Paprika 4K Remaster Arrives August 7 With Dream Fortune Slip Gift

Satoshi Kon's Paprika is getting a 4K restoration, and it's arriving nationwide on August 7. The remastered version of the 2006 film—Kon's last theatrical work—will come with an original Yume Mikuji (dream fortune slip) as an admission gift, inspired by scenes pulled directly from the movie.

Early screenings kick off in Shinjuku from July 17 to 23, followed by Kyoto screenings starting July 31. If you've been waiting for an excuse to revisit this surreal, shape-shifting masterpiece in pristine quality, the timing is deliberate: the gift ties the theatrical experience back into the film's own dreamscape logic, where reality and imagination collapse into each other.

Paprika, adapted from Yasutaka Tsutsui's novel, remains one of anime's most visually audacious works—a film that moves like a fever dream and demands to be seen on the biggest screen possible. A 4K restoration is the kind of technical investment that suggests someone at the distribution end understands what this film is worth.

Source: anime.eiga.com