One of my all time favorites.

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

An interesting analysis of the representation of personalities, of the difference between what you are and the way you are perceived. There's also an argument to be had about its concrete approach on women and their part in modern society. A great work by Satoshi Kon, specially in the atmosphere and pacing department. The plot-points are actually treated with the complexity they required.

This film is really, really well made. The cinematic drawing style, the animation, the suspenseful atmosphere, everything. It really manages to evoke the fear and confusion Mima shows in the viewer as well. The way the scenes are made is brilliant: It gradually gets more bizarre an the twists made me quickly question what's real and what isn't myself.If you like psychological thrillers this is a must see. Don't let the fact that it's an anime fool you! This is nothing for children.

Perfect Blue is a 1997 psychological thriller film from director Satoshi Kon. It is based on a novel by Yoshikazu Takeuchi. To put it simply: this movie is bad. Like REALLY bad. It is confusing and mentally challenging to understand.Perfect Blue tells the story of a young women named Mima Kirigoe who is part of a Japanese pop group called CHAM. She decides to leave the group to become a actress. Then, it all goes downhill from there. You see Mima starts having hallucinations and you don't know which of her 'reality's' is real or an illusion.I will admit that while the film is really confusing, the animation is beautiful and nice to look at, and the music is pretty to listen to but that's about it. It doesn't have many good qualities to it.I give Perfect Blue a 2/10.

Mima: "Excuse me who are you".The story is about a retired a pop idol, worshipped by the masses until fashion dictated otherwise. In order to salvage her career, she is advised to drop music and pursue acting. A soap opera role is offered but Mima's character is less clean cut than desired. Regardless, she agrees and events take a turn for the worse. She begins to feel reality slip, that her life is not her own. She discovers (imagines) her identical twin, a mirror image that hasn't given up singing. Internet sites appear describing every intimate detail of her life and a figure stalks her from the shadows. Her friends and associates are threatened (and killed) as Mima descends into a dangerous world of paranoid delusion. She fears for her life and must unravel fact from illusion in order to stay alive. Perfect Blue represents a major change from traditional anime subject matter, analysing the pop icon phenomenon, fame and its psychological impact on the performer.It always shocks me how some people can dare to over look things, solid masterpieces out there but people still over look them and go see other films that are just stick in the mood basic films. I just adore the feeling of not knowing anything at the first then be amazed after wards and a film that get's you thinking as well, not like movies today that always play it save by doing the simple three act structure that I normally skip if I had the chance. Perfect Blue can be best described has a movie that you don't just put your feet up, sit back and have a delightful time, no in this you got to use your brain and try your best to piece it together to get the movie. Perfect Blue is Anime that got under my skin and drove the main character and me insane.A quick fun fact here but Black Swan is actually a remake of this movie, yes to those who didn't know that well you do now. If I have to compare what's the better movie I got to say that overall Black Swan is a great movie, but I liked Perfect Blue a lot more so Perfect Blue all the way.The animation in this never looked so well done, so beautiful but also scary and so haunting to look at. At times I thought I was watching a Hayao Miyazaki movie or a Stanley Kubrick film at one point, just be the switch of the atmosphere like it's peacefulness and then a utterly insane feeling to the movie.For problems: Without spoiling anything the ending to me didn't end on a good note in my opinion. It isn't terrible it's just that it left me there going "Nah".Overall Perfect Blue is an dark and twisted Anime movie with beautiful but haunting animation that sells the movie off has a deep thinking movie that you shouldn't get lost on track if you really want to understand the film. The film is a slow cult following that I will totally recommend to people who love Anime and analyzing films.