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, Perfect Blue aired on the Encore cable television network and was featured by the Sci Fi Channel on December 10, 2007, as part of its Ani-Monday block. In Australia, Perfect Blue aired on the SBS Television Network on April 12, 2008, and previously sometime in mid 2007 in a similar timeslot. The film had a theatrical re-release in the United States by GKIDS on September 6 and 10, 2018, with both English dubbed and subtitled screenings. [33] GKIDS and Shout! Factory
released the film on Blu-ray Disc in North America on March 26, 2019. [34] Analysis[edit] In an analysis of Perfect Blue and Kon's other works,
professor Susan Napier states that "Perfect Blue announces its preoccupation with perception, identity, voyeurism, and performance – especially in relation to the female – right from its opening sequence. The perception of reality cannot be trusted, with the visual set up only to not be reality, especially as the psychodrama heights towards the climax. "[35] Napier also sees themes related to pop idols and their performances as impacting the gaze and the issue of their roles. Mima's madness results from her own subjectivity and attacks on her identity. The ties to Alfred Hitchcock's work are broken with the murder of her male controllers. [35] Otaku describes the film as a "critique of the consumer society of contemporary Japan. "[35][Note 1] Reception and legacy[edit] The film was well received
critically in the festival circuit, winning awards at the 1997 Fantasia Festival in Montréal, and Fantasporto Film Festival in Portugal.
[64] The series won the 4th Anime
Trending Awards in the Best in Adaptation, Best in Soundtrack and Action or Adventure Anime of the Year, and was
nominated for several other categories. [65] It also won the 25th Spanish Manga Barcelona award for the Best Anime category in 2019. [66] In 2023, the second season of the anime series was nominated for the 7th Crunchyroll Anime Awards in several categories, but did not win. [67] It was also awarded the Best Fantasy Anime at the 9th Anime Trending Awards. [68] Notes[edit] ^ Physical versions published by Numskull Games in Europe. [5] References[edit] ^ a b Chapman, Paul (November 26, 2017).
[108] The third
book, Bleach: Official Character Book 2: MASKED, was released on August 4, 2010. This book covers details about characters that appear 100 years prior to the story, such as former captains and lieutenants, along
with the Arrancars and Visoreds. Although it was released on the same day as volume 46, Back From Blind, the book only covers material up to volume 37, Beauty Is So Solitary. [109] The English version was released by Viz Media on March 6, 2012. [110] A fourth book, Bleach: Official Invitation Book The Hell Verse, was given to the first one million movie-goers of Bleach: Hell Verse on December 4, 2010. It contains character sketches, promotional posters, and the one-off Hell manga special. [111] A fifth book Bleach: Official Character Book 3: UNMASKED, was released on June 3, 2011, the same day as the volume 50 of the series. However it only covers material up to volume 48, God is Dead. [112] On June 4, 2012, a sixth book was released under the name Bleach: The Rebooted Souls. This free booklet was distributed with Bleach manga volume 55, with the aim to provide information to readers about the manga's final arc, The Thousand-Year Blood War. [113] The seventh book, BLEACH 13 BLADEs.