Dreaming Machine (夢みる機械, Yume Miru Kikai) is an unfinished Japanese anime fantasy-adventure film directed by Satoshi Kon.
[3] In an interview with Anime News Network, Kon talked about the film, which would have centered on three characters, Ririco, Robin and King:[4] The title will be Yume-Miru Kikai.
It'll be like a "road movie" for robots.During Kon's battle with pancreatic cancer, the director expressed concern about the film being finished to Madhouse head Masao Maruyama.
[6] Susumu Hirasawa, whose song "Dreaming Machine" (from The Ghost in Science) is the source of the film's title, said: "I never received an official order from Kon.
[7] On November 10, 2010, the album Hen-Gen-Ji-Zai, which features a rerecording of "Dreaming Machine" made two months before Kon's death, was released by Hirasawa's labels.
In an interview in December 2014, Itoso said he felt comfortable taking a break from Dreaming Machine only because Satoshi Kon himself had urged him not to obsess too much about completing the project.
[10] In August 2016, Maruyama said in an interview with Japanese anime/manga news site Akiba Souken: For 4~5 years, I kept searching for a suitable director to complete Kon's work.
I also considered doing a documentary on Kon.In August 2018, Maruyama revealed that the movie will not be completed and released in the foreseeable future,[2] due to there being no directors in the Japanese animation industry that could match Kon's level of ability.
[3] In March 2021, it was announced scenes from the film will be shown in the upcoming French documentary Satoshi Kon: la machine à rêves.