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Perfect Blue (1998) -- A retired pop singer turned actress's sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past.

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Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   6,774 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Sadayuki Murai (screenplay)
Yoshikazu Takeuchi (novel)
Contact:
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Release Date:
28 February 1998 (Japan) more
Tagline:
The color of illusion is Perfect Blue. (Japanese) more
Plot:
A retired pop singer turned actress's sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past. full summary | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Awards:
3 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Weekly Poll Results: Best Anime Film
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User Comments:
Not quite Perfect, but still a great movie more (120 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Junko Iwao ... Mima (voice)
Rica Matsumoto ... Rumi (voice) (as Rika Matsumoto)
Shinpachi Tsuji ... Tadokoro (voice)
Masaaki Ôkura ... Uchida (voice)
Yôsuke Akimoto ... Tejima (voice)
Yoku Shioya ... Shibuya (voice)
Hideyuki Hori ... Sakuragi (voice)
Emi Shinohara ... Eri (voice)
Masashi Ebara ... Murano (voice)
Kiyoyuki Yanada ... Kantoku (voice)
Tôru Furusawa ... Yada (voice)
Shiho Niiyama ... Rei (voice)
Emiko Furukawa ... Yukiko (voice)
Aya Hara ... (voice)
Shinichirô Miki ... (voice) (as Shin'ichirô Miki)
Jin Yamanoi ... (voice)
Megumi Tano ... (voice)
Takashi Nagasako ... (voice)
Akio Suyama ... (voice)
Osamu Hosoi ... (voice)
Kôichi Tôchika ... (voice)
Emi Motoi ... (voice)
Soichiro Hoshi ... (voice) (as Sôichirô Hoshi)
Kishô Taniyama ... (voice)
Shokkâ Ôno ... Shikaisha / Kankyaku-tachi (voice)
Rofuto Purasu Wan Burazâzu ... Kankyaku-tachi (voice)
Makoto Kitano ... (voice)
Kaori Minami ... (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Steve Blum ... Various (voice: English version) (as David Lucas)
Bob Buchholz ... Cameraman, Actor (voice: English version) (as Robert Wicks)
Frank Buck ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Steve Bulen ... Tejima (voice: English version)
Bambi Darro ... (voice: English version)
Syd Fontana ... (voice: English version)
Bridget Hoffman ... Mima (voice: English version) (as Ruby Marlowe)

R. Martin Klein ... Me-Mania (voice: English version) (as Bob Marx)
Wendee Lee ... Rumi (voice: English version)
Michael Lindsay ... Cham Manager (voice: English version) (as Dylan Tully)
Dari MacKenie ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Michael McCarty ... (voice: English version) (as Devon Michaels)

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn ... (voice: English version) (as Melissa Williamson)

Matt K. Miller ... (voice: English version) (as Kermit Beachwood)
Sven Nosgard ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Richard Plantagenet ... Director (voice: English version)

Jamieson Price ... Murano (voice: English version) (as James Lyon)
Mattie Rando ... (voice: English version)
Elliot Reynolds ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Lia Sargent ... (voice: English version)
Carol Stanzione ... (voice: English version)
Barry Stigler ... Tadokoro (voice: English version) (as Gil Starberry)
Paul St. Peter ... News Reporter (voice: English version) (as George C. Cole)
Sam Strong ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Jimmy Theodore ... Mimi Fan (voice: English version)
Kirk Thornton ... Yamashiro (voice: English version) (as Sparky Thornton)
Bill Timoney ... (voice: English version) (as Billy Regan)
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Directed by
Satoshi Kon 
 
Writing credits
Sadayuki Murai (screenplay)

Yoshikazu Takeuchi (novel)

Produced by
Marvin Gleicher .... executive producer (english version)
Laurence Guinness .... executive producer (english version)
Hiroaki Inoue .... producer
Koshiro Kanda .... executive producer (as Kôshirô Kanda)
Haruyo Kanesaku .... producer (english version)
Masao Maruyama .... producer
Yutaka Maseba .... producer (english version)
Yuichi Tsurumi .... executive producer (as Yûichi Tsurumi)
Ken Washiya .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Masahiro Ikumi 
 
Cinematography by
Hisao Shirai 
 
Film Editing by
Harutoshi Ogata 
 
Art Direction by
Nobutaka Ike 
 
Sound Department
Les Claypool III .... dialogue editor: English dub
Shizuo Kurahashi .... sound designer
Michael McCarty .... digital tracking
Masafumi Mima .... sound director
Masafumi Mima .... sound effects
 
Animation Department
Koichi Arai .... animator
Nobumasa Arakawa .... animator
Ayuchi Baba .... inbetween animator
Masayoshi Banno .... background artist
Jeong-im Chae .... ink and paint artist
Kwak Mi Duk .... ink and paint artist
Hisashi Eguchi .... character creator: basic characters
Hisashi Eguchi .... character designer
Lee Jee Eun .... inbetween animator
Shigeru Fujita .... animator
Hideki Futamura .... key animator
Hitoshi Haga .... animator
Shinji Hamasaki .... animator
Hideki Hamazu .... animation director
Hideki Hamazu .... character designer
Shinji Hashimoto .... animator
Akiko Hayashi .... ink and paint artist
Do Oh Hee .... inbetween animator
Takeshi Honda .... animator
Hisashi Ikeda .... background artist
Yûji Ikeda .... background artist
Moon Young Im .... inbetween animator
Kaoru Inoda .... background artist
Kumi Ishii .... inbetween animator
Mitsuo Iso .... animator
Joo-eun Joo .... inbetween animator
Yuriko Kadomoto .... ink and paint artist
Chikako Kamata .... ink and paint artist
Sachiko Kato .... background artist
Masaki Kawai .... inbetween animator
Masataka Kawai .... inbetween animator
Kumiko Kawana .... animator
Chol-gyu Kim .... background artist
Geum-soo Kim .... inbetween animator
Gyung-ja Kim .... inbetween animator
Hyaong Ja Kim .... ink and paint artist
Moon-hee Kim .... inbetween animator
Yong Sik Kim .... inbetween animator
Yoshihiro Kitano .... animator
Makota Koga .... animator
Rei Kono .... background artist
Satoshi Kon .... character designer
Kiyoshi Kosaka .... inbetween animator
Koji Kumasaki .... inbetween animator
Masahiro Kurio .... animator
Mamoru Kurosawa .... animator
Shin Kyoung-Hwa .... ink and paint artist
Gang Eun Kyung .... ink and paint artist
Hidenori Matsubara .... animator
Ok-yun Moon .... inbetween animator
Hiroyuki Morita .... animator
Morifumi Naka .... animator
Kana Nakayama .... ink and paint artist
Katsuichi Nakayama .... animator
Mi Ae Na .... ink and paint artist
Toshiya Niidome .... animator
Hideki Nimura .... animator
Takuo Noda .... animator
Harue Ono .... ink and paint artist
Soon-ryun Park .... inbetween animator
Gyung-a Ryu .... inbetween animator
Kim Hee Sa .... ink and paint artist
Cho Yong Shim .... ink and paint artist
Nobumasa Shinkawa .... key animator
Ai Suenaga .... inbetween animator
Michiyo Suzuki .... animator
Masaharu Tada .... animator
Shin'ya Takahashi .... animator
Kunio Takahide .... animator
Hikaru Takanashi .... animator
Junichi Taniguchi .... background artist
Hiroshi Washizaki .... background artist
Sakiko Watanabe .... inbetween animator
Makoto Yamada .... animator
Nizou Yamamoto .... background artist
Tomoko Yamamoto .... ink and paint artist
Takaaki Yamashita .... animator
Kazusuke Yoshihara .... background artist
Park Young-Gyung .... ink and paint artist
Lee Soon Young .... ink and paint artist
Park Young .... background artist
 
Other crew
Christopher Bottone .... production coordinator (English version)
Kou Matsuo .... unit director
Katsuhiro Ôtomo .... supervisor
Lia Sargent .... adr script
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Pâfekuto burû (Japan) (promotional title)
Perfect Blue (France) [fr]
Perfect Blue (Spain) [es]
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MPAA:
Rated R for animated sequences of violence and nudity, and for brief language.
Runtime:
81 min
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Color:
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The "Big Body" pizza box in the infamous stabbing scene usually gets a few chuckles from English-speaking viewers, who are no doubt thinking about the food's fat content. However, "Big Body" is actually an homage to Susumu Hirasawa (who would later compose music for Sennen joyû (2001) and "Môsô dairinin" (2004), also by director Kon) and his electronically band "P-Model." Big Body is the name of their tenth album, released in 1993. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the English dub version, Cham sings their song at the beginning in English. Later on, when the writer is waiting for the elevator, the radio is playing the song in Japanese. more
Quotes:
Mima Kirigoe: Please, Rumi! It is you, isn't it? Wake up!
Mima's Ghost: You're the one who needs to wake up.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in 21 Grams (2003) more
Soundtrack:
Ai no tenshi more

FAQ

What are the differences between the R-Rated cut and the Unrated version of the movie?
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10 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Not quite Perfect, but still a great movie, 30 January 2003
7/10
Author: Spinal-Column from Oxford, England

The first time I watched PERFECT BLUE I was underwhelmed. I disliked what I perceived to be the 'supernatural' element of the movie. I watched it again several months later, intending to get rid of my DVD, and realised that I had missed the whole point of the film!

PERFECT BLUE is actually a very good, intelligent movie. Director, Satoshi Kon, was employed to make an exploitation flick using the original PERFECT BLUE novel as his source material. Kon disliked the script the studio provided and, when he asked how rigidly he had to stick to the plot, was told that he had to keep three elements of the story: a singing idol, a stalker and horror. Using these elements he and writer Sadayuki Murai created what is effectively a coming-of-age story about a young woman leaving one stage of her life and entering another.

The plot can seem contrived and the ending is a little silly (though it is quite meaningful when looking at the film as a story about growing up). Also the animation is not too great -this was only a straight to video feature, after all. However, if you can get past these problems, this is a very enjoyable movie.

7/10

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