Paprika

 Directed by Satoshi Kon, the Japanese animated psychological thriller centers around a fight between a dream terrorist who steals a technology that lets others share their dreams, however causing nightmares, and a study psychologist who enters the dream realm and transforms into Paprika, a dream detective, to probe the cases. The plotline is based on a 1993 namesake Japanese novel by author Yasutaka Tsutsui. Kon and Seishi Minakami collaborated on the script, and Kon's frequent colleague Susumu Hirasawa composed the music. Megumi Hayashibara, Tru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tru Furuya, Akio Tsuka, Kichi Yamadera, and Hideyuki Tanaka were among the Japanese voice actors.