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Impressions of Perfect Blue
By Andrew Osmond. Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue, which Anime Limited is releasing in a new “Ultimate” edition, is a slasher film, a psycho-thriller, and a riddle which may have no answer. In my book Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist, I wrote, “No matter which Kon film, you start with” – which for many fans would be […]
Perfect Blue Ultimate Edition details
Hello one and all! It’s been a long time since we brought it up in conversation and we know a lot of you have been eagerly awaiting details on our Ultimate Edition of Satoshi Kon’s classic film, Perfect Blue. Well, today is the day you’ve been waiting for, as we’ve got a whole lot of information to share […]
Upcoming Releases Preview, 19/02/2019
Following the news late last week that we’re bringing the first season of Castelvania to home video, it’s finally time to spill the beans on more of what you can expect from us over the coming months! I do want to emphasise from the outset that we can’t say everything that’s in the works, […]
Millennium Actress
By Jasper Sharp. Satoshi Kon’s Millennium Actress (2001), uses its heroine to explore themes of subjectivity and spectatorship, with a topic that might at first seem better suited to live action. In all those elements, it bears some similarities with his debut feature Perfect Blue (1997), which pitched the viewer into the fragmenting worldview of […]
Books: Perfect Blue
By Andrew Osmond. It’s said that bad books make good films (and vice versa). Perfect Blue makes that case forcibly. Satoshi Kon’s film version is a landmark in animated horror, subjecting a vividly sympathetic protagonist to fiendish mind-games. But the source book is plain bad, descending into infantile guignol that’s less perverted than pre-potty trained. […]