Deadline reported Monday that a live-action series based on Yasutaka Tsutsui’s sci-fi thriller novel Paprika is being produced. Amazon Studios and Hivemind are collaborating on this series.
Cathy Yan (Birds of Prey, Dead Pigs) is serving as both director and executive producer. Ash Sarohia (Killing Gunther), Yan’s producing partner at Revived Media, is also credited as an executive producer, along with Masi Oka (Death Note live-action) and Jason Brown (The Witcher).
Tsutsui originally serialized the novel in two parts in the French-British international magazine Marie Claire in the January 1991–March 1992 and August 1992–June 1993 issues. Chuukoron-Shinsha published the novel in 1993. Alma Books released it in English in 2009.
Madhouse adapted the novel into an anime film in 2006 with director Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue, Sennen Joyu). In 2007, the film won the Tokyo Anime Award for Best Musical and the Newport Beach Film Festival for Best Animated Feature Film.
Reiji Hagiwara serialized a manga adaptation in Mister Magazine from October 1994 to September 1995. Kodansha collected the manga into two volumes.
Eri Sakai ran a three-chapter manga adaptation in Monthly Shnen Serious from March to May in 2007 – the sequel to the anime film which includes the “What If” scenario.
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When prototype models of a dream-attack device go missing at the Institute for Psychiatric Research, it is revealed that someone is using them to drive people crazy. In danger both personally and professionally, the brilliant psychotherapist Atsuko Chiba must travel into a world of fantasy to fight his mysterious adversaries. As she descends deeper into the imagination, the line between dream and reality blurs, and nightmares seep into the daily realm. The scene sets up for a final showdown between the dream detective and his enemies, with the subconscious being their battleground, and the future of the waking world at stake. (source: vintage)
Source: Deadline
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