What is the meaning of the title of "Perfect Blue"?


What is the meaning of the title of [Perfect
Blue](https://myanimelist.net/anime/437/Perfect_Blue)?

Most of Satoshi Kon's (Director) work has a deeper meaning behind them, so I
was wondering if there is a meaning behind the name.




As for the movie, there is no meaning.

Most of answers given on various forums (i.e.
[reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/17vs3a/why_is_this_film_called_perfect_blue_i_pieced/),
[MAL](https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1692166)) are only speculative
and theories at best. From an
[interview](https://blog.alltheanime.com/interview-satoshi-kon/) with Kon
Satoshi himself:

> Andrew Osmond: What is the significance of the title Perfect Blue?
>
> Satoshi Kon: That’s a frequently asked question and, at the same time, one I
> find very difficult to answer. To be honest, I used it because it was the
> title of the original novel [Perfect Blue: Total Pervert by Yoshikazu
> Takeuchi, published in 1991]. I presume the words had some significance, but
> as I changed the story and probably the subject as well, I guess the meaning
> was lost. I can only guess because I didn’t read the novel. I simply read
> through the rough plot, which was described as “close to the original story”
> in the project plan delivered to me. We discussed changing the title, but I
> like it, it sounds significant and mysterious.

It would appear then the meaning was lost to the source material. Seeing that
the original is in Japanese book and my Japanese lacking, I will leave it for
someone else well versed in Comp. Lit. to interpret the title as used in the
book.




As for the movie, there is no meaning.

Most of answers given on various forums (i.e.
[reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/17vs3a/why_is_this_film_called_perfect_blue_i_pieced/),
[MAL](https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1692166)) are only speculative
and theories at best. From an
[interview](https://blog.alltheanime.com/interview-satoshi-kon/) with Kon
Satoshi himself:

> Andrew Osmond: What is the significance of the title Perfect Blue?
>
> Satoshi Kon: That’s a frequently asked question and, at the same time, one I
> find very difficult to answer. To be honest, I used it because it was the
> title of the original novel [Perfect Blue: Total Pervert by Yoshikazu
> Takeuchi, published in 1991]. I presume the words had some significance, but
> as I changed the story and probably the subject as well, I guess the meaning
> was lost. I can only guess because I didn’t read the novel. I simply read
> through the rough plot, which was described as “close to the original story”
> in the project plan delivered to me. We discussed changing the title, but I
> like it, it sounds significant and mysterious.

It would appear then the meaning was lost to the source material. Seeing that
the original is in Japanese book and my Japanese lacking, I will leave it for
someone else well versed in Comp. Lit. to interpret the title as used in the
book.

