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PERFECT BLUE
Rising pop star Mima has quit singing to pursue a career as an actress and model, but her fans aren’t ready to see her go... Encouraged by her managers, Mima takes on a recurring role on a popular TV show, when suddenly her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima’s reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia. As her stalker closes in, in person and online, the threat he poses is more real than even Mima knows, in this iconic psychological thriller that has frequently been hailed as one of the most important animated films of all time. (Source: Shout! Factory) Note: The film received an early premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival on August 5, 1997.
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Perfect Blue is the Directorial film debut of the late Satoshi Kon, and the film that rightfully put him on the map. It is a psychological thriller about idol-turned-actress Mima Kirigoe (also known as "Mimarin"), following her descent into paranoia as the stress of an image change and a series of s…
Read full review on AniList →<center><h2><b><em>This review will contain spoilers!!</em></b></h2></center> Well, that's an experience I am sure to not forget any time soon or ever actually. I got around to watching Perfect Blue and suffice to say it was unique experiencing. I honestly thought I was following it to somewhat a t…
Read full review on AniList →This movie was honestly one of the best movies if not, the best movie I’ve ever watched. Somethings that stood out to me the most were the usage of sound, color, and how close you were with the main character Mima throughout the movie and especially at the end of the movie. This movie has an immens…
Read full review on AniList →As Mima finally starts getting accustomed to how to use a computer, she stumbles across a website called “Mima’s Room” that seems to go into painstaking detail about her personal life. Nearly everything, from her steps off the train to the kinds of goods she buys at the supermarket, are broadcast as…
Read full review on AniList →~~~ #𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 img(https://files.catbox.moe/0waixx.png) img380(https://64.media.tumblr.com/108ba972d8b099dc2cfd2072c…
Read full review on AniList →!!!WATCH THIS BLIND!!! THE REVIEW DOESN’T CONTAIN SPOILERS BUT DISCUSSES STRUCTURE, WHICH COULD ALTER ENJOYMENT The void between self and self-saught; the perception and awareness, or lack thereof, of one’s own character. Perfect Blue perfectly encapsulates the ever-present struggle of persona wit…
Read full review on AniList →~~~It's very difficult to discuss Perfect Blue without spoiling the **** out of it, and I honestly recommend everyone watch it completely blind. I LOVE media that messes with my head; media that I can't see the direction of. Media that doesn't let me predict it. Perfect Blue is one of the best examp…
Read full review on AniList →This is the _best ******* movie I've ever watched. Satoshi Kon is a genius for coming up with this ****. While the plot beneath the movie is relatively simple, the execution makes it super complicated for the viewer, which is perfect for what the movie is trying to convey. The essence of the movi…
Read full review on AniList →Looking back I always found the desire for fame to be a paradoxical one. On one hand there is passion involved in most pursuits that can make you famous. And for some people becoming famous is maybe a side-effect of actually following said passion. But then you also have to consider all the people t…
Read full review on AniList →~~~img(https://i.postimg.cc/T32W0kcP/I-m-unable-to-create-visual-content-directly-but-I-can-guide-you-on-how-to-create-Perfect-Blue-in.jpg) ᴾᵉʳᶠᵉᶜᵗ ᴮˡᵘᵉ ¹⁹⁹⁷ After so many years of putting it off and burying it at the bottom of an endless list of anime I probably will never watch, _Perfect Blue_ be…
Read full review on AniList →"Who are you?" _Perfect Blue_ is the first feature film directed by Satoshi Kon. A protégé of _Akira_ creator Katsuhiro Otomo, Kon cut his teeth as a manga artist, screenwriter, and animator (his early credits including layout work on _Patlabor 2: The Movie_ and episode directing and writing on the…
Read full review on AniList →#<center><b><a>--> THIS REVIEW SPOILS THE ENTIRE MOVIE <--</a></b></center> ___ #<center><b><a>0. Instructions</a></b></center> <center>img500(https://i.imgur.com/13raqzC.png)</center> In the 56th minute of the movie there’s a scene that takes place in the TV show Mima is starring in, they’re talkin…
Read full review on AniList →Analyzing the movie while I was watching it was the best thing I could do, every plot twist and "dream" that occurs in the duration of the film has a lot of symbolic material to determine in which diegesis is the story developing and what things are real and what others are not. The first half has i…
Read full review on AniList →~~~<a>What is this show about?</a>~~~ ~~~This show focuses on Mima kirigoe; a young, famous, former performer who wants to expand her career by going into acting instead. As a consequence of this, she goes through a bunch of literally ****** drama due to her fame. ~~~ ~~~<a>A R T</a>~~~ img500(ht…
Read full review on AniList →Perfect Blue é o melhor retrato de como funciona a vida de uma pessoa famosa por trás de todo o glamour das câmeras. Não é novidade que o mundo da fama é cheio de podres, e no filme de Satoshi Kon temos uma perspectiva maior desses problemas na vida de uma Idol Japonesa, além de serem tratadas como…
Read full review on AniList →~~~img500(https://i.ibb.co/gwhwnBY/perfect-blue-55e23fda1d595-removebg-preview.png) A masterpiece in every way shape and form. From title itself all the way to the hidden messages in the movie. <a>Perfect Blue</a> is just, well its just __<a>PERFECT!!!</a>__ img(https://img.artrabbit.com/events…
Read full review on AniList →"Perfect Blue" by Satoshi Kon is not merely a film; it is a psychological assault that dismantles the viewer’s sense of security. The way I was left astonished, questioning my sanity and battling a profound existential crisis throughout the entire end credit sequence needs to be acknowledged. This i…
Read full review on AniList →_“Excuse me… Who are you?”_ Perspective. Works of fiction such as TV and film are all about perspective. Fiction in general is the classification of imaginative stories, these stories having the ability to convey themes to give stories a deeper meaning. But with TV and film, these stories are prese…
Read full review on AniList →#~~~__Perfect Blue Review__~~~ ~~~___Date finished: 4/18/2022___~~~ ~~~___SUMMARY___ img520(https://c.tenor.com/7VhAawmeCT4AAAAC/perfect-blue-anime.gif) ~~~ _Perfect Blue_ is a film that is, on the surface, about one thing, but ends up being about another thing. I really appreciated the story and t…
Read full review on AniList →~~~img200(https://cdn.rafled.com/anime-icons/images/pPIseKAyPSoW9s6C2ffK4TF33dWIUwql.jpg) Ai Hoshino from Oshi no Ko~~~ One of my top 10 anime of all time is Oshi no Ko. The setting is in the Idol and entertainment industry in Japan and it follows an Idol turned media personality and her children:…
Read full review on AniList →_“Director Satoshi Kon could have wished for a worse film when he made his debut as a director in 1997 with the internationally successful and critically acclaimed Perfect Blue. With its dazzling storytelling technique and strikingly mature subject matter, Perfect Blue finally convinced a lot of pe…
Read full review on AniList →Perfect Blue shines not only as a movie, but is also impressive as a directional debut into film. This being someone's first movie reminds me heavily of Ari Aster and his debut, Hereditary. Both films are impressive feats for any Director, let alone a debut. They also get to share the similarity of…
Read full review on AniList →~~~**[Perfect Blue ](https://anilist.co/anime/437/Perfect-Blue/)**~~~ ~~~<a> ━━━━━━ ✺ ━━━━━━</a>~~~ ~~~____<a>Thoughts and Consensus</a>____~~~ ~~~_Note: There will be spoilers scattered throughout my in-depth synopsis as I can't see another way to explain/illustrate the symbolism I found during my…
Read full review on AniList →<hr width=40%> #<a>~~~⬢⬡⬢__| _`Perfect Blue`_ |__⬢⬡⬢~~~</a> <hr width=50%> ~~~img100%(https://i.imgur.com/d9HeRlt.gif)~~~ ~~~"Who am I?", a chilling and thought provoking narrative that blurs the lines between reality and fantasy. It's purposefully confusing and misleading directing, well develope…
Read full review on AniList →This review was part of Anicord's Winter 2025 Contracts I am not a movie person. Anime vs live action, I can never really convince myself to sit down and watch a movie unless my wife asks me to. The last anime movie I watched of my own free will was JJK Zero, and before that was probably the Konosu…
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