In “Paprika,” a gorgeous riot of future-shock ideas and brightly animated imagery, the doors of perception never close. … Kon bombards us with popping visual delights, including a dementedly cheery parade of inanimate objects in which household appliances, drumming frogs, beckoning cats, grinning dolls and even a red Shinto gate march in lockstep, sucking up human passers-by along the way. It can take a moment to situate yourself amid this splendidly controlled chaos.
Manohla Dargis ⬩ In a Crowded Anime Dreamscape, a Mysterious Pixie
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