It is assumed that Immin did not die early, but instead had a normal length of career development (for example, to the age of 65 pension), "Paprika" as Immin film work in the late stage of a book, the technique has reached the realm, has long been fully embodied in a school of masters of the style, the influence of its writings and the length of time to take place is equivalent to the "Princess of the Ghosts Ten and One Thousand Years of Love for Miyazaki anime, The Dragon and the Eight for Mr. Jin Yong. The Thousand and One for Hayao Miyazaki anime, The Eight Parts of the Dragon For Mr. Jin Yong.

It also represents the fact that, while we're sadly not going to get to see the pinnacle of Imazumi, Paprika has likely been closer to that one for a long time. (By comparison, I personally feel even more sorry for Kifumi Kondo, whose only book, Sideways, I think is already on par with the vast majority of Miyazaki's work.)

Frequent evaluation of "Paprika" and "Inception" comparison, I feel that "Paprika" to be more obscure and difficult to understand, the basic principles of the two are similar, but "Inception" in fact step by step to make it clearer, if you pay attention to watch the movie to see once needless to say that the whole understanding, to see a roughly is not a problem, while the "Paprika" in the actual and the illusion of walking through the dream of the plot and the objects filled with If the lack of movie review assistance and not two or three times difficult to explore the bottom.

This movie is probably one of the most obscure of Imaaki's works, and I personally find it slightly more obscure than Mima no Miya, and about the same as Paranoia Agent.