“Pop idol Mima leaves CHAM! for acting, faces stalking, identity crisis, and reality-blurring descent into madness.”
Perfect Blue
パーフェクトブルー
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Synopsis
Pop idol Mima leaves CHAM! for acting, faces stalking, identity crisis, and reality-blurring descent into madness.
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.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 204 sampled reviews
What 204 viewers settled on.
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σ 1.55 · some divergence
5.3 pts
Recommenders 9.1 · others 3.7
↓ 0.33
Running avg · Aug 2007 → Jan 2026
- 9 “perfect blue was the first anime movie i've ever seen and a great introdution. the dubbing was great and the story was amzing. it's a movie you gotta watch twice. it starts off slow and biulds up...”
- 7 “Perfect Blue features a strong story with well-developed characters and masterfully blurs the line between reality and fantasy, pulling the audience into the psychological unraveling. However, I...”
- 9 “Nothing else mindfucked me as this anime did. Truly, you won't regret watching it, but holy shit I don't even know what's real anymore. The story is beautiful and developed to its fullest...”
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- Format 1 × 81′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 21m all episodes
- Aired Feb 1998 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-0410 catalog
Produced by
- Rex Entertainment Producer
- ONIRO Producer
Licensed by
- GKIDS Licensor
- Manga Entertainment Licensor