"Perfect Blue" is the story of Mima Kirigoe's transition from being a singer in a pop group with a squeaky clean image to an actress in racy murder mystery television series called "Double Bind".
While she is willing to leave her old image behind it is clear that somebody will do anything to protect that image. People around her who are involved in pushing her further from her old self are murdered and she is directed to a web site that was made my somebody who clearly knows far too much about her to be a stranger.
As things go wrong for her Mima starts to hallucinate, seeing her old self who keeps telling her that she should have remained a pop singer. Frequently we don't know if what we are watching is reality, an hallucination or a scene from "Double Bind". The film deserves a second viewing to help you understand some of the confusion... After seeing it a second time I raised my vote by one.
While this isn't a perfect anime it is very good even though the animation is cruder than Satoshi Kon's later works; I suspect the rough look may have been deliberate. If you believe animation is solely a medium for children's films this will change your opinion, it is closer to "Basic Instinct" than it is to "Bambi".
While she is willing to leave her old image behind it is clear that somebody will do anything to protect that image. People around her who are involved in pushing her further from her old self are murdered and she is directed to a web site that was made my somebody who clearly knows far too much about her to be a stranger.
As things go wrong for her Mima starts to hallucinate, seeing her old self who keeps telling her that she should have remained a pop singer. Frequently we don't know if what we are watching is reality, an hallucination or a scene from "Double Bind". The film deserves a second viewing to help you understand some of the confusion... After seeing it a second time I raised my vote by one.
While this isn't a perfect anime it is very good even though the animation is cruder than Satoshi Kon's later works; I suspect the rough look may have been deliberate. If you believe animation is solely a medium for children's films this will change your opinion, it is closer to "Basic Instinct" than it is to "Bambi".