Perfect Blue
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.
Perfect Blue is a movie with 1 episode, from Winter 1998, produced by MADHOUSE, rated 8.5/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
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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- Dissociative Identities — A case where one or more people share the same body.
- Denpa — Works that feature themes of social dissociation, delusions, and other issues like suicide, bullying, self-isolation, paranoia, and technological necessity in daily lives. Classic iconography: telephone poles, rooftops, and trains.
- Female Protagonist — Main character is female.
- Acting — Centers around actors or the acting industry.
- Idol — Centers around the life and activities of an idol.
- Primarily Adult Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of characters above a high school age.
- Meta — Features fourth wall-breaking references to itself or genre tropes.
- Work — Centers around the activities of a certain occupation.
- Filmmaking — Centers around the art of filmmaking.
- Philosophy — Relating or devoted to the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.
- Tragedy — Centers around tragic events and unhappy endings.
- Gore — Prominently features graphic bloodshed and violence.