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Summary: Excuse me who are you?
Review: Now I watced this expecting a regular run of the mill murder mystery where the ending is anything but shocking or surprising. Was I ever wrong. The story is about a pop singer who give up her career to become and actress. When she first gives up her pop idol life things start to get weird, things happen. First there is an accident, a few murders and a mysterious web page. This anime is not intended for children. There is a rape scene( acted out for the televison show she works on) and blood and multiple stabs to someones eye. One thing I love about this anime is the cheerful song which is sung in the beging. This song soon begins to haunt the star as she desperatly struggles to figure out what is going on. The ending is one that I never saw coming and that is what makes it so good. If you want a wierd anime that keeps you guessing and you have a stomach for it get this uncut and subtitled anime.
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Summary: "Perfect Blue" is Perfect
Review: Having heard some good word about this movie through anime mags and such, I was pretty stoked to have finally buy it. It lived up to all my expectations. It was an extremely violent and profoundly intelligent movie that will no doubt serve the needs of people searching for something different. For the full effect, try the "Unrated" version. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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Summary: Not Really Animation
Review: Leave it to the Japanese to animate a movie any Hollywood director could've attempted to make using, say, a 20-yr old version of Sharon Stone, and maybe Tommy Lee Jones as The Detective solving the case... What I'm trying to say is that 'Perfect Blue' could've easily become a stupid psycho-thriller in the tradition of anything ever shown on a Saturday afternoon on the USA Network, if it wasn't animated and handled as deftly by Satoshi Kon and Hisao Shirai. The script, adapted by Sadayuki Murai from a novel by Yoshikazu Takeuchi, fits right into the great psychological Hitchcock thrillers of the 50's and 60's, with an added 90's twist (nudity, severe violence, and a simulated rape scene). That said, it's possible a very mainstream anime film (that is, one that could interest film fans who aren't necessarily "into" anime). This becomes increasingly clear near the (somewhat surprise) ending which grounds the film back into reality, leaving enough questions unanswered to warrant repeated viewings.Recommended to fans of the genre or mystery/thriller fans willing to try something new.
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Summary: Great film - terrible dub
Review: I saw this film in theaters about 2 months ago, and it was awesome! It is one of the best anime's I have ever seen: the animation is wonderful and chilling, the characters are very well developed, and the music is brilliant... but the dub is TERRIBLE! It sounds like the voice actors read & recorded the script without even practicing once. Some of the scenes you can just tell would be so awesome in the original Japanese... so buy the film, just buy it subbed! Sure it's a bit more expensive but it's worth it. Plus, they actually HAVE it subbed on amazon, which is pretty rare coz I've looked all over the net for a subbed copy and this is the only place that has it.
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Summary: Twisted, Dark, and a overall engrossing Animation Experience
Review: Kiss your days of Disney animation watching goodbye. Perfect Blue is by far one of the best anime's to come out of Japan in recent memory or movie to be released anywhere. The storyline will sound weird to those not into Japanese pop culture and their pop singers. So to put into perspective think of Mima as someone along the likes of Mariah Carey or Brittany Spears, and a very obsessive fan is stalking them. This film is truly terrifying and disturbing. The psychological aspects make this film awesome. Forget that witch movie and its "psycho" terror ( although that movie is very good). If you see movies on a regular basis do yourself some good and watch this movie, you won't be dissapointed. For all you others watch and witness one of the greatest triumphs in filmaking.
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Summary: better than usual, but ruined by the ending
Review: Though I call myself an anime lover, there is suprisingly few titles, in the sea of anime releases, that I can stand to watch. Usually it is due to a tragically cliche plot. So, when I saw that Perfect Blue looked substantial -and- fascinating, my eyes perked up and I bought it right away. The movie meets one's expectations, being quite thrilling and suspenseful. The animation is, of course, top notch... and the story holds together well by it's frenetic pace of delusion, a la the latter half of Fight Club. This would easily get 5 stars, but it is sadly ruined by the plot twist ending. Now, plot twists are not bad, but this one completely obliterates the emotional worth of the previous 80 minutes you've been watching. It reduces a film about psychosis, self-loathing, and repression to a simple "who-dunnit" flick. You are left feeling like the writers rushed this one.. which is really frustrating to me, because the rest of the movie is so good! Either way, I'd pick this up for its great visuals and the 95% of the movie that -is- enthralling and worthwhile. Especially if you like anime with more substance than the usual girls-save-the-world-in-cute-outfits schlock.
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Summary: A startling thriller
Review: This movie is simply one of the best anime movies to arrive in America. The story and plot are amazing and well detailed, the art is beautiful and realistic, and the music is haunting. This is a thriller/slasher type movie, not some kind of happy comedy anime...it is dark, disturbing, and simply an amazing piece of work.
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Summary: Perfect Blue
Review: This video is a very good. It shows just how good animation can been when the time is taken to create charaters thatare believeable and put them in realastic surroundings. It is in the true tradition of a Hitchcock film which keeps you guessing till the very end of the movie. But beware this is not a video for kids
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Summary: Perfect Blue is wicked
Review: Being that I lived in Tokyo for three years, I was blown away by the authenticity of the background in scences of Perfect Blue. The story itself shows the psychological collapse of a young and beautiful Japanese woman, Mima, on the rise to pop and acting stardom. This descent into madness is brought on by a super-creepy stalker, a taunting alter-ego, and the fact that everyone connected to her is being brutally murdered. With a haunting score, frightening images, shocking violence, and superb animation, Perfect Blue socks you in the stomach and demands that you view it multiple times. Definitely not for anyone under 17.
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Summary: This was cool!!!
Review: I saw this movie at the UC theater on Univercity Ave. here in Berkeley. It was the first anime movie I saw all the way through. And it was worth it. In the review above it says they did a bad dub job on the "Mimanaic" But I think it proved he was a crazed "fan" and not a guy. Freaks like that should have hi-pitched voices and it came as a surprise to me and my friend. There are a few parts where the movie is corny, and there are a few nude parts. I think this was a good movie and its at another theator and i'm seeing it again. If you get the chance check it out!
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