R.I.P. Satoshi Kon

Director Satoshi Kon passes away

This is breaking news just coming in as I type this, emanating from the Twitter account of GAINAX's Yasuhiro Takeda and later confirmed by Madhouse's Masao Maruyama via the Otakon committee, but the renowned and much-admired anime director Satoshi Kon passed away yesterday at the age of 47.

During his life, Kon was responsible for a numer of high-profile animated efforts featuring his distinctive themes and styles, not least the movies Perfect Blue and Paprika, as well as the Paranoia Agent television series.

I'm sure it goes without saying that Satoshi Kon's influence will be immensely missed by anime fans around the world, and our thoughts go out to his friends and family with this tragic news.

I seriously can't believe it. Normally I don't get worked up over "celebrity" deaths, but Kon is someone whose work I absolutely admire, so I'm just shocked and saddened right now. This can't be happening. ;_________________;

I'll probably update this entry as more info comes in.

EDIT: More links:
@ io9 (also contains info about how his film Paprika helped inspire Inception)
@ AnimeNewsNetwork
@ IMDB
@ LA Weekly (recommended)
@ Onion A.V. Club (recommended)
@ /Film (recommended)

MY CABBAGES!!!!

CURRENT FAVORITES:
These New Puritans, "We Want War"
These New Puritans, "Attack Music"
These New Puritans, "Three Thousand"
How to Dress Well, "Lover's Start"
Philip Selway, Familial  (the whole album is streaming at NPR's website until the 31st, so please take a listen to it -- it's only a half-hour long, but it's SO GOOD.  I seriously can't wait to get my hands on it, even just some MP3s)

I'm really sorry for having put this meme on hold for so long -- I just haven't been in the mood to posting lately.  Plus, I finally got around to starting Avatar: The Last Airbender recently -- and I watched the whole first season in one day.  I'm a little embarrassed.........but only a little.  XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD  (ojuzu, I totally agree with you about Jet.  Though you're right when you said that it was episodes like the one he was in that make this show good.)

And I'm still sad about Satoshi Kon, too.  ;_;

All right then, on to the meme!

Reply and I'll give you four fandoms. You then have to make an entry writing about your favorite character from each fandom, and why.

poisontea gave me Transformers, Durarara!!, Evangelion, and Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, while gingeynary gave me Durarara!!, Transformers, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, and Pixar.  So.......six fandoms for the price of four!  8D

( Transformers )

( Durarara!! )

( Evangelion )

( SZS )

( LoGH [SPOILER WARNING] )

( Pixar )

..........And this took way longer than I thought it would.  ^_^;  I just wish I could say what characters I liked and left it at "BECAUSE THEY'RE ADORABLE AND FIERCE AND SMART AND COOL AND INDEPENDENT AND DORKY AND MULTIFACETED AND AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!"  But, my overachieving intellectual part of me was having none of it.  -_-  For that matter, I don't really think about why I like the characters I like, so trying to explain it was difficult.  Worthwhile, but difficult.  XD