Perfect Blue
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Perfect Blue

パーフェクトブルー

Madhouse

Genres

  • Avant Garde
  • Award Winning
  • Drama
  • Horror
  • Suspense

Tags

all 10
  • ArtsActing92
  • Main CastFemale Protagonist92
  • TraitsIdol88
  • Main CastPrimarily Adult Cast83
  • SceneWork78
  • OtherFilmmaking78
  • OtherPhilosophy75
  • DramaTragedy74
  • TraitsNudity62
  • OtherNoir54

Genres: Avant Garde, Award Winning, Drama, Horror, Suspense. Tags: Acting, Female Protagonist, Idol, Primarily Adult Cast, Work, Filmmaking, Philosophy, Tragedy, Nudity, Noir.

#135

Ranked

#275

Popularity

21.8K

Favorites

221.7K

Members

#1

This Season

Rated Movie

#1

This Season

Popular Movie

#15

All Time

Popular Movie

#20

All Time

Rated Movie

Episode Progress

Complete

1 / 1 episodes aired

All 1 episodes available on Crunchyroll

Movie1 / 1 epsFinished8.55
Madhouse
Aired
Feb 28, 1998 –
Duration
21 min
Time to Complete
1h 20m
Rating
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Studio
Madhouse

Alternative Titles

jaパーフェクトブルー

jaパーフェクト・ブルー

Synopsis

J-pop idol group CHAM! has spent the last two years entertaining its fans. Sadly, all good things must come to an end, and CHAM! must see one of its members, Mima Kirigoe, leave the group to pursue her acting career. While Mima's choice is met with a mixed response, she hopes her fans will continue to support her. However, Mima's life begins to change drastically after her departure from the group. Wanting to shed her pop-idol image, she takes on a role in a crime drama series, and her career as an actress gradually becomes more demanding and taxing for both Mima and her manager, Rumi Hidaka. To add to Mima's growing unease, an obsessed fan who is incapable of accepting that Mima has quit being an innocent idol, begins stalking her; a new anonymous website begins to impersonate her life with intricate detail; and CHAM! also appears to be doing better without her. One by one, each disturbing development drives Mima to become increasingly unhinged and unable to distinguish reality from fantasy. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Synopsis

Perfect Blue is the directorial debut of animator Satoshi Kon and is an adaptation of the 1991 novel Perfect Blue: Kanzen Hentai (released in English by Seven Seas Entertainment as Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis) written by Yoshikazu Takeuchi. The film made its world premiere at the 1997 edition of the Fant-Asia film festival in Montreal, where it received awards for Best Asian Film and Best

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Platform Scores

MAL

8.55

Canonical
Rank #135Votes 439.8K

AniList

85 / 100

Trend 4Popularity 221.7K

Kitsu

82 / 100

Rank #279Users 50.1KRuntime 1h 20m

AniList Trend

233

+9

Episode Guide

Aired so far: 1 / 1

Main Story

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Episode 1

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Movies: 1

Theme Songs

Openings

1

Ai no Tenshi

Misa, Emiko Furakawa and Mie Shimizu

Endings

1

Season

M-Voice

Status Breakdown

221,663users
Completed141,40263.8%
Planning75,56334.1%
Watching3,3001.5%
Paused9260.4%
Dropped4720.2%

Tags

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Arts1
Acting
92
Main Cast2
Female Protagonist
92
Primarily Adult Cast
83
Traits2
Idol
88
Nudity
62
Scene1
Work
78
Other3
Filmmaking
78
Philosophy
75
Noir
54
Drama1
Tragedy
74
Show spoiler tags5
Traits1
Dissociative Identities
97
Other3
Denpa
95
Meta
80
Gore
74
Sexual Content1
Rape
74

Recommendations

10 recommendations

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Perfect Blue worth watching?

Perfect Blue is an award-winning movie with a high score of 8.55/10, making it a highly acclaimed film within the horror, suspense, avant-garde, and drama genres.

How many episodes does Perfect Blue have?

Perfect Blue is a movie and therefore has only 1 episode.

Is Perfect Blue part of a series?

Perfect Blue is the first and only entry in its franchise, meaning it is not a sequel or part of a larger series.

Where can I watch Perfect Blue?

Perfect Blue is listed as a movie and is the first entry in its franchise, suggesting it can be watched as a standalone film.

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