Paprika

Paprika

This is your brain on anime.

2006•1h 30m•7.8/10

AnimationScience FictionThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.8/10(3K)

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.

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Production

Madhouse, Sony Pictures

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Paprika / Atsuko Chiba (voice)

Tohru Emori

Tohru Emori

Seijiro Inui (voice)

Katsunosuke Hori

Katsunosuke Hori

Torataro Shima (voice)

Toru Furuya

Toru Furuya

Kosaku Tokita (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka

Toshimi Konakawa (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Koichi Yamadera

Morio Osanai (voice)

Hideyuki Tanaka

Hideyuki Tanaka

Guy (voice)

Satoshi Kon

Satoshi Kon

Jinnai (voice)

Yasutaka Tsutsui

Yasutaka Tsutsui

Kuga (voice)

Satomi Korogi

Satomi Korogi

Japanese Doll (voice)

Rikako Aikawa

Rikako Aikawa

Nobue Kakimoto (voice)

Shinya Fukumatsu

Shinya Fukumatsu

(voice)

Kumiko Izumi

(voice)

Eiji Miyashita

Eiji Miyashita

(voice)

Mitsuo Iwata

Mitsuo Iwata

Yasushi Tsumura (voice)

Shinichiro Ohta

Shinichiro Ohta

(voice)

Akiko Kawase

Akiko Kawase

(voice)

Anri Katsu

Anri Katsu

(voice)

Kozo Mito

Kozo Mito

(voice)

Keiichiro Endo

(voice)

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