Reception
The film was critically well received in the festival circuit, winning awards at the 1997 Fantasia Festival in Montréal, and Fantasporto Film Festival in Portugal.
Critical response in the United States upon its theatrical release was mixed. Some critics did not understand why Perfect Blue was done as an animated film, while others associated it with common anime stereotypes of gratuitous sex and violence. A quote attributed to Roger Corman describes it as a combination of Alfred Hitchcock and Walt Disney.
Madonna incorporated clips from the film into a remix of her song "What It Feels Like for a Girl" as a video interlude during her Drowned World Tour (2001).
Time Magazine included the film on its top 5 anime DVD list, and Terry Gilliam, of whom Kon was a fan included it in his list of the top fifty animated films.
Perfect Blue ranked #25 on Total Film's all-time animated films.
It also made the list for Entertainment Weekly's best movies never seen from 1991-2011.
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