Satoshi Kon was a one-of-a-kind creative force within the anime industry, a visionary director with a style that was distinctly his own. Despite directing just four feature films and a TV anime series throughout his career, the impact of his work can still be felt both inside and outside the industry as one of the most influential and important voices in 21st-century animation. So unique was Satoshi Kon‘s directorial style, in fact, that following his premature death from pancreatic cancer at the age of 46, his then-in-production film The Dreaming Machine floundered and was eventually canceled because no other director could fill those shoes and replicate his vision.
Creating a documentary that both celebrates and honors this legacy was the difficult task placed at the hands of French director Pascal-Alex Vincent when he selected the late director to be the subject of his…
