Madhouse to Resume Work on Satoshi Kon’s Last Film

Humberto Saabedra

The Dream Machine

The Madhouse portal has been updated with an announcement confirming that the studio will resume production work on Satoshi Kon’s last film The Dream Machine (Yume Miru Kikai) following the director’s passing this past summer in August.  Staff for the film is as follows:

Original Screenplay Director: Satoshi Kon
Animation Director Acting Director: Yoshimi Itazu/ Animation Director Inoue Toshiyuki
Music: Susumu Hirasawa
Producer: Maruyama Masao (Madhouse)

This morning, two new tweets have also confirmed that the film will also be able to be completed as Kon requested it, due to the confirmation of audio tapes made by Kon with complete instructions that the animation team has been following in order to continue the production along with precise storyboards.

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