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"[37] On Metacritic, the
film has a score of 67 based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally
favorable reviews. "[38] Time included the film on its Top 5 Anime film list,[39] Total Film ranked Perfect Blue twenty-fifth on their list of greatest animated films,[40] and /Film named it the scariest animated film ever. [41] It also made the list for Entertainment Weekly's best movies never seen from 1991 to 2011. [42] In 2022, IndieWire named Perfect Blue the twelfth best movie of the 1990s. [43] Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote that while the film "ultimately disappoints with its just-middling tension and underdeveloped scenario, it still holds attention by trying something different for the genre". [4] Hoai-Tran Bui of /Film called Perfect Blue "deeply violent, both physically and emotionally", writing that "this is a film that will leave you with profound psychological scars, and the feeling that you want to take a long, long shower". [41] Bob Graham of the San Francisco Chronicle noted the film's ability to "take the thriller, media fascination, psychological insight and pop culture and stand them all on their heads" via its "knowing, adult view of what seems to be a young-teenage paradise. "[44] Writing for Anime News Network, reviewer Tim Henderson described the film as "a dark, sophisticated psychological thriller" with its effect of "over-obsession funneled through early Internet culture" and produces a "reminder of how much celebrity fandom has evolved in only a decade". [45] Reviewing the 2019 GKIDS Blu-Ray release, Neil Lumbard of Blu-Ray. com heralded Perfect Blue as "one of the greatest anime films of all time" and "a must-see masterpiece that helped to pave the way for more complex anime films to follow,"[46] while Chris Beveridge of The Fandom Post noted "this is not a film one can watch often overall, nor should you, but when you settle into it you put everything else away, turn
down the lights, and savor an excellent piece of filmmaking. "[47] American performer Madonna incorporated clips from Perfect Blue into a remix of her song "What It Feels Like for a Girl" as a video interlude during her Drowned World Tour in 2001.
As the first season of Chainsaw Man became the third-most-watched anime of 2022, this massive viewership
could serve as a clear sign for MAPPA that a second season should be greenlit. If an official announcement for a Chainsaw Man Season 2 happens this year, fans will likely expect a release sometime in 2024 due to the efficiency of Studio MAPPA's production process. Was Chainsaw Man Season 2 Delayed? Chainsaw ManDuring this year's edition of MAPPA Stage, via Sportskeeda, fans were
left disappointed when the studio didn't release any trailer or release date for Chainsaw Man Season 2. The aforementioned event only revealed a showcase of famous scenes from Season 1 while still featuring some of the anime's cast members. The lack of updates about Chainsaw Man Season 2 suggests that the follow-up could be delayed. Interestingly, Sportskeeda explored in a separate report why MAPPA could've already decided to delay Season 2.
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