Anime Detail

Perfect Blue

Perfect Blue

Movie Finished Airing R+ - Mild Nudity Community Score: 8.56 Source: Novel

Episodes: 1

Aired: Feb 28, 1998

Duration: 1 hr 21 min

Synopsis

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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]

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Rank

133

Popularity

273

Episodes

1

Aired

Feb 28, 1998

Duration

1 hr 21 min

Members / Favorites

822943 / 21968

Studios

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Madhouse

Genres and Themes

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Genre: Avant Garde Genre: Award Winning Genre: Drama Genre: Horror Genre: Suspense Theme: Adult Cast Theme: Psychological Theme: Showbiz

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Characters

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Kirigoe, Mima

Kirigoe, Mima

Main

Voice actors: Iwao, Junko, Hoffman, Bridget, Spinelli, Elisabetta

Actor

Actor

Supporting

Voice actors: Buchholz, Bob

Blue

Blue

Supporting

Voice actors: Taniyama, Kishou, Timoney, Bill

Cham Manager

Cham Manager

Supporting

Voice actors: Lindsay, Michael

Co-Director

Co-Director

Supporting

Voice actors: Fischer, Don

Director

Director

Supporting

Voice actors: McGowan, Steve, Yanada, Kiyoyuki, Farina, Raffaele

Doctor

Doctor

Supporting

Voice actors: Timoney, Bill

Doi, Tadashi

Doi, Tadashi

Supporting

Voice actors: Suyama, Akio, Domingo, Claudi, Ronchewski, Stéphane

Hidaka, Rumi

Hidaka, Rumi

Supporting

Voice actors: Lee, Wendee, Matsumoto, Rica, Patruno, Stefania

Mima Fan B

Mima Fan B

Supporting

Voice actors: Blum, Steven

Mima Fan C

Mima Fan C

Supporting

Voice actors: Seymour, Kevin, Stachel, Marc

Murano

Murano

Supporting

Voice actors: Ebara, Masashi, Price, Jamieson, Trilling, Manfred

Ochiai, Eri

Ochiai, Eri

Supporting

Voice actors: Shinohara, Emi, Sargent, Lia, Federici, Roberta

Rei

Rei

Supporting

Voice actors: McGlynn, Mary Elizabeth, Niiyama, Shiho, Valenti, Federica

Sakuragi

Sakuragi

Supporting

Voice actors: Thornton, Kirk, Hori, Hideyuki, Moneta, Claudio

Shibuya, Takao

Shibuya, Takao

Supporting

Voice actors: Apostolina, Stephen, Shioya, Yoku, Maday, Gábor

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