Paprika
“This is your brain on anime.”
Dr. Atsuko Chiba is a research psychologist who uses a device called the DC Mini to enter her patients' dreams, wherein she adopts the alter-ego "Paprika". When the device is stolen, she must stop rogue elements from merging the dream and waking worlds.
Genres
Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller
Studio
Madhouse
Language
ja
Status
Released
How Paprika performed
Budget
$2.6M
Worldwide Gross
$946,590
Gross Profit
−$1.7M
Return
0.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$101K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~38/62, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (28% of the domestic run, typical for Animation) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Paprika / Atsuko Chiba (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
Paprika / Atsuko Chiba (voice)
Seijiro Inui (voice)
Tohru Emori
Seijiro Inui (voice)
Torataro Shima (voice)
Katsunosuke Hori
Torataro Shima (voice)
Kosaku Tokita (voice)
Toru Furuya
Kosaku Tokita (voice)
Toshimi Konakawa (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Toshimi Konakawa (voice)
Morio Osanai (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Morio Osanai (voice)
Guy (voice)
Hideyuki Tanaka
Guy (voice)
Jinnai (voice)
Satoshi Kon
Jinnai (voice)
Kuga (voice)
Yasutaka Tsutsui
Kuga (voice)
Japanese Doll (voice)
Satomi Korogi
Japanese Doll (voice)
Nobue Kakimoto (voice)
Rikako Aikawa
Nobue Kakimoto (voice)
(voice)
Shinya Fukumatsu
(voice)
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