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Paprika
“This is your brain on anime.”
Dr. Atsuko Chiba is a research psychologist who uses a device called the DC Mini to enter her patients' dreams, wherein she adopts the alter-ego "Paprika". When the device is stolen, she must stop rogue elements from merging the dream and waking worlds.
Directed by Satoshi Kon, Jungo Maruta
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User score
2,941 votes
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Status
Released
Released
October 1, 2006
Runtime
1h 30m
Language
English, Japanese
Budget → Revenue
$2.6M → $946.6K
Top cast
Megumi Hayashibara
Paprika / Atsuko Chiba (voice)
Tohru Emori
Seijiro Inui (voice)
Katsunosuke Hori
Torataro Shima (voice)
Toru Furuya
Kosaku Tokita (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Toshimi Konakawa (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Morio Osanai (voice)
Hideyuki Tanaka
Guy (voice)
Satoshi Kon
Jinnai (voice)
Yasutaka Tsutsui
Kuga (voice)
Satomi Korogi
Japanese Doll (voice)
Rikako Aikawa
Nobue Kakimoto (voice)
Shinya Fukumatsu
(voice)
Kumiko Izumi
(voice)
Eiji Miyashita
(voice)
Mitsuo Iwata
Yasushi Tsumura (voice)
Shinichiro Ohta
(voice)
Akiko Kawase
(voice)
Anri Katsu
(voice)
Kozo Mito
(voice)
Keiichiro Endo
(voice)
