Memes about this show are so hard to avoid. After a week of seeing like 4-5 a day I said fuck it and watched a synopsis of the series. The ending seemed insanely contrived which put me off but for some reason I ended up downloading the show and starting it. I got the point where I personally thought they should have ended and then I stopped watching the show.
I’m still confused as to why the hell I watched it in the first place. I mean, it wasn’t a waste of my time. Was rather quite enjoyable. At least I can get the fuckin’ memes now. Hasn’t really changed my opinion on anime (nothing negative, just not really for me 9 times out of 10) but I’m still just… why the hell did I watch that?
Anything you’ve watched for reasons that you can’t quite place? Whether you loved it or hated it?
Paprika was made by the same guy (Satoshi Kon) and is a whole lot trippier.
Ah we wanted to watch that too, but couldn’t find a eng dubbed version anywhere! I know, I know - absolute heresy - but dubbed is the only way I can convince my partner to watch foreign lang films with me haha.
If I ever find one though definitely plan to give it a go.
I’ve seen both. Paprika was cool but I definitely preferred perfect blue. Paprika being more trippy than perfect blue was its weak point, IMO. It was a lot harder to follow the story and feel an emotional impact from Paprika because they leaned too hard into it being trippy. Perfect blue had a good balance of story and trippiness.