Satoshi Kon died on a Tuesday and came back virally when Makiko Itoh translated a posthumous blog post from the Japanese anime filmmaker; retweets inevitably followed. The stream-of-consciousness missive ran through his fears and acceptance of the situation to the brutal send-off Itoh clarified: “So, he is essentially saying to the reader, ‘I have to go now, I’m leaving this world before you.’"
[the rest at GreenCine Daily]