未来少年コナン
Satoshi Kon's most prominent influences were the works of Philip K. Dick and Yasutaka Tsutsui. Kon viewed various manga and anime up until high school. He was particularly fond of "Space Battleship Yamato", "Future Boy Conan", "Galaxy Express 999" (1978), "Mobile Suit Gundam" and "". Western films also served as an influence, most notably George Roy Hill's "Slaughterhouse-Five" (1972), "The City of Lost Children" (1995) and the works of Terry Gilliam, particularly "Time Bandits" (1981), "Brazil" (1985) and "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" (1989). In addition to Gilliam, he also blogged about watching Monty Python.