Mima (Junko Iwao) is trying to shed her pop idol persona to become an actress but between the FOMO of the girl group doing better without her, the stalker website pretending to be her while posting insane amounts of personal data without her permission, and the violent rape scene she has to shoot over and over for her movie part, her psyche is pretty much at its limit. Oh, yeah, and then there are the murders of people around her.
Ah, Animated Women's Horror! A new sub-genre!
This movie has a lot to unpack about the commodification of women's bodies, internalized misogyny, the male gaze, and the patriarchal concept of purity being used to infantilize women. That being said, it's also pretty exploitative, so I will not judge you if you want to skip this one. It's good, but I don't know if I'd ever watch it again myself.
It's considered a classic anime film so it's currently playing in theaters. Someone gave me the DVD ages ago but I just hadn't gotten to it before.
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