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Perfect Blue (movie)

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©1997 MADHOUSE INC.

©1997 REX ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.


Alternative title:
パーフェクト・ブルー (Japanese)
藍色恐懼 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: Pop idol Mima quits her group in order to pursue an acting career. But not everyone is happy especially a crazed fan that stalks her. People around her are being murdered and Mima starts to lose her sanity.
Video:
User Ratings: 1883 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 297 votes (sub:177, dub:90, ?:6, Ger.dub:4, Fre.sub:4, raw:4, Spa.sub:3, Ita.dub:2, edit.dub:2, Pol.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Por.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, Ger.sub:1)
 Excellent: 546 votes (sub:352, dub:153, ?:10, Spa.sub:7, Spa.dub:5, Ger.sub:3, Por.sub:3, Fre.sub:2, Ita.dub:2, Fre.dub:2, edit.dub:1, Spa.edit.dub:1, Ger.dub:1, Dut.sub:1, Swe.sub:1, Por.dub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Very good: 522 votes (sub:316, dub:176, ?:5, Spa.sub:5, raw:4, Fre.sub:4, Ita.dub:2, Ger.dub:2, Fre.dub:2, Swe.sub:2, Rus.dub:1, Spa.dub:1, Por.sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Good: 287 votes (sub:184, dub:90, Ger.dub:3, Spa.dub:2, Swe.sub:2, raw:2, Fre.sub:1, ?:1, edit.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Decent: 101 votes (sub:59, dub:33, ?:2, Ita.dub:2, raw:1, Pol.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 47 votes (sub:23, dub:20, ?:3, Fre.sub:1)
 Not really good: 30 votes (sub:18, dub:12)
 Weak: 27 votes (sub:20, dub:5, Ger.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:8, dub:5)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 8 votes (sub:4, dub:2, raw:1, Ger.dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 3032 users, rank: #158
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.0432 (Very good+.04), std. dev.: 1.6823, rank: #389
Weighted mean: 7.9792 (Very good-.02), rank: #376
Bayesian estimate: 7.97681 (Very good-.02), rank: #238
Running time: 80 minutes
Vintage:
1997
1998-02-28
2000-10-25 (Spain)
Premiere date:
1998-02-16 (Germany [Berlin International Film Festival])
1998-02-28 (Japan)
1998-09-19 (Finland [Helsinki International Film Festival])
1999-05-21 (UK)
1999-08-20 (USA)
1999-09-08 (France)
1999-11-21 (Taiwan [Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival])
2000-02-11 (Canada)
2001-08-09 (Australia)
2002-10-09 (Belgium [International Film Festival Gent])
2007-09-08 (Sweden)
Releases: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"Ai no Tenshi" by Misa, Emiko Furakawa and Mie Shimizu
Ending Theme:
"Season" by M-Voice
"Season" by Masahiro Ikumi
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 4
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Related reviews:
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Related releases:
    Perfect Blue - Essence of Anime (DVD) 2007-09-04 (from $10.79)
    Perfect Blue (UMD) 2005-12-06 (from $10.49)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Satoshi Kon

Script: Sadayuki Murai

Music: Masahiro Ikumi

Character Design:
Hideki Hamazu
Hisashi Eguchi
Satoshi Kon

Art director: Nobutaka Ike

Animation director: Hideki Hamazu

Original Novel: Yoshikazu Takeuchi

Sound director: Masafumi Mima

Director of Photography: Hisao Shirai

Executive producer:
Koshiro Kanda
Yuichi Tsurumi

Producer:
Hiroaki Inoue
Masao Maruyama
Takeshi Washitani

Background Art:
Hiroshi Washizaki
Hisashi Ikeda
Junichi Taniguchi
Kaoru Inoda
Kazusuke Yoshihara
Kim Chol Gyu
Masayoshi Banno
Nizo Yamamoto
Park Young
Rei Kono
Sachiko Kato
Yuji Ikeda

Cinematography: Hisao Shirai

Film Editing: Harutoshi Ogata

General Producer: Takeshi Kitano (as Takeshi Washitani)

In-Between Animation:
Ai Suenaga
Ayuchi Baba
Do Oh Hee
Joo Eun Joo
Kim Moon Hee
Kim Geum Soo
Kim Gyung Ja
Kim Young Sik
Kiyoshi Kosaka
Koji Kumasaki
Kumi Ishii
Lee Jee Eun
Masaki Kawai
Masataka Kawai
Moon Ok Yun
Moon Young Im
Park Soon Ryun
Ryu Gyung A
Sakiko Watanabe

Key Animation:
Hideki Futamura
Hidenori Matsubara
Hikaru Takanashi
Hirotsugi Hamasaki
Hiroyuki Morita
Hitoshi Haga
Katsuichi Nakayama
Kouichi Arai
Kumiko Kawana
Kunio Takahide
Makoto Koga
Makoto Yamada
Mamoru Kurosawa
Masaharu Tada
Masahiro Kurio
Michiyo Suzuki
Mitsuo Iso
Morifumi Naka
Nobumasa Shinkawa
Shigeru Fujita
Shinji Hashimoto
Shinya Niidome
Shinya Takahashi
Takaaki Yamashita
Takeshi Honda
Takuo Noda
Yoshihiro Kitano

Painters:
Akiko Hayashi
Chae Jeong Im
Chikako Kamata
Cho Yong Shim
Gang Eun Kyung
Harue Ono
Kana Nakayama
Kim Hee Sa
Kim Hyang Ja
Kwak Mi Duk
Lee Soon Young
Mi Ae Na
Park Yong Gyung
Sin Kyong Hwa
Tomoko Yamamoto
Yuriko Kadomoto

Photography:
Hiroshi Noguchi
Kanae Hirano
Katsunori Maehara
Kazumi Miyata
Kohichi Furusawa
Kumiko Di
Masafumi Awakura
Motoaki Ikegami
Naoshi Hajima
Norikazu Yamaguchi
Shinji Ikegami
Shouji Yazawa
Takashi Shimada
Tetsuo Daito
Tomohiro Nishiyama
Toshikazu Hisano
Yoichi Kuroda
Yuki Katsuta

Planning:
Koichi Okamoto
Yoshikazu Takeuchi

Sound Design: Shizuo Kurahashi

Sound Effects: Masafumi Mima

Special Advisor: Katsuhiro Otomo

Unit Director: Kou Matsuo

 

Junko Iwao as Mima Kirigoe

Rica Matsumoto as Rumi

Akio Suyama as Reader

Aya Hara as Mima's Mother

Emi Motoi as Child

Emi Shinohara as Eri

Emiko Furukawa as Yukiko

Hideyuki Hori as Sakuragi

Kishô Taniyama as Blue

Kiyoyuki Yanada as Director

Kouichi Toochika as Red

Kyousei Tsukui as AD

Makoto Kitano as Reporter

Masaaki Ohkura as Uchida the fan

Masashi Ebara as Murano

Megumi Tano as Child

Osamu Hosoi as Company employee

Shiho Niiyama as Rei

Shinichiro Miki as Taku

Shinpachi Tsuji as Tadokoro

Souichiro Hoshi as Green

Tohru Furusawa as Yatazaki

Yoku Shioya as Shibuya

Yoshino Minamino as Reporter

Yousuke Akimoto as Tejima

Jin Yamanoi

Takashi Nagasako

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Oniro

DVD Distribution: Geneon Entertainment, Inc.

Music Production: iNoks Records

Photography: Studio Cosmos

Producer: Rex Entertainment

Production Studio: Madhouse Studios

Recording Studio: Aio Studio

Sound Effects: Sound Box

Sound Production: Techno Sound

English cast 
English staff 

Director:
Lia Sargent
Quint Lancaster

Translation: Rika Takahashi

ADR Script: Lia Sargent

Executive producer:
Laurence Guinness
Marvin Gleicher

Producer:
Haruyo Kanesaku
Yutaka Maseba

Coordinator:
Kei Onishi
Kenji Nakamura
Osamu Maseba
Sawako Furuya

Dialogue Editing: Les Claypool III

Digital Tracking: Michael McCarty

General Affairs: Kaoru Mfaume

Production Coordination: Chris Bottone

Subtitle Timing: Dana Weaver

Ruby Marlowe as Mima Kirigoe

Bob Marx as Mr. Me-Mania

Wendee Lee as Rumi

Bambi Darro as Yukiko

David Lucas as Mima Fan

Dylan Tully as Cham Manager

George C. Cole as News Reporter

Gil Starberry as Tadokoro

James Lyon as Mureno

Jimmy Theodore as Shibuya

Kermit Beachwood as Mima Fan

Lia Sargent as Eri Ochiai

Melissa Williamson as
News Reporter
Rei

Richard Plantagenet as Director

Robert Wicks as
Actor
Cameraman

Sparky Thornton as Yamashiro

Steve Bulen as Tejima

Bill Timoney

Carol Stanzione

Dari MacKenzie

Devon Michaels

Elliot Reynolds

Frank Buck

Jimmy Theodore

Mattie Rando

Sam Strong

Sven Nosgard

Syd Fontana

English companies 

Broadcaster:
Encore Action
Sci Fi Channel (Ani-Monday)

Digital Download: Direct2Drive

Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)
Manga Entertainment (UK) (UK)
Red Ant Enterprises (Australia & New Zealand)

Dubbing: Animaze

Licensed by: Manga Entertainment

French staff 
French cast 
(none)
 

Annabelle Roux as Yukiko

Daniel Lafourcade as Mr Shibuya

Marie-Eugénie Maréchal as Mima

Véronique Alycia as Rumi

Vincent Violette as Mr Tojima

Virginie Ledieu as Rei

French companies 

Broadcaster: Canal +

Distributor: Metropolitan Filmexport

Dubbing: Arachnée

Spanish staff 
Spanish companies 
(none)
 

DVD Distribution: Manga Films (Spain)

Spanish cast 
(none)

Italian cast 
Italian staff 

Dubbing Director: Raffaele Farina

Script: Enrica Minini

Translation: Francesco Prandoni

Elisabetta Spinelli as Mima

Stefania Patruno as Rumi

Aldo Stella as Shibuya

Claudio Moneta as Sakuragi

Claudio Ridolfo as Yada

Daniele Demma as Uchida

Federica Valenti as Rei

Giovanni Battezzato as Tejima

Paola Della Pasqua as Yukiko

Raffaele Farina as Regista

Roberta Federici as Eri

Stefano Albertini as Tadokoro

Italian companies 

Distributor: Yamato Video (Italy)

Dubbing: DEA Digital Editing Audio


German staff 
(none)
German companies 

Broadcaster: Premiere World

Distributor:
ACOG
Rapid Eye Movie

German cast 
(none)
Polish staff 
Polish cast 

Translation:
Piotr Skotnicki
Seweryn Pazdej

 (none)
Polish companies 

Distributor: IDG Poland S.A.

Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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