Satoshi Kon (October 12, 1963 – August 24, 2010)
A great man, a visionary director and a masterful storyteller. He showed us at Eeeper’s Choice that you could mess with an audiences head, entertain them, get your point across and STILL not talk down to them or treat them like imbeciles. Myself and Oni are saddened by the world’s loss of Kon-senpai and wish to take this opportunity to extend our condolences and sympathies to his wife, family, friends, work colleagues and, indeed, his fans wherever they are right now.
We were going to tackle some of his works on the show, always with a “we’ll get round to it soon” attitude, but now instead of just celebrating his works, we’ll be celebrating him as a filmmaker and person as well. We hope when these shows DO come out, that we’ll do Kon-senpai justice. I will not be posting any links regarding his death or any of his works as I know the people who already know about him don’t need them and for the ones who have never encountered his works, go discover them for yourself. They’re all good, all of them.
I know that some of our friends on Twitter and in the blogging and podcasting realm are hurting right now at his loss, especially the ones who actually had the privilege and honour of meeting him (God, how I envy you), so I can only sign off with these words of Percy Shelley, speaking of the death of his friend and fellow poet, John Keats. Given the nature of Satoshi Kon’s works, I thought it appropriate.
“Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep –
He hath awakened from the dream of life…”
