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Tarfumes.com - Perfect Blue (Unrated) (Dub)
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List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $15.00
Your Save: $ 4.98 ( 25% )
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Manga Video
Starring: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ôkura, Michael McCarty (III)
Directed By: Satoshi Kon
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0660200404734
Format: Animated
Label: Manga Video
Manufacturer: Manga Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Manga Video
Release Date: 1999-11-23
Studio: Manga Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
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Editorial Reviews:
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One of the most ambitious animated films to come out of Japan (or anywhere, for that matter), Perfect Blue is an adult psycho-thriller that uses the freedom of the animated image to create the subjective reality of a young actress haunted by the ghost of her past identity. Mima is a singer who leaves her teeny-bop trio to become an actress in a violent television series, a career move that angers her fans, who prefer to see her as the pert, squeaky-clean pop idol. Plagued by self-doubt and tormented by humiliating compromises, she begins to be stalked, in her waking and sleeping moments, by an accusing alter ego who claims to be "the real Mima," until she collapses into madness as her coworkers are brutally slain around her. Director Satoshi Kon, adapting the novel by Yoshikazu Takeuchi, shows us the world from her schizophrenic perspective: days blur, dreams cross over into the waking world, the TV show blends into her real life, until her life merges with her part and she can't separate the ghosts from the real-life stalkers. Though the pat ending sweeps the psychosis and anxiety away with nary an emotional scar, it remains a smart, stylish thriller and one of the most intelligent and compelling uses of animation in recent years. Though tame by the extreme standards of "adult anime," there is nudity and a few sexually provocative scenes, and the animation is detailed and stylized (if somewhat stiff and jerky by Disney standards). --Sean Axmaker
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Unexpected
Comment: I watched this without knowing a thing about it. I'm relatively new to the whole anime genre so at first I was turned off by the dated look and kind of annoying music (personal tastes of course) BUT I had nothing else to do so I just kept watching it.
Turns out this movie is psycho. Before I knew it I was completely immersed in the story and captivated by the schizo explosion. The bad guy is so creepy looking I can still see his face in my head months later without having to look at a picture. I completely did not expect the twist at the end which was great - so either I wasn't paying enough attention to catch it or a movie actually surprised me. Overall, it was a pretty good movie. If it had been made as live action, I could see it being a frightening film that would do well in a mainstream thriller market.
The story isn't perfect and the beginning can move kind of slow, but once it gets rolling, it really moves.
Customer Rating:
Summary: As described, very fast shipping. A+++
Comment: I absolutely love this movie. At moments it can be confusing due to switches between the past and present. But I think this just adds to what Mima is feeling and how she deals with her life once she quits CHAM. I was surprised at the twist in events towards the end, but it made the movie that more amazing.
I definitely recommend it for those who like horror and mystery, and can appreciate animation.
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Summary: Really poor animation
Comment: I read some of these reviews and rented the movie because I loved Paprika by the same director. However "adult" the subject may be, the animation is barely good enough for a bad Saturday morning cartoon. I mean really weak, so bad it made watching pointless and we turned it off after 20 minutes.
And I love Hitchcock! I was looking forward to this but Hitch it ain't. Full of hitches, yes.
Paprika is great. This is not.
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Summary: One of the most suspenseful animes you'll ever see
Comment: Perfect Blue revolves around Mimi: a pretty and talented former pop idol who leaves her former trio behind for the pursuit of an acting career. That career begins in a starring role of a violent and sexually-filled series, which irks her fans that are still in love with her squeaky-clean image; one of which takes it to an extreme as Mimi's co-workers are picked off one by one in brutal fashion, as Mimi herself is being "haunted" by her former self. Wonderfully stylized animation (for the time it was produced) and filled with a plethora of intelligent twists and turns that you actually won't see coming, Perfect Blue is one of the most memorable and suspenseful animes to ever make the cross over into mainstream America. Violent, bloody, and oh so provocative, Perfect Blue nears perfection up until the final moments of it's climax and conclusion, which wraps things up in all too a neat, little package. That aside, the majority of Perfect Blue is a suspenseful anime treat that deserves attention, and on that note alone is worth the price of admission.
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Summary: Excuse me, who are you? Excuse me, who are you?
Comment: Satoshi Kon did an amazing job on this one. Me, being a fan of Paranoia Agent, and Tokyo Godfathers - I appreciate almost all of his animated films. It wasn't as good as Tokyo Godfathers however this isn't a place for comparison. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good old fashioned mind bending thriller. With a little bit of a psychotic identity crisis and an unforeseen twist of an ending.
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