{"id":943297,"date":"2022-10-12T17:00:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T17:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/943297\/"},"modified":"2022-10-12T17:00:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T17:00:03","slug":"perfect-blue-the-horror-of-perception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/943297\/","title":{"rendered":"PERFECT BLUE: The Horror of Perception"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1OhJcN9AbhM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nAn analysis of Satoshi Kon&#8217;s 1997 psychological horror anime, &#8220;Perfect Blue,&#8221; and a look at it how it depicts a mental breakdown by putting viewers in the headspace of lead character Mima Kirigoe, what it says about fame in the internet age, and how its editing, shot composition, and animation are used to depict dissociation in this disturbing and awesome piece of horror filmmaking.<\/p>\n<p>PATREON &#8211;  https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/mattdraper<\/p>\n<p>TWITTER &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattDraperYT<\/p>\n<p>#horror<br \/>\n#perfectblue<br \/>\n#anime <\/p>\n<p>Music:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Monsters&#8221; by The Midnight<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lecture Series with Satoshi Kon | Perfect Blue (1997) - Special Feature\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7TKQ6SzUpGg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"aXcUfdIiAf\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmcolossus.com\/perfect-blue-movie-explained\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PERFECT BLUE | The Definitive Explanation<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;PERFECT BLUE | The Definitive Explanation&#8221; &#8212; Colossus\" src=\"https:\/\/filmcolossus.com\/perfect-blue-movie-explained\/embed\/#?secret=jMCehCZPI5#?secret=aXcUfdIiAf\" data-secret=\"aXcUfdIiAf\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"e282ViSbB8\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/brynmawrfilm.org\/press\/empathy-is-the-first-step\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Movies help generate empathy<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Movies help generate empathy&#8221; &#8212; Bryn Mawr Film Institute\" src=\"https:\/\/brynmawrfilm.org\/press\/empathy-is-the-first-step\/embed\/#?secret=YSWyAhOjSN#?secret=e282ViSbB8\" data-secret=\"e282ViSbB8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"i4ZSpYeQlL\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.alltheanime.com\/interview-satoshi-kon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Interview: Satoshi Kon<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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