2021
Directed by 今敏
第十集「小睡的瑪洛美」看似以後設角度，描述動畫製作者的工作與辛酸，實際上根本就是今敏把自己製作《藍色恐懼》的夢魘搬到舞臺上。他曾在《千年女優之道》一書中提到《藍色恐懼》幕後，長達90頁描述著製作該動畫的深淵：沒用的製片出各種包，職場雷事一口氣聚集。如此黑暗的製作過程，難怪《藍色恐懼》會這麼令人驚悚，或許今敏把他的負面情緒全都加進動畫中。
第九集可說是婆媽版的《千年女優》，不斷翻轉玩弄經典的文本套路，讓一則又一則的故事，變得越來越荒謬。而在10個小故事中，也能看到日本社會的縮影：集體壓力過大、情緒無法獲得舒張。
第八集「明朗的家族計劃」，宛如尋死版《東京教父》，三個在網路上認識的陌生人，原本相約一起尋死，卻在旅途中成為了彼此的依靠，重新定義了「家」與「愛」的關係。
《妄想代理人》是今敏作為動畫導演唯一的電視動畫，與電影不同，一季的影集通常需要好幾個概念或故事線，才能讓觀眾投入長達六小時的故事，卻也不覺得膩。今敏雖然在過往電影與漫畫作品中，呈現不少高概念的故事型態，但通常只有一條故事線，於是像《妄想代理人》這種12集的群像劇，就能看出今敏豐沛的狂想以及鋪陳懸念的敘事能力。
“How did writing a novel become such a deadly thing?” — Terrorizers They say there's nothing new under the sun. But once we step into the world of fiction, all the fuss, the unnecessary drama, the meaningless conflict—suddenly becomes the very engine that makes a story move. The meaning of “realism” is turned on its head. Imagination begins to feel more reasonable than reality. Only then can we fully immerse ourselves in each film’s unique narrative world— in the internal logic of its imagery, in the madness that somehow feels perfectly ordered. Because in fiction, as in dreams: Whatever happens, makes sense.
You hike the trails, you chase the sound, You dive where silent depths are found. (And overtime with no one paid, Fall hard for love that quickly fades.) I dream of lands where horses run, Of chopping wood beneath the sun. (But diets fail, my wallet’s bare — Still chasing clouds, not getting there.) If wounds are life’s unspoken part, Then let me bleed through books and art. Romance — a sickness? I’ll take the fall. I want it all — The high, the hurt, The rise, the sprawl.