Perfect Blue
The color of illusion is Perfect Blue.
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Jan 31, 2025
Patron Exclusive Review Episode 102
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A Japanese pop singer breaks away from her musical trio to play a risque role on a violent TV soap opera in the groundbreaking 1998 anime Perfect Blue. Is there a psycho fan out to assassinate Mima and her handlers for daring to sex up her good-girl image? Or are the pressures of fame simply causing the starlet to lose touch with reality? Find out how well director Satoshi Kon (Paprika), standing at the dawn of the social media age, predicted our 21st Century’s identity crisis when you log on as a Now Playing Patron this January.
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