this post is just rough notes of things I need to look at, including satashi kon..
(I need to read/watch akira)
https://theculturetrip.com/asia/japan/articles/terrible-beauty-works-katsuhiro-otomo/ in this article they used this quote
“He, too, has been changed in his turn
Transformed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.”
Transformed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.”
– W.B. Yeats
from this political poem, ireland
The “terrible beauty” serving as the refrain of this poem thus describes a twofold conflict: first, that passion for peace often breaks out in violence, and, two, that thoughtful and sensitive natures are often hardened by a quest for justice.
satoshi kon (who worked with otomo,) directed perfect blue, his works blur fantasy reality like his later work paprika (helps patients enter dreams) , millenium actress, dream machine which was never completed..
Dean DeBlois said, "Satoshi Kon used the hand-drawn medium to explore social stigmas and the human psyche, casting a light on our complexities in ways that might have failed in live action. Much of it was gritty, intense, and at times, even nightmarish. Kon didn't shy away from mature subject matter or live-action sensibilities in his work, and his films will always occupy a fascinating middle ground between 'cartoons' and the world as we know it."[35]