Yesterday Morning at approximatively 6:20 am an anime director by the name of Satoshi Kon passed away from pancreatic Cancer, he was 46. This information was given and I retrieved it from ANN (Anime News Network) the funeral is to be privet, only his family members are to attend.
He was the director of many awesome works which I was lucky to have a few of amongst them are Paprika, Tokyo Godfathers and many more.
He also left a Farewell message in his site, according to ANN however his site is under heavy traffic load right now. ANN however archived a copy, this is what they gave from the beginning of his message.
"May 18 of this year, an unforgettable day.
My wife and I received the fallowing prognosis from a cardiologist at the Musashiro Red Cross Hospital:
'The pancreatic Caner is terminal and has metastasized to the bone. You have at most a half year left.' "
According to ANN he was to be working on directing an anime called Yume-Miru Kikai, this was the final anime he was to be working on, he held a meeting with MADHOUSE founder Masao Maruyama about this final directed work by him. This is another part of his farewell message.
"When I Conveyed my concerns for Yume-Miru Kikaito Mr. Maruyama, he said, 'It's fine. Don't worry. We'll do whatever it takes."
I cried.
I cried aloud."
At the end of the article held by ANN the posted the final words of the anime director.
"With feelings of gratitude for all that is goo in this world, I put down my pen.
Well, I'll be leaving now.
Satoshi Kon."
It is always saddening to lose people who have put their lives to do what they love, specially when it comes to animes that leave you with your moth wide open. His work will carry is memory as well as all his fans and people who had the honor to work with him.
