This show focuses on Mima kirigoe; a young, famous, former performer who wants to expand her career by going into acting instead. As a consequence of this, she goes through a bunch of literally bloody drama due to her fame.
D A M N is this art style cool or what? I mean I'm not usually fussy over art or maybe its the fact that the movie was made in the 90s? Idk but damn the art style is glossy and cool af. A lot of anime as the same bland art style but the retro feel of the show gives it a weird D R E A M Y effect...or maybe it's just the fact that the show is old hence the glossy look bt damn it gives it an edge over a lot of anime today...i'm soyjacking over it lol.
The main character (mc) is so naturally cute; she shows her exaggerated, bright side on stage and also shows a vulnerable, honest side to her when she's offstage dealing with the literally bloody shenanigans. A lot of characters seem like they suffer from "theatre syndrome" where they seem like they're just actors for a show but you can actually connect with the main character on the issues she deals with since they show what she deals with in a logical sense; her character is rounded out in a way which makes her likeable from the events which unfold and makes you empathise with them.
Even the people around her like Rumi Hidaka has understandable concerns with her switching from idol to acting. Furthermore, sort of protagonist Uchida is understandable to unbox from a character perspective even if you don't sympathise with them.
A great quality of a show is it's ability to make you feel empathy for a character which doesn't exist and Perfect Blue is able to do it in a way by showing the hardships which idols go through; it shows how the main character has to show a side of her that is fictional by being in the entertainment business and the consequences of doing so. She gets stalked, harassed, get her life being threatened just for showing a fictional side of her which is either exaggerated or not real. The show is also able to make it relate to the viewer by showing how as humans we show a certain, possibly fictional side of us, to certain people to get by; it makes us empathise with the main character.
The mc goes through mental turmoil as a result of the choices she made for her career; she starts to battle with her identity since she gets delirious on who is the real her. Is she the person from her idol, is she making the right choices switching because it's dealing to some bloody affaires happening. The movie makes her relatable to us since as explained before we need to act differently to other people to get by like in job interviews or to certain relatives. This makes us empathise with her as the consequences of her career choices are extreme to say the least but it also makes us think about how society has a tendency to make us act in a certain way to get by. The fact that it's making us think about it and the way it illustrates it so well its just...damn just a round of applause damn.
also shout out to the soundtrack for being so epic D A M N but even the other bits like the eerie shit of sound and music are well done and fit the tone of the movie well but...this is the best damn. ▶
