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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 87%, Metacritic 81/100. Scores higher than 93% of the 597 2000s animation movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 30m. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic81/100
2,976 audience votes
Key crew
- Satoshi KonDirector
- Satoshi KonScreenplay
- Seishi MinakamiScreenplay
- Susumu HirasawaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Megumi HayashibaraPaprika / Atsuko Chiba (voice)
- Tohru EmoriSeijiro Inui (voice)
- Katsunosuke HoriTorataro Shima (voice)
- Toru FuruyaKosaku Tokita (voice)
- Akio OtsukaToshimi Konakawa (voice)
- Koichi YamaderaMorio Osanai (voice)
- Hideyuki TanakaGuy (voice)
- Satoshi KonJinnai (voice)
- Yasutaka TsutsuiKuga (voice)
- Satomi KorogiJapanese Doll (voice)
- Rikako AikawaNobue Kakimoto (voice)
- Shinya Fukumatsu(voice)
Stills
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Themes
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