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who was leaving Japan that evening. Ippo took a taxi to the airport where Volg was leaving. There, Volg thanked Ippo for teaching him the fun in boxing and gave Ippo his old boxing gloves. Volg left, after saying his last Japanese word to Ippo, "Sayonara", leaving Ippo in tears as he
witnessed Volg walking away. Ippo getting informed by Aoki and Kimura about their comeback matches. Later, after watching Miyata fight against Li Chon Pir, Ippo met Date, who commented on Miyata's match and revealed to Ippo that he would be fighting an American who was ranked fifth in the WBA, and if he wins he would be going after the world title. Date warned Ippo before leaving to not idle around too long by having no matches while everyone else is progressing, or he will be forgotten. Ippo went to the gym and found out that him, Aoki and Kimura have matches coming up. With Ippo
only knowing the name of his opponent, Ponchai Chuwatana and record, he did not know what he looked
like or what his fighting style was. Kamogawa had Ippo training more on defence than offence. During training, Kamogawa collapsed and was
sent to the hospital.
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In general, the plot is going to blow you out of the water.
As for faithfulness to the original, I've found tidbits that said that Kon didn't think that the original novel would make a good film, and so he asked permission from Takeuchi to change things. He got the permission, so long as the original story concepts were intact. For those who were looking for a faithful adaptation, there is a live-action film called Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete that was released in 2002 and directed by Toshiki Sato.
You can tell how old the film is, though, when the main character is trying to figure out how to use a computer/the Intarnet. xD
WARNING: There is rape, there is detailed nudity, there is very graphic violence, and lots and lots of blood. I'm not kidding when I say that you should only be watching this if you're over 17. Kiddies, and those who are squeamish, stay far away from this movie.
Art: This film was done
back in '97, so yeah, the style's going to look a bit dated. But when you compare the
animation with other shows that were airing about the same time (Pokemon, Sailor Moon StarS, to name a few), it doesn't seem to be quite as good as it possibly could be. The main reason for that was that during production, the Kobe earthquake hit the production studio (Madhouse), and the film's budget was reduced from one for a live-action movie to that of an OVA.
