This comes as an odd bit of news to me. I guess if I followed US licensing better it might make sense? I don't know. Anyway, Sony Pictures has announced that they plan to release Paprika on DVD in America on October 31st. Why is this odd, do you ask? Well, the movie isn't even going to see release in Japan until next year, and that's a theatrical release. I mean, I'm a long time fan of Sony in general, but is this a nod to the American anime market? Why are they doing it? It doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I will see if I can get into contact with some people at Sony to find something out.
July 27th, 2006 at 12:01 pm
Now that's bit of odd news for the day, never thought that Sony would do something like this. And it's pretty odd, given by the circumstances for Paprika in JP.
July 27th, 2006 at 11:37 pm
[…] A trailer is up for the new Satoshi Kon movie Paprika. It looks like he's taking another look at the psycological thriller, though we won't really know until it's released in Japan, in January. However, there are rumors that it will be released in the US on October 31st of this year, an idea which I frankly find baffling. In either case, I'm really excited, since Satoshi Kon is one of my favorite film makers (Millenium Actress is one of my favorite recent films of any type). […]