Paprika Archives

The lineup includes the 30th-anniversary theatrical release of the acclaimed samurai period action-adventure Ninja Scroll, the futurist cyberpunk mind-bender Metropolis 2001, based on a story by the "Godfather of Manga," Osamu Tezuka, a special  15th Anniversary 4K restoration of director Satoshi Kon's groundbreaking anime, Paprika,  and the wildly popular Cowboy Bebop The Movie, the feature film based on the[...]

10th (Encore of choice) Anime Expo Cinema Nights invites you to revisit Perfect Blue, the groundbreaking and rarely screened first film from the legendary director Satoshi Kon (Paprika, Paranoia Agent), as it returns to theatres for its 25th anniversary Rising pop star Mima has quit singing to pursue a career as an actress and model, but her fans[...]

Paprika may sound incredibly familiar to most as it was a film back in 2006 by Satoshi Kon, but the novel of the story by Yasutaka Tsutsui is set to become a live-action series from Amazon & Hivemind with Cathy Yan set to direct and executive produce Yan's previous projects include films like Birds of Prey and Dead[...]