Perfect Blue
Why is everyone’s eyes so far apart. I decided this would be my first film off my 2026 watchlist simply because it was the shortest, and I’m very glad in my decision. This film is absolutely brilliant, admittedly it took a YouTube explanation to truly capture what happened, but my goodness is this a masterpiece.
The obscene amount of misdirection you are put through is mind boggling, the constant switching from reality to a dream state to acting messes with your mind like crazy, I legit went through 4 possible killers because of the constant switching of timelines.
The plot twist at the end is one of the greatest I have ever seen, I was fully convinced that Mima had D.I.D and her other personality of her old self had done all the killing, just for it to be sweet old Rumi. The constant misguiding of what is happening and the creepy looking stalker and the secondary personality is so much to handle, and it takes so much of your attention that you don’t even consider Rumi or anybody else for that matter to be an issue.
For this being made in 1997, Satoshi Kon really nails the idea of para-social relationships and internet stalkers to a tee, and how much people care about celebrities and their lives.
This film is an absolute masterpiece, the greatest animated film I have ever seen, and I need to watch more foreign animated films because if they are anything like Perfect Blue, I’m in.
98/100