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.

Director:: Satoshi Kon
Stars:: Megumi Hayashibara (Paprika / Atsuko Chiba (voice)), Tohru Emori (Seijiro Inui (voice)), Katsunosuke Hori (Torataro Shima (voice)), Toru Furuya (Kosaku Tokita (voice)), Akio Otsuka (Toshimi Konakawa (voice)), Koichi Yamadera (Morio Osanai (voice))