Thursday, 1 October 2009

Paranoia Agent

Paranoia Agent is an anime produced by Satoshi Kon about various problems of the Japanese society mixed together in a story through Lil' Slugger (A.K.A. Shōnen Bat). The stories that made Paranoia Agent were created by Satoshi during the time he made his movies Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, and Tokyo Godfathers. Satoshi Kon took all the stories he had thought of and created Paranoia Agent.

Plot

Lil' Slugger is a middleschooler who at nights, wanders around in roller skates with a golden baseball bat. He knocks people with it in order to "release" them from their problems. The anime is highly influenced by the movies of David Lynch. The series was premiered in Japan in 2004. It has 13 episodes.