Director Kon Satoshi Passes Away [Updated Aug 25]

According to the tweet of Takeda Yasuhiro (GAINAX's producer), Kon Satoshi passed away due to pancreatic cancer. He was 46. Mangaka Yuuki Masami also confirmed the news.

According to Cinema Today, MAD HOUSE announced that Kon Satoshi passed away in the early morning of August 24th. He had been working on a new anime "Yume Miru Kikai" (Yume Miru Kikai official website).

Source: Cinema Today
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Maruyama Masao, the former president of Madhouse Studios, tweeted on August 24th that a director closely related to the studio had suddently passed away. The tweet has brought about conjectures on who he/she is. Fukuda Noriyuki (general graphic director of "Bakugan Battle Brawlers") said he had no idea about it. Animator Moritomo Hiroki ("Bokura ga Ita") said a graphic director who shares a work room with him was talking about the news on the phone.

Sources: Maruyama's tweet, Fukuda's tweet, Moritomo's tweet, Takeda Yasuhiro's tweet, Yuki Masami's twitter, GIGAZINE, Natalie

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lot of death happened in anime society

I don't get why you post news when you don't know if anyone actually died. Until we know for sure this is another case of vapor news.

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oh wow

darn i hate death news T_T

He probably killed himself looking at how shitty Madhouse's sales are compared to garbage like Angel Beats and Gundam Seed Destiny

Feels sad man

Exactly.

Is this why people are saying Satoshi Kon died?

Yeah, it's on twitter. So it's time to wait for an official statement I guess.

Satoshi Kon

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::Edit:: Source http://twitter.com/takedayasuhiro/status/22018243608

Aww I am really sad to hear this. I loved Madhouse since back in the 90's. RIP :(

Oh. My. Fucking. God.

Rest in peace, Satoshi Kon.

Wouldn't it be better to only announce the death with the name of the director?
Well, anyway, death news are always sad... RIP for him ;_;

People are only just now figuring out WHO it was. It's called developing news.

The fuck...

One of the men whose works made me like anime.
Rest in peace, Satoshi-sensei.

Holy fucking shit, please don't let it be Satoshi Kon.

I mean, obviously it'll be sad no matter who it is, but dear god don't let it be Kon. ;__;

This day just turned into a shitty one.

So has it confirmed by madhouse that it is indeed Satoshi Kon? I thought if it was as high profile as him, we would have known from the start, so I thought it would have been someone more obscure, but still did a lot for Madhouse such as Yuzo Sato, director of the adaptations of Kaiji and One Outs).

Anyway, rest in peace, former Madhouse director who may or may not be Satoshi Kon.

W-what...? I just can't believe it. But has it been an official announcement yet? Whose Twitter was it who said that it was Satoshi Kon who died?

There must be curse placed on the anime industry.

rest in peace man

The one quoted earlier works for Gainax. Other various industry people are going on about it as well. Not confirmed yet, but it's not looking too good.

Satoshi Kon? It cannot be...

are you fucking kidding I loved Satoshi Kon and he didn't even get to release his upcoming movie Dream Machine and he was one of the best anime movie directors ever along with Matoko Shinkai and Hayao Miyazaki. It truly is a sad day to be an anime fan. T_T

R.I.P Satoshi Kon <333333333333

Can't say I'm too distressed, as I've only seen Paranoia Agent, but oh well. RIP.

Satoshi Kon.. I just finished watching everything he's done just a few months ago too. R.I.P Sensei x

Yasuhiro Takeda, Gainax Head Producer. It's since been confirmed by the Madhouse head guy. There will probably be an official announcement soon.

I've still only seen Paranoia Agent by the guy. Guess I'll be doing a Kon binge this week

Unfortunately, various sources within the Japanese industry, notably Madhouse and Gainax ones, report Kon's death too... I REALLY hope it's not true. Really.

Oh, ok, thanks. Well, we just have to cross our fingers then. But of course, it's sad whoever it is.

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Oh, crap. I've only seen Tokyo Godfathers, but it was excellent, and I have been thinking of watching the rest for a long time now. Will most likely also do a marathon of his works as soon as I have the time. I'll leave the R.I.P to after the official announcement, just in case. It's a really sad day.

Unfortunately it has been confirmed by Otakon staff, who cite Maruyama (of Madhouse) as a source:

http://board.otakon.com/index.php?showtopic=20122&st=0&gopid=228397&#entry228397

This is incredibly sad news.

It has been recently confirmed by Madhouse. Ha, you guys need to give them a little time--this was going down between 2AM and 4 AM in Tokyo!

Shit, this is really disheartening. To think that he was so young.
May he rest in peace.

Ann says it's Kon :(

I loved his work in Tokyo Godfathers and was going to look more into his work. To hear such a news now is really sad!

RIP Satoshi Kon.

And there was the annoncement.

Rest in peace, Satoshi Kon. You'll be remembered.

So it looks like it really is Satoshi Kon if it has been confirmed by Madhouse, Otakon and ANN.

Perfect Blue was a great movie and I liked Tokyo Godfathers quite a lot as well.

Rest in peace, Satoshi Kon. You will be missed.

*Goes off to start watching Paranoia Agent*

Never cared for Satoshi Kon, still sad to see him go.

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RIP

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He was truly one of the industry's most intellectual talents and I will greatly miss him. My condolences to his family and friends; this is a major loss for the industry.

R.I.P.

Millenium Actress was one of my favorite anime film of all time.

Blaaaaaaaaaargh...why is it that always great people always die early (kinda xP) DX

T_T

RIP Satoshi Kin

This. ;__;

I have no words. I'm so sorry.
Thanks for all, really. Very thanks... for all.

Well crap. RIP Satoshi Kon. You're gone much too soon. At least we still have your movies to remember you by. And man, are they good movies.

Oh my god. This is just unbelievable.

RIP Satoshi Kon.

I was really hoping this would just turn out to be a rumor, or some manner of false alarm.

The man was an auteur that knew how to use animation to make the implausible or impossible seem all too real. Nobody made movies quite the way that he did. Millennium Actress is one of my favorite films and I only just discovered Paprika a few months ago. It practically breaks my heart to think that The Dream Machine could go unfinished and that a truly spectacular career has been cut short so soon as this.

Recently a lot of people related in creating manga and anime passes away. This sucks. I wonder why this happens all the time.

Rest in Peace, Kon-san.