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Perfect Blue (1997)
A retired pop singer turned actress's sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past.Director: Satoshi Kon
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:"Perfect Blue" lecture (41:07)
"Into the Blue" featurette (29:46)
German Trailer (1:48)
Japanese Trailer (1:58)
Bonus Trailers:
- Big Man Japan Dainipponjin (1:31)
- The Tragedy of Belladonna (2:55)
- Genius Party (0:55)
- Mind Game (1:37)
- Tamala 2010 - A punk cat in space (2:25)
- The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2:18) -
Subtitles:German
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
German Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:"Cham In The Studio" featurette (4:24)
"English Theme" featurette (4:12)
Photo Montage (2:53)
Interview with Ruby Marlow - Mima (2:40)
Interview with Wendy Lee - Rumi (2:19)
Interview with Bob Marks - Mr. Me-Mania (1:58)
Interview with Junko Iwao - Mima (5:42)
Interview with Satoshi Kon (10:48)
"My Favorite Videos" - Manga VHS (4:03)
Manga Trailers (4:05)
Sputnik7.com promo (0:25)
Trailer (1:38)
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Coded regions 1/2/4
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray Copy)
DISC TWO (DVD)
* The Film
CHAM!’s “Angel of Your Heart” Recording Session (4:24)
Interview with Ruby Marlowe – English Mima (2:41)
Interview with Wendy Lee – English Rumi (2:21)
Interview with Bob Marx – English Mr. Me-Mania (2:00)
Interview with Junko Iwao – Japanese Mima (5:43)
Interview with Satoshi Kon (10:46)
English Credits (3:49)
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Subtitles:English (for Japanese), English HoH (for English dub), English (signs for English dub) (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes a slipcover and inner artwork.
The "English (songs and signs)" subtitle track does not caption the opening song. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Bonus trailers for "Seijun Suzuki Rétrospective" (0:48), "La Marque du Tueur" (3:03), "Elegie de la Bagarre" (2:29), "La Barrière de Chair" (3:50), "Les Fleurs et les Vagues" (2:54), "Histoire d'une Prostituée" (4:06), "Detective Bureau 2-3" (4:04) and "Le Sabre de la Vengeance" (2:15)
DVD credits
DISC TWO
Interview with director Satoshi Kon (42:16) (in Japanese with forced French subtitles)
"About Perfect Blue" featurette (14:39) (in French)
Musical photo gallery (3:22)
Satoshi Kon filmography (French, 1 page)
2 Theatrical trailers (Japanese with French subtitles and French - 3:34)
Teaser trailer (Japanese 1:47)
Bonus trailers
DVD-ROM Content:
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Subtitles:French (FORCED on the Japanese soundtracks)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese DTS 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
French DTS 5.1
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Case type:Digipak
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Extras:Recording Session (4:22)
Interview: Ruby Marlow (2:39)
Interview: Wendee Lee (2:19)
Interview: Bob Marks (1:58)
Interview: Junko Iwao (5:41)
Interview: Satoshi Kon (10:44)
English Credits (3:47)
Japanese Trailer (1:55)
UK/US Trailer (1:39) -
Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
English Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:"Cham In The Studio" featurette (4:24)
"English Theme" featurette (4:15)
Photo Montage (2:56)
Interview with Ruby Marlow - Mima (2:40)
Interview with Wendy Lee - Rumi (2:19)
Interview with Bob Marks - Mr. Me-Mania (1:58)
Interview with Junko Iwao - Mima (5:42)
Interview with Satoshi Kon (10:48)
"My Favorite Videos" - Manga VHS (4:03)
Manga Trailers (4:05)
Sputnik7.com promo (0:25)
Trailer (1:38) -
Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The disc is coded for regions 1, 2 and 4.
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Extras:"Cham In The Studio" featurette (4:24)
"English Theme" featurette (4:15)
Photo Montage (2:56)
Interview with Ruby Marlow - Mima (2:40)
Interview with Wendy Lee - Rumi (2:19)
Interview with Bob Marks - Mr. Me-Mania (1:58)
Interview with Junko Iwao - Mima (5:42)
Interview with Satoshi Kon (10:48)
"My Favorite Videos" - Manga VHS (4:03)
Manga Trailers (4:05)
Sputnik7.com promo (0:25)
Trailer (1:38) -
Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Coded regions 1/2/4
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Extras:Perfect Blue Lecture (41:09)
Voice-actor Interviews
Interview with director Satoshi Kon
CHAM, Japanese Theme (in studio)
CHAM, English Them (audio only)
Perfect Blue Promotional Video
Relay Interview featurette (29:50)
Perfect Blue Trailer (untranslated Japanese Version)
Perfect Blue Trailer (English Version)
Image Gallery
Bonus Trailers:
- Tower of Druaga: Aegis of Uruk
- Vandread
- Vandread Second Stage
- Genius Party
- Genius Party Beyond
- Blassreiter Vol. 1
- Blassreiter Vol. 2 -
Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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OVERALL: Draw
The French release has a DTS track but lacks the interviews found on other releases and the subtitles are forced.
The Australian Siren Visual release has the most extras.
Differences between the Japanese theatrical cut and the R-Rated US cut can be found at movie-censorship. -
CUTS:
- R0 Germany- Rapid Eye - No cuts - uncut version (77:32 PAL)
- R1 America- Manga Entertainment Ltd - No cuts - uncut version (81:15 NTSC)
- R1 America- Shout! Factory - No cuts - uncut version (81:45 NTSC).
- R2 Limited Collector's Edition France- HK Video - No cuts - uncut version (78:18 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- All the Anime - No Cuts - uncut version (81:37 NTSC->PAL)
- R2 United Kingdom- Manga - No Cuts - uncut version (81:19 NTSC->PAL)
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R4 Australia- AV Channel - No Cuts - Japanese Trailer (1:55)
UK/US Trailer (1:39) (81:19 NTSC->PAL) -
R4 Australia- Siren Visual - No Cuts - Japanese Trailer (1:55)
UK/US Trailer (1:39) (78:23 PAL)
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Comparison added by Craig on 17/07/01
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 11/11/19UPDATE LOG:
17/07/11: Added a 2nd R4 release and comparison clean-up
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22/08/15: Added Germany, updated US, UK, Australia AV specs.
09/08/18: R2 UK added (Anime Ltd).
11/11/19: Added US Shout.
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