Perfect Blue

Film • 1998 • Animation, Crime, Drama

Perfect Blue
Perfect Blue

Rising pop star Mima 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.

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StatusReleased
ReleaseFebruary 28, 1998
Origins
  • Japan
Genres
  • Animation
  • Crime
  • Drama
Tags
  • adult animation
  • anime
  • aspiring actress
  • avant garde
  • based on novel or book
  • career
  • celebrity
  • celebrity worship
  • fame
  • female protagonist
  • hand drawn animation
  • horror
  • japanese
  • jpop
  • madness
  • mental illness
  • paranoia
  • police procedural
  • psychological
  • psychological drama
  • psychological thriller
  • seinen
  • serial killer
  • showbiz drama
  • singer
  • split personality
  • stalker
  • suspense

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