Appearing at last weekend’s Japan Expo in Paris, Masao Maruyama, co-founder of Madhouse and Mappa Studios, and producer of movies of late director Satoshi Kon (Perflect Blue, Tokyo God Fathers, Millennium Actress, Paprika) announced his intention to produce an anime adaptation of Kon’s manga Opus at his new Studio M2.
Brilliant anime director Satoshi Kon (Paprika, Paranoia Agent, Tokyo Godfathers, Millennium Actress, Perfect Blue) died tragically young in 2010 at the age of forty-six.
However, while financing the project is a considerable challenge, the more difficult constraint is finding talent comparable to Kon’s.