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Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.
Theatrical
Aug 20, 1999
Digital
Dec 1, 2025
Box Office
$2.7M
Budget
$830K
Return
3.3x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 26, 2019
Theaters
8
Director
Writer
Producers
Hiroaki Inoue, Masaaki Hori, Yoshihisa Ishihara
Music
Masahiro Ikumi
Studio
Madhouse, Rex Entertainment, Kotobuki Seihan Printing, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Fangs, ONIRO
Original Title
PERFECT BLUE
Original Language
Japanese
Keywords
rape
based on novel or book
paranoia
career
celebrity
stalker
singer
fame
stalking
female protagonist
psychological thriller
mental illness
madness
split personality
psychotic
adult animation
literary adaptation
hard
j-pop
celebrity worship
anime
aspiring actress
idolatry
suspense
psychological horror
avant garde
psychological drama
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Cast
Full credits →J
Junko Iwao
Mima Kirigoe (voice)
R
Rica Matsumoto
Rumi (voice)
S
Shiho Niiyama
Rei (voice)
M
Masaaki Okura
Mamoru Uchida (voice)
S
Shinpachi Tsuji
Tadokoro (voice)
Y
Yosuke Akimoto
Tejima (voice)
Y
Yoku Shioya
Takao Shibuya (voice)
H
Hideyuki Hori
Sakuragi (voice)
E
Emi Shinohara
Eri Ochiai (voice)
M
Masashi Ebara
Murano (voice)
K
Kiyoyuki Yanada
Kantoku (voice)
T
Toru Furusawa
Yada (voice)
T
Teiya Ichiryusai
Mima's Mother (voice)
S
Shin-ichiro Miki
Taku (voice)
M
Megumi Tano
Child (voice)
E
Emi Motoi
Child (voice)
A
Akio Suyama
Tadashi Doi (voice)
O
Osamu Hosoi
Company Employee (voice)
K
Koichi Tochika
Red (voice)
S
Soichiro Hoshi
Green (voice)
