Perfect Blue is one of the perfect animated films of our times. The late director Satoshi Kon gets deep into the strangeness of fame through the story of a girl group singer who tries to do more while fans want her to remain the same. Now the movie is coming to 4K UHD so you can see even more into the Perfect Blue. Making this more desirable for anime fans is a nearly 2-hour long lecture from Satoshi Kon. Perfect Blue (Limited Editon Steelbook) arrives in June. Here’s the press release with all the details from GKIDS and Shout! Studios:
SATOSHI KON’S MASTERPIECE PERFECT BLUE
ARRIVES IN A 3-DISC STEELBOOK
ON JUNE 16TH
PERFECT BLUE (LIMITED EDITION STEELBOOK) (4K UHD)
CONTAINS 1 UHD AND 2 BLU-RAY DISCS
Los Angeles, CA – In 1997, Satoshi Kon imagined what fame, identity, and obsession would look like in a digital world. The result was Perfect Blue – a film that has only grown more powerful with time.
Now, the directorial debut of acclaimed director Satoshi Kon (Paprika, Tokyo Godfathers), arrives in a collector-worthy SteelBook®, when the 3-Disc set Perfect Blue (Limited Edition SteelBook®) (4K UHD) arrives on June 16th from GKIDS, with distribution by Shout! Studios, a Radial Entertainment Company. The limited-edition set is now available for pre-order from GKIDS, Gruv, and Amazon.
Special features accompanying the limited edition SteelBook® release of the critically-acclaimed film include 117 minutes of lectures by director Satoshi Kon subtitled in English, “Angel of Your Heart” recording session and full English version, cast and crew interviews, and theatrical trailers.
When pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress, her handlers begin turning up murdered. Haunted by visions of her former self, Mima’s reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia that threatens to shatter her identity forever. The debut feature from revered director Satoshi Kon, Perfect Blue is a prescient vision of fame in an online world.
Perfect Blue (Limited Edition SteelBook®) (4K UHD) Bonus Features:
“Angel of Your Heart” Recording Session
“Angel of Your Heart” English Version
Interview with Satoshi Kon
Interview with Junko Iwao
Interview with Ruby Marlow
Interview with Wendy Lee
Interview with Bob Marks
Original Definition Feature
Theatrical Trailers & TV Spots
PROMOTIONAL VIDEO EDITED BY SATOSHI KON
REX LOGO TRAILER
MADHOUSE LOGO TRAILER
GKIDS TRAILER
SHUDDER TRAILER
SATOSHI KON LECTURE 1
SATOSHI KON LECTURE 2
SATOSHI KON LECTURE 3
About GKIDS
GKIDS is the Academy Award-winning producer and distributor of artist-driven and award-winning animation from around the world. After an astounding 13 Best Animated Feature nominations, the company took home the Oscar in 2024 for Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s acclaimed feature, The Boy and the Heron. The company’s previous nominations include The Secret of Kells in 2010, A Cat in Paris and Chico & Rita in 2012, Ernest & Celestine in 2014, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya and Song of the Sea in 2015, Boy and the World and When Marnie Was There in 2016, My Life as a Zucchini in 2017, The Breadwinner in 2018, Mirai in 2019, Wolfwalkers in 2021, and The Boy and the Heron in 2024. For more than a decade, GKIDS’ influence on cinema has redefined the perception of animation as an artistic medium on par with live-action film through its stewardship of the Studio Ghibli catalog and by introducing American audiences to the critically-acclaimed films of other master filmmakers from around the world such as Mamoru Hosoda (Mirai, Belle), Tomm Moore (The Secret of Kells, Wolfwalkers), Benjamin Renner (Ernest & Celestine), Makoto Shinkai (Weathering With You), Nora Twomey (The Breadwinner), Alberto Vázquez (Unicorn Wars) and Masaaki Yuasa (Inu-Oh, The Night is Short, Walk on Girl), among countless others. Also, GKIDS is the founder and host of ANIMATION IS FILM, the annual LA-based film festival which embraces the highest aspirations of animation as a cinematic art form, and is a vocal advocate for filmmakers who push the boundaries of the medium to its fullest range of artistic expressions. www.gkids.com
About Radial Entertainment
Radial Entertainment is a newly formed global entertainment company operating the FilmRise and Shout! Studios brands, backed by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management. As a premier content distribution studio, Radial Entertainment boasts a diverse library of over 70,000 movies and episodes, making it the largest independent catalog in the industry. The company delivers high-quality entertainment across all major consumer platforms including FAST channels, AVOD, SVOD, TVOD, physical product, theatrical film and more. Its programming spans a wide range of genres, including true crime, reality, animation, action, westerns, award-winning titles, classics, medical, food, U.K. content, cult classics, and horror.
About Shout! Studios
Shout! Studios, a Radial Entertainment Company, specializes in film and TV distribution, development, and production. The company has evolved with the changing entertainment landscape to excel in all forms of content distribution, including theatrical, digital streaming, broadcast and in-flight licensing, physical media, and more. Shout! Studios owns Gravitas Ventures and manages a portfolio of thousands of feature films, series, anime, animation, and documentaries. The company’s creative acquisition mandate has established it as a leading independent distributor, with partners and properties including Aardman Animations, The Carol Burnett Show, GKIDS and Studio Ghibli (including the latest Academy Award® -winning masterpiece from Miyazaki, The Boy And The Heron), LAIKA Studios, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Golden Princess movie library, alongside many others. Shout! Studios operates three successful imprints – Shout! Kids for family animation and live-action entertainment, Scream Factory for genre horror films and TV, and Hong Kong Cinema Classics. Shout! Studios also operates the acclaimed streaming service Shout! TV and its family of FAST channels. Shout! Studios produces, acquires, and distributes new films, including Shout! Studios’ original film Old Henry (Tim Blake Nelson), acclaimed Western The Dead Don’t Hurt (Viggo Mortensen, Vicky Krieps), family comedy A Sudden Case of Christmas (Danny DeVito, Andie MacDowell), and the upcoming Western thriller Killing Faith (Guy Pearce, DeWanda Wise, Bill Pullman). Shout! Studios is based in Los Angeles, California. For more on Shout! Studios, visit ShoutStudios.com
