Satoshi Kon

Following the theatrical screening in September 2023, the 4K remaster edition of the late Satoshi Kon's 1997 anime film Perfect Blue will get its ultra HD Blu-ray release in Japan on February 28, 2025. The official X (formerly Twitter) for KON'S STONE, a company that manages the anime and manga works of Kon, announced the news today.As the first feature film work by Kon, the anime film adaptation of Yoshikazu Takeuchi's Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis psychological thriller novel released in Japan on February 28, 1998. The original character design was by acclaimed manga artist and illustrator Hisashi Eguchi (Stop!!

Animation film director Satoshi Kon, who passed away in August 2010 at the age of 46, was born on October 12, 1963 in Hokkaido, Japan.Ikebukuro HUMAX Cinemas, operated by Humax Entertainment, will hold a special screening event of the director's works as “Sato