Other names : Perfect Blue
Year : 1997
Genre : Thriller, Psychological
Duration : 1 hr. 20 min.
Mima is a star in the idol world, but after moderate success, she wishes to try something new and achieve even more fame as an actress. But this, her most extreme fans don't really like the turn she takes for her career. It doesn't take long before the calls to complain start, then the threatening faxes (things that like nothing else happened in Japan at that time) and also letters with scary content but one of the most disturbing things is a blog on the internet where she mentions each of her actions, there are even times when they pretend to be her.
The impression of the show begins quite calm, but at all times you can feel that unease and discomfort in the environment, and it is something that tells us that there is more below the surface. And sure enough, it isn't long before Mima's mind starts to crack. She is selected for a sexually charged thriller, and in this she is blurring the lines between reality and madness. Each scene is, in some way, more disturbing than the previous one. If you are one of those who does not like disturbing movies, with a great load of suspense and enormous psychological stress, this anime is not recommended for you.
As the scenes get more haunting, so does the editing; Kon, who is an editing genius, knows exactly when to cut a scene to get a pretty good effect, the transitions between scenes are also on a skill level and he compares to very few directors. In various scenes, the narrative and music are constructed in such a way that they bring us to the climax of each scene, but just in the moment before it reaches that point, Kon suddenly moves on to the next scene, taking us in one direction entirely. different than we were going. This causes a shock to our emotions, but it is well designed, each edited part blurs the fine line between reality and what is not.
Although Perfect Blue does not have the energy of Kon's next works (I hope to review them soon), this film is excellently animated and edited, however, it does have some problems in the audio and the synchronization with the movement of the mouth of the characters , but despite this the movie is excellent and highly recommended to watch.