Paprika

[snarkteeth]

Where do I begin? In Satoshi Kon's latest masterpiece (if you haven't seen Millennium Actress you should) he answers the loaded question, "What if a research organization created a device that allows multiple people to interact lucidly within each other's dreams, when a corrupt insider hijacks the device, remotely forcing multiple people (only

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[grinding_gears]

The trailer for Paprika said nothing me except 'This is everything you hate about anime wrapped up in a two minute trailer.'

[snarkteeth]

So I take it you prefer the anime with hundreds of episodes, shotty animation, terrible music, characters that are largely meaningless, and is a complete fantasy?

I generally dislike anime, but it's the rare 1% masterpieces like this that give true authenticity to the style as an art

[thekingofbleh]

Seriously? Because I thought it looked really good.

[grinding_gears]

In just that trailer, we get:

-Beep bop boop queer ass Japanese techno
-LOTS OF TENTACLES
-Malformed giant creepy doll-like people
-Neko Cats
-People flying on clouds
-Being trapped in a computer program
-The same we-wish-we-were-white anime interpretations of what people actually look like
-Etc.