Mima was a pop idol,worshiped by the masses until fashion dictated otherwise. In order to salvageher ailing career, she is advised to drop music and pursue acting. A soap operarole 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 feelreality slip slowly, that her life is not her own. She discovers [imagines] heridentical twin, a mirror image that hasn't given up singing. Internet sitesappear describing every intimate detail of her life and a mysterious figurestalks her from the shadows. Her friends and associates are threatened [andkilled] as Mima descends into a dangerous world of paranoid delusion. She fearsfor her life and must unravel fact from fiction in order to stay alive.
'Perfect Blue' represents a major departure from traditional animesubject matter, analysing the pop icon phenomenon, fame and its psychologicalimpact on the performer. In the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock and Dario Argento,studio Madhouse, director Satoshi Kon and advisor Katsuhiro Otomo bringYoshikazu Takeuchi's thrilling suspense - novel to the screen, in a tour deforce that brings animation to a bold new level.
Dialogue : Japanese/English
Subtitle :English/Chinese/Off
Region : All Region, Free Code
Disc Type : DVD5
Screen : 16:9
Audio : Ac3, 5.1 Channel
Series Type : Movie
System : NTSC
Episodes : 1
Running Time : Approximately 82mins
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