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Perfect Blue

8.3

Released February 28, 1998Runtime 1h 22min

The color of illusion is Perfect Blue.

Encouraged by her managers, rising pop star Mima takes on a recurring role on a popular TV show, when suddenly her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered.

Genres

Animation

Thriller

Production Companies

Madhouse

Rex Entertainment

Kotobuki Seihan Printing

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

Fangs Co.

Production Countries

Japan

Finances

Budget: $830,000
Revenue: $112,536
Profit/Loss: $-717,464

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Cast

Junko IwaoMima Kirigoe (voice)

Rica MatsumotoRumi (voice)

Shiho NiiyamaRei (voice)

Masaaki OkuraMamoru Uchida (voice)

Shinpachi TsujiTadokoro (voice)

Emiko FurukawaYukiko (voice)

Yosuke AkimotoTejima (voice)

Yoku ShioyaTakao Shibuya (voice)

Hideyuki HoriSakuragi (voice)

Emi ShinoharaEri Ochiai (voice)

Masashi EbaraMurano (voice)

Kiyoyuki YanadaKantoku (voice)

Toru FurusawaYada (voice)

Teiya IchiryusaiMima's Mother (voice)

Shin-ichiro MikiTaku (voice)

Megumi TanoChild (voice)

Emi MotoiChild (voice)

Akio SuyamaTadashi Doi (voice)

Osamu HosoiCompany Employee (voice)

Koichi TochikaRed (voice)

Soichiro HoshiGreen (voice)

Kisho TaniyamaBlue (voice)

Shokkâ ÔnoChairman (voice)

Rofuto Purasu Wan BurazâzuAudience (voice)

Makoto KitanoReporter (voice)

Kaori MinamiReporter (voice)

Jin YamanoiAdditional Voices (voice)

Takashi NagasakoAdditional Voices (voice)

Crew

Satoshi KonDirector

Sadayuki MuraiScreenplay

Satoshi KonCo-Writer

Yoshikazu TakeuchiNovel

Hiroaki InoueProducer

Yoshihisa IshiharaProducer

Koshiro KandaExecutive Producer

Masao MaruyamaProducer

Hitomi NakagakiProducer

Yutaka TogoProducer

Yuichi TsurumiExecutive Producer

Ken WashiyaExecutive Producer

Masahiro IkumiMusic

Hisao ShiraiDirector of Photography

Harutoshi OgataEditor

Hideki FutamuraKey Animation

Hisashi EguchiCharacter Designer

Hidenori MatsubaraKey Animation

Hikaru TakanashiKey Animation

Hiroshi HamasakiKey Animation

Hiroyuki MoritaKey Animation

Katsuichi NakayamaKey Animation

Kouichi AraiKey Animation

Kumiko KawanaKey Animation

Kunio TakahideKey Animation

Makoto KogaKey Animation

Makoto YamadaKey Animation

Mamoru KurosawaKey Animation

Masaharu TadaKey Animation

Masahiro KurioKey Animation

Michiyo SuzukiKey Animation

Mitsuo IsoKey Animation

Morifumi NakaKey Animation

Nobumasa ShinkawaKey Animation

Shigeru FujitaKey Animation

Shinji HashimotoKey Animation

Shinya TakahashiKey Animation

Takaaki YamashitaKey Animation

Takeshi HondaKey Animation

Takuo NodaKey Animation

Yoshihiro KitanoKey Animation

Hideki HamasuAnimation Director

Satoshi KonCharacter Designer

Hideki HamasuCharacter Designer

Toshiya NiidomeKey Animation

Hitoshi HagaKey Animation

Masaaki HoriMusic Producer

Sachiko KatoBackground Designer

Shizuo KurahashiSound Designer

Masafumi MimaSound Director

Nobutaka IkeArt Direction

Nizou YamamotoBackground Designer

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Reviews

by Marr 🇳🇱

Just seen this on All Hallows' Eve. It's a bit old, but gold! I definitely have to rewatch this, because you just got to pay attention to 'know' what is happening and follow the story. I think you'd better understand/follow the story and that it will make more sense when you watch it a second time....

by The Movie Diorama

Perfect Blue perfectly blends psychologically disturbed fantasy with grounded reality. Mima Kirigoe. A pop-idol. An actress. An X-rated model. Public image and its personifying echoes circulate around the world, adhering to the desires of endearing fans alike. But when their inspirational idol haph...

by GenerationofSwine

I caught this in High School and it instantly took me as an eerie Alfred Hitchcock show that did an outstanding job of feeding on pure paranoia. It was unsettling, it was scary, and at the time it seemed as realistic as it could be for an anime movie. As I rode through it, I started doubting ...

The young "Mima" has a successful, if limited, career singing with a girl band, but she is restless. Her manager insists he can get her an acting job on a popular soap - and that's the way to fame and fortune. Like so many other impressionable young folks, she tries to follow her dream - but is rea...

Perfect Blue, a cult anime film that remains as relevant today as it was when it was first released, follows the story of a teenage girl on the brink of insanity. Its exploration of unsettling themes such as consent and exploitation may make for uncomfortable viewing, but it's a stark reminder of t...