131: Professor Siracusa's Anime 101

Published: March 16, 2013, 11:32 p.m.

John Siracusa assigns us two animated films from director Satoshi Kon, \u201cPerfect Blue\u201d and \u201cMillennium Actress.\u201d Then we watch them! Featuring: What to look for in Anime tropes, blurring of reality and fantasy, when animation is better than live action, and the lovingly rendered start-up sequence of a Macintosh Performa.