Paprika and Spirited Away are among the few Anime animations that represent why I love watching anime movies so much. Both are extremely artistic and highly masterful works that take storytelling and animation into a whole new visual dimension. Truly, most animes are like that in a sense. It's mind food for the visually deprived and like your favorite foods they continue to whet your appetite for more.
The famous director, Satoshi Kon who also won an award for "Millennium Actress", continues to shine with his newest spectacle "Paprika".

A team of researchers discovered a medical breakthrough. They created a psychotherapy device that allows them to enter into the dreams of other people in an effort to cure them of any mental illnesses. However, events take a turn when two of the devices are stolen by someone in the research team. Paprika is the healer of the dreams and alter-ego of head female researcher Doctor Atsuko Chiba. Dr. Atsuko and her close fellow scientists must find the "dream terrorist" in order to save friends that have already become victims. The dreams and nightmares begin to merge with reality leaving the fate of the world in their hands.

"Waking Life" is similar to this movie where dreams move from scene to scene with fluidity and haphazardness. This is a complex adult movie with partial nudity so don't expect to watch this with your kids like "Spirited Away".

Paprika is surreal, disturbing, and intensely mind-blowing with an overwhelming parade of Japanese iconography and vibrant confetti colors. It will keep you on the edge with suspense. "Paprika" truly does add a little spice to your life.



Paprika review via Sazze.com