Kon Satoshi has passed away

 Kon Satoshi, 12th Oct 1963 - 24th Aug 2010

Kon Satoshi, 47, who directed famous works like Paranoia Agent, Paprika, Millennium Actress and Tokyo Godfathers has passed away. It was written by Maruyama Masao on his twitter account someone has passed away, though he did not name who at that time. Takeda Yasuhiro read Satoshi's obituary on mixi and tweeted about it later at about 2:30am (Japan time) today. It really is a great loss of a great director. He will be missed.