CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCEJapanese theatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
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- Feb 28, 199892% CONFIDENCEfrom myanimelist.net
Perfect Blue Releases in Japanese Theaters
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4 sources - AniList85%
- MyAnimeList8.56/10
- Rotten Tomatoes80%
- Metacritic67/100
Perfect Blue releases in Japanese theaters, Satoshi Kon's directorial debut for Madhouse, a psychological thriller about a retiring pop idol whose grip on reality frays as a stalker and an impersonator blur the line between her old and new selves.
- Perfect Blue aired in Japanese theaters on Feb 28, 1998; a 1 hr 21 min Madhouse film that marks the directorial debut of Satoshi Kon[1]
- Adapts Yoshikazu Takeuchi's 1991 novel Perfect Blue: Kanzen Hentai (English: Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis)[1]
- Mima Kirigoe leaves the idol group CHAM! to act; an obsessed fan stalks her and an anonymous website impersonates her life, until she cannot tell reality from fantasy[1]
- Premiered at the 1997 Fant-Asia festival in Montreal, winning Best Asian Film and Best Animation Film, before opening in Japan; licensed by GKIDS and Manga Entertainment; MAL score 8.56[1]
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- [1]92%Perfect Blue Releases in Japanese Theatersmyanimelist.net· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Feb 28, 1998· 100% of score
Japanese theatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList listing.
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