<p>The closest source that exist on the internet is hearsay, according to an internet user on a <a href="https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=16183038&amp;postcount=262" rel="nofollow noreferrer">forum post</a> on the <a href="https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=303892&amp;page=14" rel="nofollow noreferrer">topic</a> of the Bluray:</p>

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    <p>What's the source on this? I've never heard of this before.</p>
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  <p>The disc compressionist, privately to me.
  - <a href="https://forum.blu-ray.com/member.php?u=428966" rel="nofollow noreferrer">professorwho</a></p>
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<p>All copies were sourced from telecine transfers (i.e. digital copies of the film), which is why you see certain artifacts and overall decreased quality.</p>

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2020-05-27T03:14:37.267Z
2020-05-27T03:14:37.267Z
кяαzєя
<p>According to the IMDB trivia on <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156887/trivia" rel="noreferrer">Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue</a>:</p>

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  <p>The film's original 35 mm camera negative was accidentally destroyed. As a result, all copies are sourced from lower-quality prints. </p>
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<p>However I can't find any supporting source that this is true. Could someone find the source of this information (probably in Japanese)?</p>

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2020-05-21T15:01:46.157Z
FWIW, I have tried researching this in Japanese but found nothing that mentioned this. I was under the impression that this might refer to the 35mm *live-action film* getting destroyed due to the Kobe earthquake, but retracted myself because apparently anime also uses 35mm film.
Aki Tanaka
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2020-05-22T07:03:24.227Z
@AkiTanaka still thanks for digging into this though!
lulalala
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2020-05-26T05:15:56.987Z
With the very limited Japanese I know, I couldn't find any source talking about destroyed film negatives in regards to Perfect Blue.
I did however find a Japanese seller on Mercari selling an allegedly original film negative from Perfect Blue.
Here's the link: https://www.mercari.com/jp/items/m43664493382/ I don't know if that means the negatives weren't destroyed, or only a portion of them were?? If someone who's fluent in Japanese can contact this mercari seller, I feel like we might get an answer.
FeelinEggy
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2020-05-27T02:39:43.420Z
The production studio that was affected but the Great Hanshin earthquake. Due to a lack of budget, the production was reconceived as a lower budget animated film. It was according to [an interview](http://konstone.s-kon.net/modules/interview/index.php?content_id=6) with Satoshi Kon, it seemed to have been considered as a "video work" (i.e. non-animation, see #5) prior. Additionallt, the negative in question is likely an [internegative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internegative) and not the original like the cels and film negatives offered for Disney animated works.
кяαzєя
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Source for Perfect Blue's camera negative being destroyed
# Source for Perfect Blue's camera negative being destroyed
Posted by: username_0 on 2020-05-14
According to the IMDB trivia on [Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156887/trivia):

> The film's original 35 mm camera negative was accidentally destroyed. As a result, all copies are sourced from lower-quality prints.

However I can't find any supporting source that this is true. Could someone find the source of this information (probably in Japanese)?
**Tags:** anime-production perfect-blue
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: FWIW, I have tried researching this in Japanese but found nothing that mentioned this. I was under the impression that this might refer to the 35mm *live-action film* getting destroyed due to the Kobe earthquake, but retracted myself because apparently anime also uses 35mm film.  
> **username_0**: @AkiTanaka still thanks for digging into this though!  
> **username_2**: With the very limited Japanese I know, I couldn't find any source talking about destroyed film negatives in regards to Perfect Blue.
I did however find a Japanese seller on Mercari selling an allegedly original film negative from Perfect Blue.
Here's the link: https://www.mercari.com/jp/items/m43664493382/ I don't know if that means the negatives weren't destroyed, or only a portion of them were?? If someone who's fluent in Japanese can contact this mercari seller, I feel like we might get an answer.  
> **username_3**: The production studio that was affected but the Great Hanshin earthquake. Due to a lack of budget, the production was reconceived as a lower budget animated film. It was according to [an interview](http://konstone.s-kon.net/modules/interview/index.php?content_id=6) with Satoshi Kon, it seemed to have been considered as a "video work" (i.e. non-animation, see #5) prior. Additionallt, the negative in question is likely an [internegative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internegative) and not the original like the cels and film negatives offered for Disney animated works.  
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## 1 answers
### Answer by username_3 on 2020-05-27. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
The closest source that exist on the internet is hearsay, according to an internet user on a [forum post](https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=16183038&postcount=262) on the [topic](https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=303892&page=14) of the Bluray:

> > What's the source on this? I've never heard of this before.
>
> The disc compressionist, privately to me.
> - [professorwho](https://forum.blu-ray.com/member.php?u=428966)

All copies were sourced from telecine transfers (i.e. digital copies of the film), which is why you see certain artifacts and overall decreased quality.
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