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Want to be the envy of all animation fans? Then enter our give-away to win a 6"x4" statuette based on Satoshi Kon's Paprika! One of five copies will be awarded to each of the winners selected from a random drawing of e-mails sent to animecontest@gmail.com The deadline for entries is Midnight US Eastern 4/1/07. Paprika is the latest movie from Satoshi Kon, the anime auteur responsible for the acclaimed movies Perfect Blue , Millennium Actress and Tokyo Godfathers , and TV series Paranoia Agent. Produced at Studio Madhouse, Paprika adapts a novel from influential sci-fi writer Yasutaka Tsutsui, whose work also inspired the recent Madhouse/Mamoru Hosoda movie The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Anime's queen of voice acting Megumi Hayashibara plays the role of Dr. Atsuko Chiba, a scientist who must contend with her own alter-ego "Parika" in order to solve the mystery behind the thief of a device that can read a person's subconscious thoughts. Sony Pictures Classics' North American release of the film opens May 25th in New York and June 1st in LA. To see more, check out www.paprikamovie.com

Congradulations to the Winners

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