Perfect Blue
パーフェクトブルー
Synopsis
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]
Staff
Inoue, Hiroaki
Producer
Maruyama, Masao
Producer
Kon, Satoshi
Director, Character Design, Screenplay
Mima, Masafumi
Sound Director, Sound Effects
Matsuo, Kou
Episode Director
Murai, Sadayuki
Script
Ikumi, Masahiro
Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition, Music
Odake, Masato
Theme Song Lyrics
Arai, Kouichi
Key Animation
Banno, Masayoshi
Background Art
Eguchi, Hisashi
Original Character Design
Fujita, Shigeru
Key Animation
Furukawa, Emiko
Inserted Song Performance
Futamura, Hideki
Key Animation
Haga, Hitoshi
Key Animation
Hamasaki, Hiroshi
Key Animation
Hamasu, Hideki
Character Design, Animation Director
Hashimoto, Satoshi
Color Design
Hashimoto, Shinji
Key Animation
Honda, Takeshi
Key Animation
Ike, Nobutaka
Art Director
Ikeda, Yuuji
Background Art
Ishii, Kumi
In-Between Animation
Iso, Mitsuo
Key Animation
Kawai, Masataka
In-Between Animation
Opening & Ending Themes
Openings
- "Ai no Tenshi" by Misa, Emiko Furakawa and Mie Shimizu
Endings
- "Season" by M-Voice
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