with its fusion of various musical styles and influences.

The voice work is also quite stellar, bringing together a host of veteran "seiyuu" talents like Hayashibara Megumi, Otsuka Akio, Yamadera Koichi, Furuya Toru, and Emori Toru.

While "Perfect Blue" still remains my favorite Kon project, "Paprika" was a pleasantly enjoyable and wonderful surprise and further solidifies Kon's growing reputation as a truly innovative animation director in the same vain as Miyazaki Hayao, John Lasseter and Oshii Mamoru (IMDb Author: jmaruyama from Honolulu, HI. "A surreal and entertaining exploration of dreams...", 2 May 2007. ★★★★★★★☆☆☆).




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[Film] Paprika (パプリカ)
[Release Date] 25 November 2006
[Music by] Susumu Hirasawa (平沢 進) - The girl in Byakkoya (白虎野の娘)

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• Susumu
• Hirasawa
• 平沢進

[davechua]

RIP Satoshi Kon. He pushed the limits of animation and anime.

[AiraE3]

I love this film and this music!!!!! Great video ;)

[avatarfan22122]

@davechua it astounds me how a majority people in America hold this weird bias against anime, sorry America but Japan produces animated films far better than many of your "hollywood blockbusters"

[ursomtl]

One of the best movie I saw! RIP Satoshi Kon.

[FratelloTheHive]

The Parade never ends...

[eldelaotravez]

Si se percatan en 0:41 y en otros segmentos aparecen los robotcitos que se verán en la pelicula póstuma "Dream machine", alguien que me confirme si es verdad que Satoshi Kon tenía planeadas 11 películas en su carrera, pero solo llegará a las 5 :(

[WolfGodfather]

Pretty good, but it's too long to be a trailer.

[danielrosasvargas]

love it

[poopybooyah]

@davechua RIP all of it! first osamu tezuka, the famous creator of astro boy died in February 9, 1989 but hayao miyazaki's live, then second, shotaro ishinomori, the famous creator of cyborg 009 died in January 28, 1998, but hayao miyazaki's still live, and then lastly, satoshi kon, the famous film director of perfect blue, millenium actress, tokyo godfathers, and paprika died in August 24, 2010, but hayao miyazaki's really still live, damn that hayao miyazaki! think he's so invincible, huh?!

[poopybooyah]

@AiraE3 this film of paprika kinda looks different like ralph bakshi's movie, cool world, and that also screenplay pictures look like hayao miyazaki's spirited away, dang! I miss satoshi kon, who's gonna replace from satoshi kon, who has a satoshi kon's offsprings? I love that anime style faces with lips, noses, eyebrows, hairs, and eyes, don't you think so?

[forwhitedogs]

amazing trailer, but i feel like it should of ended with the snap rather then the title screen. other then that i really liked it :>