When I saw that this OVA had been announced a while back, there was nothing that could dampen my mood and as the months passed by I grew more and more excited to watch it. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but given that it has been 4 years since the 3rd film (the most recent Hibike release), I was at least expecting something worthwhile to watch. However, I was disappointed after watching the OVA because nothing of substance really happened, the ensemble contest does not matter at all and we didn't even get to hear the group that won!
The whole 50 minutes
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Dec 7, 2020
Perfect Blue
(Anime)
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Easily the best anime movie I've ever seen by a mile. The themes it explores of truth vs reality, self vs society and internal struggles are executed flawlessly, so much so that the watcher themselves becomes one with the main character Mima in the fact that we lose touch of what is real and what is fake.
The dichotomy between Mima and her advisor Rumi was executed perfectly resulting in an hour and forty minutes of a terrifyingly disturbing and mind-provoking masterpiece. The film really challenges the viewers’ perception of what is factual and what is fiction with a lot of clever transitions and misdirection ... |
