Perfect Blue

Perfect Blue (パーフェクトブルー Pāfekuto Burū) is a 1997 Japanese animated psychological thriller film directed by Satoshi Kon and written by Sadayuki Murai. It is based on the novel Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis by Yoshikazu Takeuchi.

Synopsis

Encouraged by her manager, Rumi, the lead singer of the successful J-Pop group, "CHAM!", and teen idol, Mima Kirigoe, decides to quit her bubblegum trio to pursue an acting career in the television soap, "Double Bind". However, her bold choice doesn't sit well with the young band's male admirers, especially the unknown die-hard fan who starts posting insidious threats and disturbingly intimate information about Mima's life on her blog--entries Mima swears aren't hers. Now, all those who talked Mima into embracing her "bad girl" persona end up brutally murdered, and a menacing doppelgänger harasses her. Is this strange and dangerous situation merely a palpable delusion, or is Mima, indeed, being stalked by a violent killer?

Cast[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Mima Kirigoe	Junko Iwao	Bridget Hoffman
Rumi Hidaka	Rika Matsumoto	Wendee Lee
Tadokoro	Shinpachi Tsuji	Barry Stigler
Mamoru Uchida / Me-Mania	Masaaki Ōkura	R. Martin Klein
Tejima	Yōsuke Akimoto	Steve Bulen
Takao Shibuya	Yoku Shioya	Stephen Apostolina
Kenichi Sakuragi	Hideyuki Hori	Kirk Thornton
Eri Ochiai	Emi Shinohara	Lia Sargent
Murano	Masashi Ebara	Jamieson Price
Director	Kiyoyuki Yanada	Steve McGowan
Yukiko	Emiko Furukawa	Dyanne DiRosario
Rei	Shiho Niiyama	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Tadashi Doi	Akio Suyama	Stephen Apostolina

Additional Voices[]

Stephen Apostolina - Red Powertron
Steve Blum - Photographer D, Taku, Truck Driver A
Bob Buchholz - Actor, Cameraman, Driver A, Green Powertron, Mima Fan A, Photographer C, Police Captain, Radio Journalist A, Reader, Talent Agent
Christopher Carroll - Earthquake News Anchor, Intrusive Reporter A, Movie Press A
David Ellenstein - CHAMMINGBIRD Scalper
Don Fischer - Co-Director, Confused Man, Mima Fan C
Michael Lindsay - Audience Member A, Observant Man A, Yadazaki
Dari Lallou MacKenzie - Actress, Confused Woman, Dresser B, Kid B, Mrs. Kirigoe, Movie Press B, Nurse A, Radio Staff Member B, Son
Michael McCarty - Gossiper A, Mima Fan D, Photographer B, Stage Announcer
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn - Radio Anchor
Steve McGowan - Director
Randy McPherson - Gossiper C, Rapist Actor B
Matthew Kermit Miller - Observant Man B
Brad Sergi - Man on the Train, Movie Crewman B
Kevin Seymour - Mima Fan B, Rapist Actor A
Paul St. Peter - Kingburg, Earthquake News Anchor
Carol Stanzione - Calling Woman, Dresser A, Gossiper C, Intrusive Reporter Kid A, Lady on the Train, Movie Crewman A, Nurse B, Radio Journalist B
Kirk Thornton - Audience Member A
Bill Timoney - Blue Powertron, Crew Member, Doctor, Driver B, Intrusive Reporter C, Mima Fan E, Movie Crewman C, Movie Press C, Photographer A, Radio Host, Radio Staff Member A, Traffic Cop, Truck Driver B
Ty Webb - AV Engineer

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Region	Country
Manga Entertainment	1999	NTSC	United States
	2000	1 NTSC
	2007	1 NTSC
Anime Limited	2013	2 PAL	United Kingdom
	2013	B DVB-T
	2015	B DVB-T
Shout! Factory	2019	A DVB-T	United States