History Creator / SatoshiKon

** Anime/PerfectBlue: GreyAndGrayMorality
** Anime/MillenniumActress: NoAntagonist
** Anime/ParanoiaAgent: GreyAndGrayMorality / BlackAndGrayMorality
** Anime/TokyoGodfathers: WhiteAndGreyMorality
** Literature/{{Paprika}}: BlackAndGrayMorality

* AuthorExistenceFailure: At the time of his death, he was working on a film about robots called ''The Dream Machine'' which would have been his first project aimed at a younger audience. [[invoked]]

* FamousLastWords: [[ButNowIMustGo "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go."]] The wording is said to be a specific phrase you'd use if you were, say, at work and called away, having to leave your coworkers to finish a project without you.

* ''The Dream Machine'' ([[AuthorExistenceFailure Event]][[DevelopmentHell ually]])

* FourIsDeath: Rather eerily, his fourth film, ''Paprika'', was his final theatrical film...[[DevelopmentHell to be released anyway]].
* GenreBusting: Most of his films have [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs strange or unconventional premises]].
* HeAlsoDid: Wrote, storyboarded and directed the fifth episode of the original ''{{Manga/JoJos Bizarre Adventure Stardust Crusaders}}'' OVA for {{Creator/APPP}} (the episode with the [[MemeticMutation memetic scene]] where DIO stares up at a 7UP sign). He died before Creator/DavidProduction animated the more well-known (nowadays) version of the anime, so we'll never know what he might have thought of their take on it.

** Literature/Paprika: BlackAndGrayMorality

** Anime/Paprika: BlackAndGrayMorality

** Paprika: GreyAndGrayMorality

* MagicRealism: Two of his works,''Anime/TokyoGodfathers'' and ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' have elements of this trope: in the former, the plot is driven by a series of incredibly fortunate coincidences, giving it a very "Christmas magic" vibe (And also,[[spoiler: the intervention of a supernatural force ends saving the life of one of the main characters ]] while in the latter a seemingly mundane mystery ends becoming a supernatural SurrealHorror story, but never losing a certain down-to-earth tone for the most part.

* MagicRealism: Two of his works,''Anime/TokyoGodfathers'' and ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' have elements of this trope: in the former, the plot is driven by a series of incredibly fortunate coincidences, giving it a very "Christmas magic" vibe (And also,[[spoiler: the intervention of a supernatural force ends saving the life of one of the main characters ]] while in the latter a seemingly mundane mystery ends becoming a SurrealHorror story, but never losing a certain down-to-earth tone for the most part.

%% * MagicRealism

* ConspicuousCG: Being visually innovative apparently makes you bet on the wrong horse sometimes.

* ''Anime/TheDreamMachine'' ([[AuthorExistenceFailure Event]][[DevelopmentHell ually]])

* AuthorExistenceFailure: At the time of his death, he was working on a film about robots called ''Anime/TheDreamMachine'' which would have been his first project aimed at a younger audience. [[invoked]]

Relatively unbeknownest to most, he also drew several manga before moving into animation, many of which were eventually released in English in 2013-2015.

* CastOfSnowflakes

* HumansAreSpecial
* MagicRealism

-->--'''Satoshi Kon''' closing out his final message to the world.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The last project he worked on was a kid-friendly robot movie called ''Anime/TheDreamMachine''.

* ConspicuousCGI: Being visually innovative apparently makes you bet on the wrong horse sometimes.
* FamousLastWords: [[ButNowIMustGo "Now excuse me, I have to go."]] The wording is said to be a specific phrase you'd use if you were, say, at work and called away, having to leave your coworkers to finish a project without you.
* FourIsDeath: Rather eerily, his fourth film,''Paprika'', was his final theatrical film...[[DevelopmentHell to be released anyway]].
* GenreBusting: Most of his films have [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs strange or unconventional premises.]]
* HeAlsoDid: Wrote, storyboarded and directed the fifth episode of the original ''{{Manga/JoJos Bizarre Adventure Stardust Crusaders}}'' OVA for {{Creator/APPP}} (the episode with the [[{{MemeticMutation}} memetic scene]] where DIO stares up at a 7UP sign). He died before {{Creator/David Production}} animated the more well-known (nowadays) version of the anime, so we'll never know what he might have thought of their take on it.

* PromotedFanboy: Kon was a fan of Yasutaka Tsutsui and Yoshikazu Takeuchi, and adapted works from the both of them [[Literature/{{Paprika}} into]] [[Anime/{{PerfectBlue}} films.]] He was also a fan of Susumu Hirasawa long before he first worked with him. [[invoked]]

** Anime/PerfectBlue: GrayAndGreyMorality

** Anime/ParanoiaAgent: GreyAndGrayMorality / BlackAndGreyMorality
** Anime/TokyoGodfathers: WhiteAndGrayMorality

* SignatureStyle: Satoshi Kon was known and loved for combining imagination with realism. Also, very smooth editing that involved a lot of [[MatchCut match cuts]]; when the editing was not smooth, he was quickly cutting to a shot that only lasted a few frames.

** Creator/{{Madhouse}} has thankfully confirmed [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-11/satoshi-kon-last-film-to-officially-resume-production the film is back in production.]] In Satoshi Kon's final message, he said he was assured by Madhouse founder Masao Maruyama that the studio would do "whatever it takes" to finish it.

** Anime/PerfectBlue: BlackAndGreyMorality

** Anime/ParanoiaAgent: GreyAndGrayMorality

* CentralTheme: Systems, humanity, surrealism, morality, mental illnesses, imagination vs realism.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: At the time of his death, he was working on a film about robots called ''Anime/TheDreamMachine'' which would have been his first project aimed at a younger audience.

* PromotedFanboy: Kon was a fan of Yasutaka Tsutsui and Yoshikazu Takeuchi, and adapted works from the both of them [[Literature/{{Paprika}} into]] [[Anime/{{PerfectBlue}} films.]] He was also a fan of Susumu Hirasawa long before he first worked with him.

* SignatureStyle: Satoshi Kon 's was known and loved for combining the imagination with realism.

** Unfortunately the movie has slipped back into DevelopmentHell again.

** Anime/TokyoGodfathers: WhiteAndGrayMoraloty

** Anime/TokyoGodfathers: WhiteAndGreyMoraloty

** Anime/MillenniumActress: WhiteAndGreyMorality

** Anime/TokyoGodfathers: GoodVsGood

* SlidingScaleOfRealisticVsFantastic

** Literature/Paprika: GreyAndGrayMorality