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[Utako]

Its like an anime version of Inception. I thought it had cool visuals though.

Inception is a live-action, American version of Paprika.

 

[Suairyu]

Transformers is the American version of Evangelion because they both contain mechs and aliens who are later revealed to have been on earth for ages anyway.

 

[Metroid Killer]

Transformers is the American version of Evangelion because they both contain mechs and aliens who are later revealed to have been on earth for ages anyway.

Yes? Hideaki Anno admitted that he felt very inspired by the Transformers cartoons in this interview

 

[Freshmaker]

What did i just watch? Is this supposed to make like zero sense? Why was a girl sucking up a big black shadow man at the end? Did that dark haired woman marry that big fat guy or something at the end?

If you don't eat the guy, he takes over the world.

A large part of the movie is the protagonist trying to reconcile her outward self with her inner though.

 

[Suairyu]

Yes? Hideaki Anno admitted that he felt very inspired by the Transformers cartoons in this interview

That doesn't make either the <nation> version of the other though. They're so incredibly different. George Lucas was inspired by WWII fighter pilot movies with Star Wars; you wouldn't call them related. That was my point.

That Paprika and Inception share the device of going into someone's dreams doesn't make them remotely similar (and thus eligible for '<nation> version of <other nation's art>' title) at all.

 

[Theonik]

Replace Anime with LSD and you have your answer.

 

[Jex]

Although, I think Beautiful Dreamer contains with the most memorable imagery and music for portraying dreams of the lot and is superior for that fact.

I think it's maybe the only movie in that trio to actually seriously attempt dream-like imagery. I don't think Paprika was exploring that so much as exploring fantastical imagery.